| *** | A Chinese gilded bronze figure of a seated Amitabha, Yongle six-character incised mark, probably Ming dynasty, the deity seated majestically in padmasana, the hands in dhyanamudra mudra holding the vase of longevity, the rounded face with eyes downcast… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese gilded bronze Bhai ajyaguru, Qing dynasty the Medicine Buddha with serene expression, seated in dhyanasana on a double-lotus base, wearing monk's robes, his left hand holding a medicine nectar, his right hand resting on his knee, holding the… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese gilt-bronze standing figure of a Maitreya, 86 cm high. Provenance: Western Australia private collection, acquired in Switzerland in the 1970s-1980s, hence by descent (by repute) | *** |  |
| *** | A gilt bronze figure of Amitayus, Tibet, 16th to 17th century seated on lotus throne with his hands cradling the kalasa in his lap, adorned with jewellery and large earrings inlaid with turquoise, the forehead centred by an urna, crowned with a tiara, the… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese gilt-bronze figure of Amitayus, 41 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A massive Japanese bronze model of an Indian bull elephant with ivory tusks by Genryusai Seiya, late 19th century, naturalistically cast as an elephant in mid stride, the head turned slightly to the left, the surface finished to resemble the rough,… | *** |  |
| *** | An archaic bronze tripod ritual food vessel and cover, ding Warring States period 25.5 cm high. Provenance: R & V Tregaskis Oriental Antiques, Sydney, 5 May 2000, no. 1518 (invoice) Compare a similarly cast ding, see Christies, Fine Chinese Ceramics and… | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese parcel-gilt bronze model of an archer, by Kiyoshi, late 19th century, cast and cold-chiselled and patinated in two shades of brown and gilt highlights as a kneeling archer in court costume and cap, his sleeves rolled up and robes tucked into… | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese bronze model of Sumo wrestlers by Miyao Studio, late 19th century, cast as a pair of wrestlers, one lifting his opponent as he resists, using the 'Kawazu Throw', the loincloths decorated with confronted cranes among clouds in gold overlays, the… | *** |  |
| *** | A Tibetan gilt bronze Buddha Shakyamuni, 18th/ 19th century incised to the back of the lotus base, 'made in the 29th year of the Qianlong reign', 43 cm high. Provenance: Perth private collection, inherited from current owner's grandfather who had acquired… | *** |  |
| *** | A gilt-bronze seated figure of Bodhisattva, Kangxi seven-character incised mark to the back with her both hands in Vitarka mudra, 57 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese bronze figure of a seated Buddha, 17th century, 38 cm high. Provenance: Western Australia private collection, acquired from Sotheby's on 21 May 1996 in Melbourne, lot 329, Sale AU601 | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese gilded bronze Bhai?ajyaguru, Qing dynasty the Medicine Buddha with serene expression, seated in dhyanasana on a double-lotus base, wearing monk's robes, his left hand holding a medicine nectar, his right hand resting on his knee, holding the… | *** |  |
| *** | A gilt-bronze figure of Shakyamuni, Qianlong embossed mark to the back, 42 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A Pala-style bronze figure of a seated Shakyamuni, 14 cm high. Provenance: Western Australia private collection, acquired in Shanxi, China in the 1950s, hence by descent (by repute) | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese bronze footed censer, fang pan, the everted rectangular body with a pair of cast kylin-head handles, cast with a deep band of scrolling waves and repeating Taotie, beneath a narrow banded border on four cast stylised kylin legs, incised… | *** |  |
| *** | A gilt-bronze figure of Amitayus, 45.5 cm high. Provenance: Western Australia Private Collection, purchased in the 1960s in Kyoto and hence by descent (by repute) | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese gilded bronze figure of Yamantaka, incised double-vajra mark to the base, 18.5 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | Three pairs of gilt bronze bangles, Qing dynasty box, varying sizes from 6.5 cm to 8.1 cm wide (6). Provenance: The 'bat' bangles: C. C. Teng, Taipei, 28 February 1995, no. 000470 (label and receipt) | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese gilt bronze Buddha, double-vajra mark to the base, 28.7 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A gilt-bronze figure of Vajrasattva, 23.5 cm high. Provenance: Western Australian Private Collection, purchased in the 1940s in Shanxi and hence by descent (by repute) | *** |  |
| *** | A Sino-Tibetan gilt bronze manjusri, Yongle incised mark 17.5 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese gilt-bronze figure of a seated Manjushri, 25 cm high. Provenance: Western Australia private collection, acquired in Hong Kong in the 1980s, hence by descent (by repute) | *** |  |
