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Fine Asian & European Decorative Arts — Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)

Auction House:Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)Number of lots recorded:623
Sale Title:Fine Asian & European Decorative ArtsLots with images:616
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:440
Date:19-Nov-2007
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A rare grey pottery attendant Western Han, 208BCE/8AD Fired in two sections which join at the waste, the costume finely painted. Provenance: R & V Tregaskis. Queensland private collection
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A pair of pottery equestrian figures Han dynasty, 206BCE ' 220AD, each horse carrying a soldier in full battle armour, red, white and black pigments. Provenance: Queensland private collection
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A pair of Jun-style tea-bowls and saucers with fitted box 11 cm diameter. Provenance: An old Sydney private collection, purchased in China 1950's
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An unusual pair of Yixing pottery vases Qing dynasty, 18th/19th century Each one with a hexagonal body and very good bronze-like patina,. Provenance: Queensland private collection
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A Cizhou grey pottery tea bowl Southern Song, 1127-1367. covered with a good tortoiseshell glaze 11 cm diameter
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A Korean blue and white ovoid jar Late Chosun Dynasty, Late 19th/early 20th century Freely painted with flowers and four character inscription
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A Korean faceted octagonal bottle-vase 20th century Painted with bamboo in underglaze red and brown
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A pair of large pottery attendant figures Han dynasty, 206BCE/220AD, each one kneeling in long robes, red, white and green pigments
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A set of five pottery figures Tang dynasty, 618/906 of elegant female attendants, each one finely modelled and with good original pigments
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A good equestrian group probably Wei dynasty depicting a soldier and steed, both in full armour, restored. Provenance: Queensland private collection
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A small pair of pottery horses Tang dynasty, 618-906 each one with red mineral pigments. Provenance: Queensland private collection
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A large famille rose charger Guangxu, 1875/1908. Well decorated with mandarin ducks in a lotus pond, six character inscription Gen ben Tang, Chen Zhuang lian zhi (Made by Chen Zhuang lian, Hall of ...fundamentals) 144 cm diameter
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A polychrome enamel rouleau vase Qing dynasty, 19th century Decorated with precious objects, rocks and flowers in bright enamels
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A large Chinese baluster jar and cover Qing dynasty well decorated in famille rose enamels, with a pair of long-tailed pheasants above rockwork and exotic shrubs and fruit. Provenance: Abercrombie house, Bathurst (reputedly purchased 1880's); old Spi
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A large pair of Gu-shaped vases Qing Dynasty, 19th century, each one decorated in enamels with precious objects and elaborate borders
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A group of four pottery attendant figures, Wei dynasty, 6th century
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A pair of standing pottery soldiers Wei dynasty, 6th century24.5 x Each one wearing a tunic and holding a shield, red and white pigments. Provenance: Queensland private collection
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A small unglazed grey pottery jar Warring States, 475BC-221AD, with a paddle-beaten design 11.5 cm diameter Together with a small Cizhou pottery teabowl, Ming dynasty, 14th-15th century, painted in iron-brown and blue enamel. 6.5 cm high Provenance
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A Neolithic red pottery handled bowl 2nd/3rd millennium BC, with a pattern design to the lower section. 15 cm diameter
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An ovoid Cizhou stoneware vase Yuan dynasty, 1279-1368 with four shoulder lugs, painted in iron brown
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A grey pottery figure of a dancer decorated with blue and red pigments Yuan dynasty, 1279-1368. Height 30 cm. Provenance: Queensland private collection
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A group of twelve grey pottery attendant figures Wei dynasty, 6th century, each with red and white pigments
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A grey pottery equestrian group Wei dynasty, 6th century of a horse and rider, red and white pigment. Provenance: Queensland private collection
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A Yueyao moulded stoneware vessel Western Jin, 265/317AD in the form of a Bixie. Provenance: George Adie Collection Literature He Li, Chinese Ceramics.., Ny 1996, pp 83, no 108 (from the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco)
