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Fine Asian Art, including the Walter Hochstadter Collection — Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)

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Auction House:Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)Number of lots recorded:618
Sale Title:Fine Asian Art, including the Walter Hochstadter CollectionLots with images:618
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:359
Date:14-Jun-2011
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A Burmese lacquer lidded rice container (thabeik), Mandalay, late 19th/20th century, decorated with a mythical scene. Provenance: The St Alban collection, Adelaide. 22 x 40 cm
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A Chinese brass pierced lantern, 35 x 14 cm
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A Burmese lacquer lidded rice container (thabeik), Mandalay, late 19th/20th century, decorated with a mythical scene. Provenance: The St Alban collection, Adelaide. 22 x 40 cm
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Vietnamese painting in gauche on silk, 'moon Festival', 40.8 x 62.7 cm
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Design for a Palanquin, India, Company school, 1860-1870, framed and glazed. 17.5 x 32 cm
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A Chinese silk rug, late Qing Dynasty, with a pagoda, flanked by a pair of cranes, rising from a stylised wave border, a lishu band above, with precious emblems at the sides at the top, an inscription Qian Qing gong bei yong, ('Made For Use in the Palace of Heavenly Peace') Reference: a Rug with the Same Palace Mark Was Sold in Sotheby's Ny, 23/3/2011, Lot 655. Provenance: From a Sydney Private Collection.
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A watercolour on paper with gold highlights, on parchment, Tanjore, south India, 19th century, painted in four sections, with a Raja riding in a state procession. Sect 1: 18.3 x 50.2 cm; sect 2: 18.5 x 53.3 cm; sect 3: 18.4 x 58.5 cm; 18.7 x 68.5 cm
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A large Thai parcel-gilt Buddha, Bankok period, 19th century, 102 cm high. Seated on an oval throne, the robes with detailed raised decoration.
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A good chrysanthemum form Qingbai waterdropper, Southern Song, (1127-1279), 9.5 cm diameter, with ribbed and moulded body, short spout and funnel on a flat base, probably Fujian province. Provenance: A Queensland private collection
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An amber carving of an exotic bird, 7.5 cm high
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A pair of rock crystal roosters, 9 cm high. And a rock crystal figure of an immortal 9 cm
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A Japanese bronze tiger, Meiji period (1868-1912), 70.5 cm long. Provenance: Lawson's 9.12.1969
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A large Chinese bronze dragon handled bowl, Qing dynasty, 19th century. Provenance: Lawson's Sydney 30.8.1976 Lot 317. 42 x 35 x 25 cm
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A Chinese metal teapot, cover and stand, 15 x 17 cm
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A Chinese bronze bust of a man. Provenance: Pickles Auctions Sydney.21.9.1977 lot l89. 34 x 28 x 16 cm
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A Japanese bronze figure of a monkey. Provenance: Lawson's Sydney.4.9.1984. Lot 354. 28 x 14.5 cm
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A small brass circular censer. Provenance: Lawson's Sydney L9.4.19 74. Lot l284. 14.5 x 9 cm
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A pair of Chinese bronze vases, late Qing Dynasty, 15 x 15.5 cm
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A Chinese bronze incense burner and cover, 27 x 17.5 cm
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A large Chinese brass pedestal urn, 72 x 25.5 cm
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A Japanese bronze Hibachi and stand, 21 cm high
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A large blue ground Japanese cloisonne vase, circa 1900
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A Japanese cloisonne dragon vase, circa 1900
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A Chinese carved cherry wood display cabinet. Provenance: Lawson's Sydney 7.12.1976 Lot 17. 149 x 106 x 34 cm
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A Chinese carved wood dragon lamp, circa 1920. Provenance: Consolidated Auctions, Sydney 16/4/1977. Lot 133. 180 x 38 cm
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A fine Chinese brown-black glazed pottery horse, Tang Dynasty, 618-907, standing on a flat base, the saddle blanket in green, the unglazed saddle with traces of red pigment, the result of Oxford T.L. Certificate report No. C299c89, 5/10/99 is consistent with the period. Provenance: from a private Melbourne collection. 32 x 33.2 cm
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A Japanese metal hanging fish lamp, 33.5 cm high. Provenance: Mason Gray Strange Sydney 14.4.1973. Lot 513
