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Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art (Part 2) and Japanese, Indian & Islamic Ceramics & Works of Art
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22 May 2024 10:30 BST
Lots: 332-695
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Ɵ A good group of Chinese Furniture reference Works , including: The Palace Museum Collection: A Treasury of Ming & Oing Dynasty Palace Furniture (2 Vols. Set) Hardcover, 2007; The Dr. S Y Yip Collection of Classic Chinese Furniture, Hardcover and slipcase, 1991; Chinese Domestic Furniture by Gustav Ecke, 7th edition, 1979; Chinese Furniture: The Hung Collection (2 Vols. Set) slipcase, Hardcover, Ellsworth, Robert Hatfield; Le mobilier chinois ; époque Ming, 1368-1644 ; époque Qing, 1644-1911 (2 VOLUMES), Zhu Jiajin, slipcase, 2006; Wood from the Scholar's Table: Chinese Hardwood Carvings and Scholar's Articles, Piccus, Robert P., editor, Published by Altfield Gallery, Hong Kong, 1984; Chinese Furniture Liang Yi Collection, Cutis Evarts, (3 Volumes), slipcase (20)
中國古代家具參考書目二十本
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most in good condition and many hardly used
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Ɵ A good group of Chinese reference books , including: the Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum (11 Volumes) Hardcover, 2005; and the Illustrated Catalogue of Chinese Government Exhibits for the International Exhibition of Chinese Art in London (Vol II, III and IV) Hardcover, 1936 (14)
1936年版《參加倫敦中國藝術國際展覽會出品圖說》三冊及2005年版《故宮博物院藏文物珍品大系》十一冊
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Treasures of the Palace Museum in good condition
Three volumes of International Exhibition of Chinese Art worn
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Ɵ  A large group of Chinese reference works , including museum collections, paintings, sculpture, works of art and ceramics (approximately 65)
中國藝術品參考書一組約65本 Condition Report: fair condition to good
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Ɵ Sotheby's and Christies catalogues , including, Sotheby Parke-Bernet, The Edward T. Chow Collection, Hong Kong, 25th November 1980; Christies, The Peony Pavilion Collection: Chinese Tea Ceramics for Japan, 12th June 1889 and approximately twenty other auction catalogues and Spink and Son, Blue and White Porcelain from the Collection of Mrs Alfred Clark , 1974, 2 copies (approximately 25)
蘇富比及佳士德中國藝術品圖錄約25本
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all in reasonably good to fair condition
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Ɵ  Transactions and Exhibitions of the Oriental Ceramics Society ; including; Chinese Ceramic Figures, 1947; Exhibition of Sung Dynasty Wares, 1949; Exhibition of Tang Dynasty Wares, 1949; Polychrome Porcelain of the Ming and Manchu Dynasties, 1948; Exhibition of Polychrome Porcelain of the Manchu Dynasty, 1951; Iron in the Fire, 1988; The World of Monochromes, 2009; Exhibition: China Without Dragons, 2016 and Transactions Vol. 11, 1933-1934; Vol. 65, 2000-2001; Vol. 66, 2001-2002; Vol. 68, 2003-2004; Vol 69, 2004-2005; Vol 73, 2008-2009 and six later volumes of transactions (20)
東方陶瓷協會展覽圖錄及期刊一組20本 Condition Report: some wear throughout
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Ɵ A group of approximately one hundred and fifty-two mainly Chinese auction catalogues
中國藝術拍賣圖錄一組約152本
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overall in very presentable condition
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Ɵ  Chinese Exhibition Catalogues and Reference Works , including Eskenazi catalogues comprising: Junyao, 2013; Song Ceramics 2003; Bo Ju Gui, 2013; Buddhistic Sculpture 1997; Spink, Minor Arts of China, Volumes 1,2, 3 and 4; Michael Gillingham, Chinese Painted Enamel, Ashmoleon Museum, 1978; Chinese Ceramics in the Wong Collection, Phoenix Art Museum, 1982; Ancient Chinese Bronzes in the St. Louis Museum of Art, 1997; Michael Goedhuis, Chinese and Japanese Bronzes, 1989; The Dr. S Y Yip Collection of Classic Chinese Furniture (Dreams of Chu Tan Chamber and the Romance with Huanghuali Wood), Hardcover, Bruce, Grace Wu; Yip, S.Y., Dr, 1991; Philadelphians and the China Trade, 1984 and Gerald Hawthorn, Chinese and Japanese Sculpture, 2002 (15)
中國藝術品圖錄及參考書一組15本 Condition Report: mainly in good condition but sold as viewed and sold subject to non return
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Ɵ  A group of Chinese Textile Reference Books , including: Heaven's Embroidered Cloths: One Thousand Years of Chinese Textiles, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1995; Classics of the Forbidden City: Outer Garments of the Qing Imperial Consorts, The Palace Museum , 2014, slipcase; Gems of Beijing Cultural Relics Series: Textiles and Embroidery, Mei Ninghua, 2001; Dragons of Silk, Flowers of Gold - a Group of Liao-Dynasty Textiles at the Abegg-Stiftung, 2007; Weaving a tapestry of splendors, Bird and Flower tapestries of the Sung dynasty, National Palace Museum, 2009 (10)
