oriental art & decor
~ Partial Inventory ~

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A Pair of 19th Century Cloisonné Plates. Chinese, Guangxu Period (1875-1908)
Both showing a central cartouche painted with figures in woodland settings, set against a brilliant yellow field decorated overall with blossoms and vinery. Diameter - 6.25”

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 19th Century Chinese Blue & White Baluster Vases. Late Qing Dynasty, Circa 1880
Both ceramic bodies decorated with hand painted images of dragons and celestial elements, the shoulders and bases showing matte-brown collars with incised wave motifs, the matching lids showing Foo-Dog finials. Height - 12.25”
Note: minor damage to lids.
Spurious character marks read “Chenghua nianzhi” (Reign of the Chenghua Emperor 1465-1487 AD)
   
 

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A Very Good Pair of Satsuma Pottery Vases. Japanese, Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Both bodies of quatrefoil-baluster form, painted with alternating panels of figures in traditional dress strolling amidst gardens & structures, interspersed by opposing views of cranes and birds of paradise set against lake views. Both signed in characters for the maker Hotodo Yama. Height 6”
Note: one with restoration

 

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A Fine Japanese Ando Cloisonne Enamel Ginbari Vase. Showa Period (1926-1989)
The tapering ovoid body showing opaque pink & white enamels outlined in brass and silver wires, depicting rose blossoms on thorny stems set against a ground of transparent dark green enamel over a stippled foil underlay, the reverse illustrating bamboo-frond motifs in foil beneath the enameled exterior. The flaring neck and base showing a silvered metal rim, the underside of the base-rim bearing the stamped Ando factory mark.
Height - 8.5”

A 19th Century Porcelain Stem Cup. Chinese, Guangxu Period (1875-1908)
The dished body decorated with floral elements in ‘famille verte’ enamels, raised atop a flaring
stem-base decorated with traditional wave motifs. Minor restoration to rim. Height - 5.5”

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An Early 20th Century Bone Netsuke of a Laughing-Buddha. Japanese, Meiji Period (1868-1912)
The figure of a laughing Buddha shown seated while fanning himself, dressed in a robe with etched & stained detail. Signed in characters on the underside.

Three Chinese ‘Famille Verte’ Celadon Ground Porcelain Saucers, Tao Kuang Period (1821-1851)
The central fields decorated with hand painted enamels depicting flower blossoms interspersed with foliage and flowerheads. (minor fritting) Diameter - 5.5”
 

A Finely Carved 20th Century Jade Model of a ‘Dragon-Eye’ Goldfish.
Chinese, Circa 1940 Length 7”
 
 

 

A Fine 19th Century Chinese Export Silver Cane Handle, Circa 1880
The silver handle embossed with flowerheads, foliage and vinery, affixed by a silver ferule
to a tapering ebony shaft . No visible maker’s marks.
Overall length -31”, handle length -3.75”

 

A Fine Chinese Export Silver and White Jade Snuff Box, Circa 1850

The case constructed of twin white jade panels set within hinged silver mounts showing engraved running flower-head designs, the top panel depicting a stylized dragon carved in low-relief, the interior later adapted to hold small cigarettes.Dimensions, 3” x 2” x .5”. Unmarked, Probably Shanghai.

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A 19th Century Porcelain and Cloisonné ‘Totai’ Vase. Japanese, Meiji Period (1868-1912)
The ovoid-shaped porcelain body decorated overall with matte turquoise enamelling interspersed with motifs of butterflies, flower blossoms and vinery, the rim & base decorated with white diamond-shaped lozenges set against a field of alternating light & dark green panels. Signed on the underside in characters for Matsuda Youheikou. Height: 10” (Some firing cracks visible to the interior of the body but do not transfer to the exterior, old hairline crack to rim)

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A Fine Pair of 19th Century Chinese Sang de Boeuf Bottle Vases.
Guangxu Period (1875-1908)
Both globular bodies rising to flaring necks and covered in a deep red high glaze, their interiors in a pale ‘robin’s egg’ blue glaze, raised upon their original carved & pierced circular hardwood bases.
Height - 7.75” (not including bases)
 
 
 
 

 

A Very Fine Japanese Satsuma ‘Dragonware’ Baluster Vase. Meiji Period (1868-1912)
The body richly decorated overall in hand painted gilt detail, interspersed by finely executed painted portraits of scholars and warriors, the image of a dragon painted in white enamel encircles the lower section. The underside signed in characters for famed Japanese potter Wada Touzan-zou (Kotoura-gama).

