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Gibson's Auctioneers & Valuers
Number of lots recorded:96
Lots with images:95
Prices available:96
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*** A famille rose bowl decorated with courtly figures, mark and period of Daoguang 6.5 cm high, 11 cm diameter ***
*** A Chinese scroll signed Yang Ting Zhu, Lotus & Egret watercolour ink, colour/paper ***
*** A Chinese painting scroll attributed to Feng Xiandi Mountainous landscape ***
*** A black lacquer four-fold screen, decorated with flowering white-bloomed lotus below a flight of cranes in the moonlit sky, each panel 184 x 41 cm ***
*** A celadon jade snuff bottle of upright form, the sides carved in low relief with a dragon among clouds encircling the sides, and a phoenix in high relief to one side, the stone of pale tone with slight areas of russet suffusions, stopper, box 6.7 cm high ***
*** A puce-ground famille rose dish, 20th century, of saucer shape, painted with birds perched on blossoming prunus branches reserved on the deep pink ground, the base with an apocryphal four-character mark of Yongzheng in blue enamel, box, 18.5 cm diameter ***
*** A polished hardstone head, probably African, of shallow form with pronounced stylised facial features and raised on a matching base, 37 cm high ***
*** A large Chinese opium bed, 19th century 45 cm hgh, 213 cm wide, 130 cm deep ***
*** A chenxiangmu archer's ring, the exterior incised with inscriptions and a landscape, fitted pewter box, 3.7 cm diameter ***
*** A famille verte brush pot Qing dynasty, the cylindrical sides painted with a bird on a blossoming tree, formal borders, box, 13.5 cm high *** N/A
*** A large group of Chinese glass snuff bottles, 19th century and later including bottles carved with landscapes, animals and figures (16) ***
*** A Ming-style fish jar and cover, 20th century, painted with carp swimming in a continuous lotus pool around the sides and repeated on the domed and knopped cover, 48 cm high. Provenance: Shanghai Museum, circa 1997 ***
*** A famille rose vase, mark of Guangxu, the pear-shaped body brightly enamelled with a pair of birds on rocks among flowering peonies and other plants between formal borders, the base inscribed in iron-red with a six-character mark, 30 cm high ***
*** A Chinese cherrywood nest of four tables, each carved in relief with dragons and fitted with a glass top, the largest 72 cm high, 50 cm wide, 36 cm deep ***
*** A Chinese ancestor portrait, late Qing Dynasty, ink and colour on paper, depicting an official in formal court attire, image 146 x 85 cm, frame 204 x 103 cm ***
*** A pair of Satsuma earthenware square section vases, Meiji period, the sides with alternate blue and yellow grounds featuring bird and flower panels, raised on corner feet, marks Dain Nippon Taiwan sei to the bases, 16 cm high ***
*** A pair of painted tea jars, Chinese, 19th century, 30 cm high ***
*** A pair of Chinese elm demi-lune tables each panelled top with remnants of lacquered paint work 82 cm high, 95 cm diameter ***
*** A pair of marble top carved hardwood stretcher-based side tables, Chinese, 19th century, both of lobed shape with a bead edge above a profusely carved skirt and raised on decorated legs to claw feet, 44 cm high, 31 diameter ***
*** A pair of Chinese elm square stools 50 cm high, 36 cm wide, 36 cm deep ***
*** A pair of famille rose bottle vases, 20th century, each decorated with fruiting peach and bats in flight, 35 cm high ***
*** A pair of famille rose meiping, 20th century, each decorated with fruiting peach branches and flying bats, 33.5 cm high ***
*** Two celadon-glazed wares comprising a vase of globular form surmounted by a tall neck with double lug handles, and a bowl carved with radiating petals on the exterior, each with a crackled sea-green glaze 16.4 cm high, 17 cm diameter ***
*** A Chinese elm side table, 20th century 86 cm high, 100 cm wide, 45 cm deep ***
*** A profusely carved walnut four drawer square coffee table and two side tables, Indian Kashmiri region, mid 20th century the coffee table 56 cm high, 90 cm wide, 90 cm deep ***
*** A Chinese blue and white jar and two blue and white vases, Qing Dynasty, 18th century and later each decorated in under glazed blue with landscape scenes and flowers the tallest vase 20 cm high ***
*** A Chinese blue and white