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Art — Oriental - Philips Auctions Australia
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| Philips Auctions Australia | |
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| Number of lots recorded: | 96 |
| Lots with images: | 96 |
| Prices available: | 96 |
Category:
Art
| Lot | Description | Price | Image |
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| *** | A Japanese paper fan | *** |  |
| *** | Yao Zhihua (B.1932), red trees, watercolour, ink and wash on paper, with seals upper left and lower right, accompanied by the catalogue, 'Contemporary Chinese Paintings', published, 1990, and illustrated plate 49 with artist's biographical information, pp… | *** |  |
| *** | A 'Shanghai Museum' boxed limited edition book of paintings, circa 1959, the large velvet bound folio size edition includes a full colour plate collection of important early Chinese paintings from the Shanghai Museum. Complete with solander box. Length 54… | *** |  |
| *** | A charming pair of reverse glass Chinese export paintings, mid 19th century, the pair each depict young girls in traditional Chinese costume and with elaborate hairstyles set within original frames. N.B. Crack to corner of one glass pane. Height 40 cm.… | *** |  |
| *** | A fine pair of large antique Chinoiserie wallpaper panels, late 18th to early 19th century, probably French, each depicting figures engaged in narratives on floating islands with exotic palms and other foliage, in a muted green, teal, iron red and coral… | *** |  |
| *** | A large reverse glass Chinese export painting, late 19th century, the impressive scene details a lavish court scene of an Emperor and other officials being cared for by their attendants. Framed and with a pair of handles to the top. Height 43 cm. Width 64… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese export album of twelve Rice-Paper paintings, wing Tai Hing, Canton, c1910, the set of twelve fine paintings depicting court life and punishments for different crimes, including various scenes of torture, with explanations in English, each… | *** |  |
| *** | A booklet of Chinese paintings in the manner of Feng Zhi Kai (1898-1975), Republic era, 1948, a hand sewn booklet comprising some seventeen paintings or cartoons of everyday life in ink and colours, each with script and red seal, length 32.5 cm, width 23… | *** |  |
| *** | A Framed Japanese Woodblock Triptych. Signed Hashimoto Chikanobu, Dated 1888. A figurative scene a mother with her many children at play, one of the boys is dressed in samurai costume while a cat plays with a ball of yarn. Height 34.5 cm Width 72 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese hanging scroll, by Shuto Tabata | *** |  |
| *** | Yide, Jin (B. 1935), Chinese canal scene, oil on canvas, signed in characters and dated 1990 lower right, with gallery, label in Chinese verso, height 48.5 cm, width 58.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An antique Chinese double portrait ancestor painting, Qing Dynasty, 19th century, Grandmother and grandfather figures, she in blue and he in brown and teal robes, seated upon red embroidered silk chairs with carved bases, small attendants to the side, a… | *** |  |
| *** | A Wonderful framed Chinese miniature painting, circa 1840, the glass painted miniature of a Chinese maiden resting on chair with a mountains and sea backdrop. Set in a lovely hand carved foliate frame. Height 23 cm. Length 21 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese figural painting, a framed scroll painting in muted gouache and watercolours with ink highlights depicting female figures engaged in leisurely pursuits in a pavilion and traditional fenced garden and landscape setting populated with auspicious… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese painting, Republic era, early to mid 20th century, the finely painted gouache and watercolour figure of a Guanyin carrying a basket of fish, homage to a famous Chinese tale, on paper and within a silk mount. Height 79 cm. Width 36 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A book of antique pith paintings of Chinese Punishments, late Qing Dynasty, 19th to 20th century, in vibrant gouache colours depicting twelve scenes of criminals and their, tormentors and executioners, on pith paper with later applied decorative, paper… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese hanging scroll, mid to late 20th century, a simple design of white paper mounted on white silk with script in black ink by master calligrapher Qi gong 1912-2005, with various red seal marks including the chop of Qi gong lower left. Height 134 cm… | *** |  |
