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Fine and Decorative Arts — Philips Auctions Australia

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Auction House:Philips Auctions AustraliaNumber of lots recorded:417
Sale Title:Fine and Decorative ArtsLots with images:417
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:247
Date:2-Dec-2018
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A pair of Art Deco spelter fawn bookends, circa 1930, stylised 'Bambi' style prancing fawns in lustrous gold and brown colours, mounted on veined grey marble bases, height 13.5 cm, length 12.5 cm, width 7.5 cm
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A French Art Deco silvered bronze figure 'La Danseuse, circa 1930, signed Janle, a two-dimensional figure with bobbed 'Garcon' style hair, clad in an exotic, revealing costume and effecting an athletic one-legged pose, signed Janle to, the small lozenge shaped foot plate and mounted on a pyramidal layered marble, base, height 41 cm
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An Art Deco spelter figure of a woman with a dog, circa 1920s, the cold painted figure of a woman with ivorine face, attired in a fanciful, laced medieval dress and accompanied by a borzoi, upon an onyx and black, marble base, height 33 cm, width 38 cm, depth 14 cm
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A small bronze and mirrored wall sconce, in the rococo manner, a rectangular mirror framed by a pierced ornate frame, with a mascaron and acanthus crest, the lower frame issuing scrolling arms, with urn form sconces and drip trays, height 41 cm, width 25 cm, depth 8 cm
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A gilt bronze table mirror with an easel back, a shaped mirror pierced and cast in rocaille manner with a winged dragon in high relief to the crest, height 63 cm, width 39 cm
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A fine pair of ormolu rococo revival mantle candlesticks, circa 1930s, each well cast with a demi-figures holding a cornucopia issuing foliate, curvaceous arms with acanthus embellished sconces upon a rocaille pierced, base, height 64 cm
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A pair of Art Deco spelter horse bookends, circa 1930, standing horses in lustrous brown and gold colours upon portoro marble bases, height 15.5c length 15 cm, width 8 cm
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An Art Deco spelter and marble ink well, circa 1930, a small bird beside a shaped box serving as the inkwell, with glass insert, and mounted on a yellow ochre marble base, with recessed section for pens, height 12.5 cm, length 23.5 cm, width 14 cm
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An Art Deco spelter stag, circa 1930, a calling stag in lustrous colours mounted on an iron red and grey mottled, marble base, height 22.5 cml 30 cm, width 10 cm
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An Art Deco spelter gazelle, circa 1930, a recumbent gazelle gazing over its shoulder, in lustrous colours mounted on a black marble base, height 19 cm, length 35 cm, width 10 cm
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An Art Deco spelter Seagull by A.D. Leury, circa 1930, the bronzed gull in full flight over a wave and mounted on a pink veined, blush marble base, impressed signature, height 25 cm, length 37.5 cm, width 12 cm
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A spelter pair of rustic boy and girl figures by a. Rucho, early 20th century, Fileuse' and 'Attillio in muted cold painted tones depicting a boy with a fiddle and a girl with her staff and spinning wheel, raised on waisted bases, impressed signature and title plaques to bases, height 31 cm
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An Art Deco spelter deer, circa 1930, a stylised recumbent deer mounted on a two tone marble base, height 21 cm, length 35.5 cm, width 12 cm
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A pair of Art Deco spelter Samoyed bookends, circa 1930, seated dogs with splendid manes and tails, in lustrous brown colours and mounted on red veined white marble bases, height 15 cm, length 12 cm, width 8 cm
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A pair of Art Deco Retriever book ends, circa 1930, seated dogs in lustrous colours mounted on pale grey marble bases, height 12.5 cm, length 13.5 cm, width 8.5 cm
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Virtues Civicae Ense Et Labore', by Emile-Louis Picault (1833-1915), in bronze and depicting a heroic male worker figure holding a sword, a branch, and carrying a shield, with a wheat sheaf and a hammer at his feet, impressed, signature of artist beside foot and title to base, height 58.5 cm
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A pair of Art Deco spelter squirrel bookends, circa 1930, large recumbent squirrels in lustrous brown colours each with a nut between, the front paws, mounted on mottled cream and ochre marble bases, height 11.5 cm, length 16.5 cm, width 8 cm