bowl, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi period (1662 - 1722) decorated with a continuous scene of figures and animals within diaper borders, the interior decorated with a writhing dragon 10 cm high, 21 cm diameter ***
*** A pair of blue and white dragon bowls, Qianlong mark, late 19th century each decorated with writhing dragon amongst flaming pearls 14 cm diameter ***
*** A Japanese four fold screen, late Meiji period each panel 164 x 62 cm ***
*** Three Japanese lacquer five-case inro, 19th century and later the largest 8 cm high ***
*** A Chinese famille rose pink-ground 'Sgraffiato' vase Qianlong seal mark, Republic period enamelled with shaped cartouches enclosing birds and flowers on the bright pink ground, incised with a dense scrolling motif. 19 cm high ***
*** A Chinese style chest, 70 cm high, 110 cm wide, 60 cm deep ***
*** Two famille-rose tankards Qing dynasty, Qianlong period, each of slightly waisted form, one painted with a family group and floral sprays; the other with a lakeside scene, 16 cm and 15.5 cm high. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen ***
*** A set of six blue and white plates Qing dynasty, 19th century, each painted with a stylised flower spray with scrolling stems, encircled with a similar frieze around the cavetto and broad flared rim with scalloped edge, inscribed with apocryphal… ***
*** A Chinese Imari charger Qing dynasty, 18th century, painted with radiating chrysanthemum and peony sprigs within a border of stylised waves around the broad everted rim, lingzhi sprig mark, 36 cm diameter. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne… ***
*** A Chinese porcelain fish bowl, 20th century decorated in famille rose colours with panels of figures within scrolling foliate borders 42 cm high, 53 cm diameter ***
*** A collection of three pieces of Chinese porcelain, 18th century and later comprising a celadon tripod censer, a sang de boeuf brush washer and a pale celadon covered dish the largest 11.5 cm diameter ***
*** A pair of Chinese scrolls one with a bird and peonies and one with a lotus and a hummingbird watercolour, ink signed Liu Yifeng ***
*** A Japanese paulownia tansu chest, circa 1930's of typical form, in two sections with five long drawers and iron fittings 120 cm high, 88 cm wide, 41 cm deep ***
*** A Chinese scroll attributed to Zou Yigui (1686-1772) ***
*** A glazed pottery figure of a dignitary, Ming dynasty, standing on an hexagonal base, wearing a long robe with wide sleeves glazed in green and chestnut and a tall conical black hat, 36.5 cm high ***
*** An inside-painted glass snuff bottle, attributed to Zhou Leyuan, dated 1892 painted to one side with figures under trees against a mountainous landscape, the reverse inscribed with a poem ' Grass' by bi Juyi, artists signature with red seals to each side ***
*** A pair of blue and white dishes Qing dynasty, Kangxi period each freely painted in bright toned cobalt blue with a pair of birds on rocks, amongst flowering peonies and magnolia within vignette borders 27.7 cm diameter ***
*** A pair of blue and white dishes Qing dynasty, Kangxi period each brightly painted with a central medallion of a pair of pheasants on rocks among flowering peony and magnolia 27.2 cm and 28 cm diameter ***
*** A sancai decorated saucer dish, mark of Kangxi, the interior incised with dragons beneath the white glaze and enamelled in green, yellow and aubergine with fruiting branches, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character mark, 24.5 cm diameter ***
*** A green-glazed meiping Qing dynasty, 19th century, the exterior covered with a crackled bright green glaze, the narrow mouth with brown-edged rim, 18.5 cm high ***
*** A famille verte beaker Qing dynasty, 19th century, the steep sides painted with Shou Lao seated beside his recumbent deer, 11 cm high ***
*** A pale celadon and russet jade carving, Qing dynasty, of a small boy holding a basket in one hand and clasping the leg of a deer skin draped over his back, carved from an area of russet suffusions in the pale stone, 7.5 cm high ***
*** An unusual jade inset ivory snuff bottle, 19th/20th century, the upright body well carved with a pair of sinuous dragons in relief on the incised diaper ground inlaid with a jade bird on either side, stopper, 5.5 cm high ***
*** A pair of Japanese wood brush pots by Arai, 19th/20th