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A pottery group Yuan dynasty, 1280/1367 depicting a groom and a standing horse with a tiger skin draped over the saddle bags, burnished black 28 cm &. Height 20 cm. Provenance: R and V Tregaskis Queensland private collection
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A large baluster vase Qing dynasty, 19th century painted with underglaze blue medallions on a celadon ground
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A teabowl and cover Daoguang seal mark and period, 1821/1850 decorated with orchids in relief against a gilt ground. 9.5 cm diameter. Provenance: George Adie Collection
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A pair of ovoid jars Qing dynasty, 18/19th century each one with animal-mask handles and covered in a buff crackled glaze, with bronze mounted rim and base. Provenance: John Hilliard Collection, London
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A box and cover Qing Dynasty, late 19th century decorated in enamels, iron red and gilt, with dragon and phoenix medallions and stylised floral scrolls, Qianlong mark, wooden stand
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Two blue and white Yen-yen vases Kangxi, 1662-1722 each one decorated with figures in a landscape, restored
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A large Chinese hexagonal baluster vase late Qing, circa 1900 decorated with immortals in polychrome enamels
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A polychrome enamel bottle-vase Republic period, 20th century decorated with two ovoid panels against a yellow ground with exotic flower scrolls, Qianlong iron-red mark
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A shaped white jade quatrefoil plaque Qing dynasty well carved with an immortal and attendant in a landscape, mounted in a carved and pierced wooden table screen. Provenance: private Melbourne collection
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A large white jade parcel-gilt figure of Buddha Republic period, early 20th century well carved standing on a lotus throne, carved and stained ivory stand, fitted box. Provenance: An old Sydney private collection, purchased in China 1950's
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A pale celadon jade cicada Republic period, early 20th century 5together with a tiny celadon jade toggle in the form of a cat, Qing dynasty or earlier. 2.5 cm high. Provenance: Queensland private collection
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A jadeite figure of a boy late Qing6.5 x holding a lotus branch over his shoulder. Provenance: ex Dick and Lillian Diamond, collected in Peking between 1950 and 1953
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A celadon jade shallow vessel, early Qing, 17/18th century 13.5in the form of a leaf and stem. Some russet inclusions, fitted leaf shape wooden base, fitted box
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A celadon jade cup Qing dynasty, probably 18th century in the form a magnolia flower, resting on a budding stem beside an unopened bud, wood stand. Provenance: Private Melbourne Collection
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A white jade brush rest Qing dynasty7 x in the form of a mountain, carved on one side with a hut beside a tree, the other side with rugged peaks. Provenance: Private Melbourne Collection
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A fine white jade mythical beast, (bixie), Qing dynasty, 18th century holding a double ruyi between its teeth. Provenance: Private Melbourne collection
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A pale celadon bi disc late Qing dynasty, Circa 19009.3 x With incised archaistic motifs, wood stand
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An opaque pale celadon jade pendant Ming dynasty, 16/17th century3.5 x of a mandarin duck, with attached jadeite bead. Provenance: R & V Tregaskis Queensland private collection
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A pair of white jade hanging articulated ornaments late Qing, 1800/1850 each one carved with a fish, supported on old hardwood stands. Provenance: ex Dick and Lillian Diamond, collected in Peking between 1950 and 1953
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A celadon jade recumbent ram Qing dynasty, Circa 19th century9 x The stone an opaque, deep celadon green. Provenance: R & V Tregaskis
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A pierced white jade plaque Qing dynasty, 19th century of immortals in a dragon boat, mounted as a small table screen on a pierced hardwood stand. Provenance: ex Dick and Lillian Diamond, collected in Peking between 1950 and 1953
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A small white jade waterpot 17th Century,x 5.5in the form of an open lotus leaf surrounded by flowers, resting on stems. Provenance: ex St Petersburg Florida Museum of Art, USA
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A white jade toggle Qing dynasty, 18th century 6of a recumbent boy, holding a lotus branch. Provenance: Queensland private collection Literature in Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, Jessica Rawson discusses a group of jade carvings of young boys