| *** | A Sino-Tibetan gilded bronze figure of a seated Shakyamuni, Qing dynasty, in dhyanasana on a lotus base above a stepped plinth supported by lions, his right hand extended in bhumisparsa mudra and his left held in dhyana mudra, wearing a sanghati with… | *** |  |
| *** | A parcel-gilt bronze figure of a seated Lama, Qianlong incised mark, seated in dhyanasana and wearing layered sectional robes, his hands in mudra symbolising turning the wheel of Dharma while in meditation, raised upon a double-lotus base with beaded rims… | *** |  |
| *** | A gilt-bronze figure of Mahakala, 24.5 cm high. Provenance: Western Australia Private Collection, purchased in the 1960s in Kyoto and hence by descent (by repute) | *** |  |
| *** | A gilt and lacquered wooden figure of an official on bronze stand Ming dynasty, 16th/17th century 29.8 cm high. Provenance: Spink & Son Ltd., London, 23 February 1968 (Receipt). John Lane Esq.. Private Collection, Sydney. Andrew Stuart-Robertson Oriental… | *** |  |
| *** | A gilt bronze figure of Chakrasamvara Tantra, 31 cm high. Provenance: NSW private collection, acquired locally on 11 Oct 1984 from Alan Landis Antiques, on commission for Joseph Neuman (receipt) | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze seated figure of a Green Tara, 26 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A gilded bronze Shakyamuni, seated in dhyanasana with hands in dharmachakra mudra, clad in a diaphanous robe with hems incised with floral patterns, the base sealed and incised with double-vadjra 29 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A large gilded bronze figure of Guanyin, 18th/19th century, seated in lalitasana on a Buddhist lion, her hands in karana and varada mudra, with a ruyi in her right hand, her serene face with downcast eyes, framed by pendulous ear lobes, her hair piled… | *** |  |
| *** | A 13th-century style Western-Tibetan bronze seated figure of a Tara, height 27 cm. Provenance: Private collection, New Zealand, thence by descent. Private collection | *** |  |
| *** | A Tibetan gilded bronze Penden Lhamo, Double-vajra to the base, 24.5 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A gilded bronze figure of a seated White Tara, Qing dynasty, incised double-vajra mark to the circular recess in the base, 28.5 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese bronze figure of a farmer, signed Shumi the standing figure holding a tobacco pouch, lighting his pipe, a basket on his back, a scythe in his belt and a hoe over his shoulder,on carved wooden stand 52 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze figure of Vaishravana, 18th/ 19th century, the deity sitting on his mount, a snow lion, on a lotus base, his face and hands gilded, his hair with red pigment, wearing a diadem, his left hand holding a mongoose, dressed in an elaborate suit of… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese bronze tripod censer, Four-character studio mark embossed to the base flanked with two slightly flared handles, 13.4 cm diameter, 6.3 cm high, 1300g | *** |  |
| *** | A gilt-bronze figure of Amitayus, 19 cm high. Provenance: Western Australia Private Collection | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese bronze model of an elephant with ivory tusks, by Seiya, late 19th century, cast as an elephant, the tusks inlaid in ivory, signed on the underside Seiya chu. Height 24 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze articulated model of a lobster, Japan, Meiji period (late 19th century) unsigned length with antennae deployed 44 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese gilded bronze Buddha, possibly Padmasambhava, seated in lalitasana on a double-lotus base with his right hand holding a praying drum, his right hand resting, 15 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese gilt-bronze seated Guanyin, Ming dynasty 36.5 cm high. Provenance: Perth private collection, inherited from current owner's grandfather who had acquired the piece in Kyoto during the 1950s, by repute | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese gilt bronze Guanyin, seated in dhyanasana on a double-lotus base, her hands in meditation mudra, wearing a dhoti and a flowing celestial scarf, the head surmounted by a jewelled tiara, the base sealed with a double-vajra, 17.8 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A 19th century Sino-Tibetan gilded bronze Shadakshari Avalokiteshvara, the four-armed bodhisattva seated in dhyanasana with hand in anjali mudra to the front and vitarka at his sides and holding the stem of a lotus in his left hand and a rosary in his… | *** |  |
| *** | A gilt bronze figure of a white Tara, Mongolia, 18.5 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A Sino Tibetan gilded bronze figure of Avalokiteevara, 19th century, holding a lotus in each hand and wearing an elaborate Crown and jewelled necklace and armbands inset with turquoise, seated on a lotus base. 15 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A gilt-bronze figure of the six-armed Mahakala, 17 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A Tibetan bronze figure of Tara, 19th century, seated on a lotus throne with lotus flower spray and set with blue pastes 18 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese gilt bronze figure of a green Tara, Yongle incised mark to the lotus base 22.7 cm high. Provenance: Western Australia Private Collection. Shanxi Private Collection. In China since at least the 1930s | *** |  |