century, each of cylindrical form set on a carved wood base, carved in relief with a warrior attacking a wild animal embellished with ivory, mother of pearl and other inlays, inscribed on a rectangular… ***
*** A Mughal miniature painting, Bazar Mughal, Northern India, late19th/early 20th century, Todi Ragini, gouache on wasli paper, mounted on Chinese silk, showing a serene landscape with a woman under a tree on a mound and two recumbent deer, broken by the… ***
*** An octagonal Imari charger, Japanese, decorated with a ho-ho bird flying over a fenced garden with a plantain tree, flowers and rockwork, alternating red and blue reserved panels to the border featuring garden and cottage scenes, 43 x 43 cm ***
*** A carved ivory box and cover, Meiji period, the cylindrical sides decorated in relief with a gathering of legendary figures in a continuous landscape, a two character mark in red to one side, 11.5 cm high ***
*** A Chinese ancestor portrait, late Qing Dynasty, ink and colour on paper, depicting an official in formal court attire, image 160 x 77 cm, frame 200 x 102 cm ***
*** A red lacquered hard wood cabinet, the front decorated with relief carved friezes highlighted in gilding above the two doors set with a large circular chased metal lock plate above two shaped metal plates with basket-form pull handles, 165 cm high, 105 cm… ***
*** A collection of Japanese menuki, 19th century and later, comprising three cased sets of silver and gilt bronze animal menuki and two sets of silvered warrior menuki, the largest 5 cm ***
*** A Chinese export ware sewing box, circa 1820, decorated in gilding on the black lacquer ground, 35 cm long ***
*** A Satsuma earthenware rectangular dish by Ryozan, Meiji period, the interior with a scene of figures gathered in a pavilion garden within a formal border of vignettes depicting precious objects, inscription Kyoto Toji Gaisha, Ryozan-zo to base, 21.5 cm… ***
*** Three Longquan celadon dishes Ming dynasty each with barbed everted rim and petal-carved cavetto beneath the sea-green glaze 32.5 cm, 30.5 cm and 24 cm diameter ***
*** A nobleman wearing a turban India, late eighteenth/early 19th century opaque water colour on paper inscribed in nastaliq script front and verso 18 x 15 cm ***
*** A nobleman dressed in white, seated on a chaise India, late eighteenth/early 19th century opaque water colour on paper inscribed in nastaliq script front and verso 21 x 12 cm ***
*** A robbin's egg-glazed vase, 20th century, of quatrelobed form, the pear-shaped body set with double elephant head loop handles on the narrow waisted neck, the sides with flowering prunus branches in relief, all beneath the mottled glaze, fitted box, 21 cm… ***
*** A Georgian lacquered Chinoiserie tea caddy, early 19th century, gilt painted with a scene of scholars in a courtyard, with original cut crystal tea bowls sitting in a fully fitted blue velvet lined interior, standing on four gilt bronze paws, 21.5 cm high… ***
*** An Indian or Pakistani wood sitar, the fretted instrument with coloured bone inlay, 128 cm long ***
*** A famille verte beaker vase, 20th century, the splayed base and trumpet neck painted with figure scenes, the central bulb with flowering sprays between formal borders, 47 cm high ***
*** A collection of seven various snuff bottles, 19th century and later including jade, shagreen, rose quartz and agate the tallest, 8 cm high ***
*** A Chinese yellow glazed porcelain vase, 20th century 38 cm high, 22 cm wide ***
*** A Chinese sang De boeuf bottle vase, late Qing Dynasty 27.5 cm high ***
*** Two Japanese gold-lacquer inro, Meiji period comprising a six-case inro with an attached netsuke and a five-case inro the largest 9 cm high ***
*** A blue and white tripod censer, 20th century, painted with a frieze of clouds and trigrams below a band of flaming pearls, Wanli mark, 14 cm high ***
*** A grisaille-decorated dish Qing dynasty, Qianlong period, painted with two European gentlemen, one holding a rifle, standing on the banks of a river in a Dutch landscape, 23.3 cm diameter, Compare with a similar dish illustrated by Thomas V. Litzenburg,… ***
*** Two famille-rose tankards Qing dynasty, Qianlong period, each of slightly waisted form, painted with a figure scene panel reserved on an underglaze blue fish-roe ground scattered with flower sprays and butterflies, 15 cm and 14.5 cm