中國刺繡藝術參考書目十本 Condition Report: good to fair condition
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Ɵ Tam Laurence C.S. Chinese Bamboo Carving, Hong Kong: The Hong Kong Museum of Art for the Urban Council, 1978 and 1982, 2 volumes, 8o. Numerous photographic illustrations, original cloth; pictorial printed dust jackets (2)
《中國竹雕藝術》參考書兩冊
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The spine on Part 1 is starting to split and part detached
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Ɵ Approximately fifty mainly Chinese auction catalogues , various dates 1974 to 2015, including The Frederick M. Mayer Collection of Chinese Art, Christies, 1974; A Collection of Exceptional Imperial Porcelain, Sotheby's, 2015; together with approximately sixty dealers exhibition catalogues , including: Nicholas Grindley; Maria Kiang; Knapton-Rasti; Gerald Hawthorn; Ben Janssens; John Eskenazi and others (110)
中國藝術品拍賣圖錄約110本
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generally in good condition but some with notes to pages and prices marked
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Ɵ  Approximately one-hundred Chinese and Tibetan Art Reference Works , including: Jessica Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics: Catalogue of Late Yuan and Ming Ceramics in The British Museum (Hardback), 2001; Zhang Rong (ed.), Luster of Autumn Water - Glass of the Qing Imperial Workshop, Forbidden City Publishing House , 2005; David Ren, The Imperial Rocks, cloth, slipcase; Mostra D'Arte Cinese/Exhibition of Chinese Art: Catalogue 1954, a reprint 1981; Splendour of the Qing Dynasty (the Urban Council of Hong Kong 1992), produced by the Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1992; Chinese, Korean and Japanese Sculpture, The Avery Brundage Collection , Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, 1974 (100)
中國藝術參考書目約100本 Condition Report: fair condition to good
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A collection of approximately one-hundred and forty Chinese auction catalogues , comprising about 55 Christies, mainly 2008-2013, Bonham's, about 55, mainly 2010-2018 and about 25 others including Sotheby's (approximately 135)
蘇富比及佳士德等各式亞洲藝術圖錄共約135本
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mainly in useable condition but some with prices marked
a few with water damage
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A small 'huanghuali' portable cabinet , Yaoxiang , Qing dynasty, 19th century, of rectangular form and metal bound, surmounted with a humpback-form handle, with a removable front of mitred frame and a central foliate-form escutcheon plate, the interior with seven drawers in various sizes, 24cm high x 32cm wide x 20.5cm deep
清 黃花梨藥箱
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to with old crack
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Four Chinese lattice wood windows , Qing Dynasty, of strong smelling wood, three 98cm x 42.5cm and one 98cm x 39cm and another, 111cm x 49cm (5)
清 木雕花窗四件
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the set of four generally good with some minor cracks
the single window with some damage
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A Chinese carved fruitwood Kang Table , Qing dynasty, with attractive satin tone, the frieze and legs carved with bats and flowers, 27cm high x 77cm log x 46cm deep
清 雕花炕幾
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A Chinese carved hongmu armchair, early 20th century, carved in relief and openwork with prunus branches and flowers, 96cm high x 59cm wide
民國 紅木梅花紋靠背椅
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slightly wabbly
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A Chinese hardwood and marble inset low occasional table, 19th century, 59cm high, 55cm wide overall
清19世紀 紅木嵌大理石桌
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A Chinese hongmu folding table, 19th century, the top inlaid with seascape, 83.5cm wide x 79cm high
晚清 紅木嵌銀海景圖折疊茶桌
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A large pair of stone barrel-shaped garden seats , late Ming or Qing dynasty, 17th or 18th century, the sides carved with dragon roundels and the borders with ruyi shaped clouds, 53cm high x 41cm wide (2)
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Collected by the current owner in China in the 1990's
清十七/十八世紀 石鼓墩一對
拍品來源：現藏家於上世紀九十年代購自中國
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attractive but weather worn and with some cracks and repairs and losses
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Yu Ji (1738-1823) , Scholar and ladies , ink and colour on silk, singed and with two seals of the artist, framed but not glazed, 114cm x 40.6cm
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From a private collection in the West Midlands.
