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Sale date: |
Ceramics & Furniture Sale on Thursday 7th & Friday 8th February 2008 |
Lot numbers: |
400-505 of 732 |
Lot |
Description & Estimate |
Vat on hammer % |
Image |
Hammer Price £ |
400 |
AN IVORY TUSK CARVING of a procession of elephants diminishing in size towards the tip, with a "U"-shaped support, 16.5" long £100-200 | Nil |
110 | |
| 401 | A JAPANESE LACQUER TEA CADDY of rectangular form, the hinged lid decorated in polychrome and gilt with three playing cards and the interior with two canisters, Meiji, 8.5" wide, and a Chinese hardwood and mother of pearl inlaid box of circular form, the lid with a mother of pearl scene of a figure in a pavilion, 7.25" dia. (2) £60-120 | Nil |
70 | |
| 402 | A MAORI "GREEN NEPHRITE" TIKI with carved and pierced features, the head drilled for suspension, 3" £100-200 | Nil |
320 | |
| 403 | A CHINESE HARDSTONE SNUFF BOTTLE of flattened ovoid form with mask side handles and a lighter stone lid, a pale green "jade" disc pendant and two other hardstone carvings (a lot) £100-200 | Nil |
90 | |
| 404 | A CHINESE EXPORT IVORY CHESS SET red-stained and natural, each piece on a stand incorporating a carved concentric ball, 19th century, the largest piece 6" tall (elements lacking) £50-100 | Nil |
150 | |
| 405 | TOKYO SCHOOL: A CARVED IVORY OKIMONO OF A STREET PLAYER supporting a playful monkey on a bamboo cane, Meiji, 9.25" high £200-400 | Nil |
1400 | |
| 406 | A JAPANESE IVORY OKIMONO of two rats climbing over a corn on the cob, Meiji, 5.5", and a similar carving of a rat on a chute (2) £100-200 | Nil |
700 | |
| 407 | A JAPANESE IVORY CYLINDRICAL BOX carved with a mass of flowers, Meiji, 2.25", a similar box carved with a scaly dragon and a tiger in combat, with a coiled snake lid, and other pieces (a lot) £50-100 | Nil |
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| 408 | AN INDIAN IVORY FIGURE OF A DEITY on a hardwood stand, 6.5" high and a similar figure on a lotus-leaf base (2) £50-100 | Nil |
55 | |
| 409 | AFTER QI BAISHI A book containing coloured prints of his paintings, in folding sections, the covers mounted with textile, 12.5" | Nil |
400 | |
| 410 | A CHINESE BRONZE CENSER of lobed circular form, with upright rope-twist loop handles, on three projecting feet, the underside with a rectangular panel containing a six character mark, 4.75" dia. on a finely carved hardwood stand and a bronze bell of archaistic form, 6.52 high £80-150 | Nil |
1400 | |
| 411 | A JAPANESE RED-LACQUERED METAL FIGURE of an agricultural worker wearing a wide-brimmed hat, on a pierced base, 8" high, a Japanese bronze figure of a boy wearing an elaborate robe with inlaid decoration, on a hardwood base, and other items (a lot) £50-100 | Nil |
110 | |
| 412 | A FAR EASTERN ALABASTER BUDDHA with traces of polychrome and gilt decoration, the base carved with a band of stylised lotus leaves, 20.25" high £80-160 | Nil |
160 | |
| 413 | A JAPANESE STYLE LEATHER-COVERED ELEPHANT with uplifted trunk and simulated ivory tusks, 45.5" high £250-450 | Nil |
300 | |
| 414 | A PERSIAN STYLE BRONZE METAL VESSEL in the form of an owl with traces of parcel gilt decoration, 7" high £80-150 | Nil |
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| 415 | A JAPANESE PANEL carved with a sage, in simulated bamboo frame, with polychrome decoration, 18" x 14.5" and the companion panel (2) £80-160 | Nil |
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| 416 | A JAPANESE "SHIBYAMA" PANEL decorated in mother of pearl, hardstone and wood with precious objects and jardinieres on a black ground, 17.25" x 17.75", in a moulded hardwood frame £80-150 | Nil |
750 | |
| 417 | A PAIR OF CANTON ENAMEL CHARGERS enamelled in polychrome with elegant figures in rocky landscapes and in the shade of a pine tree, enclosed by an inner puce border of tendrils and stylised flowerheads and an outer border of stylised flowers, on a pale blue ground reserved with panels of birds and flowers, the reverse of each with a fruiting vine around the rim and the centre of the base with a puce circle of flowers and tendrils, 18th/19th century, 18" dia. (2). See illustration Provenance: Purchased by Dr. Saint of Cheadle, Staffordshire in June 1940 and thence by descent. | Nil |
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| 418 | A PAIR OF CHINESE "HARDSTONE" BONSAI TREES, each contained in a bronze metal and cloisonne jardiniere of rectangular form, 14.75" high, each with a carved hardwood stand (4) £50-100 | Nil |
1200 | |
| 419 | A JAPANESE LACQUER BOX decorated in mother of pearl and gilt with flowers, the hinged front enclosing an arrangement of four drawers with conforming decoration and turned ivory handles, Edo, 16" wide £200-400 | Nil |
750 | |
| 420 | A CHINESE IVORY FIGURE OF A DIGNITARY with a well-patinated surface, possibly 17th/18th century, 3.25" high and a Japanese ivory okimono of an artist with a scroll seated on a rock, Meiji (2) £80-150 | Nil |
160 | |
| 421 | A JAPANESE CINNABAR LACQUER FIVE CASE INRO of curved rectangular form decorated with stylised flowers, Meiji, 3.5" and a Japanese dagger with a bone scabbard and grip with engraved foliate decoration highlighted in polychrome (2) £40-70 | Nil |
60 | |
| 422 | A CHINESE "ROOT AMBER" LION GROUP carved as four playful buddhistic lions clambering over one another, the amber of a translucent honey tone with large areas of mottled opaque brown, on a carved hardwood stand, 18th/19th century, 6.75" high £500-1000 | Nil |
1000 | |
| 423 | A PAIR OF CHINESE "ROOT AMBER" LION GROUPS, each carved as a recumbent buddhistic lion holding down a brocade ball, with two young lions clambering over its' back and to one side, each on a carved hardwood stand, 18th/19th century, 4.5" high (2) £1000-2000 | Nil |
2000 | |
| 500 | A REGENCY MAHOGANY AND EBONY STRUNG WRITING SLOPE, the rectangular top with a central mother of pearl tablet, the interior with a velvet-lined writing surface and fitted inkwell, 14" wide £80-160 | Nil |
100 | |
| 501 | JAHAN: FRENCH "BOULLE WORK" JEWELLERY BOX, the rectangular top with wavy borders inlaid in brass against a red "tortoiseshell" background, the front similarly decorated, the lock plate engraved "Tahan Rue de la Paix", 11" wide £150-300 | Nil |
240 | |
| 502 | A REGENCY STYLE MAHOGANY CHEESE COASTER with twin concave divisions and applied turned decoration, 14" wide £150-250 | Nil |
280 | |
| 503 | A REGENCY MAHOGANY BOTTLE CARRIER with a brass carrying handle on a turned tapering stem and a square section four division base, 8" wide. See illustration £100-200 | Nil |
500 | |
| 504 | AN EARLY VICTORIAN BURR OAK VENEERED TEA CADDY, the rectangular top enclosing twin lidded compartments and central bowl recess, 15.5" wide £50-100 | Nil |
90 | |
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505 |
A GEORGE III STYLE MAHOGANY TEA TRAY of oval form with a raised wavy border, 15" wide £50-100 |
Nil |
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