high. Provenance: The… ***
*** A pair of Chinese powder blue ormolu mounted vases, French, late 19th century of waisted form with foliate decoration to the foot and rim 17 cm high ***
*** A birds in a prunus tree a russet jade carving of birds in a prunus tree ornately pierced and carved with flowering branches and birds, carved wooden stand 13 cm high, not including the stand ***
*** A Chinese painting attributed to Leng Mei ladies and children in a landscape signed lower left ink/watercolour on paper 47 x 70 cm ***
*** A soapstone 'Dragon and clouds' carving, 19th/20th century a soapstone 'Dragon and clouds' carving, 19th/20th century the amber coloured stone of irregular form, carved with a dragon chasing a flaming pearl among cloud scrolls 4.5 cm long ***
*** A celadon-ground famille rose beaker vase, Chinese, late 19th century, 33 cm high ***
*** An unusual famille-rose wall vase, Qing dynasty of cornucopia form, the ribbed sides painted with flowering sprays below floral scrolls around the shaped and flared mouth, a small landscape vignette at the narrow base 20 cm long ***
*** A famille rose vase, 20th century the pear-shaped body well painted with an insect eating the leaf of a cabbage among other vegetables and plants, an inscription in black on the reverse with an oval and a rectangular gilt ground seal to either side, the… ***
*** A famille rose rectangular porcelain plaque, 20th century painted with a figural scene and long inscription 40 x 20 cm ***
*** A Chinese red lacquer altar style table, late 19th/early 20th century, with a waisted top above an open work skirt with key fret and archaistic motifs, the square section legs with side stretchers, 85 cm high, 110 cm wide, 33 cm deep, Provenance, Grafton… ***
*** A Chinese red lacquer altar style console table, early 20th century, the table top with everted ends above five frieze drawers, with carved spandrels and having shaped trestle ends, 90 cm high, 250 cm wide, 46 cm deep ***
*** A Japanese satsuma figure of hawk and a sparrow, with impressed character mark to the base, 10 cm high ***
*** An embellished lacquer plaque, Japanese, 19th/20th century, of oval form, the black lacquer ground applied in bone and mother-of-pearl with a cockerel perched on a maple branch, within the floral decorated brown lacquer frame, 70 cm long overall ***
*** A profusely carved walnut chest, Indian Kashmiri region, mid 20th century 57 cm high, 102 cm wide, 48 cm deep ***
*** A carved south German hardwood pedestal, late 19th century, 91 cm high, 35 cm wide, 35 cm deep ***
*** A black lacquered coffee table, standing on four bold silvered baluster legs above a broad stretcher base, 46 cm high, 160 cm wide, 90 cm deep ***
*** Two Chinese cloisonne enamel pagoda-form boxes, 20th century, each 20 cm high, 26 cm wide, 24 cm deep ***
*** A Chinese pierced majolica pedestal, of waisted and faceted form with decorative panels in muted tones, 74 cm high ***
*** Two triptych wood block prints, attributed to Kuniteru, geisha at house of pleasure in the evening with cherry blossom, and Hikaru Genji with beauties watching a waterfall, framed, each overall 64 cm x 106 cm. Provenance: Japanese gallery, Kensington… ***
*** Two triptych wood block prints, attributed to Yoshu Chikanobu, ladies taking tea in an interior, and ladies of the Chiyoda Palace, framed, each overall 64 cm x 106 cm. Provenance: Japanese gallery, Kensington church Street, London, 18 April, 2010 ***
*** Three Longquan celadon bowls Yuan/Ming dynasty, each with carved decoration beneath the sea-green glaze 17 cm, 14.7 cm and 14.5 cm diameter ***
*** A nobleman on horseback holding a falcon India, late eighteenth/early 19th century opaque water colour on paper inscribed in nastaliq script front and verso 33.5 x 22 cm ***
*** A circular marble top hardwood stretcher-based side table, Chinese, 19th century, a rouge marble surface within a bead edge border above a carved open work skirt and standing on four splayed claw ball feet, 44 cm high, the top 41 cm diameter ***
*** Six blue and white dishes Qing dynasty, 18th century comprising one of 'Aster' pattern, the others with floral decoration 20.2 cm to 23.2 cm diameter ***
*** A nobleman dressed in green, seated on a chaise India, late eighteenth/early 19th century opaque water colour on paper inscribed in nastaliq script front and verso 20 x 14 cm ***