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Oriental — Sotheby's
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| Number of lots recorded: | 96 |
| Lots with images: | 96 |
| Prices available: | 96 |
Category:
Oriental
- Art (59)
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- Bronze (162)
- Brush Pot (31)
- Ceramics - Chinese (605)
- Ceramics - Japanese (31)
- Ceramics - Zother (8)
- Cloisonne (24)
- Furniture (179)
- Inro (10)
- Ivory (127)
- Jade (267)
- Netsuke (8)
- Okimono (13)
- Snuff Bottles (98)
- Textiles & Costume (19)
- Zother (327)
| Lot | Description | Price | Image |
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| *** | A cinnabar lacquer box and cover, Qing dynasty, 18th century, the top carved in relief with three scaly dragons pursuing a central 'Flaming pearl' on a ground of crested waves within a key-fret border, the straight sides with an overall florette diaper… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of cloisonne enamel rouleau vases, Qing dynasty, 19th century, each of shouldered cylindrical form surmounted by a tall neck and galleried rim, decorated with butterflies and floral vignettes in colours scattered over the russet ground inlaid with… | *** |  |
| *** | A large bronze figure of green Tara, 18th century, wearing a floral skirt, crown and body jewellery, seated in Royal Ease, her hands in vitarka mudra on a lotus base. Height 38 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A 'Famille-Verte' rouleau vase, decorated with a continuous scene of figures on the terraces of a garden pavilion below the neck painted with a lakeside view between formal borders around the shoulders and galleried rim 46.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A gilt splashed spherical censer, Xuande mark, 18th century, of bombe form with two applied lion mask handles below a band of stylised phoenix on a liewen ground at the rim. Width 12 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A celadon jade Rhyton cup, Qing Dynasty, 19th century, the deeply hollowed cone, with a sinuous chilong protruding from one side below the pinched spout, rising from the body of a long horned mythical beast, its head raised facing forward with jaws open… | *** |  |
| *** | A large famille rose bottle vase, Qianlong seal mark, Republic period, painted with branches of fruiting and flowering pomegranate, below a wide band of stylised lotus, peaches and bats on a lime green ground. Height 56 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of hardwood mounted famille rose circular panels, late Qing/early Republic, each elaborately painted with mountainous river landscape scenes, with figures in retreats and sampans, with an inscription, above a hardwood stand carved wi | *** |  |
| *** | An unusual white-glazed 'Dragon' jar, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi period, of ovoid form, the sides finely incised with three dragons variously positioned in pursuit of flaming pearls among clouds and flames, the design subtly picked out in blue beneath the… | *** |  |
| *** | A boxwood figure of Guanyin, Qing Dynasty, 19th century, standing on a lotus base above crested waves, wearing a long wide-sleeved robe swept back in billowing folds, her head with well defined features, her high chignon held by a Crown centred with a… | *** |  |
| *** | A white jade pendant, Qing Dynasty, 19th century, carved with a boy climbing over a large finger citron holding a lingzhi fungus spray and a fruiting peach branch 5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A yellow jade carving of a mythical animal, Qing Dynasty, recumbent with its head raised and turned slightly to the side with mouth open in alert expression, the tail with ruyi head terminal, the stone of even tone with slight brown markings (2) 6.8 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A 'Famille-Verte' vase, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi period, of slender ovoid form, the sides painted in bright enamels with insects hovering over the 'Flowers of the Four Seasons' in panels reserved on a florette-strewn seeded green ground, replacement cover (2)… | *** |  |
| *** | A Doucai floral bowl, seal mark of Daoguang the steeply rounded sides painted in doucai enamels with six stylised lotus blooms borne on a formal foliate scroll, all above a band of ruyi heads, the interior glazed white, inscribed on the base with a… | *** |  |
