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Auction House:
Bonhams
Number of lots recorded:96
Lots with images:96
Prices available:96
Category:
Ceramics - Chinese
LotDescriptionPriceImage
*** A wucai 'mythical animals' covered jar Wanli mark with box, 21.5 cm high. Provenance: Previously from a Japanese private collection ***
*** A famille-rose piqiuhua vase, Yongzheng six-character mark, 20th century, 17 cm high ***
*** Four enameled 'bird and flower' ceramic plaques Signed Liu Yuceng (1904-1969), dated according to inscription 1946 plaques: approx. 23.5 x 9 cm each, frame: 44.5 x 31.5 cm (4).. Provenance: From the collection of Dr TF Yeung (1932-2019) ***
*** A blue-ground and gold painted 'pheasant and peony' vase 19th century 30.2 cm high. Provenance: From a private collection, Sydney ***
*** A yanzhihong glaze washer Six character Yongzheng mark 13.5 cm diam.,. Provenance: From a private collection, Sydney ***
*** A pair of Chinese 'bat and cloud' cups, Xuantong six-character underglaze blue mark, 8.5 cm diam. ***
*** A large Chinese flambe vase, meiping, 32 cm high ***
*** A Chinese white and crackle glaze vase, meiping, Qianlong six-character underglaze blue mark, 32 cm high ***
*** A pair of Chinese enamelled 'Peacock' bowls, six-character iron-red Xuantong mark, Republic, of slightly flaring mouth rim supported on a foot rim, the two bowls each painted in enamel around the body with a peacock among various flower branches. 10.7 cm… ***
*** A Chinese famille verte bottle-shaped vase, pictorial mark of a ding to the base, late Qing or Republic, with flaring neck, the body enameled with an immortal performing magic with his staff, his consort behind him, all in a garden landscape, the shoulder… ***
*** A Longquan celadon-glazed 'double fish' plate, 14th/15th century, 12.6 cm diam. Provenance: National Museum of the Philippines, accompanied with a 'Certificate of Registration' issued by the museum to V. M. Antiques on 2 April 1984, and also bearing a… ***
*** A Chinese blue-and-white octagonal charger, Wanli period, painted with a central roundel of three figures in a garden landscape, surrounded by a repeated pattern of a child crossing a bridge, underside painted with decorative patterns, 28.5 cm wide.… ***
*** A iron-cast bottle-shaped vase, four-character Qianlong mark to the base, Qing, cast in high relief with pheasants among prunus trees and peonies, carved with a poem about the scene. 21.3 cm high ***
*** A Chinese yixing teapot, attributed to Wang Yinxian (1943 - ), incised Mao's famous verse 'serve the people' on one side, and landscape on the other, one seal of the artist to the interior of the lid, and one seal of the artist to the base, accompanied… ***
*** A square Chinese famille-rose 'lotus' washer, Daoguang six-character iron-red mark, with rounded corners on a recessed base, painted around the body with scrolling lotus, the top edges decorated with a band of hui-pattern in pink, 18.1 cm x 12.2 cm x 7.6… ***
*** A Chinese blue-and-white 'the four arts' jar, Underglaze double-ring mark, 11.5 cm high ***
*** A pair of small iron-red-enamel 'dragon' plates, Late Qing or Republic period, with flaring sides, painted in iron-red with a vigorous, four-clawed full-frontal dragon amongst clouds in blue, yellow and aubergine, the white glaze continuing to the outer… ***
*** A small Chinese blue-and-white wine cup, Xuantong eight-character studio mark and of the period, 1910, with no foot rim, the exterior painted with eight individual flower sprays between two borders, the mark translated as 'Xuantong gengxu (1910) year,… ***
*** A Chinese red-enamelled 'dragon' plate, Kangxi six-character blue-and-white mark 18 cm diam. ***
*** A pair of blue-and-white 'shou-symbol' vases, late Qing dynasty 30.3 cm high (2). Provenance: Accompanied by an insurance valuation issued by East and West Art, Melbourne, date 16 April 1991 ***
*** A celadon-glazed and incised 'fu' bowl 14 cm diam. Provenance: Private collection, Canberra, purchased in Thailand in 1975 ***
*** A large blue-and-white plate, late Qing or