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A pair of Louis Philippe bronze and marble figural candlesticks, circa 1830s, signed, classical maidens in serpentine poses holding sconces like water urns upon, their shoulders and raised on black fluted drums to truncated square bases, with coloured marble trims and cast bronze feet, height 49.5 cm
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A bronze stag figure on a marble stand after Louis-Albert Carvin, a recumbent stag upon a veined brown black marble plinth, impressed mark of L. Carvin to rear, height 17.5 cm
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An Art Nouveau pewter figural candlestick by Jules Desbois (1851-1835), circa 1900, with signature, Siot-Decauville foundry stamp, Paris, number a 958, an arching reclining female figure merging with leaves and issuing a tendril, entwined foliate sconce, impressed marks and inscribed signature underside, height 10.5 cm, width 17.5 cm
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Three Chinese blue and white export plates, a pair plus one, Qing Dynasty, 18th century, a pair with lobed central cartouches sprigged with flowers and foliage in the Western taste, with geometric borders punctuated with six devices, and a plate with three floral sprays to the border, centred with a fenced peony and bamboo garden scene, diameter 23.5 cm
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A pair of blue and white Chinese octagonal plates, Qing Dynasty, 18th century, with central roundels of pavilions and boats in a lakeside setting between, concentric rings and bordered with floral sprays and diaper patterned edges, diameter 22 cm
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A large blue and white bowl, modern era, profusely decorated with scrolling foliage to the exterior and interior, between patterned borders and a ruyi bordered roundel of four carp, apocryphal Qianlong seal script mark underside, height 13 cm, diameter 43 cm
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A large Indian cast brass vase, early 20th century, with a long-banded neck surmounted by a broad flat rim, a compressed globular, body and raised on a pedestal above a domed base, well decorated with formal, floral friezes and bands, the body with deity figures in relief, height 43 cm
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Two Japanese bronze vases with high relief decoration, Meiji period, late 19th to early 20th century, a large ovoid vase decorated with monkeys clambering over rocks upon a rough, cast near black ground, and a waisted baluster vase with reticulated and highly polished leaves and a single honeysuckle type bloom upon a similar, textured ground, Heights 34 cm, and 23 cm
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A large bronze vase or umbrella stand, realistically cast as a bamboo culm, upon a timber stand, height 45 cm, diameter 20.5 cm
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A well carved Shoushan stone 'Buddha's Hand' ornament, in modulating amber to oatmeal colours and finely worked as a Buddha's hand, citron fruit with leaves, attached to a cord, length 8.5 cm
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A bottle vase and a Dehua type figure, 20th century, an oriental style bottle vase in cream with sparse red and green floral, decoration, and a blanc-de-chine standing figure, height 26.5 cm, and 18 cm
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A group of six Indian mostly brass deity figures, early to mid 20th century, various cast brass deities, one in copper bronze, and an ascetic figure, height 11 cm, and smaller
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A pair of Chinese Imari covered vases, high shouldered vases with domed lids and finials decorated with floral, designs to the body between patterned reserved borders, red tripod pot mark, underside, height 34 cm
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A Chinese blue and white brush holder, Qing Dynasty, the cylindrical pot with concentric ribs and flutes, freely decorated with, prunus blossoms between borders, drilled drainage holes to the base and a pair of drill holes near the rim, height 15 cm
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A garlic head iron red Pottery vase, with a slightly flecked glaze below a light brown rim, unglazed to the base, height 22 cm
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An antique Dehua figure of a Guanyin, Qing Dynasty, 19th century, the hand pressed model of a contemplative seated Guanyin, with finely combed, and dressed hair, necklace and enveloping robes, and holding a scroll in her, right hand, with applied cartouche to the interior, an early professional, repair to the right hand, height 22.5 cm
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A blue and white brush wash, Qing Dynasty, probably Guangxu period 1875-1908, of squat circular form with four shaped cartouches with figural narratives, between four flowers, bearing four-character kaishu Kangxi mark typical of this period, height 6 cm, diameter 9.5 cm
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A jade archer's ring, of typical form and in bright green hues and continuously etched with fine, calligraphic script, diameter 4 cm