余集（1738-1823）《高仕侍女圖》 設色絹本 鏡心
拍品來源：英國西密德蘭郡私人紳士收藏
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In the style of Wu Hufan (1894-1968), Vase , ink and colour on paper, scroll, signed and with two seals of the artist, picture size 89cm x 34cm
吳湖帆（款）《花卉圖》設色紙本 捲軸
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minor foxing to paper
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In the style of Lin Hunyin (1904-1955), Fish, signed and with one seal of the artist, accompanied with a separate section of calligraphy signed Liang Sicheng, ink and colour on paper, scroll, picture size 26.5cm x 18.5cm
林徽因（款）《遊魚圖》設色紙本 捲軸
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minor foxing and splits to the edges
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Sun Jusheng (1913-2018), Cats, ink and colour on paper, signed and with two seals of the artist, picture size 70cm x 42.5cm
孫菊生（1913-2018）《貓戲圖》設色紙本 Condition Report: minor foxing to paper
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In the style of Zou Yigui (1686-1772), Flowers and birds, ink and colour on paper, signed and with one seal of the artist, picture size 144cm x 66cm
鄒一桂（款）《玉堂富貴》設色紙本 Condition Report: extensive wear, staining and splits to paper
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In the style of Yu Xin (Qing Dynasty), Pheasants, ink and colour on silk, scroll, signed and with four seals of the artist, picture size 102cm x 65.5cm
余省（款）《錦雞圖》設色絹本 捲軸
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minor foxing
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In the style of Xu Beihong (1895-1953), Horse , ink on paper, signed and with three seals of the artist, framed and glazed, picture size 42.5cm x 35cm
徐悲鴻（款）《奔馬圖》水墨紙本 鏡心 Condition Report: foxing to paper
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Signed Qi Gong (20th century), Calligraphy, ink on paper, signed and with four seals of the artist, picture size 39cm x 30cm, framed but not glazed
啟功（款）書法 設色紙本
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the frame falling off
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A large Chinese painted ancestral portrait, dated the third year of Guangxu (1878) and signed Wu Jianmeng, with three seals of the artist, picture size 164cm x 87cm
Provenance: Collected by the current owner on the UK market in the 1980's or early 1990's
"光緒三年吳劍盟拜撰"祖先像
拍品來源：英國紳士私人收藏，購自上世紀八十至九十年代
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multiple areas of staining and restoration, creasing
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Two Chinese silk paintings, 19th century, in the style of Ma Yuan and Xia Gui, both painted with abodes and figures in mountainous landscapes, ink and colour on silk, 33.5cm diameter (2)
晚清 馬遠及夏圭款山水人物圖兩幅 設色絹本 鏡心 Condition Report: one wiht two minor splits to silk
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A Japanese painting in Chinese style , mounted as a kakejiku, in inks and colours on silk depicting a scholar in his summer, lakeside retreat, welcoming a guest who has just arrived by a boat, inside the house servants rush to prepare a welcome for the arriving dignitary, signed and sealed, mounted within a brocaded silk surround and with kiri-wood box bearing a hakogaki
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minor wear
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A pair of Chinese ancestral paintings, 19th century, ink and colour on paper, framed and glazed (2)
晚清 祖先畫兩件 設色紙本 鏡心
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minor creasing to paper
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Xu Linglu (20th century), Calligraphy , signed and with three seals of the artist, ink on paper, picture size 69cm x 28.5cm framed and glazed
許麟盧書法一副
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In the style of Li Keran (1907-1989), Three Gorges , signed and one seal of the artist, ink and colours on paper, scroll, picture size 140cm x 66cm
李可染（款）《峽江輕舟圖》 設色紙本 捲軸
Condition Report: minor foxing and creasing
