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Antiques & Interiors including Taxidermy and Wine — Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers

Auction House:Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & ValuersNumber of lots recorded:769
Sale Title:Antiques & Interiors including Taxidermy and WineLots with images:764
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:632
Date:21-Apr-2013
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Two bronze vases the first of ovoid form the second of archaic form with flared mouth, highest 15 cm
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A Japanese sake set, including two bottles and seven cups, highest 13 cm ( 9 )
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A pair of Japanese bronze bottle vases, Meiji period signed Sei Koku each with an applied silvered scrolling dragon around the collar (2). 25 cm high
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Two Chinese bronze hand warmers with marks, each with raised decoration to the body, largest 19 cm length
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A Chinese Yixing StyleTeapot of trunk form, 10 cm high
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A Chinese teapot and censer the opposing double spouts in cockerel head form on tripod base, the censer in lotus form on tripod base, 20 cm high
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A Chinese hand warmer the body decorated with a figural landscape, 14 cm high
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A Chinese Garlic head Junyao style pear shaped vase with purple Splash 24 cm high
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Two fighting insect bowls with lids and twelve character mark to base 10 cm high, 13 diam
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A Burmese 18th century bronze Buddha well cast and modelled in traditional posture, 45 cm high
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Two Chinese export porcelain footed dishes, each with scalloped rim and brightly enamelled, Qing Dynasty, 16 cm diameter
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Four small Chinese porcelain footed dishes, each with scalloped rime and brightly enamelled, Qing Dynasty, 7 cm diameter
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A set of five small Chinese blue & white tea bowls Qing Dynasty
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Six Chinese porcelain bowls of Nonya type, each brightly enamelled with floral and insect motifs, some enamel losses,19th century, 17 cm across
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A collection of Chinese porcelain, Ming-Qing Dynasties, including two blue and white kitchen Ware dishes, five smaller blue & white dishes a celadon bowl and a shipwreck bowl, largest 29 cm diameter ( 9 )
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A Chinese scroll painting of red and blue flowers 94 x 43 cm
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A large Chinese scroll of men tending horses complete with text and signatures
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A painted Chinese scroll of two ladies 90 x 37 cm (image size)
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A good carved Chinese side table with blue and white tile insert depicting dragons 55 x 38 cm
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A large Chinese famille rose two handled vase, Qianlong mark but 20th century painted with panels of girls playing go in a garden, small panels of children, reserved on an aqua floral ground, lion mask ring handles 62 cm (24in)
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A large Japanese Satsuma two handled vase, 20th century painted with panels of dancing couples, and mothers playing with children, large gilt scrolling dragon handles 56 cm(22') high
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A Thai carved figure of Buddha gilded and lacquered, standing in upright position with out swept garments and hands, the robes paste inset, 140 cm high
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A pair of ceramic green outdoor seats ceramic, 47 cm high
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A large Thai temple bell with stand well cast, with slight relief decoration, 57 cm high
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A bronze Thai frog drum south East Asian, the top decorated with shallow concentric geometric bands and central star medallion, the shoulders with four lug handles, the sides three elephants, the top three frogs, 60 cm diameter
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Thai teak dresser
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A Chinese moon cake lidded container with auspicious symbols of the lid, the interior in red and black. The sides with combed wave pattern. Diameter 28 cm. Height 18 cm
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A red lacquer low seat south East Asian, the lacquer with remnants of gilding, supported on s-form stretchers, the upper and lower sections housing spindles, early 20th century, 76 cm length
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An antique Thai elephant bell well cast, supported on a teal and bamboo stand, 46 cm high
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A group of jade carvings, including two brushwashers, one with chilong and one with figures, one cricket, one with frogs on lily pads, one disk-form, one face plaque and one archaistic desk ornament (7)
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A strand of graduated jadeite beads with a beautiful Openworked clasp & white stones. Length 19.8 cm
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A early yellow stone seal decorated in relief, highlighted in black 10 cm tall
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A yellow stone bamboo form seal signed 8 cm tall