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A Shoushan stone mountain ornament, Utilising the natural shape and tonal modulations of the stone, lightly inked, and relief carved with figures on a bridge and mountainous scenery to the reverse, height 4 cm, width 8.5 cm
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A small stone figural group, in grey and cream colours depicting two smiling figures apparently holding a lotus, height 6 cm
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A Chinese gilt Coloured.900 silver jewel box, 20th century, of oval lobed form, mesh covered and decorated with gilt arabesques, symbols, studded with coral and turquoise cabochons and white jade medallions, marked, silver underside, total weight 167gr, height 6.5 cm, length 8.5 cm, width 7.5 cm
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A pair of bi-Colour stone seals, splashed red and mottled cream coloured plinths, with domed tops and seal, script to the bases, length 10 cm
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A hardwood brush pot, in dark timber, of straight-sided cinquefoil form, a flat top with a slightly, extended rim and a cushion form band to the base, height 14.5 cm
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A large celadon porcelain brush wash, thickly potted of float bowl form in pale green colours, height 8 cm, diameter 24.5 cm
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A cinnabar lacquer vase, late Qing Dynasty to early 20th century, a high shouldered and waisted baluster vase with a small neck, carved to the body with continuous figural vignettes within landscape and pavilion settings, upon a diaper ground, arabesque foliage to the neck, collar and foot, height 21 cm
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A blue and white tulip vase, 19th century, of typical bulbous garlic form with a long neck, decorated with two figural, cartouches of Chinese figures upon a prunus decorated sponged blue ground, between lappets and a ruyi collar, height 21 cm
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A group of Cantonese porcelain wares, late Qing and after, late 19th to 20th century, a rose medallion oval dish, a similar small footed dish with figural and floral cartouches with brocaded decoration, and a rose Canton straight-sided, teapot with a twine wrapped wire handle, height 16.5 cm, (teapot)
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Twenty-One pieces of vintage Japanese lacquerware, Showa period, 20th century, comprising six gold and red bowls with matching plates decorated with various, floral motifs and carp, a pair of black bowls with matching plates, and a pair of black brown bowls with covers, diameter 17 cm, (plate)
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A Chinese silver spill vase, Qing Dynasty, late 19th to early 20th century, possibly Shanghai, with Latin, mark Yl and chop mark, of typical trumpet form with an everted rim embossed with peony flowers and foliage upon a matt ground, with domed foot and timber base, marks to foot, silver weight 94 (without base), height 22.5 cm
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A Chinese silver reticulated spill vase, Qing Dynasty, late 19th to early century, Shanghai, Latin and chop mark for, probably Luen Wo manufactory, of typical trumpet form with a fluted rim ornamented with bamboo foliage, the domed pedestal base with a fine network of roots, marks to foot, weighted, total weight 246gr, height 22 cm
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A group of three stone seals or ornaments, a mountain type ornament with engraved and inked decoration, a small square, seal with a chilong surmount, script to one face and seal script to base, and a small signed stone mountain with a male figure framed by a pavilion, window, height 7 cm, and smaller
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Two glazed Pottery bowls, one with a cobalt glaze depicting lotus and ducks, the other in ochre yellow, with an internal border of conjoined vegetal forms in low relief, height 5 cm, diameter 12 cm, and smaller
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A chicken cup and a plate, in a doucai palette, the cup with cockerel, a hen and her brood in a garden, a painted cockerel underside, and a plate depicting five children playing in a fenced garden, bearing apocryphal Yongzheng marks underside, diameter 18 cm, (plate)
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Two glazed vases, a red underglazed youlihong pot vase with applied chilongs to the shoulder, and depicting a dragon between borders, and a yellow ground glazed bottle, vase with applied handles and decorated with phoenix and vegetal forms in green and aubergine colours, bearing apocryphal Qianlong seal underside, Heights 22 cm, and 11 cm
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A carved jade pendant ornament in a lacquered box, the near rectangular pendant carved in light relief with a pair of double, gourds to one face and script to the other, with attached pearl and coral, type beads, height 5 cm, length 10 cm, width 7 cm, (box)
