Adams Asian Art FINE ORIENTAL CERAMICS, SCULPTURE & ART

Saturday November 3rd
2018 at 12pm
Asian Art
ADAM’S
Est.1887
FINE ORIENTAL CERAMICS, SCULPTURE & ART

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Saturday November 3rd
2018 at 12pm
Asian Art
FINE ORIENTAL CERAMICS, SCULPTURE & ART
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CONTACTS FOR THIS AUCTION
Niamh Corcoran
FINE ART DEPARTMENT
niamh@adams.ie
Ronan Flanagan
FINE ART DEPARTMENT
r.flanagan@adams.ie

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AUCTION
Saturday 3rd November 2018 at 12pm
VENUE
Adam’s Salerooms,
26 St. Stephen’s Green,
Dublin
D02 X665
Ireland
SALE VIEWING OCTOBER 30th
- NOVEMBER 2nd
At Adam’s, 26 St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin, D02 X665

Tuesday 30th
October 1:00pm - 5:00pm
Wednesday 31st
October 10:00am - 5:00pm
Thursday 1st
November 10:00am - 8:00pm
Friday 2nd
November 10:00am - 5:00pm
ADAM’S
Est.1887
26 St. Stephen’s Green
Dublin D02 X665
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Private Viewing by appointment only

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CONTACTS AT ADAMS
Claire-Laurence Mestrallet
HEAD OF JEWELLERY
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Brian Coyle FSCSI FRICS
CHAIRMAN
James O’Halloran BA FSCSI FRICS
MANAGING DIRECTOR
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Stuart Cole MSCSI MRICS
DIRECTOR
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Katie McGale BComm Intl MPhil
FINE JEWELLERY SILVER &
WATCHES DEPARTMENT
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Amy McNamara BA MA
FINE ART DEPARTMENT
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Eamon O’Connor BA
DIRECTOR
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FINE ART DEPARTMENT
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ADMINISTRATOR
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Niamh Corcoran BA
FINE ART DEPARTMENT
niamh@adams.ie
Ronan Flanagan
FINE ART DEPARTMENT
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Nick Nicholson
CONSULTANT
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Nicholas Gore-Grimes
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR PURCHASERS
1.
ESTIMATES AND RESERVES
These are shown below each lot in this sale. All amounts shown are in Euro. The figures shown are provided merely as a
guide to prospective purchasers. They are approximate prices which are expected, are not definitive and are subject to
revision. Reserves, if any, will not be any higher than the lower estimate.
2.
PADDLE BIDDING
All intending purchasers must register for a paddle number before the auction. Please allow time for registration. Potential
purchasers are recommended to register on viewing days.
3.
PAYMENT, DELIVERY AND PURCHASERS PREMIUM
Monday 5th November 2018. Under no circumstances will delivery of purchases be given whilst the auction is in progress.
All purchases must be paid for and removed from the premises not later than Tuesday 6th November 2018 at the purchas-
er’s risk and expense. After this time all uncollected lots will be removed to commercial storage and additional charges will
apply.
Auctioneers commission on purchases is charged at the rate of 20% (exclusive of VAT). Terms: Strictly cash, bankers draft
or cheque drawn on an Irish bank. Cheques will take a minimum of five workings days to clear the bank, unless they have
been vouched to our satisfaction prior to the sale, or you have a previous cheque payment history with Adam’s. Purchas-
ers wishing to pay by credit card (Visa & MasterCard) may do so, however, it should be noted that payments via American
Express will be subject to an administrative fee of 3.65% on the invoice total. Debit cards including laser card payments are
not subject to a surcharge, there are however daily limits on Laser card payments. Bank Transfer details on request. Please
ensure all bank charges are paid in addition to the invoice total, in order to avoid delays in the release of items.
Goods will only be released upon clearance through the bank of all monies due.
4.
VAT REGULATIONS
All lots are sold within the auctioneers VAT margin scheme. Revenue Regulations require that the buyers premium must be
invoiced at a rate which is inclusive of VAT. This is not recoverable by any VAT registered buyer.
5.
It is up to the bidder to satisfy themselves prior to buying as to the condition of a lot. Whilst we make certain observations
on the lot, which are intended to be as helpful as possible, references in the condition report to damage or restoration are
for guidance only and should be evaluated by personal inspection by the bidder or a knowledgeable representative. The
absence of such a reference does not imply that an item is free from defects or restoration, nor does a reference to particu-
lar defects imply the absence of any others. The condition report is an expression of opinion only and must not be treated
as a statement of fact.
Please ensure that condition report requests are submitted before 12 noon on Thursday 1st November as we cannot guar-
antee that they will be dealt with after this time.
6.
ABSENTEE BIDS
We are happy to execute absentee or written bids for bidders who are unable to attend and can arrange for bidding to be
conducted by telephone. However, these services are subject to special conditions (see conditions of sale in this cata-
logue). All arrangements for absentee and telephone bidding must be made before 5pm on the day prior to sale. Cancel-
lation of bids must be confirmed before this time and cannot be guaranteed after the auction as commenced.
Bidding by telephone may be booked on lots with a minimum estimate of €500. Early booking is advisable as availability of
lines cannot be guaranteed.
7. LOTS MADE OF / CONTAINING ANTIQUE IVORY AND/ OR CORAL
Bidders should be advised that importation regulations of several countries, including the US, prohibits the importation
of ivory and that of coral, or any goods containing same. Therefore Adams advises prospective purchasers who intend
to ship lots containing either ivory or coral to another country to familiarise themselves with the relevant importation
regulations prior to bidding. Adams will not be responsible for shipping items herein and the onus will be on the buyer to
organise shipping at their own behest.
LOTS MADE OF / CONTAINING ANTIQUE IVORY AND/ OR CORAL ARE INDICATED BY THE FOLLOWING SYMBOL ‘*’
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ALL LOTS ARE BEING SOLD UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF SALE AS PRINTED IN THIS CATALOGUE AND ON
DISPLAY IN THE SALEROOMS.

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A PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE BALUSTER SHAPED VASES
AND COVERS,
19th century, each with detachable top, with globular final and pierced scrollwork, the
vases collared with a band of ruyi heads above four roundels, each filled with small boys,
separated by peach groups and ribbon tied ornaments, above a band of lappets, the
bases with four character Qianlong mark in regular script, 37cm high, 46cm including
base jar
€ 1,000 - 1,500

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A FAMILLE ROSE SEAL PASTE BOX AND COVER,
late 19th century, of flattened circular shape, deco-
rated with flowers, insects and rockwork in colourful
enamels and enclosed by an overlaid Greek key
border, the interior enamelled with lotus, seal mark in
iron red
€ 150 - 200
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A CARVED BOXWOOD FIGURE OF A FASTING BUDDHA,
19th century, modelled in seated position with legs folded, raised on a
carved timber base. 17cm high
€ 250 - 300
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AN IMARI TEA CANISTER, C.1800,
of squared form with circular cover and liner, deco-
rated all over with trees and stylized flowerheads in
shades of blue and burnt orange with gilt highlights,
22cm high
€ 400 - 600

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A BLUE AND WHITE OVOID DRAGON VASE,
bearing Qianlong seal mark, painted with two dragons in mutual
pursuit of the flaming pearl, all above a band of rolling waves, with
waisted neck and flared rim, square seal mark to base, 24.5cm high
€ 1,200 - 1,800
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A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE BALUSTER DRAGON VASE,
19th century, with six character Kangxi mark (1662 - 1722),
reverse decorated with two dragons in mutual pursuit of the
flaming pearl amongst cloud scrolls on a shaded blue ground,
47cm high
€ 2,000 - 3,000

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A FAMILLE ROSE VASE,
Republican Period (1912 - 1949), decorated with the
eight horses of Mu Wang, with flared rim and narrow
neck in turquoise enamel with stylised handles above
a broad continuous landscape, with the three row
inscription, raised on a circular diaper foot, the base
with kilin mark, 34.5cm high
€ 1,000 - 1,500
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A LARGE FAMILLE VERTE SQUARED SECTION VASE,
19th Century, with flared circular neck and panelled tapering body,
decorated in iron-red and colourful enamels, each side finely painted
with stylised flower sprays, trees and grasses within reserved bor-
ders, all set against a leafy ground, with cross-hatched diaper band-
ed foot, the underside with countersunk artemisia leaf in underglazed
blue, 50cm high
€ 1,000 - 2,000

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A FLAMBE GLAZED ‘HU’ VASE,
18th century, of flattened hexagonal form with everted rim and
ruyi side handles covered in an undulating red, blue and cream
glaze, the countersunk base treated with a toffee brown glaze,
21cm high
PROVENANCE: CARLOW COLLECTION
€ 1,000 - 1,500
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A BLANC DE CHINE MODEL OF GUANYIN,
C.1700, seated at royal ease wearing a beaded
necklace and draped in loose robes, with a cen-
ser to her left side and balanced on a rockwork
base, with double gourd seal of ‘He Chauchun’
24.4cm high
€ 4,000 - 6,000

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A BRONZE ‘TWINS’ SCROLL WEIGHT,
18th century cast as a set of twins, depicted playfully and
aligned in a mutually inverted pose, the figures connected
at the upper and lower torso, the conjoiners incised with
archaistic motifs, 6.5cm wide
For a similar, slightly bigger example, see Sotheby’s Hong
Kong, 8th October 2014, lot no. 3355
€ 600 - 800
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A BRONZE ‘QILIN’ BRUSHWASHER,
17th century, of circular form, the handles formed as
opposing Qilong grasping the bowl edge, the base with
countersunk seal-script mark, 11.7cm wide
€ 600 - 800
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A BRONZE SCROLL WEIGHT,
formed as a recumbent Luduan, c.1800, cast with out-
stretched fore paws, with pronounced mane and curled
tail, 12.4cm long
€ 300 - 500

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A PAIR OF CLOISONNE ENAMEL PEAR SHAPED BOTTLE VASES,
Early 19th Century, each mounted with gilt-metal collars engraved with greek-key ornament,
the sloping necks decorated with dragons, clouds and fire scrolls above compressed globu-
lar bodies enamelled with songbirds perched on flowering trees and set against a turquoise
ground with trelliswork wiring, 34.3cm high
Provenance: Formerly with Alan Hartman Fine Art, New York
€ 4,000 - 6,000
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A POWDER BLUE AND GILT DECORATED VASE,
Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1911), of compressed form with flared
neck, painted with a coiled dragon, the underside with
vacant concentric rings to base, 19.5cm high
€ 300 - 500
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A TURQUOISE GLAZED MONOCHROME VASE,
19th century, of ovoid form, covered with a light crackled
glaze thinning to a green tone on the neck, 21cm high
€ 400 - 600
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A SET OF SIX SMALL BLUE AND WHITE SAUCER
DISHES,
early 19th century, each decorated with Pavilon land-
scapes, in vivid cobalt blue, within a double line border
and a continuous band of alternating pointed motifs, four
character Qianlong mark, 10.8cm diameter
€ 400 - 600
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A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE DISHES, YONGZHENG
(1723-1735)
each painted and enamelled with a pair of egrets standing
amongst lotus with stylised peony blooms, contained with-
in a barbed reserve, the raised sides decorated with pink
enamel and diaper, 21.5cm diameter
€ 300 - 400

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A PAIR OF CHINESE IMARI DISHES,
18th Century, each painted with bamboo, lotus and rockrock
groups within a diaper band, 23cm diameter
€ 200 - 300
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TWO FAMILLE ROSE EXPORTWARE DISHES,
18th Century, one colourfully enamelled with rockwork
and flowers in a fenced setting, encircled by a wavy
rim, the other painted with a pavilion and river land-
scape within a spearhead border, approximately 23cm
diameter
€ 200 - 300
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TWO CHINESE IMARI DISHES,
18th Century, one painted with ‘The Eight Precious Objects’,
the other decorated with a traditional floral medallion in iron-
red and blue tones. 22.1cm diameter
€ 200 - 300
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A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘ROULEAU’ VASE,
19th Century, of traditional form, the raised rim painted
with a diaper edge, over a single bow-string to the neck
and frieze decorated in shaded blue with dignitaries
standing before pine trees, the base with six character
Kangxi mark in underglaze blue, 30.5cm high
Provenance: Furness House (Patrick & Louise Guin-
ness) Sale, Mealys (Oct 6, 2015)
€ 250 - 350