| *** | A gilt bronze figure of Caishen, Ming dynasty, 17th century, the god of wealth wearing civil official's robes, seated with legs pendent, his right hand raised, the left holding an ingot, fitted wood stand; 27. 5 cm. (2);. Provenance: Sotheby's, Melbourne,… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of green-glazed ‘Dragon' bowls, marks and period of tongzhi. Diameter 15 cm each incised on the exterior with dragons chasing ‘Flaming pearls' above a band of rocks and waves beneath the lime-green glaze, the interior glazed in white | *** |  |
| *** | A 'Famille-rose' vase, republican period, of baluster form, the sides decorated with a group of boys playing in a continuous garden beneath blossoMing trees, gilt edged rim, the base with apocryphal Ju Ren Tang zhi mark in iron-red, 31.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of jadeite carvings, 19th/20th century, each carved in pierced relief with a long plumed bird perched on the branch of a profusely blossoMing tree growing from a jardiniere, the reverse with swirling clouds, using the bright green and russet… | *** |  |
| *** | An Eight Panel Coromandel Screen, Late Qing Dynasty the incised, carved, gilt and polychromed black lacquer panels depicting figures at court, the palace scene between bands of fan-shaped landscapes and a frieze of precious objects, the reverse with birds… | *** |  |
| *** | An Elaborate Ivory Group Of Figures On A Boat By Kyorui, Meiji Period 53 cm the long narrow curving deck partly covered with a canopy emanating from a dragon's head, beneath it a bearded man dances with a fan to music played by two companions, two oni | *** |  |
| *** | A 'Dehua' figure of Guanyin, Qing Dynasty, 18th/19th century, seated on rockwork, holding a small child in her lap, draped in loose flowing robes with a cowl over the high chignon, a book and scroll on a ledge to one side 21.5 cm. Provenance: collection… | *** |  |
| *** | A jade openwork finial, Qing dynasty, intricately carved with a writhing dragon, its scaly body intertwined among scrolling stems of peony blooms and foliage, using the russet suffusions in the pale creamish stone to highlight the carving, 7.5 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A large famille-rose 'peony' dish, late 19th/early 20th century, of deep saucer shape, boldly enamelled in bright colours with leafy branches of flowering peony extending over the interior, bearing large blooms in tones of pink, white and iron-red, the… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of glazed display cabinets, each glass sided cabinet of rectangular form with one side hinged as a door, enclosing a removable simulated bamboo hardwood display stand of six stepped square and rectangular shelves joined by slender scrolling… | *** |  |
| *** | A celadon and russet jade 'deer and clouds' plaque late Qing dynasty, carved in pierced and high relief with a recumbent qilin beside ornamental rockwork with lingzhi fungus growing to one side, its head turned exhaling scrolling clouds rising above,… | *** |  |
| *** | A pale celadon jade 'Peach and Bat' plaque Qing Dynasty, of shaped rectangular form, one side carved in low relief with a bat in flight and fruiting peach branch over wave splashed rocks, the reverse with a four-character seal, shushan fuhai (mountain of… | *** |  |
| *** | A 'Longquan' celadon vase, Yuhuchunping, late Ming dynasty the pear-shaped body springing from a straight foot encircled with a key-fret border, the sides carved with a continuous lotus scroll below a frieze of clouds and stiff leaves on the slender… | *** |  |
| *** | A celadon-glazed tripod censer with slightly flared sides rising from three short cabriole legs to the flat incurved rim, moulded on the exterior with a continuous floral scroll, between a series of concentric rings encircling the base and the mouth,… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of inscribed and inlaid lacquered wood wall panels, late Qing Dynasty each embellished with jade, cloisonne enamel, ivory, bone, wood, mother of pearl and lacquer to form a variety of emblems and works of Art, some displayed on stands, and with a… | *** |  |
| *** | A red lacquer eating set, carved with scrolling lotus and geometric designs, and set with cloisonne enamel mounts, fitted with a knife with white jade handle and a pair of ivory chopsticks | *** |  |