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Two Pottery bowls and a crackleware vase, a song style marbled bowl in brown and toffee colours, a song type white clay, Pottery bowl with a pale crackled celadon glaze, and a bronze shape Pottery, vase with lug handles in a crackleware glaze, height 17.5 cm, (vase)
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A pair of famille rose dishes, small lobed dishes decorated with two figures courting in a garden setting, a small attendant accompanying the lady and holding or tugging her dress, diameter 10.5 cm
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A Chinese polychrome decorated porcelain bowl, finely decorated with phoenix perched on a rock amidst flowering tree peony, and prunus blossoms on a mottled cobalt ground, teal glazed to the interior, bearing apocryphal Yongzheng characters within concentric rings underside, with display stand, height 8.5 cm, diameter 18 cm
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An antique 'Clair-De-Lune' vase, Qing Dynasty, a bottle vase in a light blue glaze with a flaring rim, an unglazed foot ring, and underglaze character marks. Provenance: Private collection, Melbourne, height 18.5 cm
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An antique monochrome vase, Qing Dynasty, 1800, with wooden display stand, the baluster vase with a flaring neck, finely glazed in rich mottled cobalt, concentric rings underside. Provenance: Private collection, Melbourne, height 25.5 cm
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A small hardstone seal, a rectangular plinth inked and engraved with a lakeside scene, with tiny, script to the reverse and seal script to base, length 7 cm, width 4 cm
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A signed bronze figural group of a lion Subduing a tiger, Meiji period, 1868-1912, a tense and animated depiction in deep smooth chocolate tones, the tiger with, deep red stripes, a cartouche with characters in relief to the belly of the lion, height 12.5 cm, width 25 cm
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A monochrome porcelain censer, possibly Qing Dynasty, mid 19th century, a small moulded basin in mid blue colour with high set loop handles, archaistic and zoomorphic motifs and raised on shaped cabriole legs, with, underglaze Xianfeng seal script in low relief underside. Provenance: Private collection, Melbourne, height 11.5 cm
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A Qianlong period Mandarin rose porcelain tankard, Qing Dynasty, mid 18th century, with wooden display stand, straight-sided with a bifurcated handle, decorated with figures engaged in an interior narrative, and various scholarly objects, vases and rabbits, with, decorative gilded borders and iron red leaves, a 1901 label to base by Ella, Dawkins noting receipt of the tankard from Mr Henry Willett, height 11 cm
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A hanging scroll, in watercolours and ink wash on paper, depicting a cluster of songbirds in bamboo branches, with flowers to the lower part, bearing script and seal to, right margin, length 120 cm, width 33 cm
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A hanging scroll, Boldly decorated with two magpies against red bamboo and perched on turquoise, rocks, with script and seal marks, length 114 cm, width 41 cm
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A vintage hand stitched Oriental silk on linen embroidery, mid 20th century, stencil maker's stamp to fabric for Le Yan Tro, a large scale work on fine linen hand stitched in muted colours with red, crested cranes feeding in a water garden, a small flock flying in the distance, length 188 cm, width 126 cm
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A red agate bead bracelet, a modern Yunan twelve bracelet, the beads of even spherical form, diameter 10 cm
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Two Korean vases, Choson Dynasty, 16th-18th century, a tan glazed bottle vase with an orange peel type glaze, and a large, globular celadon vase, the pale olive-green body glazed with concentric mould, lines below a slender neck, provenance the estate of an Australian diplomat, assigned to south Korea 1960s, height 30 cm, an depth 15.5 cm
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A group of five Korean celadon Pottery wares, Choson Dynasty, 16th-18th century, a vase, three bowls, and a jarlet with cover, all in pale olive-green celadon, colours, provenance the estate of Australian diplomat assigned to south, Korea 1960s, height 7.5 cm, diameter 17.5 cm, and smaller
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A small signed Satsuma vase, Meiji period, 1868-1912, of waisted and faceted form, decorated with sages and a dragon in muted, colours and gilt between patterned borders, two shimazu crests below rim, an iron red bordered cartouche underside, height 13 cm
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A blue and white brush pot, cylindrical and decorated in the Kangxi manner with a continuous scene of courtiers in a pavilion and landscape setting, an engraved scrolling border, to the rim, height 17 cm, diameter 10 cm