Height - 7.25”

 

 

An 18th Century Chinese Mandarin Tea Cup. Qianlong Period (1736-1795)
 
 

 

A 19th Chinese Export Blue & White Porcelain Chestnut Basket, Canton Circa 1830
The pierced oval basket decorated with hand painted views of pagodas and lake scenes, resting upon a conforming and similarly decorated flat. Circa 1820. Basket dimensions, 3” high x 8.5” wide x 7.5” deep

 

A Large19th Century Canton ‘Famille Rose’ Baluster Vase
The body decorated overall with hand-painted panels of figures in a courtyard, the neck flanked by gilt Buddhistic lions and chilong.
Chinese, Circa 1840. Height -14”

 

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A Signed Japanese Mixed Metal and Patinated Bronze Vase. Meiji Period (1868-1912)
The globular body showing silver and gold overlaid motifs of a chrysanthemum blossom set amongst foliage and budding branches. Height - 6”

A Finely Carved 19th Century Gilded Black-Lacquer Wood Figure of a Burmese Buddha.
Carved from a single block of padoukwood, the black lacquered & richly gilded figure of Buddah shown wearing a monastic robe, seated in the Bhumisparsamudra position atop a lotus-blossom carved base. Height - 25.5" Width - 16" Depth - 11"

An Early 20th Century Japanese Patinated & Mixed Metal Bronze Vase
The large ovoid body decorated with raised motifs of flying cranes in silver-overlay set amongst incised detail of pine boughs. Height -12”. Circa 1900

 

A Richly Decorated 20th Century Oriental Black Lacquered Table Cabinet
The exterior case showing a front panel depicting a pair of hand painted & gilded five-toed dragons flanking a ‘thunder ball’ set against a celestial background of clouds and fire, the sides and top decorated with hand painted & gilded motifs of lotus blossoms, chrysanthemums and scrolling vinery.
The interior fitted with a series of long and short drawers retaining their original pewter drop-pulls and decorated with hand applied gilt detail. Chinese, probably Shanghai. Circa 1900.
Dimensions, 13.75” x 18.5” x 10”

An 18th / 19th Century Tibetan Thangka of Buddha Nagaraja (King of Serpents) The central figure of Nagaraja shown seated in the vajra position atop a lotus blossom, hands clasped in ‘The Enlightened Mudra’, his head shaded by a green disc interspersed with seven snakes. Flanking him and above are deities seated atop billowing green & orange-coloured clouds, beneath him are rolling seas inhabited by orange, green & white-coloured water-nagas sided by outcroppings of temples and enlightened scholars. Mineral dyes on linen, bordered by embroidered silk panels. Dimensions: 35” x 23.5”, border dimensions: 54.5” x 32

A Very Good Early 19th Century Chinese Export Tea Caddy. The wooden framework covered in black lacquer with gold lacquer detail, opening to reveal three embossed pewter canisters – two for tea (black and green), and a third for mixing. The lid monogrammed WR.

Circa 1800. Dimensions: 6” high, 10” wide, 6” deep.

A very similar example is listed in the Chinese Export, Art and Design section of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
 

 

A Fine 19th Century Ormolu Mounted Oriental Porcelain Pot-Pourri Vase.

 The pierced, ormolu cover above an oviform body showing alternating panels of hand decorated motifs of peony blossoms and vinery in ‘famille rose’ palette tones, raised overall atop a stepped circular ormolu base with guilloche embossed motifs. Chinese, Probably Guangxu Period (1875-1908).

 
 

A Fine Chinese Export Silver and White Jade Snuff Box, Circa 1850

The case constructed of twin white jade panels set within hinged silver mounts showing engraved running flower-head designs, the top panel depicting a stylized dragon carved in low-relief, the interior later adapted to hold small cigarettes.Dimensions, 3” x 2” x .5”. Unmarked, Probably Shanghai.


A Finely Carved Okimono of a Man Holding an Opium Pipe. Japanese, Meiji Period (1868-1912). Height - 5”

A Highly Decorative Pair of Oriental Porcelain Candlesticks with Ormolu Mounts
Hand painted and naturalistically modelled as parrots perched atop tree branches with insects and fauna, decorated with ormolu mounts and raised upon pierced ormolu bases.
20th Century. Height -14”.
 

An Early 20th Century Chinese ‘Famille Rose’ Porcelain Table Lamp

A Finely Carved Ivory Walking Stick Handle Depicting a Group of Toads.

  Japanese, Meiji Period (1868-1912). Height -1.5”

 

A Finely Carved and Signed ‘Thousand Faces’ Ivory Walking-Stick Handle. Japanese, Meiji Period (1868-1912). Height: 1.5”