| *** | A carved bamboo 'scholars' brushpot Qing dynasty, 19th century, of cylindrical form, the sides carved in deep relief with a continuous scene of scholars and attendants variously occupied amongst rocks, trees, banana palms and bamboo groves, in a garden… | *** |  |
| *** | A shibayama ivory tusk vase mounted as a lamp, Meiji Period, late 19th century, the slightly curved cylindrical tusk inlaid in various materials including mother-of-pearl and stained ivory, with a cockerel perched on a blossoming tree, a hen and chicks on… | *** |  |
| *** | Two blue and white bottle vases late Ming dynasty, Wanli period, (4), almost forming a pair, each of pear-shape tapering to a slender neck, the sides of one painted with panels of different flowering plants, the other with alternating panels of leaping… | *** |  |
| *** | Two Chinese silver wares, late 19th/20th century, comprising a ewer, the ovoid body repousse with panels of bamboo, one reserved with a plain cartouche, the decoration repeated on the knopped and domed foot, the tall waisted neck set with a simulated… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese export dinner service in the 'famille-verte' palette, circa 1910 (44). A Chinese export dinner service in the 'famille-verte' palette, circa 1910 decorated with roosters and birds in a garden landscape, comprising eight dinner plates, eight soup… | *** |  |
| *** | A carved ivory figure of Kannon by Nobuyoshi, 19th century, standing on a rockwork base, wearing long layered robes with wide sleeves and a narrow celestial scarf rising above her shoulders, her hair drawn into a high chignon set at the front with an… | *** |  |
| *** | A small yellow glass vase, Qing dynasty, the tapering shouldered body surmounted by a short narrow waisted neck, decorated on the exterior in relief with a pair of confronted archaistic dragons their angular scroll bodies bound together, between a band of… | *** |  |
| *** | A carved soapstone figure of an ascetic and stand Qing Dynasty, 19th century the emaciated figure scantily clad in a dhoti draped around his waist, seated on rockwork, holding a staff in one hand, a pile of scrolls on a ledge nearby, his head gazing… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese silver four-piece service, 19th/20th century, (4), comprising a teapot and cover, a milk jug, a two handled sugar basin and a tray, each piece supported on a widely splayed foot and decorated in relief on a finely punched ground with leafy… | *** |  |
| *** | A 'famille-rose' 'auspicious emblems' bowl, seal mark of Daoguang, with widely rounded sides springing from a high slightly tapering foot and rising to a lipped rim, the exterior decorated with a parade of alternating twin fish, lotus flowers and chimes,… | *** |  |
| *** | A 'famille-rose' bowl seal mark of Daoguang, with steeply rounded sides rising from a recessed base, painted on the exterior with birds in flight and perched on branches of pink and white blossoming prunus trees growing among bamboo, and with a red sun… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of 'famille-rose' bowls seal marks of Jiaqing, each with rounded sides flaring to the gilt-edged rim, the exterior painted with a continuous scene of groups of sages and boy attendants, some standing beside or carrying precious objects and one… | *** |  |
| *** | A celadon jade flower-form brushwasher Qing dynasty, 19th century, the rounded bowl supported on a meandering stem, with further scrolling stems bearing leaves and lotus blooms, and with a chilong climbing over one side, all in pierced relief, the pale… | *** |  |
| *** | An agate 'fish and lotus' pebble Qing Dynasty of irregular oval form, one side carved with two fish confronted on a lotus leaf, using the russet and ochre markings in the otherwise translucent greyish stone, the underside with further leaves, pod and… | *** |  |
| *** | A white jade 'dragon' box and cover of rectangular form, the cover carved in high relief with a sinuous dragon among scrolling clouds encircled around a flaming pearl, the rim of the cover and base incised with a key-fret border, the stone of even tone,… | *** |  |