| *** | A gilt-bronze figure of a Mahakala 19th/ 20th century 9.2 cm high. Provenance: Private collection, Sydney, acquired as a gift in 1975 in Mongolia (by repute). | *** |  |
| *** | A Sino-Tibetan gilded bronze figure of Tsongkhapa, Qing dynasty, seated in Lotus position on a double-lotus base with beaded rims and hands in dharmachakramudra, wearing patchwork robes, the base plate incised with double vajra, 19.5 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese bronze tripod censer with a reticulated wooden cover, Qing dynasty, three-character embossed studio mark, 10 cm diam. 345g | *** |  |
| *** | A Sino-Tibetan gilt bronze figure of Vajrapani, 11.3 cm high. Provenance: Western Australia Private Collection, acquired in the 1980s from a British estate | *** |  |
| *** | A gilt bronze figure of Amitayus, 19.5 cm high. Provenance: Western Australia private collection, given as gift in Beijing in the 1950s | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese gilded-bronze figure of a seated Arhat, incised double-vajra mark to the base, 15 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese gilt bronze Manjushri, Qing dynasty, 16 cm high. Provenance: Perth Private Collection, inherited from current owner's grandfather who had acquired the piece in Kyoto during the 1950s, by repute | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese bronze and ivory model of an elephant by Genryusai Seiya, late 19th century, cast as a bull elephant in mid stride, ivory tusks, one now lost, signed on the underside Seiya chu. Height 24 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A gilt bronze statue of Amitabha Qianlong incised mark with box, 18.2 cm high. Provenance: Previously from a Japanese private collection | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese square bronze censer with silver inlay, embossed Hongzhi six-character mark to the base 18 cm wide | *** |  |
| *** | A gilt-bronze figure of the Seventh Dalai Lama, Kelsang Gyatso, 14.7 cm high. Provenance: Western Australia private collection, acquired in Hong Kong in the 1980s, hence by descent (by repute) | *** |  |
| *** | A gilt bronze figure of the Fifth Karmapa, 22.4 cm high. Provenance: Western Australia Private Collection, acquired in Shanxi in China in the 1930s | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze of Buddha, Republic, the God seated on a lotus base, his hands in Abhaya mudra, dressed in an elaborate flowing robe. 37.4 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese parcel-gilt bronze censer, Xuande six-character embossed mark, of compressed globular form raised in a foot rim, flanked by a pair of gilded 'elephant' handles, 23 cm wide, 2315g | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese gilded-bronze figure of an umbrella seller, Taisho period, wearing a brocade-tunic, holding a closed umbrella in his right hand, and waving his left, fitted on a wood stand, 23.7 cm high without stand | *** |  |
| *** | A gilded-bronze figure of Tsongkhapa, the monk seated in dhyanasana on a double-lotus plinth with beaded edges, hands held in dharmachakramudra, the gesture of teaching, crowned with a peaked hat and dressed in elaborately chased robes, incised double… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese silver inlaid bronze censer, gui, 18th/19th century, in archaic style, decorated with profusion of scrolling cloud to the body, handles and foot, complete with a wooden cover and a carved hexagonal footed stand, inlaid mark Shi Sou to base. 17.5… | *** |  |
| *** | An archaistic bronze wine vessel, gu with box, 29.9 cm high. Provenance: Previously from a Japanese private collection | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze articulated model of a lobster, Japan, Meiji period (late 19th century) signed ' (Hiromi) (probably Hiromi Fujiwara) length with antennae deployed 24 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Tibetan parcel-gilt-bronze and silver Dakini, 19th century, cast in four separate pieces as the four-armed silver Dakini dancing on a nude female figure, dressed elaborately in celestial robes and jewellery, one of her hands holding a gilded bow and… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Chinese gilt-bronze 'dragon' plaque, 8.5 cm long, 1.8 cm thick (2) | *** |  |
| *** | A gilt-bronze Tibetan mythical beast carrying a stupa, 18th/ 19th century, the whole cast in two sections, one of the beast carrying the base of the stupa on its back, the other of the top of the stupa, the beast looking back, hind legs kneeling, its head… | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze silver inlaid tripod incense burner, Qing Dynasty, after Shi Sou, the compressed globular body supported by three legs with cloud motif, two large lion-mask loose-ring handles to the sides, the upper rim decorated with a band of hui pattern, the… | *** |  |
| *** | A gilt-bronze figure of bodhisattva, 17th century, with a stand, 20.2 cm high. Provenance: Sotheby's (label), Private collection, Sydney, acquired from above during the 1970s | *** |  |