| *** | A fine Chinese Shan Shui painting, a sublime winter landscape scene en grisaille, in inks and wash, with two diminutive figures in orange and teal colours to a foreground pavilion, with various red seals and script, height 118 cm, width 40 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Kawase, Hasui (1883-1957), 'Rain at Shiba Park, Tokyo', woodblock on paper, with signature and red sui seal of artist lower left, seal of publisher Watanabe lower right, with margin inscriptions (including 1931 date); title and artist's name in pencil… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese scroll. 20th century, signed Qi Kun (1901-1944). Depicts a mountainous scene including men in a boat on the river. Image size. Height 124 cm. Width 51 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese Literati painting in ink and colours, 'Whispering', two geese with gourd fruits and vines, freely executed in ink and colours, inspired by famed calligrapher Wang Xizhi's poem about watching geese, with red seal mark. Provenance: a formal gift… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of framed antique Chinese fan paintings, late Qing Dynasty, originally folding fans, both depicting traditional landscape scenes, one en grisaille, the other in muted watercolours, both with elegant script and various seals, height 40 cm, width 62… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Japanese scroll weights, Meiji period (1868-1912), the bronze shakudo weights with applied and inlaid copper, brass, gold and silver depicting in kebori engraving and dramatic relief two warriors on horseback; one marked to front, the other… | *** |  |
| *** | A framed and mounted Chinese folding fan, 20th century, Delightfully hand painted in gouache colours with myriad birdlife including, mythical phoenix, red crested cranes and other auspicious birds upon a gold, coloured ground, height 22 cm, width 48.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese hanging scroll, in the manner of Li Kuchan, (1899-1983), in ink and colours upon paper on white silk, depicting in a free form style two quizzical birds, bamboo and fronds, with script, signature and multiple seals. Length 69 cm. Width 41 cm.… | *** |  |
| *** | A fine Chinese hanging scroll by Pu Yi (1906-1967), 20th century. Well painted in inks and near monochrome colours on fine silk by Pu Yi, the last emperor of China, and mounted on patterned ochre silk on paper, and depicting two small figures near a… | *** |  |
| *** | Two vintage Indian Mughal miniature paintings, comprising a hunting scene with figures on horseback and foot, and a portrait of a Prince with a falcon, probably Jahangir, height 26.5 cm, width 12.5 cm, and smaller | *** |  |
| *** | Qi, Baishi (1864-1957, attributed), a painted paper scroll, painted with fruit on a branch and in a basket with a grasshopper below, signed and sealed, on a paper backing. Height 92 cm. Width 43 cm. (overall) | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese woodblock triptych, Meiji period, late 19th century, Battle scene during the first Sino-Japanese war of 1894-95. Height 35 cm. Width 69.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Kawase, Hasui (1883-1957), 'Rain at Shinagawa, Tokyo', woodblock on paper, with signature and red sui seal of artist lower left, seal of publisher Watanabe lower right, with margin inscriptions; title and artist's name in pencil below image. Height 37 cm.… | *** |  |
| *** | Guan, Shan Yue (1912-2000). A painted paper scroll, painted in black and red with blossoming prunus and with lines of script, signed and sealed. Height 173 cm. Width 60 cm. (overall) | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of framed antique Mughal paintings, 19th century, in opaque watercolours with gilt, illustrating scenes of courtly life, one depicting musicians in a pavilion and garden setting, the other comprising a narrative of a bedridden figure surrounded by… | *** |  |
| *** | A suite of eight Chinese painted scenes of Punishments, circa 1850, painted in gouache for the export market, each depicting a gruesome scene of judicial torture, on fine paper mounted on English watercolour paper, some watermarked J Whatman 1847, each… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese carved jade Toggle, 20th century, the front decorated with carved images of a smiling man surrounded by a scrolling dragon and lotus leaves to the reverse. Height 7 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese Shunga woodblock print, Edo period, 19th century, the double page woodblock print of erotic subject matter, with blocks of script to image; margins obscured by framing, height 22 cm, width 32.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese scroll painting, 20th century the hanging scroll depicting a happy school of nine Chinese koi fish in orange and grey hues deftly swim in a pond, with inscriptions and multiple seals, in watercolour on paper mounted on patterned silk. Length 100… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese hanging scroll, 20th century, Republic to people's Republic era, on paper and mounted on paper backed cream silk and depicting the finely painted image of a prancing horse within a pine tree and rocky landscape setting, in pigment colours and… | *** |  |
