A Chinese Carved Wood Figure of Budai, signed, nineteenth century
Price: £150
A Chinese carved wood figure of Budai shown lying on a lotus leaf. He is depicted in a typically corpulent pose as a stout, smiling man in robes with a largely bare belly, which represents happiness, good luck, and plenty. In his left hand he holds a stylised object which is probably intended to represent the 'sack of plenty' which he is seen with so often and in his right hand is a round ball either representing a pearl (symbolising health and beauty) or a gold nugget (symbolising financial happiness). There is detailed carving to his robes and the lotus leaf is lightly incised with foliage underneath. In addition there is a small signature plaque with indistinct characters. The size and form suggests that this is a 'handling' figure intended for devotional purposes and the style of decoration indicates a circa date in the nineteenth century.
Pair of Mughal style frames c. 1900
Price: £50
This is a beautiful pair of frames from the British Raj occupation of India that lasted between 1858 and 1947. They are carved wood in the typical Mughal style with carved flowers with lattice work. The photos appear to be original with an officer and two young children. This would have been three frames that would have been connected with hinges for a table.
Stunning dragon pendant brooch with rubies and pearl
Price: £100
This is an incredibly detailed pendant depicting a Chinese dragon in the clouds with ruby eyes holding a real pearl. It is silver covered in a heavy gold vermeil. It makes an equally striking brooch or necklace. Marked sterling sliver with other marks that are not legible. Please note this auction is for the pendant only. The necklace is not included.
Stunning dragon pendant brooch with rubies and pearl
Price: £100
This is an incredibly detailed pendant depicting a Chinese dragon in the clouds with ruby eyes holding a real pearl. It is silver covered in a heavy gold vermeil. It makes an equally striking brooch or necklace. Marked sterling sliver with other marks that are not legible. Please note this auction is for the pendant only. The necklace is not included.
Chinese lacquer spherical trinket box
Price: £15
This is a lovely Chinese lacquer box that is almost perfectly spherical decorated with cranes and bamboo designs
Oriental Lacquer Box in the form of a Duck
Price: £25
This is an amusing trinket box in the form of a duck made from black lacquer with gilt decoration, the lid with wings and a feathered tail and the head with gilt eyes and beak. The base has a simple band of a repeating gilt geometric design. The form resembles the well known Chinese export porcelain 'goose' tureens made in the eighteenth century and since the lacquer technique here resembles that of other contemporary Chinese pieces a provenance from China seems likely. The whimsical style also suggests a date of manufacture in the 1960s or 1970s.
Japanese Fukagawa Imari Vase of Sake Bottle Form circa 1880
Price: £180
A fine quality Japanese Imari Vase of Sake bottle form with a bulbous body narrowing towards a broad neck with a faintly everted rim, decorated in iron red, underglaze blue and gold with the addition of green enamel. The main body with two shaped panels of flowering chrysanthemum within underglaze blue borders on a ground of stylised flowering chrysanthemum, the shoulder with panels of lotus and stylised flower heads on an underglaze blue band, the neck with further stylised foliage below plantain leaves in iron red and underglaze blue, the rim gilt. The base with a four character mark reading Koransha Fukagawa Sei ('made by the Koransha Fukagawa [factory]'. The Fukagawa kilns produced the best quality Imari items made in Japan in the late nineteenth century for export to the West. Dating here is within the Meiji period (1868 - 1912) probably around 1880. The form is unusual and reflects Sake bottle shapes produced in a variety of mediums.
Japanese Bamboo Carved Walking Stick, signed, circa 1900
Price: £150
A Japanese bamboo walking stick with a gnarled root to the top, the stained dark brown surface deeply carved to reveal the light brown interior and with a design of monkeys and a snake with foliage, an incised signature at the bottom incorporating two characters and a stylised seal mark, late nineteenth century.
Japnese Kutani Shaped Edge Bowl circa 1900
Price: £35
A Japanese Kutani bowl with an elaborate shaped edge, deeply scalloped and with six indented flanges, decorated with sages in a landscape with a lake, pine trees and bamboo, the exterior with stylised floral sprays in iron red, the base unmarked. Although there is no mark to confirm this, the palette of colours and style of decoration are typical of the productions from the kilns at Kutani in the late nineteenth century and a circa date in the late Meiji period (1868 - 1912) is most likely. The form is unusual but typical of some of the more florid Japanese designs.
