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The Winter Auction - 14th / 15th January 2025
Day 1 - Ceramics Lots 1 - 263
Works of Art Lots 271 - 519
Clocks Lots 521 - 580
Day 2 - Pictures Lots 581 - 822
Furniture, Rugs and Carpets Lots 831 - 1190
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14 Jan 2025 10:00 GMT
Lots: 1-580
15 Jan 2025 10:00 GMT
Lots: 581-1190
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A Japanese blue and white pleated square-section bowl, late Meiji the well painted with a cockerel, a hen, bamboo and flower sprays, together with an inscription and seal, the rim with ho-ho, flowering stems and insects, apocryphal Chenghua mark, 21cm.
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A mixed lot of Japanese porcelain, late Meiji comprising ten pieces of Kutani porcelain and an Imari bowl [damages] 11.
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A group of Satsuma pottery, comprising a small pair of jars, a pair of cups and saucers, a circular box and cover, pair of belt buckles, saucer dish and bowl, most pieces signed, late Meiji/Taisho.
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A large Japanese Imari bowl and cover painted overall with flower sprays and bands of geometric motifs, late Edo/Meiji period, 38cm [star crack to cover].
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A Japanese Arita porcelain bowl the interior painted with a pair of horses and three boys in a landscape, the interior and exterior with a lappet band containing alternating peony and chrysanthemum, the base with four character 'Chinese' mark, 25cm diameter.
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A Plymouth white triple scallop shell sweetmeat stand the rocky base and centre applied with shells, coral and seaweed, circa 1768-70, 18cm [minor chips with discoloured restoration].
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A Pre-Columbian pottery figure, in Olmec style, probably 1st millennium BC; portrayed nude and seated, the hands raised before it, previously holding a further element, 17cm high, 16cm wide; an African carved wood seated figure, 20th century, 22cm high; another carved wood figure; and a carved soapstone stylised figure.
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A Louis XVI lacquered and 18ct vari-gold mounted snuff box, discharge marks rubbed, but probably Henri Clavel (1782 - 1789), the top inset with a miniature in the manner of Antoine Vestier, previously thought to portray Madame de Villette, probably on ivory; with tortoiseshell lined interior; 3cm high, 8cm diameter
Ivory sale exemption licence ref: 6YL5EKLW
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A Cairo-ware silver and copper inlaid brass bowl decorated with arabesques and roundels with Arabic inscriptions, late 19th/early 20th century, 23cm.
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A Middle Eastern embossed brass Koran holder with inset coin, hinged top and suspension loops, late 19th/20th century, 15cm.
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Indian School 'Radha-Krishna' painted print, 32 x 20cm, framed.
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A mixed lot of small Chinese and Japanese works of art and ceramics including a Chinese cloisonne water pot in Qianlong style decorated with birds amongst prunus, 7cm wide; a pair of Chinese green monochrome crackle-glazed vases, 9cm; four Japanese ginbari cloisonne vases and a cosmetic box and cover [8].
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A Chinese bronze scroll/paper weight in the form of a reclining horse, cast with its head turned backwards and one leg raised, its mane and tail finely detailed, 17th/18th century, 6cm wide, 5cm high.
Note: See Waddington's, Canada 28/11/2016 lot 318 'Collection of Dr.Helga Wall-Apelt, previously on loan to the Museum of Asian Art, Sarasota, Florida, United States' for an almost identical bronze.
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A Chinese archaistic carved buffalo horn libation cup with relief carved chilong handle, the body with a taotie mask amongst scrollwork below a band of upright plantain leaves, Qing Dynasty, 9cm
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A Chinese silk and metal thread embroidered double panel depicting long-tailed birds and bats, 55 x 30cm; a panel depicting two dragons amongst clouds [damaged] and a Gucci scarf [3].
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A South East Asian silk hanging, 19th century painted in gouache with an elaborate scene from the life of Buddha with pavilions and numerous figures, probably Burmese, 115 x 62cm [minor damage] unframed.