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A CLOISONNÉ BLACK GROUND CONICAL BOWL,
early 20th century, with copper rim above two rows of
lappets, leafy sprigs and centred with a shou medal-
lion, repeated to the exterior, 20.3cm diameter
€ 300 - 500
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A FLAMBE GLAZE BOWSTRING BOTTLE VASE,
Qianglong (1736 - 1795), with rounded body and triple
ring neck splashed with lavender glaze over a cher-
ry-red ground, the recessed base treated with brown
glaze, 20cm high
€ 400 - 600
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A JUN YAO-TYPE DISH,
of shallow circular shape, covered in a lapis-blue glaze
with copper splash, on a short circular foot, the under-
side partially glazed and bearing a wax seal inspection
mark 12.2cm
For a similar example, see Bonhams, London 12th
November 2013, lot 36
€ 300 - 500
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A MING REVIVAL BLUE AND WHITE DOUBLE GOURD FLASK,
17th century, of near eastern inspiration, the flattened circular body painted to each side
with an eight-point star burst medallion, centred with a ‘ying-yang’ symbol and encircled
by a diaper band, the neck applied with raised loop handles, the garlic-bulb mouth encir-
cled by a narrow band of florets, 36cm high
€ 3,000 - 5,000

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A RARE BLUE AND WHITE PEONY JAR,
‘Guan’ mid 14th century, the squat baluster shaped body paint-
ed in a strong tone of underglaze blue with a broad band of six
alternating lotus and peony blooms, linked by vines and scrolling
foliage, contained within a lappet border to the foot and a classi-
cal scroll border to the shoulder, the short neck decorated with a
narrow band of blackberry lily, the base applied with trade label of
‘L, Michiels, Antiquitiés, 12 - 12A Ave. Adolphe, Buyl, Bruxelles’,
27cm high, approx. 35cm diameter
€ 30,000 - 50,000
The Age of Blue and White
In the West, the phrase ‘blue and white’ has become synonymous with Chinese porcelain. During the eighteenth
century, by which time all things Chinese enjoyed an irresistible vogue in Europe, and when aristocrats vied with
each other at auctions of Chinese porcelain, sometimes even bankrupting themselves in their quest to acquire
it, blue and white arguably represented the pinnacle of porcelain taste, porcelain in its most coveted form. Euro-
pean display cabinets crowded with it were displayed proudly in domestic interiors; occasionally, it was even set
ostentatiously into the walls of rooms to provide a sort of porcelain ‘wallpaper’.
It was not always so. In China, the land of its origin, blue and white seems to have had tentative beginnings during
the Tang Dynasty (618-907), but then it vanished from sight until its resurgence during the period represented in
the current lot, the Yuan (1279-1368). This ‘peony’ jar is a statement piece. It is a classic Yuan vessel type, and
like its fourteenth-century comparators, it shares certain characteristics of design and production. The energy
of its vigorous painting style, its bright colour, imposing size, and general flamboyance, were all aspects that the
Mongols favoured in their porcelain.
The jar’s principal decorative pattern comprises peony and lotus scroll bands, while around its neck, where more
usually a wave band might be expected, instead there twines a thin floral scroll. This particular decorative com-
bination, though not unique, is nevertheless less commonly found; compare Sotheby’s London, 11 May 2011, lot
51, and Christies Hong Kong, 31 May 2010, lot 1985.
Prof. Alan. J Flethcer, MRIA

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A 19TH CENTURY SQUARE SECTION FAMILLE
NOIR VASE,
with flared neck and reticulated panel sides, decorated
with a lohan in relief, picked out in colourful enamels, the
base with countersunk seal mark, 33cm high; together
with another of similar form (damaged rim)
€ 500 - 800
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A BLUE AND WHITE SUKOTHAI BOTTLE VASE
16th Century, of pear shape with flared mouth, covered with lightly
crackled glaze spiralling toward to rim and painted with two bands of
alternating pointed motifs above a broad frieze of scrolling foliage, the
narrow foot unglazed, 22cm high
€ 700 - 1,000
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A BLUE AND WHITE SUKOTHAI KENDI
(14/15th Century) of traditional design, with globular body set at the shoulder
with a mammiform spout and rising to a waisted neck, covered all over in a
crackled glaze and painted with repeated arched panel filled with scrollwork,
17.5cm high
Provenance: acquired from Mr. Stefaan Grusenmeyer, South-East Asian
antiques and antiquities, Bangkok and Brussels.
€ 500 - 700

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A BLUE AND WHITE ‘SQUIRREL AND GRAPE’ BOWL,
Qinglong (1736-1795) the deep rounded sides rising to an everted rim, the exterior painted in a
strong cobalt blue with squirrels scampering among tangled grape vines and curled branches, the
short circular foot with two concentric blue rings, six character seal mark to base, 22.6cm diameter
€ 5,000 - 8,000

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A FAMILLE ROSE DECALOBED LIME-GREEN
GROUND TEA-TRAY, JIAQING MARK (1796-
1820),
with rounded sides and raised on four bracket feet, dec-
orated to the exterior and interior with lotus sprays and
florets reserved on a lime-green ground that surrounds
an imperial poem in praise of fine tea in iron red reserved
in white and dated to the cyclical dingsi year of Jiaqing’s
reign (1797), the reverse with a six-character reign mark
of Jiaqing reserved in a white square on a lime-green
ground, 16cm wide
€ 10,000 - 20,000
‘Finest tea of the first picking, and a bright full moon, prompt a line
of verse’
Stephen Bushell’s translation of an extract from the poetic inscription
borne by the two trays offered in lots 32 and 33 helps to bring alive for
those who do not know the Chinese language the eminence of tea in
early Chinese society. Irish society, of course, would quickly acknowl-
edge how wedded it is, and has been for many years, to all things
associated with the ritual ‘cuppa’ and its restorative effects; Chinese
society, by contrast, would perhaps be even quicker in its acknowl-
edgment, because from far earlier times than it first became popular
in Europe, tea drinking and its associated benefits were praised in the
East in a variety of contexts: ‘one cup is enough to lighten the heart,
and dissipate the early winter chill’, as the poetic inscription on these
trays goes on to say. In the present sale, Chinese ‘tea culture’ is rep-
resented here at its highest social level. Cyclically dated by inscription
to 1797, the first year of his reign, the trays also bear the seal marks of
the Jiaqing Emperor (reigning 1796 to 1820). His father, the Qianlong
Emperor, still alive though now as emperor emeritus, had abdicated
in the previous year in favour of his son.
Trays of this type proved popular, and several examples are known,
either in quadrilobe, decalobe (as here), or, more rarely, rectangu-
lar form with rounded corners. A tray identical to the one with the
lime-green ground (lot 32) was auctioned by Christies, New York, 16
September 2016, lot 1375; and the sister to the second of our two
lots, that with a lemon-yellow ground (lot 33), and which came from
the same original collection (see the note on provenance below), was
auctioned by Sotheby’s, London, 16 May 2012, lot 291.
Provenance: by repute, formerly in the possession of Barnaby Fitz-
patrick, second Baron Castletown, and purchased at an auction of
chattels from his house, Granston Manor, Co. Laois, conducted by
Battersby’s, Dublin, 5 May 1938.
Prof. Alan. J Fletcher, MRIA

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A FAMILLE ROSE DECALOBED LEMON GROUND
TEA-TRAY JIAQING MARK (1796-1820),
with rounded sides and raised on four bracket feet,
decorated to the exterior and interior with lotus sprays
and florets reserved on a lemon-yellow ground that sur-
rounds an imperial poem in praise of fine tea, inscribed in
iron red reserved in white and dated to the cyclical dingsi
year of Jiaqing’s reign (1797), the reverse with a six-char-
acter reign mark of Jiaqing reserved in a white square on
a lemon-yellow ground, 16cm wide
Provenance: by repute, formerly in the possession of
Barnaby Fitzpatrick, second Baron Castletown, and pur-
chased at an auction of chattels from his house, Grans-
ton Manor, co. Laois, conducted by Battersby’s, Dublin,
5 May 1938.
€ 10,000 - 20,000
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A LARGE PAIR OF DOUCAI ENAMELLED LOTUS VASES,
Daoguang (1821 - 1850), of baluster shape, colourfully
enamelled and outlined in underglazed blue, with central
lotus medallions surrounded by bats and meandering
foliage above a band of coloured lappets to the foot and
Greek key border to the shoulder, the neck applied with
stylised handles in iron red, turquoise interior, 58cm high
€ 20,000 - 30,000

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A LONGQUAN CELADON GLAZED VASE,
MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
of olive-green tone, with baluster shaped body and bul-
bous mouth, incised with scrolling lotus design between
double lines and two bands of inverted leaves, the neck
carved with a row of upright fluting 22.5cm high
€ 300 - 500
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A LONGQUAN CELADON GLAZED VASE,
16th Century, of pear shape with flared neck and lipped
rim, applied with scroll and ring side handles, the neck
incised with a row of pointed plantain leaves above a
peony group and grasses, 24.5cm high
€ 600 - 800
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A LONGQUAN CELADON GLAZED VASE, potted with
a pear shaped body and surmounted with a waisted
neck and wavy rim, covered in a dark green glaze and
incised with scrolling vines below a band of upright ruyi
heads, 25cm high
€ 300 - 500
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A GILT BRONZE GROUP OF AN OFFICIAL WITH DOG,
Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644), cast with head dress and fas-
tened robe, right arm, outstretched to reach the dog by his
side, 25cm high
€ 2,000 - 3,000
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A MING BRONZE ‘GU’ VASE,
16/17th century, of hexagonal shape with flared neck
pressed with pointed leaves and archaistic patterns, over
flanged divisions and body cast with Taotie masks on a
splayed base, 26.5cm high
€ 1,000 - 1,500
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A BRONZE CIRCULAR MIRROR,
probably Early Ming Dynasty, cast with an alternating
arrangement of figures and script characters around a
raised central boss, 15cm high
€ 500 - 800

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A PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE MOON FLASKS,
19th century, each of flattened circular shape with
cylindrical necks and applied handles, decorated with
groups of figures to each side against a blue ground
with quatrefoil florets. 26cm high
€ 400 - 600
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A PAIR OF LOZENGE SHAPED BLUE AND
WHITE DISHES,
Qianlong (1736 - 1795), each decorated with opposing
phoenix birds, stylised flowers and rockwork, enclosed
within a scrolling foliate border, 31cm wide
€ 250 - 350
42
AN APPLE-GREEN GLAZED CYLINDRICAL VASE,
Qing Dynasty (1644 -1912), with light crackle, the green
glaze fading to a pale tone rim, fitted to European ormo-
lu stand, 14.5cm high
€ 400 - 600
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A FAMILLE VERTE YELLOW GROUND GINGER JAR,
Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1912), of ovoid shape, the
shoulder with ‘dog-tooth’ chevrons over a frieze of qilin
animals and fire scrolls, floating on heaped waves, 18cm
high
€ 300 - 400

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A ‘VUNG TAO’ BLUE AND WHITE CARGO
DISH,
17th century, bearing original Christies lot label,
7 April 1992 - 8 April 1992, Amsterdam, 19.5cm
diameter
€ 200 - 400
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A PAIR OF NANKING CARGO DISHES,
18th century, each of shallow circular form, painted to
centre with pavilion in a wooded mountain landscape,
each with respective engraved Christies label, Nanking
Cargo, lot 5075 & 5076, each 12cm diameter
€ 100 - 200
46
A 16TH CENTURY BLUE AND WHITE CARGO BOWL,
of deep circular form with everted rim, the exterior
loosely painted with tapering segments
€ 200 - 300
48
AN EXPORT HOT WATER PLATE, QIANLONG
(1736 - 1795),
painted ‘en grisaille’ with junks before a
temple and encircled by wavy stippled
border, 27.5cm wide; together with an
18th century tobacco leaf dish and
another export dish, bearing Gerald Kenyon trade label.
(3)
€ 100 - 200