Lot of 2 vintage Chinese miniature cork groups
Price: £10
This a lot of 2 cork groups that are very detailed and unusual as the not only are the cork colour but also other colours that make these stand out. The square shaped group depicts a pagoda with foliage and cranes, the round group also had a pagoda and cranes but it also has a cherry blossom tree.
Chinese Red Lacquer Box and Cover circa 1880
Price: £150
A Chinese Lacquer Box and Cover, the base and lid decorated with a design of massed peony and chrysanthemum heads in red lacquer and the lid inset with an irregularly shaped plaque depicting a garden scene with peony, butterflies and rocks within a diaper design border all in polychrome lacquers. The interior with a contemporary paper lining. Style and technique suggest a circa date to the end of the nineteenth century.
Chinese Rice Grain Plate decorated in underglaze blue, iron red and gold, circa 1900
Price: £45
Chinese Plate of typical form with a straight flaring edge, decorated in undergalaze blue with a central panel of chrysanthemum within a border of bats and a repeating geometric design, the edge with a band of diaper design and between a border of stylised scrolling floral blooms in iron red and gold with turquoise enamel highlighting. The reverse with concentric circles in underglaze blue and a 'shop mark' to the centre, the rim of the plate also with 'rice grain' decoration where the porcelain is pierced and the glaze allowed to cover the openings made. Paste and style of decoration suggest a circa date towards the end of the Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1912) probably circa 1900.
Chinese Famille Rose Bowl decorated with ladies, Qianlong mark, Republican period
Price: £35
Chinese Famille Rose Bowl of typical deep form with a short foot decorated to the exterior with two panels of ladies seated in a stylised garden scene, the lobed borders in iron red, on a ground of densely packed floral blooms in the 'mille feur' pattern, the interior similarly decorated with peony and lotus, the exterior decoration continuing over the foot rim which is unusual. The base with an apocryphal Qianlong period mark (1736 - 1795) in iron red. The style of decoration and paste of the foot rim suggests a dating in the Republican period (1912 - 1949), perhaps around 1930 and this piece, which very loosely follows Imperial designs from the eighteenth century, was probably intended for the local market, in common with the 'Straits Chinese Porcelain' pieces also produced for the local market in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Small Chinese Bronze Vase of Ku Form with Elephant Head Handles, Qing Dynasty circa 1800
Price: £150
Chinese Bronze Vase of Ku Form with typical spreading foot, bulbous body and wide flaring neck and rim, set at the side with a pair of elephant head handles. The base decorated with a circling dragon, the body with two panels of peony, rocks and butterflies, the neck with repeating stylised plantain leaves with stylised floral decoration in an 'archaistic' style and the top rim with a band of repeating geometric designs. Note in particular the detail of the casting of the elephant heads and the dragon's head. This, combined with the quality of the bronze which has excellent weight and patina, suggests a circa date at least towards the middle of the Qing dynasty (1644-1912) if not perhaps before. The piece was probably conceived as part of a miniature altar set and was possibly intended as an incense burner.
Unusual Chinese Bowl decorated in the Japanese Kutani Style, early 20th Century
Price: £45
This is an unusual Chinese Bowl decorated in the Japanese Kutani Style. The form resembles a flower head with petals and the exterior is highlighted with narrow moulded ribbing. The inside and out are decorated with a wide variety of densely packed floral blooms including peony, lotus and chrysanthemum, the pattern closely resembling the well known 'millefiore' or 'mille fleur' designs painted in Famille Rose enamels which were produced in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. But the colours used here are iron red and gold with the addition of grisaille highlights which is typical of the palette used in Japanese Kutani wares. The Chinese did sometimes copy or adapt these wares and vases with the 'hundred sage' pattern copying the Japanese are well known. Even the form here is more Japanese than Chinese in style so the aim was clearly to make the adaptation as close as possible. The paste of the foot rim and the nature of the gilding suggest a circa date in the early 20th Century, perhaps around 1920.
4 Chinese Imperial Jindezhen Porcelain Decorative Plates 1985-87
Price: £100
This is a partial set of four plates from Imperial Jindezhen Porcelain. The series is entitled "Beauties of the Red Mansion" by master artisan Zhao Huimin. These plates depict Chinese stories with ornate interiors and female characters. These are dated 1985 1986 (2) and 1987.
Two Ketsuzan Kiln plates from the Poetic Visions of Japan Series, Japan 1988
Price: £40
These are two decorative plates depicting Japanese beauties. Made at the Ketsuzan Kiln in 1988, the series, entitled 'Poetic Visions of Japan', was designed by the Master Artist, Yoshiharu Katoh, They are decorated with vividly hand coloured transfer prints and marked with a description of the scene in Japanese on the reverse.