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A Chinese bronze and champlevé enamel jardiniere, late Qing/early 20th century with shaped and pierced rim, enamelled with lappets, birds, flowers and foliage, 30cm wide.
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A pair of Chinese mother-of-pearl shells on hardwood stands carved with prunus, late Qing, 28cm high [some chips]. Condition Report chips
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A Chinese agate 'dragon and peach' carving the two dragons climbing over the peach in pursuit of a flaming pearl, 20th century, 10cm high with wood stand and fitted box.
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A Chinese carved green hardstone tripod censer and cover with mythical beast finial and loose-ring handles, 12cm high with wood stand and fitted box.
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A Chinese carved green hardstone tripod censer and cover, 20th century with mythical beast finial and loose-ring handles, high with wood stand and fitted box.
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A Chinese bronze censer of bombe shaped form with lug handles and three peg feet, six character Xuande seal mark within a dragon roundel, 17cm wide.
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A Chinese black and gold lacquered three-tier rice basket decorated with birds, flowers and foliage, late 20th century, 39cm.
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A Chinese Canton painted and decorated lacquer fan, mid 19th century depicting numerous figures on pavilion terraces within a border of auspicious objects and creatures, 53cm [damages] in glazed display case.
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A mixed lot of Oriental works of art, late 19th/20th century including a pair of rose quartz Buddhist lion dogs, 13cm wood stands; a cinnabar lacquer vase and fan-shaped box and cover, 23 and 17cm; a group of bronze seals etc [a lot].
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A small Chinese gold seal box and cover the sides embossed with two carp and two long-tailed birds, surmounted with a Buddhist lion, 3cm [untested].
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Two pairs of Chinese green hardstone carvings of Buddhist lions, late 20th century, 16 and 14cm [one with chip to base] with wire inlaid wood stands.
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A mixed lot of Chinese hardstone carvings, late 20th century including two malachite Buddhist lion dogs, 11 and 16cm wide; a pair in pale celadon hardstone,13cm; an amethyst lion dog, 9cm; and a celadon and russet carving of a Buddhist lion and dancing boy, 6cm high all with wood stands [6].
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A mixed lot of Chinese carved hardstone, late 20th century including two pairs of Buddhist lion dogs of celadon and greyish celadon colour, 10cm wide; one similar of lion dog and puppy, 13cm; and a small turquoise lion dog, 5cm [6] all with wood stands.
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A mixed lot of Chinese carved hardstone, marble and glass chop and other seals, 20th century carved in relief with Buddhist lion dogs and dragons, some blank, 4-18cm [some with minor chips] 17.
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A mixed lot of Chinese carved jade, late 20th century comprising a pierced pendant with loose suspension ring, 7cm with wood stand; a two-handled oval quatrefoil cup, 13cm, wood stand; and an elephant's head rhyton and cover, 10cm [3].
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A Chinese polished bronze tripod censer with flattened loop handles, engraved with Shou medallions, flowers and foliage, cast four-character Xuande mark, late Qing/20th century, 16cm.
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Two South East Asian carved boxes, of rectangular form with hinged lids one carved with mythical beasts, 27 x 17cm, the companion carved with fruiting foliage, 35 x 22cm.
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A pair of large Chinese polychrome painted carved wood figures in Ming Dynasty style of male and female Immortals, 54in and 57in high.
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A Japanese silkwork picture of birds, late Meiji period depicting a cockerel, hen and chicks with two swallows flying above, all on a black ground, 69 x 44cm framed.
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A Japanese bronze jardiniere, Meiji period decorated in relief with long-tailed birds and flowering branches, 32cm diameter.
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A Japanese silk embroidered and tasselled square panel, Meiji period worked with a dragon above waves, 44cm
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A large Japanese carved and lacquered wood figure of 'Tenaga' , Meiji period, 75 cm [minor damage] with table lamp fitting.
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A large Japanese bronze Koro cover, Meiji period in the form of an eagle attacking a snake on a rocky outcrop, 20cm wide.