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A HARDWOOD NEST OF QUARTETTO TABLES,
c.1900, each of rectangular shape and graduating in
size carved with stylised Greek key frieze. 41cm wide,
35cm deep, 70cm high
€ 600 - 1,000
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A CARVED CAMPHORWOOD BLANKET CHEST,
c.1900, carved in recess with a procession before pavil-
ions, applied with gilt brass lock plate and fitted with de-
tachable linen drawer to the interior, raised on incurved
scroll feet. 102xm wide, 64cm high, 52cm deep
€ 500 - 800
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A CHERRYWOOD JARDINIERE STAND,
19th century, the shaped circular top inset with veined
white marble within a beaded border and raised on
carved square column legs and stretchers. 40.5cm
diameter x 70.5cm high
€ 300 - 400

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A HARDWOOD CHAIR, 19TH CENTURY
probably blackwood, with pierced back of fruiting boughs,
stylised arms on square stretchers. 60cm wide
€ 200 - 300
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A LATE 19TH CENTURY CARVED
HARDWOOD ‘DRAGON’ MIRROR,
modelled in the Chinese taste, attributed to Gabriel Viar-
dot, with a dragon grasping a bevelled rectangular plate.
95cm high, 78cm at widest point, 53 x 31cm (glass mirror
plate)
€ 1,200 - 1,800
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A PAIR OF ELMWOOD YOKE BACK ARMCHAIRS,
19th century, with arched top rail and concave ver-
tical splat pierced with a single character medallion
and a deer beneath a plum tree, with solid panel seat
and square legs joined by stretcher
€ 500 - 800

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55
A LONGQUAN CELADON GLAZED BOWL,
Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) of circular form, the interior
carved with leafy scrolls and lotus flowers, and exterior
with a row of moulded upright lappets on short cylindri-
cal foot, 13cm diameter
€ 400 - 600
56
A CARVED GILTWOOD PAGODA,
surmounted with a kylin animal finial above two open
tiers, fitted with figures in Ming costume, the lower tier
holding warriors on horseback
€ 300 - 400
57
A PALE CELADON GLAZED TRIPOD CENSER,
Song Dynasty (960-1279), of circular form, with chan-
nelled rim, incised with lotus spray above each foot, the
interior partially glazed, 23cm diameter
€ 1,000 - 1,500
58
A JUNWARE SHALLOW DISH, SONG DYNASTY
(960 - 1279), covered in a crackled blueish olive glaze,
whitening to the sides and rim, the underside partially
glazed with short circular foot, 11cm diameter
€ 300 - 500

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A LONGQUAN CELADON GLAZED TWIN-FISH DISH,
Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644), with flattened rim and flared
sides, moulded to the centre with a pair of fish, the ex-
terior moulded with a row of pointed leaves, covered all
over in a thinning glaze, whitening to the edges, 12.5cm
diameter
€ 300 - 500
60
A LONGQUAN CELADON DISH,
c.14/15th, of circular form with lipped rim, decorated
with floral medallion, surrounded by foliate scrolls, the
base partially unglazed and darkened to an orange
brown tone, 27cm diameter
€ 700 - 1,000
61
A LARGE LONGQUAN CELADON DISH,
YUAN/MING DYNASTY,
of simple circular shape, with raised sides incised with
interlinked scrolls enclosing a central floral medallion,
34cm diameter
€ 600 - 1,000
62
A PAIR OF CELADON GROUND BALUSTER VASES,
19th century, with six character Yongzheng mark, each
with everted rim and waisted neck decorated with a
row of sliff leaves over a honeycomb body with peony
sprays, 24.5cm high
€ 300 - 400

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63
A QINGBAI ‘TWIN FISH’ BOWL, SONG/YUAN
DYNASTY(1271-1368)
of conical form, covered in a light bluish green
glaze, the interior moulded and incised with
two fish swimming in opposing positions amongst
aquatic plants, the underside covered in
a slightly crackled glaze and tapering to an
unglazed circular foot, 20.2cm diameter
€ 2,000 - 3,000
64
A QINGBAI-TYPE PERSONAL SEAL,
formed as a tiger standing, turned slightly to the left on a
squared block, with four rows of seal script characters,
10cm high
€ 400 - 600

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A PAIR OF SANCAI GLAZED LIONS,
probably 17th century, modelling in mirror image, each stand-
ing with raised heads in green, yellow ‘straw’ and buff tones,
approx. 22cm wide
€ 400 - 500
66
A CARVED ROOTWOOD ‘QILIN’ GROUP AND STAND,
18th/19th century, the fantastic animal depicted protecting
a cub, each with pronounced mane and curled tail, stand-
ing on a ground of breaking waves by rockwork, fitted on a
shaped oval stand. 17cm long
€ 1,000 - 1,500

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67
AN OVOID BLUE GROUND ENAMELLED
VASE AND COVER,
19th century, surmounted with a qilin and decorated all over
with flowers, pine and prunus, in various coloured enamels,
set within ‘paper cut’ leaf shaped reserves, with gilt high-
lights
€ 800 - 1,200
68
A FAMILLE VERTE ‘GU’ SHAPED VASE,
19th century, following the shape of archaic
bronze, with flared rim and raised central band
painted with dignitaries with an elephant and
song bird, beneath a band of cash motifs, the
lower section with officials in a landscape, 30cm
high
€ 300 - 400
69
A LARGE FAMILLE VERTE TULIP VASE,
19th century, with raised central socket above a lobed body with
five further sockets, painted and enamelled with warriors and
female attendants within a fenced terrace, five character mark to
base. 34cm high (Damaged)
€ 250 - 350
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A PAIR OF POLYCHROME ENAMEL BUDDHIST BOWLS,
Yongzheng mark, and possibly of the period, each decorated
with eight Buddhist symbols, picked out in coloured enamels,
the interior entirely plain, encircled reign mark to base, 8.3cm
diameter
€ 1,200 - 1,800

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A CELADON JADE ‘DRAGON’ SEAL,
18th/19th century modelled as a cubic block, tightly carved
with a coiled dragon against a leafy ground, the seal face
carved with ancient script. 7.5cm high
€ 2,000 - 3,000
72
A CELADON JADE ‘QILIN’ SEAL,
18th/19th century of square section, surmounted with
a carved openwork Qilin in standing position, with head
turned facing back, the seal face with four-character mark.
11.8cm high
€ 1,500 - 2,000

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A PALE CELADON JADE ARCHAISTIC VESSEL AND COVER,
Qianlong (1736 - 1795), of even tone with mild russet inclusions, the plain
helmet shaped body with scrollwork handle, relief carving to the mouth
above an elephant mask and loose ring, set on four stylised legs, 14.5cm
high
€ 15,000 - 20,000

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A CAMELLIA-LEAF GREEN CHRYSANTHEMUM DISH,
MARK OF YONGZHENG (1723-1735)
the dish comprising forty-four flutes, each with pointed tips
radiating from a slightly recessed centre, glazed all over in
a camellia-leaf green save for the footring and a six-charac-
ter reign mark inscribed on the base in blue and reserved
in white within a double circle, 17.8cm diameter, foot ring
11.3cm diameter, 3.8cm high from foot to petal tip
€ 40,000 - 6,000
The Petals of Longevity
The Chinese were fascinated by the chrysanthemum flower and had drawn inspiration from its ability to resist the chills
of winter. They referred to it as the flower of longevity. Emperors drank chrysanthemum-steeped wines, emulating a
tradition that the Immortals did likewise. If the inhabitants of some village or other showed a tendency to long life, the
word went around that it must be because their water source was bordered with chrysanthemums. On the ninth day of
the ninth month of the year, the beginning of autumn, Chinese literati wrote poems in praise of the chrysanthemum, see-
ing its resilience as a symbol of the resilience to which they themselves must aspire. Hence the chrysanthemum flower
figured forth a network of values, and unsurprisingly, came to feature prominently in Chinese art.
The Yongzheng Emperor (reigning from 1723 to 1735) shared the general esteem for this flower. Records reveal that
in 1733, he ordered his superintendent of the imperial kilns in Jingdezhen to create twelve dishes of chrysanthemum
shape each in a different colour. Forty dishes of each colour type were to be made. Today, the Palace Museum in Beijing
uniquely possesses a full set, the Beijing ‘Twelve’, as they are sometimes referred to.
The dish offered here as lot 74 came from the Carlow Collection, a collection assembled in Philadelphia during the 1940s
by two sisters who later returned with it to Ireland. Items from this collection first started appearing on the open market
in 2010. The collection was diverse, but all of it had merit, and amongst it were several imperial porcelains which were
subsequently re-auctioned; for example, Bonhams, London, 11 November 2010, lot 312; Sotheby’s, London, 15 May
2013, lot 226.
Dishes in the camellia-leaf green colour have rarely come up for sale; a very similar dish in Geneva, the Baur Collection
(accession number A496), its petal tips a little less pointed, is published by John Ayers, Chinese Ceramics in the Baur
Collection, 2 vols (Geneva, 1999), II, 223. It might be noted that the dimensions of the Beijing ‘Twelve’ and the present lot
are identical: general diameter, 17.8 cm; footring diameter, 11.3 cm; and height, 3.8 cm.

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A PAIR OF COPPER RED BOTTLE VASES,
Yuhuchunping, Qing Period (1644 -1912), each with rounded sides and short splayed foot,
rising to a waisted neck and flared rim, covered in an even glaze, with plain white interior,
seal mark in underglaze blue, 30cm high
€ 4,000 - 6,000

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A CHINESE STONEWARE STORAGE JAR IN FORM OF AN OWL,
Warring States Period (475 - 221BC), the ovoid body pressed with a layer of feathers ex-
tending to the waist and glazed from head to waist to a thinning pale olive tone, two applied
handles to shoulders and raised on two tubular legs, and wide splayed tail, 38.5cm high
With thermoluminescence test certificate VHTL-P760, Universitat fur angewandte Kunst,
Vienna, 10 February 2004. 38.5cm high
€ 10,000 - 15,000
Spirits of Origin and Prophecy
As far back at least as the Shang Dynasty (and hence even before 1050 BC), owls are known to have
loomed large in the Chinese consciousness; owls throng among the beliefs and mythology of these early
peoples. The Shang believed that they originated from a mythological ‘black bird’, identified by some as
being an owl. Whatever the truth of that identification, it is at least clear that during the Shang Dynasty,
owls were regarded as auspicious, as protectors and stimulators of fertile crops. When this dynasty was in
time succeeded by that of the Zhou, Zhou workmen borrowed from the Shang their repertoire of decora-
tive designs. In consequence, owls lived on in art and retained something of their ancient mythic power.
They also lived on in literature, and although in some literary contexts they started to assume a less benign
appearance, still the ancient totemic force of the owl existed as an undertow and made its presence felt. A
poet of the Han Dynasty (206 BC to 220 AD), Jia Yi, finding himself exiled to the remote southern Chinese
province of Changsha, viewed an owl which had visited him one day as a prophetic embodiment of his
own personal Daoist beliefs; incarnated in his owl visitor was a spirit speaking eloquently of life, death, and
the Mandate of Heaven.
Owl storage jars of the type offered here are very rare; the present instance, partially covered in a pale
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77
A VERY LARGE BLUE AND WHITE JARDINIÉRE,
19th century with flattened rim over a band of ruyi heads
with cartouche shaped reserves, painted with song birds
and stylised flower groups, against a prunus ground,
48cm high
€ 1,000 - 2,000
78
A PAIR OF QING PERIOD ‘SANG DE BOEUF’
GLAZED VASES,
c.1850, each with globular body and cylindrical neck,
the red tone thinning to the mouth. 29cm high
€ 1,000 - 1,500

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A CLAIR DE LUNE HU-SHAPED VASE,
18th/19th century, moulded around its belly with stylised
phoenix issuing from archaistic squared scrolls, its neck with
upward-pointing lappets and stylised taotie mask against a
leiwen ground and stylised phoenix issuing from archaistic
square scrolls, 30.5cm high.
For an example of ware with a similar glaze and motifs, com-
pare Bonhams, London, 6 November 2014, lot 186. 30.5cm
high
€ 3,000 - 5,000
80
A LANGYAO BALUSTERVASE, 18th century, the waisted
body descending to a flaring foot, covered in a typical
lustrous red glaze thinning to beige at the neck and
rim, the base covered in a pale celadon crackled
glaze.
For examples of similar vases, compare Bonhams,
London, 6 November 2014, lot 195; Sothebys, New
York, 20 March 2018, lot 438.
€ 4,000 - 6,000