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A Chinese water pot, modelled as a peach on four bracket feet with robins egg type glaze, probably late Qing Dynasty, 6 cm high
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A fine blue and white bird Feeder
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A collection of horn objects, including four miniature cups, two charms, one libation vessel and one composite seal, largest 10 cm high
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A Chinese stitched silk panel, together with a seal, purse, comb, carved ivory monkey group and porcelain figure of Guanyin
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A horn libation cup carved with pagodas and landscape, 8 cm high
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A horn Tip with simulated patina, 11 cm high
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A Chinese Qing Dynasty ivory & painted paper fan, with plain ivory guards enclosing finely painted paper fan with birds and blossom flowers, paper loose from frame and torn down on crease 27 cm long
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A 19th century Canton export ivory and silk fan the outer ivory guard sticks carved in relief opening to reveal a silk interior embroidered with dragon, breaks to both guard ends. 20 cm long
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A pair of Japanese cloisonne enamel hexagonal vases each decorated with a wreathing three clawed dragon on a speckled foil brown ground, Meiji period 1868-1912 (some damage) (2). 25 cm(10') high
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A Chinese copper red glazed jar with lotus flowers decoration in the Ming style 16.3 cm high
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A pair of candle holders depicted as attendants at prayer, probably south East Asian, 13 cm high
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Small vase with red glaze
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Two Japanese Satsuma blue ground vases, Meiji period one signed Kusube square sectioned painted with landscape of mount Fuji and butterflies and blossom seal mark; the other, signed Yasui Zo, with samurai and ladies, seal mark, both 15 cm(6') high (2)
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A pair of Chinese porcelain lidded canisters of hexagonal form, both brightly enamelled with flowers and foliage, 15 cm high
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A Chinese famille noir gilded porcelain vase decorated with river landscape and finely painted figures amongst pine trees, Chuxiugong seal mark to base, 25 cm high 25 cm high
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A cylindrical vase decorated in blue and white with a continuous freeze of Chinese miniature style calligraphy, four character mark to base, 30 cm high
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19th century Chinese blue & white Shuangxi double happiness jar chip to rim Provenance: Private Sydney collector, purchased in 1960's 21.5 cm high
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A Chinese blue & white jar decorated in the Ming style with scrolling blossoms and flower heads, 22 cm high
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A group of Chinese objects [6], including two celadon carved bowls, a blue & white lidded box, a blue & white bowl and a soft stone dragon box and a resin dish, 25 cm diameter largest
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Three small Chinese porcelain blue & white dishes, each dish with raised scalloped rim, depicting a deity riding a phoenix within a figural landscape, Qing Dynasty, 10 cm across
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A pair of Chinese porcelain Spittoons, each decorated in underglaze blue & white with repeating decoration, 12 cm high
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A 19th century Chinese blue & white porcelain vase, decorated with blossoming prunus branches on a cracked-ice-pattern ground with six character mark to base, neck ground down Provenance: Private Sydney collector, purchased in 1960's 24 cm high
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A Chinese fan painting with children & adult Leaning on a pine tree. Qing dynasty. Exceptionally fine work with beautiful detail and shading on the robes of the children and man of rank. Signed and dated with a red seal. Provenance: A Sydney collector. Height 19 x 54 cm
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A group of four Asian Ceramics, including two Imari dishes and two famille rose dishes, largest diameter 18 cm. (4)
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A Chinese mid 20th century lithophane geisha 'An hua' porcelain tea set
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A Chinese celadon ewer the body carved with lotus decoration, in the Yuan/Ming style, 14 cm high
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A Qingbai style cup the sides supporting two scrolling chilong, presentation box, 7 cm high
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Two Chinese teapots both in Yixing style and both in presentation boxes, 10 cm high
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A Chinese porcelain footed dish depicting water birds in a pond amongst lotus, apocryphal Xuande mark, 23 cm diameter
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A Chinese porcelain planter decorated in a famille rose palette depicting a man on a small boat gesturing to a group, repeating borders of stiff lappets and ruyi heads, late 19th early 20th century 10 cm high
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A pair of Chinese hand painted side plates together with matching bowls [4] seven character mark to base
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Two Chinese plates with mountain decorations 22 cm diam