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A small jade toggle probably Ming dynasty3 x in the form of a winged mythical beast. Provenance: ex Dick and Lillian Diamond, collected in Peking between 1950 and 1953
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A jade toggle of a recumbent hound Tang/ Ming dynasty, 10th/16th century 6Wooden stand. Provenance: Queensland private collection
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A crouching jade dog, probably Yuan dynasty, 1280/136 the celadon and brown stone well carved. Provenance: Queensland private collection
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A white jade parfumier Qing dynasty, early 19th century 8well carved with eight immortals against a pierced lozenge background. Provenance: Bluett & Sons, London Queensland private collection
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A chicken bone jade ovoid bowl late Qing, 19th century 12.5With wood stand. Provenance: An old Sydney private collection, purchased in China 1950's
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A very large celadon jade belt hook Qing dynasty, 18/19th century 12.5in the form of a pair of confronting dragons, wooden stand. Provenance: ex Dick and Lillian Diamond, collected in Peking between 1950 and 1953
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Two small white jade dragon belt-hooks, late Qing dynasty, 19th century 8 and 9 cm long
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A fine white jade belt hook Qianlong, 1736/1795x 10in the form of a single dragon, wood stand. Provenance: Queensland private collection
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A large pierced jade plaque Qing dynasty, 18th century 5.5Finely worked with fitted stand. Provenance: Private Melbourne Collection
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A white jade toggle of a recumbent deer 14/16th century3 x holding a ruyi branch in its mouth
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A white jade rectangular plaque one side depicting boys playing a drum, the other side with a four character Qianlong seal mark. Provenance: ex Dick and Lillian diamond, collected in Peking between 1950 and 1953
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An unusual pair of Chinese cloisonne plates, late Qing, Circa 1900. With a willow pattern design, gilt rims and bases 18 cm diameter. Provenance: Berti Achmann collection
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A pair of Chinese cloisonne enamel vases Qianlong, 1736/179 with gilt rims and bases. Provenance: Berti Achmann collection, Gallery Koller March 2006
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Cloisonne circular tray, signed by Laotianli Zhi, from the late Qing dynasty. Laotianli Zhi was the most renowned cloisonne enamel workshop in Beijing in the late Qing, early Republican period
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A pair of Chinese Canton enamel vases each one with peacocks and landscapes
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Cloisonne leys jar (zhadou) from the Ming dynasty (1st half of the 16th century), decorated with animals amongst lotus and chrysanthemum scrolls, the interior rim with a grape vine. Provenance: from the Queensland private collection of Literature Spink & Son
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A rare pair of mirror image Canton enamel small boxes Qianlong mark and period, 1736-1795. Each one with a four character iron-red mark, 6 cm diameter. Provenance: A Sydney private collection
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A Chinese cloisonne cylindrical censor and reticulated cover late Qing, Circa 1900 supported on three cloud feet
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An unusual Cloisonne vase late Ming, 16/17th century with elongated neck, decorated with a floral ruyi-form scroll, a flaming pearl on the base, gilt rims and wires. Provenance: Private Melbourne Collection
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A finely carved buffalo horn libation cup Qing dynasty carved with two scholars beneath a large gnarled pine tree
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A well carved Buffalo horn libation cup Qing dynasty Carved with figues in a mountain retreat
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A large Chinese carved wood standing figure of Guanyin The Table in the illustration is not part of this lot. This miniature table is Lot 671
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A horn carving of Shou Lao and a child Qing dynasty, 19th century
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A large Huang Huali brushpot Qing dynasty, 18th century Well figured wood with good polish. Provenance: Sydney Private Collection
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An unusual rhinoceros horn libation cup Qing dynasty, 17/18th century 9 cm diameter
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A large blackwood brush pot carved in relief with four Qilong dragons Qing dynasty, 17/18th century 20.5 cm diameter