| *** | A celadon jade and hardstone mounted mirror, the jade Qing dynasty, 19th century the circular mirror within a white metal frame inlaid on the reverse with a central jade plaque carved in pierced relief with auspicious symbols within a row of different… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of porcelain mounted hardwood square stands, 19th/20th century, the top of each inset with a square porcelain plaque decorated in iron-red and gilding with the wufu around a central shou medallion in turquoise enamel and iron-red, all within an… | *** |  |
| *** | A 'Longquan' celadon vase, Meiping probably Ming dynasty, stoutly potted with rounded shoulders tapering to a waisted foot with square-cut footrim and surmounted by a short slightly tapering mouth, covered overall with a sea-green glaze of even tone… | *** |  |
| *** | A blue and white vase Qing dynasty, 18th/19th century of rectangular section, the baluster body rising from a splayed foot to the tall waisted neck flanked by two angular loop handles, the sides painted with ribboned emblems interspersed among meandering… | *** |  |
| *** | A hardstone-inlaid Ming style hardwood table cabinet, of rectangular form with hinged lid opening to reveal a tray like compartment, above two pairs of short drawers and a long drawer, each door inlaid with boys at play, between a frieze of bats on the… | *** |  |
| *** | A set of four panels of paintings, 19th/20th century, each framed panel enclosing three painted roundels in ink and colours on silk depicting 'The Twelve Months of Flowers and Birds', with ducks, cranes, pheasants, song birds, cockerel, geese, kingfishers… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese red lacquered sewing table, Canton, second quarter 19th century, the octagonal work box painted with figures and pagodas in a landscape within a border of dragons, the interior fitted with compartments and bone and ivory implements, above a… | *** |  |
| *** | An aubergine and green ‘Dragon' bowl, mark and period of Guangxu, the steep rounded sides springing from a straight foot to an everted rim, finely incised and enamelled in aubergine around the exterior with two dragons in pursuit of ‘Flaming pearls',… | *** |  |
| *** | A gilt bronze figure of a six-armed mahakala, Tibeto-Chinese, 18th/19th century, standing over the supine figure of Ganesh, brandishing various ritual implements in his hands, a string of skulls around his waist, wearing a tiger skin dhoti, his face with… | *** |  |
| *** | A tea dust-glazed vase (Fanghu), mark of Guangxu, of archaic bronze form with pear-shaped body of square section, the tapering neck set with two tubular handles, covered with a streaked olive-green glaze thinning towards the mouth and edges, the base… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of yellow-ground biscuit bowls, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, each of flared form springing from a straight foot, the sides incised with three floral sprays spaced around the exterior, picked out in green, cream and aubergine enamels, the interior… | *** |  |
| *** | A 'Baitong'-mounted 'Huanghuali' seal chest (Guanpixiang), Qing dynasty, 18th century, the rectangular case with lift lid cover over two doors opening to an upper compartment over four short and one long drawer, with baitong pendant pulls, circular clasp… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese black and gold lacquer cabinet on stand, late 19th century, with a pair of cupboard doors opening to a fitted interior and a sewing compartment raised on cabriole legs, the whole ornately painted and gilt with landscape scenes and scrolling… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of ivory table screens, late Qing Dynasty, the rectangular panels each carved on one side with figures on the terrrace of a garden pavilion, the reverse with song birds perched on blossoming prunus boughs, the decoration with traces of polychrome… | *** |  |
| *** | A carved soapstone figure of Guanyin, Qing Dynasty, 18th century, seated with her left arm resting on her raised left knee, her right leaning on a rocky ledge at her side, the face with lowered gaze and slight smile, framed by a hooded cowl and the wide… | *** |  |
| *** | A white jade carving of two boys, Qing dynasty, 19th century, seated on two large leaves, facing each other and clinging to a curling branch of lingzhi fungus between them 4. 5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A collection of exotic porcelain birds, in the Chinese taste, each decorated in bright primary colours; (4) | *** |  |