Republic period of flaring rim, the interior painted in a central medallion and six surrounding panels with horsemen, the exterior painted with four groups of floral branches to the mouth rim, and patterns of… ***
*** A Chinese sang de boeuf saucer dish 18th century of typical form with a cream interior with six-character Yongzheng mark, Daqing Yongzheng Nian Zhi) ***
*** A Chinese small famile-rose lantern-shape vase, Qianlong four-character mark, 11.9 cm high ***
*** A large Chinese amber-glass double gourd-shaped vase with gold splash, Qianlong four-character wheel cut mark to the base, 38 cm high ***
*** A Chinese sang-de-boeuf bottle-shaped vase, Late Qing dynasty or Republic period 25 cm high. Provenance: Private collection NSW ***
*** A Chinese gold-painted brown-glaze 'dragon' washer, Qianlong four-character gold-painted seal mark but later, painted around the body with two dragons against a field of scrolling lotus, between two decorative bands, 8 cm high ***
*** A Chinese ge-type vase with tubular handles, 15.3 cm high ***
*** A Chinese exportware blue and white mug 18th century, the ample cylindrical body painted with flowers and bamboo in idyllic garden landscape and fitted with a dragon-shaped handle, 13 cm high ***
*** A pair of Chinese footed bowls, with enamelled decoration of roundels of ritual objects on a yellow brocade ground, the interior with delicate radiating bands of flowers and scrolls, Guangxu mark, early 20th century. 5.5 cm high 13 cm diam. ***
*** A blue and white 'ladies' lobed bowl Chenghua six-character mark, Kangxi period 12.5 cm diam., 7.1 cm high ***
*** A Chinese A famille rose Baragon Tumed cup, Iron-red Baragon Tumed mark in Mongolian script, 6.9 cm high ***
*** A large cizhou brown-painted slip-decorated storage jar, 16th century, inscribed around the shoulder with well wishes for a flourishing family, 57 cm high. Provenance: Apsara Asian Art, Sydney, acquired in Hong Kong in the 1990s ***
*** A Chinese celadon-glaze pot with twin handles, 10 cm high. Provenance: Private collection NSW ***
*** A Chinese 'unfinished' blue-and-white bowl intended for a wucai 'dragon' bowl, Guangxu six-character mark and of the period, 14.8 cm diameter x 6.7 cm high. Provenance: Private collection, Sydney. Note: The intended wucai bowl belongs to a well-known… ***
*** A Chinese pierced wucai double-wall long-neck vase, Kangxi six-character embossed seal mark, Late Qing or Republic, the globular body moulded and carved in high relief the 18 arhats in groups, each with his representative sttribute, the neck with a flying… ***
*** An exportware famille rose tea pot and two tea cups, Qianlong, the globular teapot painted in enamel with children, ladies, and antiques, the lid painted with antique objects, the two tea cups each decorated in rich colours with court scenes, each with a… ***
*** A junyao type blue-glazed bowl with box, 13.4 cm diam., 5.3 cm high. Provenance: Previously from a Japanese private collection ***
*** A Chinese ru-type celadon vase, 14.5 cm high ***
*** A white-glazed pottery vase with box, 25.5 cm high. Provenance: Previously from a Japanese private collection ***
*** A Chinese famille-rose 'bird and flower' bowl, Jiaqing six-character underglaze blue mark, 14.8 cm diam. ***
*** A Chinese famille-verte 'bogu' charger, 38 cm diam. ***
*** A Chinese blue-and-white 'Bogu' bottle-shaped vase, the cylindrical body rising to an angular shoulder and a flaring mouth rim, supported on a foot rim, the body painted with 'Bogu' motif, with stand. 6.7 cm high ***
*** A Chinese blue-and-white washer, double-ring mark to the base, late Qing or Republic, painted around the body with lotus flowers amongst scrolling foliage between two decorative borders. 