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A mixed lot of Japanese bronze wares, Meiji period comprising a tripod koro and cover with mythical beast cover, 18cm; a koro and cover with mythical beast finial, 27cm; and a pair of vases decorated in relief with ho-ho birds, 24cm [one handle lacking] 4.
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A Japanese bronze jardiniere, Meiji period of lobed melon form, decorated in relief with birds and blossom, 30cm.
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A group of three Oriental trays, late 19th century comprising two Chinese hardwood trays inlaid in mother of pearl with a landscape and flowering stems, 44 x 63cm and 50 x 65cm [split to one]; and a Japanese lacquer square tray decorated with peacocks, 51cm [some damage].
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A group of three Japanese bronze mirrors, 20th century cast with cranes, characters, shrubs and pine trees, 35cm [3].
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A Japanese elm rectangular box, signed Kozan Meiji period, the hinged cover decorated in relief with a bat inlaid with a flower spray and a red lacquer panel carved with pavilions in a mountainous landscape, signed on m.o.p. tablet, 33 x 10cm [glue repair to base].
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![Toyohara Kunichika [1835-1900] a set of six Japanese woodcut prints of various Kabuki actors on](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2025/bearne10178/images/0e13f19d-3fcd-4e31-8e80-b24900ef3248.jpg?h=175)
Toyohara Kunichika [1835-1900] a set of six Japanese woodcut prints of various Kabuki actors on stage, Meiji period including two titled 'One of select Thirty Six poems' and 'The Mirror of the Demonic people, Good and Evil'; 35 x 23cm, all re-mounted, framed and glazed.
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A pair of Japanese cloisonné vases, Meiji period decorated with birds amongst flowering plants and shrubs, one bird carrying a frog, on a blue ground, the rims with elaborate border of cranes, flowers and foliage, 30cm.
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A Japanese cloisonné ovoid jar and cover, Meiji period decorated with peonies, flowering stems, foliage and butterflies on a midnight blue ground, on peg feet, 14cm high [minor blemish near one foot, replacement fixing to finial].
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A Japanese cloisonné vase, Meiji period of flattened baluster form, decorated with branches of flowering tree peonies and a butterfly on a midnight blue ground, 37cm.
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A Japanese cloisonné charger, Meiji period decorated with geese and other birds by a lotus pond on a green ground within an elaborate border of flowers and foliage, 45.5cm.
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A pair of Japanese bronze elephants, signed Genryusai Seiya, Meiji period naturalistically modelled in striding pose with rearing tusks, 31 and 35 cm wide on wood stands.
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A group of three Japanese books of woodcut prints, Meiji period including one from the Hokusai Manga [damages].
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A Japanese brown and gold lacquer fan-shaped box and cover, signed Sato with seal for Seizo decorated with flying cranes, Meiji, 9cm [minor faults].
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A Japanese black and gold lacquer sword stand [Katana-Kake], Meiji period, with engraved gilt-copper mounts, the lower section with two drawers, detachable stand above, the whole decorated with mon, 65cm high, 28cm wide [minor damage and wear].
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A Chinese Canton famille rose vase table lamp, late Qing Dynasty painted with terrace scenes, brightly coloured birds, butterflies, flowers and foliage on a celadon ground, 46cm [cut down].
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A Burmese carved hardwood octagonal occasional table, the top with central figure of a deity within a roundel and a wide border of flowerheads and fruiting foliage, the central support in the form of bird devouring a snake on a quadripartite base, with mythical beasts, the top 63.5cm diameter, 73cm height.
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A late 19th/early 20th Century Japanese Shibyama decorated bow-fronted hanging corner cabinet, with birds amidst flowering trees and shrubs, decorated with gilt and heightened in bone and mother of pearl, enclosed by a pair of sliding doors at the base, 61cm width, 86cm height,
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A Chinese export painted, mother-of-pearl inset and lacquered tea chest, probably for retail use, mid 19th century; the top with Chinese characters in a reserve, the front with a figural scene, within borders of foliate sprigs; with conforming sides and back; the interior foil lined; on a conforming stand, (one brass handle missing); 77cm high overall, 46cm wide, 46cm deep
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