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81
A TURQUOISE AND AUBERGINE GLAZED
FIGURE OF AN IMMORTAL,
17th Century, modelled as an official shown seated on a rect-
angular plinth holding a ceremonial sceptre and wearing an
elaborate headress and robes decorated in the ‘Fahua’ palette,
33.5cm high
€ 2,000 - 3,000
82
A BLANC DE CHINE GROUP OF A SEATED
GUANYIN WITH LION,
C.1900, the bodhisattva modelled wearing an open
flowing robe, holding the scroll of wisdom in her left hand,
with a small lion to her right, supported on a square plinth
base,with double gourd mark and four-character seal of
‘He Chaozong’ impressed at the center of her back,
29cm high
€ 600 - 800

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A SANCAI GLAZED MODEL OF A DUCK,
Qing Dynasty (1644 -1911), covered in yellow green and auber-
gine glazes, the bird modelled standing on a shaped dimpled
base, 29.5cm high
€ 300 - 500
84
A GILT BRONZE MODEL OF A SEATED BUDDAH,
Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1912), in meditative pose, holding a
censer in his left hand, with right hand outstretched, legs
folded on a beaded lotus base, with copper panel base
29.5cm high
€ 600 - 800

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85
A GILT BRONZE FIGURAL CENSER,
17th century, formed as a chest and cover, with
attendants to each side, the pierced cover with
a raised dragon and scrolling clouds, the body
raised by each attendant, apocryphal Xuande-
mark
€ 1,200 - 1,800
86
A MIRROR BLACK AND GILT DECORATED
TRIPOD CENSER,
Qinglong mark (1736 -1795), of compressed form with
raised arch handles and gilt rim, the body overlayed
with classic lotus scroll below a narrow band of greek
key ornament, on three splayed feet, seal mark to base,
14.8cm wide
€ 2,000 - 3,000

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A ZITAN WOOD HEXAGONAL BRUSHPOT,
18th Century, with shaped concave side panels, the un-
derside inscribed in gilt with four-character reign mark of
Qianlong in regular script, 16.6cm high
€ 6,000 - 8,000

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88
A LARGE BRONZE RECTANGULAR CENSER
AND COVER,
17th century, the domed cover cast with oval finial and
dragon and phoenix in flight, the tapering body set with
archaic mask side handles, each panel cast with chimera
amongst breaking waves, countersunk ‘Xuande’ mark to
base, 26.5cm wide, 26.5cm high
€ 1,500 - 2,000
89
AN 18TH CENTURY COPPER FOOTWARMER,
struck with makers mark of ‘Chen Wan Hsin’,
of compressed globular form, with two arched
carrying handles, folding to either side, fitted with
pierced honeycomb cover centred with a foliate
roundel, seal mark to base, approx. 32cm diame-
ter, 34cm high with handles raised, with exhibition
label ‘Univ Museum Exhibition’
€ 2,000 - 3,000

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A GILT BRONZE ‘PEACH’ CENSER AND COVER,
17th century, the detatchable circular cover cast with fruiting
branches and overlapping leaves, the fruit shaped body with
knarled branch handle and feet, 21cm long
€ 3,000 - 5,000

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A CELADON ‘HU’ SHAPED VASE,
Guangxu (1875 - 1908),of pale green tones in imitation of
Ru-ware, the neck with re-entrant corners and hollow tubu-
lar handles, the body moulded with peach shaped panels,
on a short rectangular foot, six character mark to base,
30.5cm high
€ 8,000 - 12,000

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A PALE CELADON ‘HU’ VASE, GUANGXU (1875-1908)
of flattened pear shape, with re-entrant corners and two
angular tubular handles to the neck, the body moulded to
each side with peach-shaped panels, six character reign
mark to base 30.1cm high
Provenance: Sheppard’s, Carlow Collection, March 2nd,
2010
€ 8,000 - 12,000

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A LARGE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL FISH BASIN,
Qianlong (1736 - 1795), of deep circular form with slightly taper-
ing sides, the exterior decorated with a continuous mountainous
landscape filled with running deer, cranes and fruiting peach
trees, under a gilt bronze Greek key rim, the interior side walls
with carp, trout and other fish swimming amongst reeds and
aquatic plants, similarly decorated to the floor with frogs and
crustaceans, the underside with encircled reign mark in Kaishu
(regular) script, 63cm diameter
€ 20,000 - 30,000
Imperial Luxuries
Luxury has ever been the condition of those who rule,
whether their taste be driven by their personal inclination
or by the political imperative to display magnificence. The
Qianlong Emperor (reigning from 1736 to 1795) knew luxury
from both of these perspectives. Towards the latter part of
his reign, he immersed himself increasingly in things that
delighted the senses; some would argue that he did so to
the detriment of governing vigilantly, leaving a door open
for unscrupulous mismanagers to enter and operate behind
his back. Whatever the truth of that, at court the imperi-
al field of vision was abundantly crowded with sights of
opulence and refinement. Indeed, imperial workshops had
been set up in Beijing to produce exquisite art objects, toys
‘to keep a drowsy emperor awake’, as the poet W. B. Yeats
might have put it.
Amongst the assorted opulent playthings that formerly
thronged the palace, it is easy to imagine this large fish
basin taking its place. Basins of similar size, with a similar
decoration of deer on the exterior and fish on the interi-
or, are known, and have been attributed to the imperial
workshops, probably in the latter part of the reign. They
represent a high point of eighteenth-century Chinese
cloisonné work. Decoration on Chinese art seldom exists
for its own sake; images come freighted with meaning, and
the meanings released by the imagery on this basin are no
exception, for they heap one auspicious wish upon another.
On the interior, vivid fish and other water creatures navigate
through aquatic plants. In Chinese, the word for a fish (yu)
sounds somewhat like the word for abundance. Hence a
number of fishes represent abundance multiplied, while
goldfish (jinyu) imply abundant gold. Two of the fish on the
basin appear to be carp (li), a word which in turn sounds a
little like the word for profit; by logical extension, two carp
represent profit doubled. The basin’s exterior functions
similarly, for it is replete with motifs of longevity which have
been combined into a landscape: we find deer, cranes and
pine trees, all expressive of long life. The basin’s ensemble,
a tour de force of cloisonné work, would have collaborated
with so many other imperial artefacts in conspiring to enfold
the ageing emperor in a vision of harmony, prosperity, and
long life.
A number of comparable basins have been sold including,
for example, that from the Mandel Collection offered by
Christie’s, Hong Kong, 30 May 2012, lot 3910, and another
by Sotheby’s, Hong Kong, 30 May 2018, lot 3039; unlike
those basins, the present one additionally bears the reign
mark of the emperor done in cloisonné.

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94
A FAMILLE ROSE ‘YUHUCHUNPING’ BIRDS VASE,
c.1900, aprocryphal Yongzheng mark, the rounded body and
slender flaring neck enamelled with colourful flowers under an
iron-red crosshatch ground, with three interspersed circular
reserves, each individually painted with songbirds and flower-
ing trees, encircled six character mark, 27.5cm high
€ 2,000 - 3,000
95
A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE CIRCULAR BOXES
AND COVERS,
Guangxu (1875-1908) of compressed globular form, each
colourfully enameled with songbirds perched amongst peony
branches, the base with six-character mark in iron-red,
17.5cm diameter
€ 500 - 800

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A LARGE MONOCHROME CELADON VASE,
18th Century, fitted with hardwood cover and jadite finial, the vase of broad baluster
shape with slightly splayed foot, evenly covered in a bright celadon glaze, the
porcelain, 28cm high
€ 5,000 - 8,000

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97
AN INSCRIBED FAMILLE ROSE LANDSCAPE BOWL,
Tongzhi (1862 - 1873), of circular shape decorated with pavil-
ions by a river in coloured enamels, with poetic inscription with
seal marks, all beneath a gilt edged rim, six character mark to
base, 15cm diameter
€ 1,500 - 2,000
98
A FAMILLE ROSE BOWL,
Daoguang (1821 - 1850), of tapering circular form, the ex-
terior decorated with various figures in garden landscape,
with gilt edged rim, seal mark in iron red, 20.2cm diameter
€ 1,200 - 1,800

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99
A LARGE FAMILLE VERTE SQUARE SECTION VASE,
with Kangxi mark each side painted with figures within a
pavilion and garden setting, picked out in green, auber-
gine, yellow, black and iron-red enamels, the rounded
neck enamelled with long-tailed birds and butterflies
below a flared rim, the base inscribed with six-character
reign mark, 54cm high
€ 3,000 - 5,000

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100
A LARGE YUAN REVIVAL BLUE GROUND DISH,
18th/19th century, decorated in white relief with but-
terflies, star sprays and flowering peony trees issued
from rockwork, contained within stepped raised
border, 40cm diameter
€ 1,000 - 2,000
101
A PAIR OF MONOCHROME BLUE GLAZED
BOWLS,
Qianlong (1736-1795) each with gently rounded sides
and everted rim, covered in a deep cobalt blue and
thinning to white towards the rim, the base with six
character mark in underglaze blue, 15.5cm diameter
PROVENANCE: SALES LABEL OF BUTTERFIELD AND BUT-
TERFIELD, SAN FRANCISCO. FOR A SIMILAR, SLIGHTLY WIDER,
EXAMPLE, COMPARE CHRISTIES, HONG KONG, 28 NOVEMBER
2012, LOT 2304.
€ 4,000 - 6,000

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102
A CHINESE BLUE-GROUND
EMBROIDERED NINE-DRAGON ROBE,
jifu, mid nineteenth century,
embroidered with nine gold
five-clawed dragons on a
blue ground amid ruyi-shaped
clouds, bats, cranes and the
bajixiang, all above foaming
waves crashing against a
mountain, hemmed with a lishui
border. 138cm high
€ 6,000 - 8,000

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A WHITE, GREY AND RUSSET JADE ‘DRAGON
AND MOUNTAIN’ BRUSH REST,
formed as a dragon emerging from breaking waves, set against a rocky landscape and peaked
mountain, fitted on to a carved hardwood stand, the jade 21cm long, 11.5cm high
€ 8,000 - 12,000

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A BLANC-DE-CHINE RIBBED CENSER,
late 17th Century, of cylindrical form raised on three inverted
‘ruyi’ feet, the centre section incised with a continuous trail of
flowers and butterflies, 14.3cm diameter
€ 800 - 1,200
105
A CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE PORCELAIN VASE,
Dehua c.1700, the slightly tapering body decorated
with flowering prunus, rocks and birds in relief, rising to
a short waisted neck and flared rim. 29cm high
€ 700 - 1,000

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A RARE WHITE GLAZED OVIFORM JAR,
moulded around the shoulders with a peony frieze, the body with a
winged dragon, sea horses (hai ma), fishes and crustaceans, all amid
foaming waves. 23.5cm high
Provenance: Formerly in the possession of Fr Robert Hugh Benson
(1871-1914), famous author of horror and ghost fiction.
€ 3,000 - 5,000

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108
A BLUE AND WHITE ‘ZHADOU’,
Zhengde mark (1506 - 1521), the bulbous body and wide flaring trum-
pet neck painted in a soft underglaze blue with four dragons floating
through scrolling lotus, over a short flared foot with a band of Ruyi
heads, the base with encircled reign mark, 13.1cm high
€ 30,000 - 50,000
‘Dragons floating through swaying Lotus’
This epigraph, taken from Regina Krahl’s description of a blue and white dragon and lotus dish first sold in these rooms
some years ago and dated to the reign of the Xuande Emperor (1426-1435), serves equally well to describe the present
vessel around whose sides and rim dragons endlessly circle in their vigorous parade through fields profuse with blossoming
lotus. Indeed, the dragon and lotus motif was one of the three most characteristic ceramic designs employed on blue and
white porcelains during Zhengde’s reign (1506-1521).
A number of such vessels are known, and they exhibit some variation in the tone of their cobalt blue, which may range from
a pale sky blue to a dark midnight blue; for an example of the former, compare the zhadou from the Meiyintang Collection
auctioned by Sotheby’s, Hong Kong, 7 April 2011, lot 60, and of the latter, compare that auctioned by Christies, Hong Kong,
7 October 2014, lot 3329. Tonal variation is perhaps a less surprising feature of these vessels when it is borne in mind that
during the Zhengde reign, cobalt pigment was being variously sourced; a reference in an annal of 1515 notes that at that
time, local cobalt was being used, but by the latter part of the reign, imported cobalt had been introduced once more. The
colour tone of the present lot compares more closely to that of the Meiyintang example cited above; even more striking,
however, is the near identical match provided by a zhadou offered by Nagel, Stuttgart, in their Asian Art sale of 8 December
2014. In terms of its height, proportion, and the execution of its reign mark, as well as in its use of a cobalt pigment produc-
ing a lighter, sky blue colour tone in the firing, the Nagel vessel offers the closest possible point of comparison to the one
under review here.