13.6 cm high ***
*** A Chinese twin-handle tea-dust-glaze censer, Qianlong six-character embossed seal mark, 7.5 cm high ***
*** A blue-and-white 'Taoist' plate, 19th century 25.7 cm diam. ***
*** A Longquan celadon glazed bowl and a vase, 15th century, 17.3 cm diam., 20 cm high (2). Provenance: Vase: Mossgreen, Melbourne, 2 March 2009, lot 10 ***
*** A Chinese blue-and-white 'phoenix' ewer, Jiajing six-character mark 12 cm high ***
*** A pair of Chinese yellow glaze wine cups, (2) ***
*** A Chinese famille-rose 'Flowering peach' saucer dish, Yongzheng four-character mark, 20th century, 23.8 cm diameter. Provenance: NSW private collection, acquired from 'See an old friend' circa 2000, Exhibition and Publication: Innovation and Continuity:… ***
*** A Chinese jun glaze washer, raised on a short foot rim, covered over all with a striated glaze, the rim with firing white, 11.5 cm diam ***
*** A Chinese dark-celadon-glaze bowl, probably of jun type, the glaze stopping unevenly around the foot rim exposing a stoneware biscuit, supported on a sturdy and short foot rim, 18.5 cm diam ***
*** A Chinese clay pumpkin-shaped washer, 18.5 cm wide ***
*** A Chinese tea-dust-glaze cylindrical 'bagua' vase, cong, Qianlong six-character embossed seal-mark, moulded and carved on all four sides with symbols of the eight trigrams, supported on the circular foot rim and raising to a narrowing and circular neck,… ***
*** After Giuseppe Castiglione (1688 - 1766), portraits of a Manchurian Emperor and a Royal Markswoman, each in official robes and mounted on horseback, ink and colour on paper, signed, with one seal of the artist, and various seals in the style of Qianlong… ***
*** A Chinese blue and white sleeve vase, painted around the body with landscape of a small fishing village among rocks and pine trees, 39.5 cm high ***
*** A Chinese white glaze guanyin, in half-leg seated position on a lotus base supported by sea waves, wearing elaborate headdress and flowing robes opening at the chest revealing beaded necklace, her left hand holding a slender vase, right hand a Buddhist… ***
*** A clay double-walled jar with lid, 20th century, both the jar and the lid double-walled, the exterior of the body carved in two large panels of pavilions in garden surroundings, between the panels pierced lotus flowers, the outer wall with a circular hole… ***
*** A blue and white 'Lotus' bowl, 20th century, Carefully painted in rich indigo blue with six fully-blossoming lotus linked by a fine scroll above stiff lappets to the exterior, six character Guangxu mark to the base. 17 cm diameter ***
*** A sancai green and beige glazed plate with box, 25.9 cm diam. Provenance: Previously from a Japanese private collection ***
*** A famille rose 'Hunting Deer' vase, Qianlong six-character iron-red mark, late Qing dynasty, 45.5 cm high ***
*** Two associated Chinese qianjiangcai dishes attributed to Wang Xiaoting, Mid-20th century, 8.3 cm diam. 9 cm diam. (2). ***
*** A Chinese blue-and-white 'dragon' bowl and a saucer, Pictorial and Chenghua mark to the bases, Kangxi period 9.8 cm diam. 10.3 cm diam. (2). Provenance: NSW Private Collection, acquired from Micawber's, 1 December 2000, Sydney (receipt) ***
*** A Chinese 'landscape' famille-rose vase, Qianong six-character iron-red seal mark, early to mid 20th century, with label '407 Sotheby's', 44 cm high. Provenance: NSW Private Collection, purchased in Bonhams & goodman on 29 May 2002, lot 42 ***
*** A Chinese yellow ground famille rose kidney shape bowl, Tongzhi mark and period (1862-1873), painted with scrolling dragons, turquoise interior (with chip) 23 cm wide ***
*** A Yaozhou-style celadon-glazed bowl 19th/ 20th century 16.6 cm diam. ***
*** A peach-bloom glazed opium pipe bowl, Kangxi six-character mark, 19th century, with a fitted box, 3.7 cm high ***
*** A celadon-glazed vase with box, 20.7 cm high. Provenance: Previously from a Japanese private collection ***
*** A famille-rose 'myna and plum blossom' vase Jinghua Zhenpin mark, 20th century with a fitted box 29 cm high ***
*** A white-glazed vase, gu with fitted box, 24.7 cm high. Provenance: Previously from a Japanese private collection ***
*** A blue-and-white 'chrysanthemum' stemmed bowl, Qing dynasty box, 12.6 cm high. Provenance: Phillip Caine, acquired in Beijing on 27 June 1985 (receipt) Accompanied by an Antique Certificate and an Export Permit, issued by the National Committee of… ***