| *** | A gilt bronze Buddhist lion, Qing dynasty on stand, 14.3 cm high, 2.9kg. Provenance: Collection of Ross Gordon, Brisbane, until 2002. Sotheby's, Melbourne, 2002 (by repute) | *** |  |
| *** | A Sino-Tibetan yab-yum icon of a seated Yi dam Hevajra with his consort, the Hevajra and his consort, both three-faced and six-armed, embracing each other, hands in various mudra, hair with blue pigment, both seated on a double lotus base, the torso of… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese gilded bronze Shakyamuni, seated on a lotus base, wearing flowing robes, his hands in dhyana mudra, 15 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | An Imperial Japanese bronze jardiniere, Meiji period, the rectangular jardiniers inlaid with scrolling flowers and leaves in silver and gold within dragon- panelled borders, with inscription (Kaga and Kanazawa, Ishikawa Province, the Empire of Japan;… | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese bronze twin handled tripod censer, with mon and diaper decoration in silver and gold inlay to the side and triangular panel s of waved scrolls to the cylindrical legs, 17th/18th century. 15 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Tibetan gilded bronze Stupa, 18th - 19th century, raised on a stepped square base with pairs of different animals cast on each side of the waist, the domed mid-section with a flaming halo, below a rising spire of stylised parasols surmounted by a… | *** |  |
| *** | A gilt-bronze figure of Shakyamuni, 23.5 cm high. Provenance: Western Australia private collection, acquired in Shanxi during the 1960s | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese bronze censer with gold patches, four-character Studio mark embossed to the base, Qing Dynasty, of compressed globular form with upturned rim, with two arched and upturned handles, supported on three feet. 11.1 cm diameter, 8.3 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese bronze 'chi-dragon' incense burner with 'dragon' handles, Xuande four-character embossed seal mark, Late Qing dynasty, with its original stand, 17 cm high, 4060g | *** |  |
| *** | A Sino-Tibetan gilt bronze figure of a seated Manjushri, 34 cm high. Provenance: Western Australia private collection, acquired in Japan | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze articulated model of a crab, Japan, Meiji period (late 19th century) the crab constructed of numerous parts joined together, the claws open and the limbs move, the details of the shell and body finely incised, unsigned length 22 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese parcel-gilt bronze tripod 'elephant' censer, Xuande two-character embossed mark, 18 cm high, 1180g | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese bronze bell 18th century, the body joining an ornamental Crown, decorated in a horizontal pattern of three knobs, separated into three horizontal decorative bands. One vertical band separating, the knob groups at the centre in both, the front… | *** |  |
| *** | A Sukothai Buddha, in gilded bronze seated in bhumisparsha mudra, his hair in tight curls with a flame rising from the domed usnisha, his eyes downcast,elongated earlobes, and wearing a simple doti, surface rubbed,some evidence of original gilt. 78 cm… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese gilded bronze Samantabhadra, puxian, Qianlong four-character embossed mark to the back, Republic period, the bodhisattva riding a kneeling elephant with three pairs of tusks while carrying a lotus leaf 'parasol', all on a single lotus base, 47… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Japanese gilt and bronze vases and covers 19th century, the baluster body's each with gilt cartouche panels of cranes amongst lotus and a village by a lakeside, the collar with drapery decorated with beaded bunches of grapes and gilt vines,… | *** |  |
| *** | A gilt bronze statue of Amitabha Qianlong incised mark 18.3 cm high. Provenance: Previously from a Japanese private collection | *** |  |
| *** | A archaic-style bronze gui, 10 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese gilded bronze Buddha, seated in rajalilasana on a rock, wearing flowing robes with brocade borders opening to reveal his chest and belly, his left hand holding probably a peach, 15.9 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese bronze figure group, 19th century of a laughing man and woman standing bare-footed on a large plantain leaf, a large lotus leaf to the male figure's back, a lotus bud about his shoulder, the lady sitting on a huge lingzhi mushroom, using its cap… | *** |  |
| *** | Five bronze figures, China, South India, Java, and Thai/ Khmer, of Ayutthaya, China, with incised mark of Parvati and Krishna, South Indian, 17th/18th century, a Bodhisattva and Buddha under Muchalinda, 18.5 cm high, 10.2 cm, 10.9 cm, 11 cm, and 15.3 cm… | *** |  |
| *** | A suite of archaistic glass plaque and a gilt bronze seal, with fitted box, 5.3 cm long, 32.0g; 3.0 x 2.8 x 2,7 cm (2). | *** |  |
| *** | A group of four metal artefacts, Han and Qing dynasty comprising of a bronze belt buckle with silver inlays, two official hat insignias of first and fourth ranks, and a seal, 7.5 cm long, 6.2 cm high, 7.2 cm high, 3.2 cm high (4)., For an almost identical… | *** |  |