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A FINELY CARVED TORTOISESHELL BOX AND COVER,
19th Century, of circular form, the slightly domed cover
intricately carved with five individual phoenix birds flying
amongst cloud scrolls, each with three long tail feath-
ers, contained within a wavy line outer border, the edge
tightly carved with prunus blossom and repeated to the
base,9.3cm diameter
€ 800 - 1,200
110
A TORTOISESHELL RING CHEST,
decorated with carved dragon panel in low relief, with
hinged side retaining clips opening to reveal a stepped
hinged three tier tray. 13cm wide
€ 300 - 500

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A PAIR OF A LARGE IRON-RED AND GILT
LOTUS DISHES, 19TH CENTURY
with Jiaqing (1796 - 1820) mark, each of shallow
circular shape, tightly worked with floral medallions,
bats, peaches, and auspicious emblems, under a gilt
edged rim, the reverse with fire interspersed bats,
four character reign mark, 25.8cm diameter
€ 1,200 - 1,800

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112
A LARGE HU SHAPED CELADON GLAZED VASE
with tubular handles, Yongzheng (1723 - 1735), with broad
rounded sides moulded with a single bow-string to the centre,
on a short spreading foot and rising to a cylindrical neck en-
circled by a further bowstring with hollowed side handles and
lipped rim, the base treated with brown rim and centred with
seal reign mark in underglaze blue, 53cm high
€ 20,000 - 30,000
Seas of Celadon Green
Alongside blue and white, which has become a byword today for ceramics originating in China, the colour celadon, in its
many and varied shades and hues, could claim an equal stature; through the ages of Chinese ceramic manufacture, celadon
welled continually like a ceramic green tidal wave of multiple complexions. Indeed, unlike blue and white, which had not
always been as popular in China as it was to become after its ascendancy during the Yuan (1239-1368), celadon glazes, by
contrast, were never out of fashion, and are represented here and in a number of other lots in this auction; compare, for in-
stance, lots 61 and 62, items produced earlier than the present lot and in different places. Apart from these so-called Longq-
uan celadons, during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) the imperial kilns at Jingdezhen were also charged with the production of
celadon wares, of which the present lot is an outstanding example. Celadon production had begun modestly at Jingdezhen
during the Ming (1368-1644), but it was during the Qing that the taste for celadon became most conspicuous.
The Yongzheng Emperor (reigning 1723 to 1735) whose seal mark adorns this vase was a diligent porcelain connoisseur,
just as his father the Kangxi Emperor (reigning 1662 to 1722) had been before him, and as his son after him, the Qianlong
Emperor (reigning 1736 to 1795), would be in turn. Yongzheng actively legislated for the quality of the porcelain coming out
of Jingdezhen’s official imperial kilns. This was a matter on which he held firm views. Kiln superintendents were appointed to
oversee the quality of ceramics produced for use at court, ceramics that during this period would achieve new heights of in-
novation and finesse. Past traditions were respected - in fact, the shape of the present lot ultimately and deferentially echoes
archaic precedents - though at the same time, these precedents were never slavishly followed; rather, the old and the new
coexisted in a fusion that combined respect for past tradition with a forward-looking spirit of innovation and renewal. Ceram-
ics were created which aspired to embody the best of both worlds, of the world that had been and of the one that currently
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A TURQUIOISE GLAZED RETICULATED
FLOWER BASKET,
Kangxi (1662 - 1722), of lozenge shape with aubergine
rope twist handle applied with yellow glazed peonies, the
rim with Greek key banding over a trelliswork body and
foot support, 10cm wide
Provenance: Shepard’s, Carlow Collection, March 2010
€ 300 - 500
114
A FINE FAMILLE ROSE EGGSHELL SAUCER DISH,
Yongzheng (1723 - 1735), painted with a shepherd-
ess with sheep, contained within a raised cellular
border, 11.7cm diameter; together with another
Yongzheng saucer dish, painted with sparrows
amongst flowering peonies contained within a cellu-
lar and fire scroll border, 11.5cm diameter
€ 400 - 600
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A COLLECTION OF THREE FAMILLE ROSE DISHES,
18th Century, each of circular shape painted with various
floral designs
€ 300 - 400

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A FAMILLE ROSE POURING VESSEL AND COVER,
Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1912), the pierced silver cover with agate
final, the body applied with gilt decorated handle and narrow
beak spout, decorated across the body with formal lotus scrolls in
colourful enamels, with turquoise glazed interior, 26cm high
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A YELLOW GROUND ‘DAYAZHAI’ DISH,
Guangxu (1875-1908) the shallow sides rising to a slightly
everted rim, the interior decorated in grisaille with peach
trees, lingzhi fungus, grape vines and other plants, with an
inscription in iron red, Dayazhai and a seal, Tiandi yijia chun
(Springtime in Heaven and Earth, One Family), all reserved
on the yellow enamel ground, the exterior painted with
enamels on a white ground with stylized scrolling lotus, the
base with the iron-red six-character mark
€ 2,000 - 3,000
118
AN AMBER YELLOW AGATE BELTHOOK,
18th/19th Century, carved with a dragon’s head returning
to face a qilin, the underside set with a round button knob,
fitted on a carved wood stand,11cm long
€ 700 - 900
119
A YELLOW MONOCHROME PEAR-SHAPED
BOTTLE VASE,
late Qing Dynasty, 23.5cm high
€ 200 - 300

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AN UNUSUAL FAMILLE NOIR OVOID TAPERING
JAR AND COVER,
19th Century decorated with qilin and mythical beasts
within encircled reserves, enclosed by black enamel
‘ruyi’ divisions and set against a dense foliate ground,
all in black, green and aubergine enamels, 24.2cm high
€ 3,000 - 5,000

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A BLUE AND WHITE WINE JAR, LATE MING DYNASTY,
c.1600, of oviform shape with twin falcon mask side han-
dles, the neck with a continuous row of stiff leaves above
a frieze of scrolling lotus and lappets, 21.5cm high
€ 1,500 - 2,500
122
A BLUE AND WHITE JAR AND COVER,
Kangxi (1662 - 1722), of ovoid form, painted in vivid blue
with elegant ladies attending to fifteen small boys at play
within a fenced landscape with engraved silver cover,
25cm high
€ 600 - 1,000

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A MING DYNASTY BLUE AND WHITE SQUARE BOTTLE
(c.1620 - 1644), the domed top with stepped concentric
rings, the sides painted with scholars on mountain path,
enclosed within narrow meandering borders, 29cm high
€ 1,000 - 2,000
123
A BLUE AND WHITE GARLIC BULB DRAGON VASE,
Qianlong seal mark but later, the pear shaped body deco-
rated with a dragon in flight amongst wispy clouds and fire
scrolls, over a band of breaking waves, contained within
double borders on short cylindrical foot, 30.5cm high
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125
YANG CHENG (B.1974)
Beijing Opera Series
Tondo, oil on canvas, 177cm diameter
€ 4,000 - 6,000
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YANG CHENG (B.1974)
Beijing Opera Series
Oil on canvas, 201 x 180cm
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CHEN YANNING (CHINESE B.1945)
Young boy with fruit
Oil on board, 51 x 73cm
Signed
€ 20,000 - 30,000
Chen Yanning (b.1945) is a Chinese painter who lives and works in the United States. He was born in
the southern province of Guangzhou, where he studied at their Academy of Fine Arts, graduating in
1965. He continued to work at the Academy as a painter until 1986 when he relocated to America, to
study at Oklahoma City University. His early Chinese works include the poster Chairman Mao Inspects
the Guangdong Countryside (1972) and New Doctor of the Fishing Port (1973).
His has had many public portrait commissions most notably for the British Royal Family, in which he
painted Queen Elizabeth, Duke of Edinburgh and Princess Anne. Yanning’s portrait of the Queen was
subsequently used by Royal Mail for the Jubilee Year stamp.
This present work is an example of the artist’s early paintings and was acquired by the present owner
directly from the artist. It depicts a young man set against the background of a blossoming tree. The
compositional arrangement it quite unusual and highly idiosyncratic. Yanning places the figure at the
bottom of the canvas, on the threshold of the picture plane. Only his head is visible, his arms and
body cut off from view. It is almost as if he has briefly popped his head up into the picture space, all of
sudden occupying the otherwise empty vista of a flowering prunus tree. Yanning has used the device
to create a sense of movement in the work, an immediacy between the viewer and the otherwise static
painted surface.
Yanning is working in oil paint, a medium predominantly used by western artists. Chinese painting was
traditionally based around the technique of ‘brush painting’, which consisted of similar techniques to
calligraphy using black ink or coloured pigments. Although a very different medium to oil paint, Yan-
ning’s portraits, in employing an impasto technique, which imbues the surfaced with an almost blurred
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A ‘SANG DE BOEUF’ OVOID JAR AND COVER,
19th century, with speckled glaze body thinning to a white
tone and fitted with circular cover with globular finial,
inscribed mark to cover. 23cm high
€ 300 - 500
130
A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN TABLE
LAMPS,
late 19th/ early 20th century, each of baluster form, the
waisted neck with bands of typical blue and white trellis
and foliate decoration, above a body of enamelled peo-
nies and stylised flowers, on an inverted foot and brass
circular base. Each 38cm high to light socket. (2)
€ 200 - 300
131
A SMALL KANGXI BLUE AND WHITE TEAPOT
AND COVER,
decorated with panels of female figures and leafy sprays;
together with a small blue and white teapot of globular form,
19th century, painted with young boys. Each 15cm wide over
handle and spout. (2)
€ 300 - 500
129
A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE ‘BOYS’ BOWL AND
COVER,
18th century, in the Wanli style, of compressed globular
form, decorated all over with young boys pursuing various
activities, set amongst pine trees and bamboo shoots, the
interior painted with a leaping fish enclosed by a border of
prunus flowers. 25cm diameter
€ 300 - 500

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A BLUE AND WHITE FLAT-BACK WALL VASE,
Qianlong (1736-1795), for the Dutch market. 24.5cm
high
€ 250 - 350
132
A BLUE AND WHITE RIBBED VASE,
Qianlong (1736-1795), painted with pagodas within a river
and mountain landscape. 24cm high
€ 400 - 600
134
A PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE MOON FLASKS,
19th century, of flattened circular shape, with cylindrical
neck and stylised animal handles, the face decorated with
mountain landscapes to either side, on a tapering oval foot.
37cm high
€ 1,200 - 1,800
135
A 19TH CENTURY BLUE AND WHITE TWO-
HANDLED MOON FLASK,
of flattened circular form, painted to each side with pa-
vilion landscapes, above a slightly spayed foot, painted
with foliate lappets, 30cm high; together with another
smaller example of similar style, 22cm high (2)
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A CLOISONNE VASE,
19th century, converted to a table lamp, with bronze
mount and stand, the body of lobed oval shape filled with
colourful enamels against a blue ground, with painted
domed shade. The vase and stand 30cm high, 59cm high
including shade
€ 800 - 1,200
137
A FAMILLE ROSE OCTAGONAL JARDINIERE ON
STAND,
the lipped rim with Greek key ornamentation above
panelled side walls, enamelled with peonies, insects,
songbirds and flower sprays, repeated on the stand,
with turquoise interior, with four character Shen de Tang
mark to base. 23cm diameter
€ 400 - 600
138
AN ‘ARCHAISTIC’ BRONZE BELL,
Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1912), with double chilong handle
above body with two rows of geometric motifs with
Ming mark. 31cm high
€ 300 - 400
139
A MING REVIVAL ‘BIANHU’ BLUE AND WHITE
MOON FLASK,
20th century, with a short cylindrical neck, applied with
twin scroll handles, the body with radial segments paint-
ed with eight Buddhist symbols surrounding a central
floret on waisted foot, Qianlong seal mark. 43cm high
€ 1,000 - 1,500