Persian Red Lacquer Box in the form of a Pumpkin, 19th century
Price: £30
This is a beautiful small lacquer box in the form of a pumpkin with typical lobed sides and a finial at the top, with very fine Persian floral decoration in gold, green, deep pink and blue. The interior and base finished in black.
Large Chinese eglomise scent bottle 1950s
Price: £75
This is a very unusual large scent bottle with loose glass rings and a foo dog stopper. There are two eglomise scenes on either side depicting children playing
Beautiful long jade necklace with lapis lazuli and large carved jade pendant
Price: £1100
This is a stunning constructed necklace with a large carved jade pendant with alternating stations of jade and lapis lazuli beads. The jade beads and carving are 1920s/30s, the lapis is 1960s.
Art Deco Chinese necklace, lapis lazuli 1930s
Price: £75
This is a wonderful example of Chinese carving in lapis lazuli. Perfect Deco piece!
Chinese Embroidered Silk Table Screen 1960s
Price: £30
This is a very delicate table screen made of four panels all with a section of embroidered silk that creates a natural setting with birds and branches, in fitted box
Long Art Deco necklace with spinach jade 1930s
Price: £150
This is a lovely necklace with a large carved piece of spinach jade with beads of jade, carnelian, amber and silver, ending in a Buddha figure. This necklace has been restrung using vintage elements.
Chinese Art Deco carved boxwood frame 1920s
Price: £50
This is a wonderful Chinese frame that has been carved with symbols and dragons, boxwood
Translucent celadon jade recumbent horse
Price: £25
This is a lovely piece of celadon jade that is translucent carved as a recumbent horse. There are some inclusions as shown in photographs
Chinese mother of pearl inlay soapstone herb casket
Price: £30
This is a very usual box made of soapstone with very fine mother of pearl inlay depicting a deity on the cover with dragons and fruit on the sides, with mark
Set of Three Chinese Rose Medallion Plates circa 1880
Price: £100
A set of three Chinese Plates decorated in the typical Rose Medallion pattern with panels of figure and floral scenes with repeating 'c' form gilt borders set on a gilt floral ground with peony blooms.
Unusual Chinese banded agate chopstick rest
Price: £20
This is a very unusual chopstick rest made from beautiful banded agate
Japanese Arita Blue and White Bowl
Price: £50
Japanese Arita Blue and White Bowl of shallow flaring form with a lightly lobed rim and a short foot, decorated in deep underglaze blue to the interior and exterior with a design of sages in a stylised landscape scene with bamboo and rocks, the centre of the interior with a roundel of stylised floral blooms and a border of repeating geometric design. This piece is typical of late nineteenth century wares made in Japan for export to the West and dates to the end of the Meiji period (1868-1912).
Pair of Japanese red lacquered low stands, Taisho period
Price: £150
Pair of Japanese red lacquered low stands, Taisho period (1912-1926). The stands have a square insert on the stand with bowed supports and plain stretcher base. The upper rims are inset with abalone shell, the inset vase stands are round. With original fitted softwood carrying box with character marks on lid
Japanese damascene demi parure, necklace and bracelet 1950s
Price: £25
This is a lovely Japanese damascene necklace and bracelet with natural motifs in a floral shape
Pair of Japanese Imari Plates, Meiji Period circa 1880
Price: £120
Pair of fine quality Japanese Imari Plates, Meiji Period (1868-1912) circa 1880, decorated in underglaze blue, iron red and gold with a typical fabric derived 'brocade' style design, the central three leaf clover shape roundel surrounded by three shaped panels with fans all on a ground of stylised scrolling foliage, the reverses plain with two concentric circles in underglaze blue next to the foot rim. The form of these plates is unusual, copying the standard design of a Chinese eighteenth century dinner plate.
Set of 4 Chinese Scroll Weights
Price: £25
This is a very nice set of four scroll weights with different images on the front and the zodiac on the back. They don't seem to be silver but rather silver metal. There is no plating missing so they are either in great condition or they are not plated but are rather a silver metal. Apologies but we have no way of testing silver.
Stunning Chinese export silver buckle or pendant
Price: £75
This is a very beautiful large Chinese export silver buckle or pendant. Shown here strung onto some silk ribbon. It has a very detailed dragon motif set on a checkboard background. It appears to have English marks so it might have been converted to a pendant by an English silversmith or possibly the components were assembled in Britain. It is an interesting piece no matter how you look at it!