| *** | A Satsuma earthenware bowl by Matsumoto Hozan, Meiji period, of deep form, the steeply rounded sides painted in colours and gilding on the exterior with 'Mille Fleurs' between brocade borders, the interior with spiral streams of butterflies radiating from… | *** |  |
| *** | A Six Fold Painted Screen, Japanese, 19th century, depicting a snow scene with a woman and two children under a pine tree, possibly signed ikko, 130 cm by 275 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Four bronze hand-warmers, Qing Dynasty, 19th century, comprising one of gilt splashed bronze and lobed oval form, the cover pierced with diaper patterns; another, similar, of plain bronze with swing handle; and one of square form with swing handle, each… | *** |  |
| *** | A Wucai octagonal jar, the sides decorated in enamels and underglaze-blue with maidens in a garden and other figures floating among cloud scrolls, wood cover (2) 34 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Chinese school white eagle on rocks, ink and colour on silk, hanging scroll inscribed with a poem and one seal 221 x 91 cm. Provenance: Albert Chang, Hong Kong 1967 private collection, Melbourne | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of ivory vases, late Qing Dynasty, each of hexagonal form, the panelled sides and shoulders intricately carved in low relief with figures in pavilion gardens on a finely pierced linear ground, within raised borders, the narrow mouth flanked by… | *** |  |
| *** | An ivory figure of a maiden, Qing Dynasty, 19th/20th century, standing wearing a wide-sleeved robe with trailing sash around the waist, holding a fruiting peach spray in her raised right hand and a fan in her left, wood stand (2) 36 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A jade boulder carving carved in deep relief with a sage looking out from the walled garden of a pavilion set among rocky cliffs over a stream, with figures on rocky ledges beneath pine trees, the reverse with others in a boat on crested waves, and with… | *** |  |
| *** | An ivory figural okimono of the Shichifukujin in a boat, Meiji period, the prow in the form of a phoenix, ferrying the six men and one woman standing and seated on the deck around a table set with food and drink, a large basket topped with a scroll and… | *** |  |
| *** | A Sang De Boeuf Slender Baluster Vase, 18th century covered in a rich even liver red glaze 42 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A celadon jade archaistic two-handled censer Qing dynasty, with rounded sides springing from a short splayed foot, waisted below the lipped mouth and set with two mythical animal head loop handles and two small taotie studs, either side carved in low… | *** |  |
| *** | A 'famille-verte' dish mark and period of Kangxi brightly enamelled with precious objects and flowering plants encircled with alternating vignettes of mythical animals and flowers and insects around the broad everted rim, the base inscribed with a… | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze censer, of squat bombe form, set with two yolk handles below the flared mouth, the base cast with an apocryphal Xuande mark within a rectangular recess, 17 cm diameter | *** |  |
| *** | A carved ivory group, Qing Dynasty of Budai seated at ease with his right hand holding a string of beads, wearing loosely fitted robes exposing his chest and round belly, his cheerful face with laughing expression, and surrounded by five small boys in… | *** |  |
| *** | A group of four soapstone seals, comprising one of rectangular form surmounted by a recumbent mythical beast, and three of plain upright form, each with an incised inscription and seal characters on the face, fitted boxes, 3.5 cm, 4.8 cm, 5 cm, 4 cm long | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of lapis-lazuli 'quail' boxes and covers, 20th century, (6), each naturalistically carved in the form of a plump seated bird with head slightly turned and legs tucked beneath the body, the upper body removable to form the cover, incised with… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of 'famille-rose' Shou character dishes seal marks of Jiaqing each of saucer shape, painted in iron-red on the interior with the wufu encircling a central shou medallion, the exterior with a frieze of characters alternating in iron-red and… | *** |  |