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AN IRON RED AND UNDERGLAZE BLUE BOWL,
probably Kangxi, of deep circular form, the interior cen-
tred with a medallion of a dragon emerging from break-
ing waves, encircled by four further medallions filled with
individual mythological beasts, the exterior with various
fish and animals on a ground of heaped waves, 21.5cm
diameter
€ 500 - 800
141
A LARGE DECORATIVE MODEL OF A SEATED
GUANYIN,
modern, in traditional form, with elaborate headdress,
beaded necklace and draped robes, seated on an inverted
lotus plant, above small figures and shrine with a flaming
pearl and citron fruits, 74cm high
€ 300 - 500
142
A PAIR OF 19TH CENTURY BLUE AND WHITE
GINGER JARS AND COVERS,
each painted with figures in garden landscape, vacant
concentric rims to base, each 15cm high
€ 200 - 300
143
A SET OF FOUR FLARED BLUE AND WHITE CUPS,
19th century, of tapering design, each with wavy
rims, painted with foliate groups within eight tapering
segments, the interior with a band of eight individual
heads, and centred with a chrysanthemum encircled
with barbed borders, cross-hatch mark to base, 11cm
diameter; together with six smaller blue and white cups
and five saucers
€ 300 - 400

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A CLOISSONÉ AND GILT BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER
STAND,
Qianlong (1736 - 1795), of trefoil shape, with blue cellular
ground, and with three counter-sunk sockets, on a
scrollwork base, filled with lotus flowers and lappets
and gilt wired divisions. 13.5cm at each angle, circular
sockets 2.5cm diameter
€ 300 - 500
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144
A CLOISSONÉ BOX,
a small Chinese silver and enamel circular box, and a
small Japanese bronze seal paste box and cover (3)
€ 200 - 300
146
AN 18TH CENTURY CANTON ENAMEL
CIRCULAR BASIN,
painted with four figures playing an instrument within a
garden, 30cm diameter
€ 200 - 300

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A PAIR OF ‘CANTON’ EXPORT BALUSTER SHAPED
VASES,
in traditional palette, with out turned rim and gilded ani-
mal handles, each side decorated with figures within an
interior, set against a green and gilt floral ground, each
35.5cm high
€ 400 - 600
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A BLUE AND WHITE EXPORT PORCELAIN
CHARGER,
18th century, with canted rim, painted with alternating peony and
chrysanthemum sprays, centre filled with peonies, encircled by a
diaper band with floral reserves, 34cm diameter
€ 300 - 500
149
A TURQUOISE GLAZED POTTERY VASE,
possibly Ming, of lobed circular form, moulded with a continu-
ous row of ruyi heads, the crackled glaze stopping short to foot,
13cm high
€ 400 - 600

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A GILT BRONZE PEACH SHAPED BOX AND COVER,
Meiji Period (1868 - 1912), patinated in two tones, the cover
surmounted with a scarab beetle, cast with knarled branch
and delicately moulded serrated leaves, with gilded interior,
the base bearing trade label of ‘Gress Baker, London’ with
inventory no. 3298, 19cm long
€ 700 - 1,000
151
A PAIR OF FRAMED MANDARIN RANK BADGES,
each woven with gilt thread depicting the golden pheasant
in flight and signifying the 1st civil rank, framed within Kesi
silk borders
€ 800 - 1,200
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A FRAMED ‘KESI’ CIVIL OFFICIAL’S RANK BADGE
(FOURTH GRADE),
19th century, woven as a duck with outstretched wings
balancing on a lotus and surrounded by cloud scrolls and
auspicious emblems, 26.5 x 29cms
€ 200 - 300

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A FINE BLUE AND WHITE OGEE SHAPED BOWL,
Qianlong (1736 - 1795), painted to the centre with a six-
point ruyi medallion within a narrow border of interlinked
classic scrolls, the flared sides set with eight Buddhist
emblems, with ribbon ties, the exterior with five bats
above rolling waves, squared seal mark to base, 20.3cm
diameter
€ 3,000 - 5,000
Private Devotions in Public Spaces
The Qianlong Emperor (reigning from 1736 to 1795) had a deep personal adherence to Tibetan Buddhism, his de-
votion being evinced both in grand public gestures in its support and in his private studies. Not only did he learn the
Tibetan language, he also translated certain Buddhist scriptures. While it could be said that, in his capacity as a wily
political hat-wearer, Qianlong was fully aware that his stance would endear him among prominent ethnic groups in
China like the Mongols, among whom Tibetan Buddhism was revered, and that it would garner political advantages,
there can be little doubt that his adherence was also something more deeply felt, not merely a lip service calculated
to curry favour.
Unsurprisingly, therefore, this personal spiritual commitment was dimensioned in the arts of Qianlong’s glittering
court, and here, porcelain would come into its own, as it had done for many an emperor in days gone by who would
seek not only to see himself surrounded by objects of intrinsic aesthetic beauty, but ones which also released
meaning and resonated with the values and aspirations that he held dear.
The present blue and white dish is a case in point, for in its choice of decorative motifs, it celebrates some of
Buddhism’s most familiar images, notably the Eight Buddhistic Emblems painted around its cavetto in tones of rich
cobalt blue on a fine white ceramic body. (Its visual impact in this respect compares closely with that of lot 31 in the
present sale, another Qianlong-marked piece, a blue and white ‘squirrels and grapevine’ bowl.)
A number of dishes with this particular design scheme are known, especially in the polychrome palette of doucai
enamels, but are much rarer in blue and white; compare with the present lot Christies, Hong Kong, 30 May 2012, lot
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A LARGE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL MOON FLASK,
Qing Period, 19th century, of flattened oval form, applied
with gilt bronze dragon handles and decorated all over
with chrysthemums, peonies and stylised flowers. 53cm
high
€ 5,000 - 8,000
155
A COPPER-RED GARLIC BULB MONOCHROME VASE,
Kangxi mark (1662 - 1722) covered in a deep cherry-red
glaze fading towards the rim, the pear shaped body deco-
rated with a depiction of Magu holding a flower basket and
riding a deer with a lingzhi fungus in its mouth, in an open
landscape.
€ 1,500 - 2,000
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AN IRON RED AND GILT DECORATED VASE,
19th century, of ovoid form boldly decorated with a
dragon grasping a flaming pearl, the neck with cross-
hatched band and a row of vertical flutes, 27.5cm high
€ 1,000 - 2,000
156
A RARE FAMILLE ROSE ENAMELLED GLASS MINIATURE
‘HU’ VASE,
18/19th century, delicately painted with a lady and small boy
reading within an interior, and repeated with a similar scene
to the opposing side, all reserved within a yellow cartouche
border, and scrollwork ground, the flaring neck with a band
of ruyi lappets, seal mark partially rubbed, 9.8cm high
€ 800 - 1,200

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A LARGE CARVED JADE GROUP,
18/19th century, modelled in the form of a wine
gong and vessel, following the bronze prototype,
the ewer with detachable cover surmounted with
pierced qilin handle and carved in shallow relief
with geometric archaic designs, with angular
handle and elephant mask spout, with loose ring,
the body decorated with tactile mask to each side,
supported on a rockwork base, 28cm high
€ 2,000 - 4,000
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A PALE JADE BRUSH REST,
18th century, carved in the form of a dragon, chasing a flam-
ing pearl over angular rocks, 19cm long
€ 3,000 - 5,000

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A BRONZE GROUP DEPICTING HEVAJRA
AND NAIRATMYA,19TH CENTURY,
cast with Hevajra embracing his prostrate
consort, with sixteen arms each holding
infacing animals and dieties, balanced
on the back of small figures and supported
on an inverted lotus base, the underside
pressed with double-thunderbolt,
37cm wide, 47cm high
€ 1,000 - 2,000
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A TIBETAN BUTTER LAMP,
18/19th with broad bowl pierced with a band of leafy
scrolls, on a waisted stem and spreading circular foot,
19cm high, 23cm wide
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A CELADON GLAZED BALUSTER VASE,
Qianlong mark but later, set with elephant
mask side handles and moulded with bands
of archaic design below at continious row of
ruji heads to the flared rim, 26.5cm high
€ 2,000 - 3,000
163
A SET OF FIVE DOUCAI ENAMEL AND GILT
DECORATED LOTUS DISHES,
Guangxu mark (1875-1908) each centred with a flow-
erhead medallion and bordered by a broad outer band
containing four further lotus flowers and stylised scrolls,
all within a blue line border,14.1cm diameter;
together with another blue and white example of close
design and dimension, 13.5cm diameter
€ 800 - 1,200
164
A WUCAI ENAMELLED PEONEY JAR WITH CARVED
TIMBER COVER,
Kangxi (1662-1722) of ovoid shape painted with flowerheads
in red and yellow tones against a ground of green leafy
scrolls, the neck banded with cross-hatch diaper, the foot
encircled with double blue lines, 13.2cm high
€ 400 - 600
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A BLUE AND WHITE PEAR SHAPED VASE,
18th Century, with flared rim and splayed foot, applied
with a whorl-heap side handles and decorated in various
shades of blue with a carp swimming amongst aquatic
plants and crustaceans, 26cm high
€ 600 - 800
166
A PAIR OF CHAMPLEVE ENAMEL WINE CUPS,
19th Century, each of slightly tapered form with gilt metal
rim and foot, decorated with various flowerheads in co-
lourful enamels with gilt wire devisiond, turquoise glazed
interior, 5.5cm high
€ 500 - 800
167
AN APPLE GREEN AND PALE JADE ARCHERS
RING,
Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1911/12); together with a Tibetan
white jade ring (2)
€ 300 - 400

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A GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF THE PENSIVE BODHISATTVA,
Maitreya, modelled in seated position with one leg folded over his left knee, with his
right hand raised to a side cheek, 12cm high
€ 1,200 - 1,800
Known as ‘National Treasure 83’ and housed in the National Museum of Korea, a gilt
bronze sculpture of the Bodhisattva seated with his right leg crossed over his left and
his right hand lifted to his face, fingers lightly touching his cheek. The sculpture dates
from the late 6th - early 7th century and this present example is a miniature version of
the country’s most treasured possession. The pose and gesture of the figure is rep-
resentative of a pan-Asian iconography that has come to be defined as the ‘pensive’
pose. It gained popularity in Korea in the sixth and seventh centuries, particularly due
to the growing influence of Chinese Buddhist archetypes.
Religious iconography and imagery are quite common in the Buddhist tradition. As
a polytheistic faith, representations abound for the many gods and goddesses. The
Bodhisattva figure is commonly depicted, as unlike the Buddha he has not reached
full enlightenment beyond mortal concerns. Instead they remain accessible within
the phenomenal world to help guide their followers. The creation of small-scale re-
productions of the larger bronze in the Korean National museum, exemplifies this
function of the Bodhisattva as the interceptor on the behalf of the faithful. In Korea
and Japan, Bodhisattva, are identified as Maitreya, the figure who will become the
teaching Buddha in the next era. The importance and divine wisdom of the figure
is perfectly captured, even in this miniature rendering, in the immense stillness of
the pose. However, the constant engagement with the world is embodied in the
slight movement suggested by the fingers touching the cheek, the relationship to the
natural world is not severed as it is through this lived experience, for the Buddhist
followers, that they will eventually reach the goal of enlightenment.
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A BRONZE CENSOR, 17/18TH CENTURY,
of squat bulbous form, cast with animal masks side han-
dles over a short splayed foot, with countersunk seal mark,
25cm across handles
€ 1,000 - 1,500
170
A PEACHBLOOM GLAZED BEEHIVE WATERPOT,
(TAIBO-ZUN), bearing Kangxi mark, of dome shape surmounted by
a short waisted neck and narrow everted mouth, the base glazed in
white with inscribed six-character mark in underglaze blue, 13.6cm
diameter
€ 600 - 800