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A Chinese porcelain famille verte vase, late Qing Dynasty to early 20th century, of baluster form with a waisted neck, enamel decorated with figures engaged, in a narrative in a fenced garden setting between ruyi and lappet borders, a diaper collar with cartouches and a landscape to the neck, in iron red, grey, black colours upon a green ground, height 25.5 cm
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A signed Satsuma dish, Meiji period (1868-1912), delicately painted in colours and fine gilt work with geisha in a pavilion, a folding bamboo screen behind with women gazing through the delicately painted, slats, signature in gilt underside, diameter 11 cm
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Wo Yue Kee, Henry (B. 1927, Chinese American School), fisherman beneath an autumn tree, watercolour roundel, signed with characters and red seal upper right. Provenance: Purchased at the artist's solo exhibition held at the Hamilton, regional Art gallery, Victoria, diameter 43 cm
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A Chinese export type famille rose plate, probably 18th century, enamel decorated with rockwork, prunus, peony and other blooms between a gilt, patterned iron red band and a sprigged border, the lobed edges with a gilt, spearhead border, diameter 23 cm
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A group of three Korean Pottery wares, Choson Dynasty, 15th through 18th century, a punch'ong bowl in olive green glaze with inlaid white slip rings and heart, shaped designs, a melon shaped crackle glazed vase with dark and light blue, scrolling foliage, and a small green glaze wine jug shaped water dropper, provenance the estate of an Australian diplomat assigned to south Korea, 1960s, height 4.5 cm, diameter 12 cm, (bowl)
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A cloisonne censer, a tripod-based cauldron censer with dragon handles and domed lid with lion, dog finial, with a honeycomb patterned collar, inlaid archaic and patterned, borders to the body above a scroll patterned lower register, height 23.5 cm
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A stone Chilong ornament, in beige and red colours carved to depict a curled chilong biting its tail, attached to a cord with white glass bead, length 5 cm
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A hard wood brush pot, organic in shape and utilising the natural and vigorous grain and inflections, of the timber, height 13 cm
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A Yixing type teapot, of simple compressed globular shape, domed lid and a side spout, bearing, apocryphal seal of Hui Mengchen underside, boxed, height 7.5 cm
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An Imari dish, Meiji period, 1868-1912, Typically decorated with iron red, blue, emerald and gilt colours with a central vase of peony and foliage, the border with formal reserves and shapes, decorated with fences and flora, height 4 cm, diameter 24 cm
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An Imari charger, Meiji period, 1868-1912, with scalloped edging with a pomegranate and reserved border enclosing four, reserves between diaper patterned bands with pairs of floral designs and landscape scenes with flowering trees, a pot of flowers to a central roundel, height 5 cm, diameter 39.5 cm
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A Korean Cocoon barrel and a brown glaze bottle vase, Choson Dynasty, 14th through 16th century, a brown glazed stoneware beehive shaped barrel with zig zag incised lines and a side aperture, and a globular vase with a slender neck and an everted rim, provenance the Estate of an Australian diplomat assigned to south Korea, 1960s, height 28 cm, and 22 cm
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An antique novelty silver plate and crystal scent bottle, 19th century, with maker's mark of T K Austin & Co, Dublin, Delightfully modelled as a hanging lantern or a sentry box with a screw Off, shingle roof, with a faux door and engraved with maker's mark to the lower, register, height 9 cm
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A silver topped pale blue cut crystal scent bottle, 1896 Birmingham, with maker's mark for probably Miller Bros., bottle shaped with diamond cuts and fans, facet cuts to the neck, and a screw, Off embossed foliate top with a vacant cartouche, hallmarked to the collar, height 16 cm
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A silver topped pale pink cut crystal scent bottle, 1897 Birmingham, with maker's mark for Charles May, bottle shaped with diamond cuts and fans, facet cuts to the neck, and a screw, Off embossed foliate top with a vacant cartouche, hallmarked to the collar, height 14 cm
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A green glass and sterling silver overlaid scent bottle, 1902 Birmingham, with maker's mark for G. E Walton & Co Ltd, cylindrical with a hinged flat-topped lid, bright cut foliage decoration to, the lid and base, centred with a reticulated lattice knot design, thrice, hallmarked, height 5 cm