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A Chinese carved wood table dragon form lamp, 20th century
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A Chinese wood candle lamp stand, 58 x 19 cm
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A small carved camphor wood trunk, 31 x 195 x 17.5 cm
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A Chinese carved wood round jardiniere stand, circa 1900. Provenance: Lawson's Sydney 14.5.1975. Lot 276. 117 x 36.5 cm
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A Chinese carved hardwood marble top jardeniere stand, circa 1900. Provenance: Lawson's Sydney, 18.6.1976. Lot 704. 91.5 x 41 cm
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A Chinese carved hardwood marble top jardeniere stand, circa 1900, 91.5 x 43.5 cm
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A carved softwood chest of drawers. Provenance: Mason Gray Strange Sydney 30.10.1974. Lot 832. 106 x 91 x 48 cm
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A pair of Chinese lacquer stands, 24 x 18.8 x 21.8 cm
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A small carved camphor wood trunk, 25.5 x 14 x 13 cm
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A Chinese carved softwood square chest,
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A Chinese carved camphor wood trunk, 89 x 44 x 42 cm
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A Chinese carved camphor wood trunk, 89 x 44 x 42 cm
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An intricately carved Chinese bone brush pot, Qing dynasty, 19th century, 15 cm high. Provenance: Lawson's Sydney 11.1972. Lot 292
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A group of eight ivory immortals, Qing dynasty, 19th century. Provenance: Lawson's Sydney 7.2.1984. Lot 177A. 8 x 8.5 cm
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A collection of five Chinese carved ivory boxes and covers, Qing dynasty, 19th century, approx 7 cm diameter
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Four Chinese carved ivory dragons, 14 cm and 9 cm
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A pair of silver inlaid mother of pearl shells
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A pair of finely carved Chinese mother of pearl shells, Qing Dynasty, 19th century
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A Chinese mother or pearl shell clock, circa 1900
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A Chinese painted mother of pearl shell, circa 1900
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A Chinese scroll painting signed Zhou Fun,
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A Chinese silk embroidered scroll of a rooster,
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A Chinese scroll painting of a bird flying over flowering shrubs,
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A Chinese scroll painting of a red sun over waves
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A pair of Japanese bronze candlesticks with lidded jars and candle snippers, 20th century, 80 cm high
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A painting of Buddha, Tibetan, 19th century, in good quality giltwood frame and lacquered mount. 52 x 40 cm
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Seated Japanese figures, 1863, 20 x 28 cm
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A flambe red glazed vase, 19th/20th century, 41 cm high
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A Chinese zodiac year in carved hardstone and hardwood, Qing Dynasty, 19th century
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A Chinese carved wood figure of a lohan, 34. cm long
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A Chinese carved wood figure of a man with a wide brimmed hat, 44 cm high
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A Chinese carved wood figure of a kylin like creature
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A very rare Chinese moulded and carved sancai ewer, Liao Dynasty, (916-1125), thinly potted in the form of a fish, with overhead handle, ochre and green lead glaze, unglazed recessed base. Provenance: A Queensland private collection. Reference: 'See Liao pottery and Porcelain', Lu Jing Zhu, 2002, p 99, plates 2-217/3-225 for other examples. 15 x 18 cm
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An embroidered silk wall hanging of a bird and shrubs,
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A painted silk scroll painting of mountain top tree,
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A Chinese scroll painting of two ibis under a red sun,
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Four Japanese silk embroidery pictures of mountain village scenes,
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A pair of Chinese paintings on silk of vessels and vases and flowers
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A Japanese Satsuma wakashishi vase, 11 x 9 cm
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A Chinese multi-coloured stone inlaid four-panel screen, 156 x 156 cm