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A BLUE AND WHITE ‘PHOENIX AND QILIN’ DISH,
18th Century, the central reserve painted with a qilin be-
neath a phoenix in mid-flight, contained within a twin blue
line border to the raised rim, 23.5cm diameter
€ 500 - 800
171
A BLUE AND WHITE ‘KRAAK’ DISH, WANLI
(1573-1620)
painted to the centre with ducks by a lotus pond, encircled
radiating panels of flowers and Daoist objects below the rim,
28.1cm diameter
€ 1,000 - 1,500
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A RARE BLUE AND WHITE BOWL, TIANQI
(1621-1627),
of broad circular shape, painted to the central reserve with
ladies conversing in a garden, contained within concentric
blue line borders, the base with four character reign mark,
15.8cm diameter
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A BLUE AND WHITE ‘LOTUS’ BOWL,
Qianlong (1736-1795) the exterior freely painted with
curling lotus scrolls, contained between double blue line
borders to the rim and foot, the underside with ‘Minyao’
seal mark, 19.6cm diameter
€ 400 - 600
175
A PAIR OF IRON-RED AND GILT DECORATED
BOWLS,
18th Century, each decorated with floral groups includ-
ing peony and camillia against a plain white ground, the
interior banded with a narrow diaper and centered with
another floral reserve 19.2cm diameter
€ 800 - 1,200
176
A LONGQUAN CELADON GLAZED LOTUS BOWL,
southern Song/Yuan Dynasty (13th century) the round-
ed sides carved in low relief with a band of overlapping
lotus petals, covered in a sea-green tone paling to the
extremities, 16.3cm diameter
€ 600 - 800
177
A BLUE AND WHITE LANDSCAPE BOWL,
Qianlong (1736-1795), painted in a vivid blue with a
mountain and pavillion landscape, the interior banded
with a narrow diaper and centred with a stylised flower
group, 14.6cm diameter
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A LARGE FAMILLE ROSE ‘LOTUS AND EGRET’BASIN,
19th Century, of deep circular form with everted rim,
painted to the interior with egrets standing amidst tall
lotus leaves and grasses, the sidewalls colourfully paint-
ed with songbirds perched among flowering peonies,
magnolia and various other flowers, 37.8cm diameter
€ 2,000 - 3,000
179
AN INSIDE-PAINTED CLEAR GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
(dated to the year 1941) Republican Period (1912-1949)
decorated en grisaille with figures in a river and moun-
tain landscape, inscription to the upper left preceded by
an oval seal mark in red, 7cm high
€ 300 - 500
180
A SMALL BLUE AND WHITE ELEPHANT HANDLE
VASE,
Kangxi (1662-1722) of slender baluster shape with
stylised elephant mask handles, painted in a soft blue
with maidens standing in a fenced landscape, 16cm
high
€ 300 - 500
181
A FAMILLE ROSE PUNCH BOWL,
Qianlong (1736-1795) of deep circular form, painted an
enamelled to the exterior with peacocks, peonies and
rock formation within a fenced landscape, on short
circular foot with brown wash rim, 25.8cm diameter
€ 700 - 1,000

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A PAIR OF DOUCAI ENAMEL LOTUS DISHES,
Kangxi mark, 19th century, each decorated with an
arrangement of flower heads on a ground of feathery
leaves, in shades of green interspersed with iron red
and yellow foliate scrolls, repeated to the raised collar,
15.1cm diameter
€ 1,000 - 2,000
183
A FAMILLE ROSE ‘EIGHT IMMORTAL’ OCTAGONAL
WINE CUPS,
Daoguang seal mark in red, of slightly tapering form,
each panelled side painted with individual figures, hold-
ing their respective implements over a band of rolling
waves, 5.5cm high
Compare similar cups sold by Bonhams, London, 11
May 2017, lot 215.
€ 1,500 - 2,000
184
A CHINESE WHITE METAL COCKTAIL SET, C.1925,
comprising and shaker and cover with 6 flared shot
cups, each piece of slightly tapering design applied with
a continious band of dragons, and cloud scrolls against
a plain ground, unmarked 23.5cm high
€ 800 - 1,200
185
A BLUE AND WHITE DRAGON AND PHOENIX DISH,
with six character Wanli mark, of shallow circular form
painted to the centre with a five-claw dragon and phoenix
amidst cloud scrolls and contained within a blue double
line border, the exterior similarly decorated, the base with
encircled reign mark 15.1cm diameter
€ 800 - 1,200

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A COPPER RED MONOCHROME BOTTLE VASE,
c.1800, of pear shape with consistant glaze and white
tipped rim, the base with vacant double line rings and
undercut foot, 19.4cm high
€ 400 - 600
187
A COPPER-RED BOTTLE VASE, C.1800,
the pear shaped body rising from a slightly splayed foot,
covered in an even monochrome glaze and whitening
to the rim, the base with vacant double blue rings, the
interior and base white-glazed, 19cm high
€ 400 - 600
188
A BRONZE ELONGATED VASE,
19th century, with flared mouth and slender neck,
wrapped with a coiled qilin over a compressed body
and short circular foot, 20.5cm high
€ 300 - 400
189
AN ARCHAISTIC BRONZE TRUMPET NECK VASE,
with plain neck and lower section, centred with raised
boss and apllied with opposing qilin handles, 30.2cm
high
€ 400 - 600

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A CHINESE WHITE METAL CENTREPIECE,
makers mark of ‘W S’, c.1910, of flared circular form,
pierced with dragons in flight and supported in three
stylised bamboo columns over a domed circular foot,
raised on ebonised stand, 19cm high, 22cm diameter
€ 400 - 600
192
A PAIR OF CHINESE WHITE METAL AND GLASS
POSY VASES,
by Luen Wo, c.1900, each holding later glass vessels,
supported on a base of downscrolling dragons, each
19cm high
€ 250 - 350
193
AN INDIAN WHITE METAL BOMBE SHAPED BOX
AND COVER,
late 19th century surmounted with an elephant, the
lobed body, chases and embossed with animals and
trees, on short scroll feet, 11cm high; together with a
Burmese white metal box of oval form, chased with
figures and monkeys within a stylized landscape, 8.5cm
wide (2)
€ 300 - 400
190
A BRONZE ‘GU’ VASE,
17th century, with flared trumpet neck and waisted
centre section, cast in shallow relief with taotie masks,
against a leiwen ground, repeated to the raised collar
and foot with four flange division. 25.7cm high
€ 800 - 1,200

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A LONGQUAN CELADON
GLAZED BOWL,
Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) of circular
form, centred with a spiral medallion
within a broad band of scrolling leaves
and lotus flowerheads, the exterior
carved with a continuous row of painted
leaves, covered in a bright green tone,
17.5cm diameter
€ 2,000 - 3,000
195
A BLUE AND WHITE ENAMEL EGGSHELL BOWL,
probably Republican Period, (1912-1949) of deep
circular form, decorated with dragons in flight
amidst coloured cloud scrolls and fire in pursuit
of the flaming pearl, set between a diaper band
and gilt edged rim and a foot encircled by greek-
key banding, the underside with stylised seal mark
22.2cm diameter
€ 800 - 1,200

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A BLANC DE CHINE MODEL OF GUANYIN,
18th century, depicted sitting on a lotus pod, with high
dressed hair and draped robes, holding a sceptre, flanked
by a songbird and vase, over a base of aquatic plants, 24cm
high Provenance: Mealy’s Furness House (Patrick & Louise
Guinness) Sale (Oct 6, 2015)
€ 800 - 1,200

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A LARGE 19TH CENTURY CLOISONNE BOWL,
Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1912), of lobed form with gilt metal
rim and foot, the body decorated with insects, birds
and flowering branches, set against a turquoise cross
hatch ground on associated gilt metal stand, 28cm high
(without stand), 26cm diameter
€ 1,200 - 1,800

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A CARVED AGATE ‘HU’ SHAPED VASE AND COVER,
of archaic design, with knopped cover, outsplayed handles with
pendant bells and chains, fitted on a carved wood stand, the
entire 17.5cm high
€ 250 - 350
199
A MOTTLED JADE CENSER AND COVER,
surmounted by a dragon head with loose ring
handles on a compressed body with lion mask legs
and paw feet, 16cm across handles
€ 800 - 1,200
200
A LATE MING BLUE AND WHITE BOWL,
16th century, with everted rim, the side walls decorated with
attendant segments painted with leaves and fruits within arched
reserves and centred with foliate roundel similarly decorated with
tapering segments and oval reserves, some incrustacean to the
base, 15cm diameter
€ 500 - 700
201
A DOUCAI ENAMEL FLARED DRAGON BOWL,
19th century in the Kangxi style, the interior cen-
tred with a front facing dragon, in green enamel
amongst iron-red scrolls contained within a double
lined borders, the exterior painted and enamelled
with dragons in flight beneath a Greek key border,
the base with encircled four character Kangxi mark,
16cm diameter
€ 400 - 600

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A 19TH CENTURY BLUE AND WHITE BALUSTER
VASE,
the broad frieze painted in vivid blue, with tiger,
deer, buffalo and other animals within a continuous
landscape, within a lotus narrow border to neck and
band containing the eight Buddhist emblems to foot,
the base with spurious four character Kangxi mark,
32cm high
€ 400 - 600
203
A MING BLUE AND WHITE HEMISPHERICAL BOWL,
Wanli (1572 - 1620), the exterior freely painted with an inter-
linked lotus scroll rising to fritted rim, 12cm diameter
€ 400 - 600
205
A CHINESE EXPORT BLUE AND WHITE TUREEN AND
COVER,
c.1800 of oblong shape with animal mask side handles,
decorated all over with figures, pagodas within a river and
mountain landscape, 26cm wide
€ 200 - 300
204
A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE OBLONG DISH,
Qianglong period (1736 - 1795) with angled corners
painted to the central reserve with a pagoda within a riv-
er and mountain landscape with raised fish scale outer
border, 45cm wide; together with another Chinese blue
and white oblong dish, of the same period, finely painted
with a young boy with a fisherman standing by the river-
side, 37.5cm wide (2)
€ 400 - 600

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A LARGE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN CHARGER,
Qianlong period (1736 - 1795) of shallow circular form,
painted with peonies, flower basket, rockwork and dia-
per scrolls within a brown dressed rim, 32cm diameter;
together with a small Chinese Imari dish, 18th century
with lobed rim, 23cm diameter
€ 250 - 400
207
A BLUE AND WHITE OBLONG DISH,
C.1800, with raised sides and canted corners, painted in
strong blue tones with pavilions in a river and mountain
landscape, surrounded by an outer border or diaper and
flower sprigs, the underside treated with brown wash,
40.5cm wide
€ 250 - 300
208
A SANCAI GLAZED BUFF POTTERY MODEL OF A
HORSE,
standing four square with overlaid saddle in straw glaze,
supported on rectangular plinth base, 34cm high
€ 400 - 600
209
A PAIR OF PINK ENAMEL EXPORT WARE DISHES,
each decorated with peony blooms and cellular borders,
22.5cm diameter
€ 200 - 300

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CHINESE SCHOOL (19TH CENTURY)
Portrait of an Emperor and Empress
A pair, gouache on paper, the oval 23x 18cm
Framed
€ 300 - 500
211
WEICHENG (CHINESE SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY)
Winter Landscapes
A set of four, ink and colour on silk
Two examples signed Qian Weicheng with cyclical date
inscription
Purchased at auction c.1940 in scroll form and
subsequently framed.
212
A MONOCRHOME BLUE GLAZED COMPRESSED
BOTTLE VASE,
bearing Guangxu six character mark (1875 - 1908)
20cm high
€ 300 - 400
213
AN EXPORT TUREEN AND COVER,
18th century, decorated in the Imari palette, the cover
surmounted with a coronet handle and decorated with mon
medallions and quatrefoil reserves against a cross-hatched
ground, the body with dog-mask handles on a shaped oval
foot. 25cm high x 40cm long over handles
€ 400 - 600