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In the style of Wu Hufan (1894-1968), Landscape , ink and colour on paper, scroll, signed and with two seals of the artist, picture size 128cm x 28cm
吳湖帆（款）《山水高士圖》設色紙本 捲軸
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Signed Feng Chaoran (1882-1954), Lady, ink and colour on paper, scroll, signed and with two seals of the artist, picture size 91cm x 28.5cm
馮超然（款）《仕女圖》設色紙本 捲軸 Condition Report: minor foxing to paper
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A long Chinese landscape scroll by Bai Xueshi (1915-2011), ink and colour on paper, signed and with one seal of the artist, with another two calligraphy sections from other artists, picture size 40cm x 180cm
白雪石（1915-2011）《山水圖》設色紙本 手卷
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Attributed to Wang Xuetao (1903-1982), Flowers and insects, a group of eight framed paintings, ink and colour on paper, each signed and stamped, picture size 33cm x 33cm (8)
王雪濤（款）《花鳥草蟲圖》設色紙本 鏡心
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very minor foxing
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A very large official painting of Chairman Mao , mid-20th century, oil on canvas, 127cm x 168cm
毛主席像 帆布油彩
Condition Report: unrestored original condition with holes and marks to canvas
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In the style of Yan Bolong (1898-1954), Pheasant , signed and with two seals of the artist, ink and colour on paper, scroll, picture size 107cm x 48cm
顏伯龍（款）《錦雞圖》設色紙本 捲軸
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overall in quite presentable condition
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Lin Zishi (19th/20th century), Longevity, ink on paper, scroll, signed and with two seals of the artist, picture size 119cm x 60.5cm
林子石（19/20世紀）《壽》字捲軸
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Pan Zhenyong (1852-1921), Lady, ink and colour on paper, signed and with one seal of the artist, scroll, picture size 83cm x 43cm
潘振鏞（1852-1921）《仕女圖》設色紙本 捲軸 Condition Report: picture with minor loss to paper and foxing
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A Chinese scroll painting , Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century, painted with two ladies in a garden with one holding a bronze censer, ink and colours on silk, image size 59cm x 35cm
清 《仕女圖》 設色絹本 捲軸
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some fading but some of the painted colours quite bright
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A group of sixteen Chinese watercolour paintings, 19th century, each painted with one scene of vehicle designed for different purposes and with captions, each leaf 33cm x 22cm
清19世紀 傳統車輛風俗畫一組十六張 Condition Report: staining and foxing commensurate with age
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Two Chinese albums with historical photographs of buildings in Shanghai, 1914-1924, from the studio of the architect C.G. Ripley, one album with images of buildings in the district of Hankow in Wuhai and the other of buildings in Shanghai including the Palace Hotel (2)
20世紀 上海歷史建築相簿兩冊（含外灘19號，漢口匯中飯店大樓）
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A Chinese gilt-bronze Luduan-form censer, Ming or Qing dynasty, sturdily cast standing foursquare, its detachable single-horned head cast with bulging eyes and its teeth bared, the body is decorated with swirling scrolls, with apocryphal Xuande six character mark, 16cm high
明/清 鎏金銅甪端香爐
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A Chinese gilt-bronze Buddha head , Ming dynasty or later, with pendulous earlobes and tightly curled hair, traces of red pigment to the reverse, 21cm high
明 鎏金佛首像
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the hair heavily encrusted and also with Verdigris throughout
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A Chinese bronze Buddhistic lion, Ming dynasty, cast with a bushy tail rising and bulging eyes staring, holding a lion pup with its front left paw while grasping a twisted rope with its right paw and mouth, 18cm high, 2660 grams.
