Reflections of the Orient Sale
on Thursday 23rd September 2010

Lots: 1422-1441 of 1441

Lot

Description & Estimate

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1422

LAMQUA OR STUDIO A portrait of a European gentleman seated in a chair in an interior, oil on canvas, 25cm x 21cm, in a Chinese carved giltwood frame imitating a European form
Estimate: 1000-2000

Nil

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1000

1423

CHINESE ARTIST, circa 1860 A man seated full-length in an interior resting his left arm on a table covered in a red damask cloth and adorned with a vase of blossom, a covered bowl and a pile of books, oil on canvas, 28cm x 57cm
Estimate: 2000-4000

Nil

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4200

1424

CHINESE ARTIST, circa 1860 A panoramic view of Hong Kong from the harbour with numerous European ships and Chinese junks, oil on canvas, 66cm x 112cm, and the companion painting of the Hongs of Canton, each in a carved giltwood frame with a beaded inner border and a gadrooned outer edge (2)

Provenance: Acquired from the Martyn Gregory Gallery. 34 Bury Street, St. James's, London SW1

Estimate: 50000-100000

Nil

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150000

1425

WOEQUA An album of topographical views of numerous figures engaged in a variety of pursuits including sailing boats on rivers, hunting and shooting, pen and wash, 13cm x 19.5cm, the back of the album with a series of lightly drawn figure studies, principally of elegant women engaged in a variety of pursuits on terraces and in interiors, the inside of the cover inscribed "China and The Chinese: Harold Carr WRA (?)", and dated "Canton 1859", and the title page with a printed paper label in red "Woequa takes likenesses"
Estimate: 500-1000

Nil

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3500

1426

A JAPANESE SIX-FOLD SCREEN decorated with cranes amidst gnarled pines and bamboo shoots, a single bird swooping down from above, probably Edo, 165cm x 370cm
Estimate: 2000-4000

Nil

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3500

1427

A CHINESE SCHOLARS INK BLOCK inscribed in a rectangular panel, in a carved "rootwood" case with an inscription on the lid

Nil

    

6500

1428

A CHINESE EXPORT FAN with a painted leaf and a lacquer frame decorated in shades of gilt on a black ground and a smaller fan

Nil

    

450

1429

A CHINESE WOOD ASTROLOGERS WHEEL inscribed on the base, and another (2)

Nil

    

    

1430

A COLLECTION OF ORIENTAL WORKS OF ART including bronze opium pipes in the form of elephants and miscellaneous

Nil

    

650

1431

A CHINESE ELM BOX with a removable section and a covered compartment, and other items

Nil

    

100

1432

ENGLISH SCHOOL The Governor Yeh, inscribed "Governor Yeh weighed 30 stone, taken immediately after his capture", brown pen and ink, 8" x 5.25" (unframed)

Provenance: Martyn Gregory

Nil

    

480

1433

A COLLECTION OF "ANNAMESE" CERAMICS including Swankhalok and celadon wares (a lot)

Nil

    

240

1434

A COLLECTION OF ORIENTAL SILKWORK CUSHIONS

Nil

    

350

1435

A CHINESE RED LACQUER METAL RUI SCEPTRE and a gilt metal case with pierced and repoussé decoration (2)

Nil

    

    

1436

A CHINESE IVORY HAIR ORNAMENT carved with a bough of blossoming prunus and other works of art in ivory, bone and wood, including a lid with a jade finial

Nil

    

220

1437

AN ORIENTAL CERAMIC VASE in the form of a section of bamboo, an opium pipe with a fist bowl and other items (a lot)

Nil

    

90

1438

A CHINESE EIGHT FOLD SCREEN incorporating textile and painted panels (damaged)

Nil

    

    

1439

A COLLECTION OF ORIENTAL BASKETS

Nil

    

900

1440

AN ORIENTAL BURR-WOOD MIXING BOWL, the hardwood pestle with a carved terminal and an inset marble panel

Nil

    

500

1441

A COLLECTION OF OF SOUTH EAST ASIAN CERAMICS

Nil

    

200

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