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A BLUE AND WHITE LOTUS DISH,
Kangxi (1662-1722) of circular form with barbed rim,
moulded with petal-shaped panels and decorated to the
central reserve with lotus flowers and scattered leaves,
spurious Chenghua mark, 26.2cm diameter
€ 300 - 500
215
A BLUE AND WHITE DOUBLE GOURD VASE,
Wanli (1573-1620) of traditional shape, the upper bulb
painted with a dragon in flight below a row of flutes to
the mouth, the lower bulb painted with a peacock on a
rock formation among stylised flowers,centred between
a band of ruyi heads above and lappets below, 21.2cm
high
€ 400 - 600
216
A DAOIST IMMORTAL TEABOWL,
Daoguang (1821-1850) of flared shape painted en grisa-
ille with immortals in a garden landscape, the underside
marked with the ‘endless knot’ 9.7cm high
€ 200 - 300
217
A PAIR OF MING BLUE AND WHITE OVOID JARS,
17th Century each with waisted neck and lipped rim,
painted with a broad band of scrolling lotus flower and
curled leaves between a collar of ribboned auspicious
objects to the shoulder and a row of lappets to the foot,
12.4cm high
€ 300 - 500

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A BLUE AND WHITE EWER,
c.1600, following a middle eastern shape, with baluster
shaped body applied with raised spout and arched loop
handle, painted with birds and exotic fruits between a
band of stiff leaves to collar and a row of ruyi lappets to
the foot, 18.3cm high
€ 400 - 600
219
A PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE OVIFORM JARS AND
COVERS,
Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) the domed tops with globular
finials, the bodies painted with groups of Asian oak
leaves beneath a collar of ruyi heads, 13cm high
€ 400 - 600
220
A TRANSITIONAL ‘PHOENIX AND PEONY’ JAR,
Shunzhi (1644-1661) of ovoid form painted with a
phoenix in mid-flight amongst peony blooms and foliate
scrolls, picked out in iron-red, green and yellow enam-
els, below a continuous band of rolling waves to the
neck, 13.6cm high
€ 400 - 600
221
A PALE AND RUSSET JADE INSCRIBED PLAQUE,
19th Century, of rectangular form and pierced for
suspension, carved to one side with a mythical beast
exhaling elixir and enclosed by geometric borders, the
opposing side with poetic inscription 5.6cm high
€ 600 - 800

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A TRANSITIONAL BLUE AND WHITE JAR,
17th century, painted to the waist with a four-clawed
dragon in pursuit of the flaming pearl, 18cm high
€ 300 - 500
222
A BLUE AND WHITE ‘LONG ELIZA’ PATTERN DISH,
Kangxi (1662-1722) painted to the centre with two ladies
conversing in a garden setting, contained with a diaper border
with interspersed paech groups, the underside with spurious
Chenhua reign mark;
together with another blue and white dish painted with tradi-
tional floral patterns, 22.1cm diameter
€ 300 - 500
223
A SMALL BLUE AND WHITE ‘LONG ELIZA’ PATTERN
VASE,
Kangxi (1661 -1722), the bulbous body moulded with
six lappets and decorated with standing maidens, the
base with single character ‘Jade’ mark, on finely carved
stand, the porcelain, 12.5cm high
€ 150 - 200
224
A COLLECTION OF FOUR FRAMED BOXER REBLLION
PHOTOGRAPHS,
late 19th/early 20th century, depicting punishments and execu-
tion images, each approx 20 x 26cm. (4)
€ 200 - 300

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Study of Magu standing, holding a double gourd and
basket
Ink and colour on paper, 58 x 32cm
Provenance: Reputebly sold with Bukowski’s
€ 3,000 - 5,000
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A PAIR OF DOUCAI ENAMEL ‘DUCK AND LOTUS
POND’ DISHES,
Kangxi (1662-1722) each decorated in green, blue and iron-red with a pair of ducks swim-
ming in a lotus pond, encircled by serrated lappets and a border depicting the eight Daoist
immortals crossing the seas, 22cm diameter
€ 2,000 - 3,000

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A PAIR OF CELADON GLAZED COCKRELS,
Republican period (1912 - 1949), each modelled in mir-
ror image, standing and turned to one side, 24.5cm high
€ 200 - 400
228
A LARGE CANTONESE PUNCH BOWL,
mid 19th century, decorated in traditional palette, the in-
terior with alternating panels and central floral medallion,
repeated to the exterior and contained beneath a band
of colourful peonies, 40cm diameter
€ 200 - 400
229
A JADEITE AND GOLD LINK BRACELET,
composed of a series of jadeite jade links of circular
form, each mounted in 24K gold, with safety chain,
length approximately 17cm
€ 200 - 300
230
A PAIR OF SOLID JADEITE BANGLES,
of plain design, inner circumference approximately
20.5cm, inner diameter approximately 7.5cm
Accompanied by a report from The Gem & Pearl Lab-
oratory in London, stating that the bangles weighing
74.71 grams & 83.14 grams are of green colour, with no
evidence of treatment. Report no. 15427, dated March
13th 2018
€ 1,500 - 2,500

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A JADEITE BEAD NECKLACE,
centred by a heart-shaped white metal and paste clasp,
length approximately 69cm, accompanied by a certifi-
cate of Gem and Jade
€ 700 - 900
232
A GENTLEMAN’S GOLD RING,
with adjustable coiled band, and broad lozenge shape
panel chased and embossed with the scene of a dig-
nitary on horse back flanked by attendants, against a
stippled ground, weighing approximately 4.83 grams,
ring size Y (adjustable)
€ 300 - 500
233
A CORAL BEAD NECKLACE,
composed of a single-strand of graduating coral cor-
allium rubrum beads, measuring approximately 10.9-
4.9mm, with an oval-shaped ivory clasp, length approx-
imately 66cm*
€ 400 - 600
234
A LARGE REPUBLICAN PERIOD ENAMELLED VASE
(1912 - 1949),
of broad cylindrical form, the frieze inked and enamelled
with dignitaries, in a garden pavilion, beside rockwork
and pine trees, with ‘en grisaille’ borders, with oval seal
mark in gilt and red, base damaged, 38cm high
€ 300 - 500

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A CLAIRE DE LUNE TWO HANDLE ARCHAISTIC VASE,
with impressed Qianlong mark, the flared neck applied
with chilong, side handles and baluster body moulded
with geometric patterns over a short splayed foot, 30.5cm
high
€ 1,200 - 1,800
236
A MING DYNASTY BLUE AND WHITE CARGO BOWL,
c.1550, of deep circular form with barbed rim, decorated
to the exterior eight tapering panels, painted in a soft blue
with lotus scrolls and auspicious objects, on a short cylin-
drical foot encircled with blue rings, 18.5cm diameter
€ 1,000 - 2,000
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A BLUE AND WHITE OVOID VASE,
with narrow cylindrical mouth and slightly splayed foot, the
body decorated with a dignitary standing in a mountain
landscape with attendants to each side, vacant double
blue ring to base, 14.5cm high
€ 300 - 500

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Portrait of a civil official, seated wearing a midight blue
robe with Mandarin square woven with egret
Ink and colour on paper, 41 x 63cm
300 - 400
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CHINESE SCHOOL (LATE 19TH CENTURY)
Ancestor painting depicting figures of the sixth civil rank,
Ink and colour on scrolled paper, 128 x 65.5cm
€ 400 - 600

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A FINE CHINESE KESI SILK WALL HANGING,
19th century, of rectangular form, depicting a pair of golden five-claw dragons in couched gilt wrapped threads,
contesting the flaming pearl and set amongst cloud scrolls, bats and eight scattered roundels each filled with rank
animals, above lushui border woven with the Eight Daoist Emblems, signed verso “Chen Shun Xing”. 180 x 380cm
Provenance: General Sir Edmund Barrow, Castle Bellingham, Co. Louth, from Southern Indian Regiment working in
Peking around the time of the Boxer Rebellion, and thence by descent.
General Barrow graduated to the position of Chief of Staff for the China Expeditionary Force in 1900 in response to
the Boxer Rebellion.
The ‘Boxers’ formed a resistance movement that opposed Western colonialism and Christianity.
“The Boxer campaign of 1900, in China, upheld the international rights of foreigners in that country and maintained
the sanctity of diplomatic representation.
All these were matters of prime importance with regards to our political and military position in the East, and vitally
affected our prestige throughout Asia” - Extract from the Campaign Diaries of General Barrow
*Restored and mounted by Janie Lightfoot Textile conservation, c.2010*
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A LARGE CARVED IVORY TUSK ON STAND,
19th century, with continuous scene of aerial three claw
dragons in flight, with two signature tabs in relief, on a
pierced hardwood stand delicately carved with five pan-
els of flowerheads and scrolling leaves on incurved legs
with shaped circular under tier. The tusk 49cm high, the
entire 105cm high*
€ 1,500 - 2,000
242
A LARGE EARLY 19TH CENTURY JAPANESE IMARI
PORCELAIN VASE,
with an open flower head top above a bulbous body,
decorated in traditional pattern. 65cm high
€ 400 - 600
241
A LARGE ‘HONEYCOMB’ IMARI BALUSTER VASE,
Meiji Period (1868 - 1912), with flared wavy rim deco-
rated to the body with a coiled white dragon hovering
above an iron-red cellular ground, six character mark
to base, 69cm high
€ 500 - 800

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A PAIR OF OVOID SHAPED POLYCHROME
VASES,
each with short waisted neck and flared mouth, above
a broad body painted and enamelled with flowers and
scattered leaves against a white ground, the base with
four character seal mark in green enamel. Each 28cm
high (2)
€ 250 - 350
244
A BRONZE GROUP,
Meiji Period (1868 - 1912), modelled as a sparrow
perched on a knarled tree stump with flowering prunus,
unsigned 22cm high
€ 600 - 800
245
A LARGE PAIR OF CLOISONNE VASES,
c. 1900, of slender oviform shape, inlaid in various
coloured enamels against a ‘sky blue’ ground, each
with birds perched and hovering above maple, flowering
shoots and grasses, on splayed circular feet, 36.5cm
high
€ 500 - 700
246
A LARGE CARVED IVORY OKIMONO,
19th century, of a bonsai keeper, standing holding a loft
a potted bonsai and trimming scissors, 32cm high
€ 800 - 1,200
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A SATSUMA EARTHENWARE BOWL,
Meiji/Taisho Period, of circular shape with pinched rim,
decorated to the interior with a pair of mandarin ducks
under bamboo and flowers, in gilt and colourful enam-
els, similarly decorated to the exterior, trace gilt mark
to base, 16cm diameter; together with another later
example of conforming shape and size. (2)
€ 300 - 400
249
A LARGE PORCELAIN AND SIMIULATED
LACQUER DOUBLE GOURD VASE,
Meiji Period (1868 - 1912), the darkened ground high-
lighted with gilt reserves and painted with a hawk in
flight, above another with waterfall landscape, each
contained within gilt edged reserves, the sides with two
underglazed blue roundels painted with floral medal-
lions. 59cm high
€ 300 - 500
247
A PAIR OF KUTANI WARE DOUBLE GOURD VASES,
the pear shaped body with asymmetrical reserves,
painted with landscapes and birds, against floral and
cross hatched iron-red ground, with six character mark
to base, each 20cm high
€ 300 - 500
248
A LARGE KUTANI WARE GILT DECORATED
CHARGER,
of shallow circular form, decorated with processional
figures, by a river, caring a young elephant, encircled by
multiple diaper borders, eight character mark in iron red,
36.5cm diameter; together with another imari pattern
circular charger, c.1900. (2)
€ 300 - 500

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A PAIR OF 19TH CENTURY JAPANESE
BLUE AND WHITE CHARGERS.
each painted with leaping carp in a river with
overhaning flowers, 56cm diameter
€ 1,500 - 2,000
251
AN ARITA IMARI PATTERN OVOID VASE AND COVER,
Genroku period, c.1700, decorated in iron-red underglaze blue,
the domed cover with pointed finial and body with a broad circular
band, set with three oval reserves against a gilt, burnt orange and
green enamel ground, the broad frieze painted with plum tree, chry-
santhemum, leafy groups, 60cm high with cover
€ 600 - 1,000

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