明 佛獅水牛銅座
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A large Chinese iron vase , hu , Han dynasty, heavily cast with ring handles, 43cm high
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Guinevere, King's Road, London, 29th May 2002
漢 鋪首活環耳鐵壺
拍品來源： 現藏家2002年5月購自著名古董商Guinevere Antiques Ltd
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heavily corroded and with one handle repaired
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A Chinese bronze seal, of square form, surmounted by a tapering oval handle, the top and base of the seal impressed in Manchu and Chinese with the characters tai yi yuan yin (Seal of the Imperial Hospital), 10.5cm high
"太醫院印"铜官印
Condition Report:
scratches to the surface
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A Chinese bronze tripod twin-handled censer, Ming dynasty, the globular body cast in relief with waves encircling two cast Daoist inscriptions, with domed cover, 20cm wide, weight 1790 grams
明 銅海水"宇宙山河大乾坤"三足爐
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the cover slightly bashed
wear and scratches commensurate with age
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A pair of Chinese iron models of oxen , Han or Tang dynasty, probably Sichuan province, heavily cast, standing facing forward, heavily corroded and with pitted surface in tones of brown and orange, 33cm high x 41cm long
Provenance:
Guinevere, King's Road, London, 3rd May 2005
Compare with an ox of similar type form the collection of Dr J S Gordon, purchased from Roger Keverne 13th October 2009, and formerly in the Arthur M. Sackler collection, sold Woolley and Wallis, 15th November 2017, lot 444
漢/唐 鐵牛一對
拍品來源： 現藏家2005年購自著名古董商Guinevere Antiques Ltd
Condition Report:
the surface heavily corroded and with old losses
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A Chinese bronze tripod censer and stand, Qing dynasty, of compressed form, the censer raised on three short tapering feet and cast with two upright loop handles on the rim, and the base cast with an apocryphal Xuande mark, the stand shaped as a mallow flower with three ruyi-form feet, the censer 14.2cm wide across the handles and overall height 15cm, the censer 1251 grams and overall weight 1781 grams
清 "宣德年製"款如意座雙耳爐
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general corrosion to the surface commensurate with age
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A large Chinese 'archaistic' bronze jardinière , 19th century, supported on three claw and mythical beast masked feet, with two lion handles, the base pierced with three drainage holes, 35cm high x 46cm wide
清十九世紀 銅饕餮紋大爐 Condition Report: the base pierced with three drainage holes
weather worn and Verdigris
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Three Chinese gilt bronze hooks , Han Dynasty, cast as taotie masks with bulging eyes, approximately 4cm wide (3)
漢 銅鎏金獸面紋帶鉤三件
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wear to the gilding
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A Chinese gilt bronze figure of Zhong Liquan , Ming dynasty, the figure cast wearing loose robes exposing his chest, 6.5cm high
Provenance: Collected by the current owner on the UK market in the 1980's or early 1990's
明 鎏金鐘離權銅像
拍品來源：英國紳士私人收藏，購自上世紀八十至九十年代
Condition Report:
gilding large worn away and some surface corrosion
part of left leg missing
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A group of seven Chinese bronze mirrors, comprising: two 'lion and grape' circular mirrors, Tang dynasty, one with silvering, 13.2cm and 12.8cm diameter; another square mirror of similar type, Tang dynasty, 11.3cm diameter; a mirror with four longevity characters, Ming dynasty, 15cm; a small silvered mirror with characters, Han dynasty, 9.8cm diameter and two others, Han dynasty, 12.7cm and 12.5cm (7)
Provenance: Collected by the current owner on the UK market in the 1980's or early 1990's
漢至唐 青銅鏡一組七件
拍品來源：英國紳士私人收藏，購自上世紀八十至九十年代
Condition Report:
one damaged
all with corrosion and Verdigris
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A set of Chinese gilt-bronze harness ornaments, Liao Dynasty (907-1125), comprising: eighteen rectangular plaques and one buckle, each rectangular plaque cast in openwork with floral scroll and the buckle with the design of beast mask, approximately 3.8cm x 1.8cm (19)
Provenance: Collected by the current owner on the UK market in the 1980's or early 1990's
遼 銅鎏金花卉及獸面紋馬飾一組十九件
拍品來源：英國紳士私人收藏，購自上世紀八十至九十年代
Condition Report:
erosion and wear to the surface commensurate with age
five rectangular palques with the pin attachments broken
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A Chinese bronze spearhead, Warring States period, Bashu culture, the elongated leaf-shaped blade set on a slightly flared and hollow shaft, cast with ruyi head scrolls, the hollow shaft flanked by two long wavy loops, 38cm high
Provenance: Collected by the current owner on the UK market in the 1980's or early 1990's
戰國 巴蜀文化青銅魚鱗紋矛頭
拍品來源：英人紳士私人收藏，購自上世紀八十至九十年代
Condition Report:
blade restored
some corrosion
chips and losses
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A Chinese bronze elephant-headed garment hook , Eastern Zhou Dynasty, circa 3rd century BC., 3.8cm long and a Chinese bronze square seal, Song or Ming dynasty, 4.2cm wide (2)
Provenance: Collected by the current owner on the UK market in the 1980's or early 1990's
東周 青銅衣鉤及宋/明 銅印
拍品來源：英國紳士私人收藏，購自上世紀八十至九十年代
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some corrosion to both
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A Chinese bronze chariot fitting , Han dynasty, 8cm long and a Chinese miniature bronze vase , hu , 6cm high and a Chinese bronze lamp , Han Dynasty, 6.5cm high (3)
Provenance: Collected by the current owner on the UK market in the 1980's or early 1990's
漢 青銅燈台、小壺及車馬器三件
拍品來源：英國紳士私人收藏，購自上世紀八十至九十年代
Condition Report:
all with corrosion and Verdigris
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