| *** | An antique Chinese hanging scroll, in watercolour on paper and depicting auspicious tree peonies in colours, with numerous red seal stamps and a large central stamp, length 106 cm, width 44 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of framed Chinese export reverse glass paintings, late 19th century, the impressive scenes detail lavish court scenes of an emperor and other officials being cared for by their attendants, in their original frames with a pair of ring handles to the… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese scroll, in the circle of Yanshao Lu, mountain landscape. Height 95 cm. Length 44 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese scroll. 20th century, signed Lu Yanshao (1909-1993). Depicts a scene of mountains and valleys. Image size. Height 137 cm. Width 34 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese hanging scroll | *** |  |
| *** | Kunisada, Utagawa (Toyokoni III) 1786-1864, Edo period, 1850s, a fine woodblock triptych (nishiki-e), ink and colour on paper depicting three half length Kabuki actors amidst blossom and lanterns, signed to each panel within bordered cartouches, with… | *** |  |
| *** | A folding book of Chinese paintings, by Wang Xuetao (1903 - 1982), the suite of paintings in colours and ink, some in the form of fans, depicting birds, fruit and flora, with seal marks and character signatures to each page, each upon papers of differing… | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese hanging scroll | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese scroll, He Jia Ying. Young lady seated on carved chair beside a potted plant. Height 101 cm. Width 67 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese scroll, in the circle of Zhang Daqian, a long robed maiden holding a basket of fish. Height 82 cm. Length 29 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Ito, Takashi (1894-1982), 'morning at Takehama river, Japan Alps', woodblock on paper, with signature and red seal of artist lower right, seal of publisher Watanabe lower left, with margin inscriptions, title and artist's name in pencil below image.… | *** |  |
| *** | A fine Chinese hanging scroll, 20th century. Finely painted in inks and delicate hues on silk mounted on patterned silk on paper, and depicting small groups of figures engaged in cooking, music, travelling and scholarly pursuits in a bamboo landscape;… | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese woodblock hand coloured Tryptich, Meiji period (1868-1912). Signed, the life of a geisha, height 34 cm, width 70 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Japanese ink on paper | *** |  |
| *** | Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861), Sojo Henjo no. 12 (The Monk Henjo) from the series One Hundred Poems by one Hundred Poets Japanese woodblock print, framed. Seal signature. Edo Period, circa 1842. Ex. East & West Art, 1993, height 35 cm, width 24 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A vintage watercolour folding album, the concertina type album with eight ink, wash, and watercolour landscape, images, each with artist's seal and accompanied by a page of script, between, covers, length 32 cm, width 28 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese hanging scroll. People's Republic of China, later 20th century. On fine weave silk mounted on paper and framed in aubergine patterned fabric, an exquisite depiction of two small colourful birds amidst cream magnolia and pink prunus blossom, with… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese hanging scroll. People's Republic of China, later 20th century. On paper bordered with petrol green self patterned fabric and paper backed, a boldly and freely executed image in saturated colours of two roosters on a branch of bamboo, with… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese hanging scroll, late Qing to Republic Era, in the manner of Cheng Zhang (1868-1938), on paper, mounted on white and beige patterned silk and depicting two symbolic red crested cranes in watercolours, with multiple seals and character signature.… | *** |  |
| *** | Hiroshige, Ando (1797-1858), a pair of ukiyo-e woodblock prints, including 'Kawasaki', number three from the first Hoeido edition of 'The fifty three Stations of the Tokaido' 1831-34, depicting a ferry boat crossing a river; and one other print of a… | *** |  |
