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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

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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

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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

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70
402 A MAORI "GREEN NEPHRITE" TIKI with carved and pierced features, the head drilled for suspension, 3" £100-200

Nil

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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55
409 AFTER QI BAISHI A book containing coloured prints of his paintings, in folding sections, the covers mounted with textile, 12.5"

Nil

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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

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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

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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

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160
413 A JAPANESE STYLE LEATHER-COVERED ELEPHANT with uplifted trunk and simulated ivory tusks, 45.5" high £250-450

Nil

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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240
502 A REGENCY STYLE MAHOGANY CHEESE COASTER with twin concave divisions and applied turned decoration, 14" wide £150-250

Nil

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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

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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

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90

 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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