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A sterling silver and ruby glass scent and vinaigrette bottle, circa 1870s, probably German, cylindrical with finely engraved and bright cut mounts, a hinged cap with, ornate screw on grille to one end, a globular hinged cap above a chevron, fringed collar to the other, with chain and suspensory ring, length 7.5 cm
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A Victorian sterling silver Lipstick shaped scent bottle, 1883 Birmingham, with maker's mark for F.J.? (possibly Frederick James Ross?), delicately bright cut and prick worked with foliage and arabesques upon a matt ground, with hinged lid and original stopper, hallmarked to base, height 5 cm
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A Victorian silver gilt green glass double-ended scent bottle, second half 19th century, the faceted bottle for use with scent and smelling salts, with foliate, engraved turban type lids, one of mechanical hinged form with a glass lined, interior, the other screw top lid with cork, unmarked to mounts, length 13.5 cm
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A rare French cut crystal and gold mounted scent bottle, circa 1880, the high shouldered clear rectangular bottle with formal floral, embellishments to the body, with a plain mount and pommel type hinged cap, marked 18ct to the mount, height 10 cm
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A cased Victorian sterling silver scent bottle, 1884 Birmingham, with maker's mark for Daniel & Lionel Spiers, tear drop shaped with a screw cushion top lid, finely repousse and chased, with foliage and a bird, bee and wasp on a matt ground, twice hall marked to collar and with a vacant cartouche, original lined hard case of issue, silver weight 39gr, length 10 cm
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A fine antique gold overlay scent bottle, 19th century, of cushion pear shape with a flat turban lid, decorated throughout with a refined lattice overlay, the original gold stopper marked 18 carat, length 11 cm
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A late Victorian heart shaped cut crystal and sterling silver scent, bottle, 1899 London, with maker's mark for Robert Pringle & Sons, the lay down hob nail cut bottle of generous proportions with a screw top, repousse and chased foliate lid with vacant cartouche, hallmarked to collar, length 14.5 cm, width 9.5 cm
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A small guilloche enamel and silver pill box, 1909 Chester, with maker's mark for S. Blanckensee & Son, an oval box with a low domed lid, finely guilloche decorated in turquoise, enclosed by a white enamel border dotted with tiny stars, hallmarks underside, silver weight 20gr, length 4.5 cm, width 2.5 cm
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A mid Victorian silver gilt crackle glass scent bottle, 1849 London, with maker's mark, Td, the cushion form baluster bottle in clear crackle glass with silver gilt, rococo style cagework, vegetal engraving to the press button hinged mount and cap and surmounted by a rock crystal cabochon dome, hallmarked to the lid, height 10 cm
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A fine Georgian sterling silver gilt watch type vinaigrette, 1823 Birmingham, with maker's mark for Joseph Willmore, Superbly cast with central bouquets upon a lightly textured ground and scrolling vegetal borders, with suspensory ring, the gilt interior with an arabesque grille, hallmarked to the rim and base, length 4.5 cm
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A Georgian sterling silver vinaigrette, 1804 Birmingham, with maker's mark for Cocks and Bettridge, of plain cushion form with canted edges, the gilt interior with a snowflake, pricked grille, hallmarked to the lid and base, length 3.5 cm, width 2.5 cm
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A late Georgian sterling silver vinaigrette, 1833 Birmingham, with maker's mark for John Bettridge, engine turned with a vacant cartouche and a cast thumb piece, the gilt, interior with a floral grille, hallmarked to the lid and base, length 3.5 cm, width 2.5 cm
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A Georgian gilt Washed sterling silver vinaigrette, 1810 Birmingham, with maker's mark for John Shaw, engraved with the wording 'Cage d' Amour' between leafy bands, floral, reserves to the underside, the gilt interior with a floral grille, hallmarked, to the lid and base, length 4 cm, width 2.5 cm
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A late Georgian sterling silver vinaigrette, 1831 Birmingham, with maker's mark for probably Thomas Shaw, the cushion form rectangular box with bright cut engraving surrounding a vacant shield cartouche, the gilt interior with an arabesque style hinged, grill, hallmarked to lid and base, length 3 cm, width 2.5 cm
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A late Georgian sterling silver vinaigrette, 1830 Birmingham, with maker's mark for Ws, engraved with a heavy cast edge and threaded to the sides, the gilt interior, with a floral grille, hallmarked to the lid and base, length 4 cm, width 3 cm
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