| *** | A vintage Chinese hanging scroll, in watercolours and ink, depicting a man riding a mule in a mountainous, landscape, script and seals upper right, length 68 cm, width 27.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Hasui, Kawase (1883-1957) 'Hommonji temple in Snow',1931, a woodblock in multiple colours with script and red seal of Kawase Hasui to plate, a noted shin-hanga print designer, seal of publisher Watanabe, and additional script outside margins. Height 36 cm… | *** |  |
| *** | Hiroshige, Ando (1797-1858), woodblock print from the 1850 Marusei edition of 'Fifty three stations of the Tokaido: number 17, 'Yui', depicting figures on the foreshore and others gazing from a lookout to the sea and cliffs, with seals and script, height… | *** |  |
| *** | An antique Chinese hanging scroll, in black ink on silk and restrained faded colours depicting a sublime mountainous landscape with a pavilion and auspicious pine and flowering plum trees, one tree with white heightening, with script and seals, length 216… | *** |  |
| *** | An antique Chinese wood block, Qing Dynasty, 19th century, a double-sided woodblock with script within a large cartouches, mortise and tenon joined to square section side supports and secured with flat head iron, nails, height 29 cm width 59 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A group of five Chinese paintings and a book on Chinese paintings, five various landscape paintings, each watercolour with bodycolour, signed and sealed, each mounted on card and folding; together with M.K.L. Yao, 'Paintings of Wu Ch'ang Shou and Ch'I Pai… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese hanging scroll | *** |  |
| *** | Kunisada (1786-1864), Japanese school, Untitled, a bijin at her toilet, a woodblock print in colours on rice paper with characters and seals. Height 29 cm. Width 19.5 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | Hiroshige, Ando (1797-1858), and other Ukiyo-E woodblock print, 1833-1843, other similar but unidentified, a woodblock in colours, 'Snowing in the precinct of the Kameido shrine' from 'Famous view of the Eastern Capital', with signature and publisher's… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese hanging scroll, in ink and muted colours on paper on self patterned silk and depicting a traditional dramatic rock, pinetree and bamboo landscape with a small pavilion, with script to the upper right of scroll and a banner of large and small; in… | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese woodblock triptych by Chikanobu | *** |  |
| *** | Utagawa Hiroshige, (1797-1858)., from the 53 Stations of the Tokaido. Chuban size woodblock print. Signed upper right Circa: 1840. Ex East West Art 1991, height 15 cm, width 20.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A set of four Chinese paintings depicting the four Seasons, panels in watercolours each depicting birds with auspicious seasonal foliage, height 133 cm, width 36 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An antique Chinese hanging scroll, in ink and wash en grisaille on paper featuring a gnarled wintery plum blossom tree and a rockwork work landscape, with script and red seals, length 132 cm, width 67 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | Utamaro, Kitagawa (1753-1806). 'The Teahouse Waitress, Naniwaya Okita', a woodblock in colours with various seals, including title cartouche, publisher's seal and signature to image, one to margin; from Renowned Beauties Likened to the six immortal Poets;… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese hanging scroll. People's Republic of China era, circa 1972, the paper mounted scroll painted on silk in muted colours and depicting a traditional landscape and pavilion scene against a burgeoning modern harbour, with script and date upper right,… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese hanging scroll on silk, a traditional mountainous landscape scene in monochrome black ink on a deep beige gold silk mounted on paper, with script and red seal mark to upper section, length 91 cm, width 21 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese hanging scroll, 20th century, in ink and subdued colours on paper on two toned silk, depicting figures in a pavilion within a sublime rocky mountain, pine tree and lakeside landscape. Length 130 cm. Width 64 cm. (image only) | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Chinese rice paper paintings, late Qing Dynasty (late 19th century), in gouache and muted watercolours, depicting peasant workers engaged in labouring activities. Height 27 cm. Width 20 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese goldfish oil painting, 20th century in the manner of Lee man Fong, the dynamic 'Three goldfish' oil painting with simple lines, mounted in a frame with patterned silk border, inscribed to the upper right hand corner, stamped and signed 'Tong… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Indian miniature portraits and a Full-Length miniature portrait, two small oval portrait busts depicting courtly male and female figures, and a full-length Regal gentleman posing in a garden setting, in gouache colours enhanced with gilt, famed,… | *** |  |