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A pair of Chinese carved wood figure lamps
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A small champleve enamel plate,
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A pair of Japanese carved bone and lacquer panels, Meiji period (1868-1912), 121.5 x 60 cm
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An amber figure of Guanyin, 20 cm high. Boxed
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An amber carving of a fish and ten other carvings
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A pair of carved amber figures of roosters, 8 cm
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A rare Chinese porcelain plaque, late Qing dynasty/Republic period, 19/20th C, moulded with Chinese characters, enamelled and gilt. Provenance: Mason Gray Strange Sydney 31.7.84. Lot 659 Mason Gray Strange Sydney 4.8.1983. Lot 277
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A Beijing red overlay glass snuff bottle. Provenance: Rushton Auctions Sydney 18.1.89. Lot 77
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A pair of amber carvings of birds, 7 cm
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A Nepalese bronze figure of a Siddhi on a round base, 20th century, 16.5 cm high. On lotus base
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A Chinese bronze parcel-gilt phoenix vessel and cover, two character mark. 7.5 x 13 cm
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A Chinese bronze standing figure of a Kylin, circa 17th century. Provenance: R and V Tregaskis, 1999.11 x 12 cm
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A Chinese bronze group of a tortoise and entwined serpent, 19th century, 10 cm high. Provenance: R and V Tregaskis, 1999
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A Chinese bronze scroll weight in the form of a Buddhist lion and brocade ball, 17th century, 4.5 x 6.5 cm
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A large cast bronze Gui vase with a pair of dragon sin reliefs, 19th century, 38 cm high
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A Japanese bronze censer in the form of a musical instrument, 18th/19th century. Provenance: R and V Tregaskis, 1991. Size: 8 x 22 cm
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An unusual bronze figure of a mythological beast, possibly Nepalese, 13 cm high
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A pair of Japanese bronze vases, Meiji period (1868-1912), 28 cm high. Chased and gilt design with long inscription, Ninth Generation kinkoku, 3rd Son of 3rd Son.
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A Luristan bronze blade, Western Iran 1st to 2nd Millennium BC, 45.5 cm long. And another small early bronze dagger, 28 cm long
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A small Chinese bronze dragon finial, possibly Ming dynasty (1368-1644), includes wooden base, 5 cm high
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A Japanese bronze censor with pierced support, Meiji period (1868-1912), on a splayed base, tiger finial. 21.5 x 8.5 cm
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A cloisonne lobed bowl, circa 1900, 7.2 cm long
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A Chinese cloisonne baluster vase, late Qing dynasty, 64 cm high, with hardwood stand (8 cm high)
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A Chinese pierced ivory carving of two dragons and two phoenix, late Qing dynasty, 19th century, inlaid eyes. 18 x 5.5 cm
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A large Chinese soapstone boulder carving with the eight horses of Wu Mu, late Qing dynasty, 19th century. Provenance: R & V Tregaskis, 1998, 'the John Hilliard collection', cat no 77. 16 x 18 cm
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A Chinese soapstone seal in the form of a boulder with kylin and dragon, Qing dynasty, 11.5 x 10.5 cm
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A large baluster vase, Qianlong mark, late Qing dynasty, 34.4 cm high. Very well painted in enamels and gilt with a scene from 'A Journey to the West'. Provenance: from an old Adelaide collection
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A small Chinese green jade carving of a cymbal player, 8 cm high
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A Japanese cloisonne dish, Meiji period (1868-1912), 31 cm diameter
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A Sri Lankan hanging brass singing bell on a long decorative chain, 19/20th century, 19 cm long
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A large dark green and grey jade Kylin, 20th century, on stand (3 cm high). 9 x 22.5 cm
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A rare Duan stone pierced brush wrest, in the form of a narrow mountain, 18th century, 7.5 x 13.5 cm
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A very large Archaistic jade boulder carved with a stylised dragon and symbolic motif carved in the round, 20th century, 20 x 29 cm
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