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A Japanese blue & white dish depicting a rocky landscape above a river, late 19th early 20th century, 25 cm diameter
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A Japanese Arita porcelain blue & white plate depicting a mountainous landscape, Meiji period, 30 cm diameter
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A pair of Japanese vases (1 x restored) of slender ovoid form on a light turquoise ground decorated in gilt and white enamels depicting chrysanthemums and other flora, early 20th century, 47 cm high
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A fine Chinese scroll painting with artists signature of 'Qi Bai Shi'
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Chinese printed scroll of eagle in a tree - artist Lang SheNing copy with several red Imperial seals
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Assorted Scrolls and prints
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A Chinese stone figure of Guanyin standing upright holding holy vase, modern, 28 cm high
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A Chinese porcelain bowl decorated with enamels depicting a winter scene, 20th century, seal mark to base, 21 cm diameter
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A small Chin xong wood statue of a scholar 15.5 cm tall
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A Chinese wooden sculpture, modelled and carved as an elder upon an oxen, 24 cm high
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A large Chinese bowl decorated with underglazed blue of mythical animals Among iron red Waves with six character mark to base 20 cm dia 9.5 cm high
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A Chinese blue and white vase decorated with figures amongst a rocky landscape, 36 cm high
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A pair of Chinese blue & white vases of baluster form, each decorated with fo-dogs amongst tufts of clouds, apocryphal four character mark to base, Qing Dynasty, 18 cm high
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Egg shaped small vase blue and white four character mark to base 10 cm high
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An Chinese blue and white vase of sleeve form, decorated with birds amongst flowers and rockwork, 35 cm high
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A Chinese porcelain blue & white vase of flattened four sided form, decorated with scrolling lotus, apocryphal Qianlong seal to base, 34 cm high
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Two Chinese vases the first decorated in blue & white, the other in famille rose enamels, 12 cm high
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A Chinese blue & white water pipe metal mounted with hole cleaner on chain, 24 cm high
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A Japanese blue and white vase 29.5 cm high
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A Chinese blue and white censer with six reign Xuande character on the body, 20th century
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A fine Chinese porcelain double gourd vase in underglaze blue & white. Three scaly dragons wreathing through the stylised clouds in pursuit of the flaming pearl. A band of waves around the base. Well painted and finely potted. Condition: very good. Height 23 cm
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A Chinese porcelain ginger jar decorated with cracked ice and prunus pattern, early 20th century
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A Japanese shallow dish and a blue & white fluted bowl. The shallow dish has the Imari colours of blue & red with overall gold decoration, the bowl with Fukagawa mark to base, 16 cm across
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A finely cast Chinese mirror decorated in the Han style, 18 cm diameter
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A large Chinese celadon glazed vase with uniform decoration of banana leaves & stylized clouds incised. A band of key pattern around the body and plain diamond band above the foot. Height 52 cm
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An impressive 19/20th century Chinese famille rose floor vase painted with warriors and courtiers amongst gilt highlighted borders of blossom 91 cm high
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A Chinese blue and white bowl decorated with panels of various Chinese mythical creatures, apocryphal Kangxi mark to base, 22 cm diameter
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A Chinese porcelain bowl of conical form, both sides decorated with five claw dragons, green glaze exterior, blue and white interior, apocryphal Kangxi mark, 20 cm diameter
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An Imari Japanese Arita dish verso: Da Ming Chenhua Nian Zhi - great Ming Chenghua made, circa early 20th century, 23 cm diameter
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A selection of Asian reference Materials (17 volumes) incl; Webb & Bower V&A Ikats, C. Whitford Japanese prints etc
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Two blue and white chargers one with a scrolling lotus pattern the other a decorative figural scene, 32 cm largest diameter
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A fine Chinese blue and white moonflask vase with decorative sixteen children playing in the garden scene the shoulders supporting two loop handles, 31 cm high. 25.4 dia
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An unusual stone carving, possibly of bin Yong 19.6 cm high
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Blue and white Chinese bowl
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South Indian bronze figure, modelled as a upright dancing Ganesh 19th century
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