| *** | A vintage Chinese hanging scroll, delicately decorated with a pair of Meiren (beauties) before a rock with a trailing pink flowering tree, script and seals to right hand margin, length 80 cm, width 25 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Chinese watercolour and ink paintings by Yi Tang, 1972, depicting chickens beneath plum blossom to one painting, and baby chicks to the other, in watercolour, ink and wash colours, signed and dated, marked also with artist's seal, height 33 cm,… | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese woodblock triptych by Toyohara Kunichika (1835-1900), Edo to Meiji period, 1860s-70s, depicting actors, two samurai and a geisha in a seaside setting, in colours, signed to cartouches, height 34 cm, width 69 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese hanging scroll, on paper mounted on paper backed silk and depicting a traditional pavilion and pagoda scene within a sublime landscape in watercolours, with script, and bearing seals and signatures. Length 109 cm. Width 64 cm (both images) | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese hanging scroll, on paper mounted on paper backed silk and depicting a delicate watercolour scene of three birds and bamboo, bearing signature and seals. Length 67.5 cm. Width 33 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese 'Thousand cranes' painting, in gouache pigments and depicting myriad red crested cranes flying and roosting in a craggy pine tree upon a tan paper ground; with script upper right. Height 128 cm. Width 62 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese hanging scroll, early to mid 20th century, in the manner of Chen Ben Ding (or banding) (1876-1970), in ink and watermelon and brown black colours on paper on warm beige silk, depicting freely painted lotus flowers and foliage; with seal marks… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese painted paper hanging scroll, painted with birds and bamboo, sealed, on a silk-lined paper backing. Height 180 cm. Width 60 cm. (overall) | *** |  |
| *** | A group of handpainted Indian ivory miniatures, mid twentieth century, six rectangular pierced plaques finely depicting the Indian nobles Jehangir and Noorjehan framed in a gilt mount. Height 18 cm.s width 20 cm.s | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese scroll, in the circle of Da Qian Zang (1899-1983), Sages in a garden. Height 97 cm. Width 34 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese hanging scroll, second half 20th century, in the style of Lingnan school painter Chao Shao, on paper mounted on two toned cream silk, and depicting in gouache colours and ink, the naturalistic image of two birds upon a snow flecked pine tree… | *** |  |
| *** | Takahashi, Hiroaki (1871-1945), 'Fuji From Mizukubo', woodblock in colours, 1936, with signature and red seal of artist lower left, Watanabe publisher's seal lower right. Height 25 cm. Width 37.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese scroll. 20th century, signed Pu Zuo (1918-2001). Depicts a scene of a pair of doves in a conifer tree. N.B. Small holes present. Image size. Height 65 cm. Width 65 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | Two vintage Indian Mughal miniature paintings, comprising a courtship scene set in a walled garden within intricately patterned bands and mihrabs and a wide floral border, and a pavilion scene at night with female attendants helping a sleeping woman,… | *** |  |
| *** | An antique Persian miniature painting, richly decorated in opaque colours with gilt enrichments depicting soldiers on horseback and elephants engaged in a frenetic battle, a walled fortress to the rear; with Arabic script and surrounded by finely… | *** |  |
| *** | A group of three Persian Mughal miniature paintings, in opaque colours on paper, depicting a romantic couple on a terrace, a romantic couple in a pavilion at night, both with Arabic script; and a scene of deer in a fenced enclosure, in pink and aqua… | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese scroll | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese hanging scroll, 20th century, in the manner of Yu Gi Gao (b. 1932), on paper mounted on cream patterned silk with blue borders and depicting a pair of mallard ducks swimming beneath a branch of flowering prunus, in gouache, with script and seal… | *** |  |