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A pottery figure Tang dynasty, 618/906 of a slightly rotund court lady, with elaborate chignon and pleated robe
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An archaic jade Huang (semi-annular pendant), Warring States or earlier, 4th century or before12.5 x, with a carved design, a dragon head at each end with a pierced hole, oxidisation due to burial
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A famille rose enamel picnic set Qing dynasty, circa 1860x decorated with a genre scene of women and children
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A bronze stem cup Tang dynasty, 618/906, of elegant form, fine black patina with some encrustation 11 cm diameter. Provenance: R & V Tregaskis Queensland private collection
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A bronze figure of buddha Ming dynasty, 16/17th century
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A pair of bronze heads of Guanyin. Provenance: The John Henshaw Collection
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An archaic solid cast bronze ewer Shang dynasty, 16th/11th century BCE Made for burial, covered with a jade and malachite patina. Provenance: Queensland private collection
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A green opalised glass lipped bowl, probably Persian, excavated from Western China Tang Dynasty or earlier.7.5 x 7.5 cm. Translucent with encrustation from burial. 7.5 cm diameter. Provenance: Queensland private collection
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An archaic bronze quatrefoil vessel Han dynasty 206BC-220AD decorated with stylised motifs, good patination
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A bronze figure of Guanyin Ming dynasty, 16/17th century seated in repose on the trail of her robe, the arms resting on a table. Height 16 cm. Provenance: Leigh Renouf collection, Christies London
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A double-handled bronze tripod censor Ming Dynasty, 15/16th century8 x well patinated, cast Xuande mark. Provenance: Andrew Stuart-Robertson Queensland private collection
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A small bronze censor Ming dynasty, 16/17th century6.5 x with a silver-inlaid archaistic design, Shixou mark, wood stand. Provenance: Queensland private collection
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A rectangular bronze censor Ming dynasty, 15/16th century7.5 x With daodie-mask handles, supported on four animal head feet, the body with an interlocking stylised motif. Provenance: Queensland private collection
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A bronze figure of a Kylin Yuan/Ming dynasty, 13th/ 15th century standing on a shaped pedestal base, good old patina. Provenance: Queensland private collection
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A large bronze two-handled tripod censer Ming reign mark 19th century the pierced cover with a Buddhist lion finial
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A finely modeled blanc-de-chine figure of Guanyin 20th century
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A hardwood low table Chinese, circa 1920 50 x 150 x 63 cm
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A rare silver repousse head of a monk Liao dynasty, 907/112 old patination, mounted on a plinth
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An unusual iron group Ming dynasty, 1368/1644 of the twins (hehe xian) standing side by side. Provenance: John Hilliard collection, 1998
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Two small bronze weights late Ming, 16/17th century One in the form of a dog and the other a stag, each one recumbent beside a vase; together with a bronze water pot, late Ming, in the form of a bird on a fruiting branch. 3-5 cm high. Provenance: Andrew Stu
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A small parcel gilt bronze ear cup Han Dynasty, 206BC'220 AD x 7.5with fitted box
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A bronze standing figure of Guanyin 18th century or earlier red lacquer stand. Provenance: Andrew Stuart-Robertson, 1999
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An elongated bronze double handled vase Yuan/Ming Dynasty, 14/15th century16.5 x with a cast five character inscription on the body, good patina. Provenance: R & V Tregaskis Andrew Stuart-Robertson Queensland private collection
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An unusual tripod bronze censor late Ming dynasty, 16th - 17th century, decorated with archaistic dragons and clouds, supported on cloud-form feet, four character mark made by Chong Feng Zhi. 18 cm diameter
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A Chinese soft wood altar table Circa 1900. 88 x 157 x 50 cm. Provenance: The Leslie Walford Collection
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A pair of Chinese carved hardwood hall chairs 19th century x Back 93 cm high, seat 41 cm wide. Provenance: The Leslie Walford Collection
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A white glazed ovoid vase 20th century Qianlong mark. Provenance: The John Henshaw Collection
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