*** A Chinese tea-dust glaze, Qianlong six-character impressed seal mark, 19 cm high ***
*** A celadon glazed bowl with box, 13.5 cm diam., 5.9 cm high. Provenance: Previously from a Japanese private collection ***
*** A celadon-glazed square vase Qianlong six-character impressed mark, 19th/20th century 34.2 cm high ***
*** A rock crystal wine cup, in the form of a ram 13 cm wide, 10 cm long, 3.5 cm high ***
*** Three Bleu de Hue 'dragon' and 'phoenix' bowls, Neifu mark, 19th century, Jingdezhen export-ware, each fitted with silver rim, diameter 10.7 cm, 10.3 cm, 11.1 cm (3). Provenance: Private collection, Sydney. Note: From the 1700s onwards, kings of the… ***
*** A Chinese blue-and-white 'cloud' plate, Qianlong six-character mark, 22.5 cm diam ***
*** A Chinese famille rose two handled vase, Republic period, the rectangular sectioned body painted with panels of figures on a pathway and poetry, lion mask ring handles 29.5 cm ***
*** A Chinese bottle shaped vase, late 19th centuryin blue monochrome glaze. Height 20.5 cm (seal to the base 'The antique porcelain gallery'). ***
*** A jian-ware black-glazed 'hare's-fur' conical bowl with a box, 15.8 cm diam., 6.2 cm high. Provenance: The Reid family collection, Sydney. ***
*** An enamel painted porcelain 'rose' snuff bottle, Four-character Qianlong mark, 20th century jadeite stopper, 7.1 cm high ***
*** A pair of Chinese soft-paste blue-and-white wine cups, Four-character studio mark, 19th century 4 cm high (2). Note: Ruoshen mark is mostly associated with small tea cups. There are two pairs in the V&A Collection. (no. 862-1907). For more information on… ***
*** A Longquan green-glaze trigrams' tripod censer', 15th century, 17.5 cm diam. Provenance: Apsara Asian Art, Sydney ***
*** A Chinese flambe vase, of flattened baluster shape raising to a tall neck, in a rich mottled glaze to the body, issuing from a striated glaze on the neck, with stand. 21 cm high ***
*** A large flambe vase, Fanghu, incised six-character Guangxu mark to the base, Republic, the four sided pear-shaped body with mandorla-shaped panels and lug handles, in purplish red glaze with peacock blue streaks at sides and neck, thinning to reveal a… ***
*** A Chinese celadon bowl, Qianlong six-character mark, 18 cm diam ***
*** A Chinese blue and white charger, Wanli Period, Ming Dynasty, the central medallion painted with cranes flying about or resting in a lotus pond, the rim decorated with sketchy birds and flowers, the underside freely painted with two bands of scrolling… ***
*** A small Chinese yellow-ground crackle glaze long-neck vase, the body compressed, the neck slightly flaring, supported on short foot rim, 11.5 cm high ***
*** A small Chinese qianjiang cai bell-shaped water coupe, Republic period painted with a boy sitting amongst pots of plants, signed and inscribed Qingyun, the rim coated with brown glaze, 5.8 cm high ***
*** A small Chinese amber glass octafoil vase, blown and moulded in unusually thick lustrous glass of amber tone, the compressed globular body carefully finished, supported by a tall and solid foot, the entire body kneaded with gold flakes, 18 cm high ***
*** A Chinese export bowl, early 19th century, the interior painted with a spray of flowers, the exterior with a band of flowers on a gilt ground and further sprays of flowers, 27 cm diameter, 11 cm high ***
*** A Chinese 19th century cream glazed vase, decorated with a tree and a bird. Height 39 cm ***
*** A famille-rose armorial charger, 18th century, together with a booklet of original receipts dated from the early 20th century in Saigon, 35 cm diam. ***
*** A Chinese doucai phoenix bowl, Yongzheng six-character mark, 11 cm diam ***
*** Three pieces of Chinese export porcelain, 18th to 19th century, comprising a paired Imari cup and saucer, and a blue and white saucer with Kangxi four-character mark, 10.4 cm diam. (Imari saucer), 3.6 cm high (Imari cup), 10.3 cm diam. (blue and white… ***
*** A Chinese blue and white porcelain beaker vase, 19th century, painted with Buddhistic emblems and a vase of flowers 11.5 cm high ***