| *** | A celadon jade and white metal mirror, the jade Qing Dynasty, 19th century the shaped rectangular frame enclosing on the reverse a jade plaque carved with four ribboned emblems around a central shou character, within a ruyi head scroll border, mounted… | *** |  |
| *** | A carved coral figure of a dancing maiden, 19th/20th century her right hand clasping an open fan raised above her head and a flower spray in her left hand, wearing a long wide-sleeved robe and trailing scarf, her high coiled coiffure surmounted by a… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of 'famille-rose' porcelain 'flower and bird' plaques, 20th century, each of rectangular form, one painted with song birds on a blossoming prunus tree, with lingzhi fungus stems below, the other with a long tailed bird perched on a yellow flowering… | *** |  |
| *** | A large 'Longquan' celadon dish Ming dynasty, of shallow saucer shape, the interior carved with scrolling peony encircling a central lozenge diaper medallion, covered inside and out with a sea-green glaze apart from a broad ring inside the foot ring burnt… | *** |  |
| *** | A hardwood recessed leg long table, Qiaotouan, 20th century, the single board recessed top within a mitred frame terminating in everted flanges, supported on recessed rectangular section legs joined by an openwork apron of a central disc flanked by… | *** |  |
| *** | A gilt bronze figure of Buddha, Burma,19th century seated in dhyanasana with his right hand held in bhumisparsamudra recalling the moment of enlightenment, and the left in dhyanamudra, wearing a loose robe draped over his left shoulder and arm, the right… | *** |  |
| *** | A Tang-style stone figure of a lion, seated on its haunches on a rectangular plinth, one forepaw resting on a cub crouched beneath, its head turned to the side with jaws open and ears pinned back, incised with long tufted mane and tail coiled around its… | *** |  |
| *** | A white jade pendant, 20th century, retaining the shape of the original pebble, carved in relief with a mythical beast climbing over the top, its long coiled tail extending over the sides, carved from a white stone with some russet markings, a small red… | *** |  |
| *** | Gold filigree bracelet, Chinese, Qing Dynasty, late 19th century, the delicately crafted twisted wire and granulation work bombe plaques decorated at intervals with phoenixes, squirrels and snakes completed by a concealed box clasp, length approximately… | *** |  |
| *** | Two albums of paintings, late 19th/20th century, each containing ten leaves painted in ink and colour on paper with scenes of Minority figure groups in traditional dress, engaged in tasks including fishing, hunting, gathering the harvest and performing… | *** |  |
| *** | A rock crystal double brush washer, Qing Dynasty, 18th/19th century, the large and small bowls in the form of hollowed lingzhi fungus heads, encircled with three sinuous chilong climbing among the branches extending over the sides in pierced and high… | *** |  |
| *** | A flambe-glazed vase, Qing Dynasty 18th century of ovoid form surmounted by a slender slightly waisted neck, covered on the exterior with streaked lavender blue and crimson glazes in shaded tones, thinning to buff around the mouth, wood stand (2) 40 cm.… | *** |  |
| *** | A large 'Longquan' celadon dish, Ming Dynasty, stoutly potted with rounded sides, the interior freely carved with a pair of phoenix in flight around a central medallion, within two pairs of dragons confronted on 'Flaming Pearls', the everted rim with a… | *** |  |
| *** | A blue and white stem cup with 'LanÒa' characters, mark and period of Qianlong, the steep slightly flaring sides decorated with a frieze of lan¦a. Height 9.8 cm, Sold Christies 1 October 1991 lot 963 | *** |  |
| *** | A famille verte bottle vase, Kangxi period (1662-1722), painted with two lancers on horseback, jousting in a garden. Height 21.3 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A blue and white Mei Ping, Qing Dynasty, 18th century, painted in Ming style with a broad frieze of floral scrolls between bands of stiff leaves around the base and shoulders, the narrow mouth encircled with scrolls and a further band of upright stiff… | *** |  |
| *** | A set of three jade pebble-form snuff bottles each of ovoid form with narrow mouth retaining the shape of the original pebble, carved from pale whitish stones with some opaque white mottling and russet suffusions, an incised character on the reverse of… | *** |  |