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Chinese Ceramics and Asian Works of ArtMonday 02 December 2013 10:00

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Lot: 1A Chinese wood table of rectangular shape and simplestretchers, 19th-20th century, 159cm long and 82.5cm highEstimate: £1,000.00 - £1,500.00

Lot: 2A huali kang table of rectangular form, the top with floatingpanel above a plain freize and resting on S-shaped supportsterminating in stylised hoof feet, the honey toned wooduniformly well figured, dimensions 76.5cm x 40cm x 28cm, 19thcenturyEstimate: £1,500.00 - £2,000.00

Lot: 3Two Chinese landscape paintings, ink on silk, respectively186cm high and 26.5cm high, 19th-20th centuryEstimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 4A Chinese painting of maidens playing games on a terrace, inkand watercolour, 126cm x 74cm, 19th centuryEstimate: £150.00 - £250.00

Lot: 5A set of six Chinese pith paintings, each depicting a differentfigure from mythology, in gouache on pith paper, each framedand glazed, size including frame 25cm x 19cm, late 19thcentury Estimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 6Two Chinese paintings from the Romance of the ThreeKingdoms, three flower and bird paintings, and a Chinesesquare silk panel embroidered with blooming peonies, 19th-20th centuryEstimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 7A Chinese ancestor portrait in inks, gouache and gilding onpaper with a female figure in a richly embroidered dragon robe,overall dimensions 101cm x 56cm, 19th-20th century, framedand glazedEstimate: £300.00 - £400.00

Lot: 8A Chinese scroll painting on silk depicting a brace of mandarinducks on a stream beneath a rocky outcrop upon whichflourishes a flowering peony bush, supported on a Japanesestyle mount, overall dimensions 172cm x 56cm, 17th century orlater; with wood boxEstimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 9A Chinese painting in inks and gouache on silk, depicting aChinese beauty toying with a spray of flowering cherry as sheleans out of a circular window, behind her a table bears books,an incense burner and a floral arrangement, signed with twoseals, painted area 120.5cm x 76cm, 18th-19th century

Estimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 10A Chinese fan painting painted on a silver ground in ink, coloursand gilt with an extensive landscape with a figure and hisattendant crossing a bridge in the centre, unsigned, width offan 50cm, 18th-19th century; two calligraphic fan paintings,width 52.5cm and 54cm, 19th-20th century; all three framedand glazedEstimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 11A pair of Chinese ancestor portraits, each a half-length view ofan elderly dignitary seated in a horseshoe-back chair;dimensions of image 43cm x 35.5cm, 19th-20th century; eachframed and glazedEstimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 14A Chinese Export painting in gouache on paper depicting acomplex of buildings beside a lake, a concubine fans herself asshe stands with her attendants beneath a gnarled pine, amountainous landscape beyond, 44cm x 54cm, 19th century;framed and glazedEstimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 15A Chinese scroll painting in inks and colours on paper depictinga pair of cranes beside a rushing stream, they stand amidbamboo beneath the branches of a flowering cherry tree inwhich are a further pair of birds, signed with four seals, overalldimensions 201cm x 86cm, 19th centuryEstimate: £150.00 - £250.00

Lot: 16A Chinese painting of a garden scene depicting ladiesengaging in leisurely pursuits, colours and gold on silk, 19thcenturyEstimate: £300.00 - £500.00

Lot: 17A Chinese calligraphy scroll, extract from the Lantingji Xu (Poem of the Orchid Pavilion), 257cm highEstimate: £80.00 - £100.00

Lot: 18A Chinese painting of a warrior, standing amid a mountainouslandscape, praying to a goddess flanked by two attendantsamid clouds, 19th-20th century, 111cm high and 61cm wideEstimate: £80.00 - £100.00

Lot: 19A pair of Chinese bronze enamel vases of archaistic shapedecorated in enamel and cast bands of stylised geometric andfloral motifs, the ring handles with applied taotie masks, 30.5cmhigh, late 19th centuryEstimate: £100.00 - £150.00

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Lot: 20A Chinese Yixing cup of octagonal form glazed to the interior inpale turquoise, the exterior mounted in pewter and bearing anincised calligraphic inscription, fitted with a hardstone handle toone side, 9.5cm wide, 19th-20th centuryEstimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 21A large bronze tripod censer, the bulbous body cast in highrelief with dragons and flaming pearls, mounted to either sidewith handles formed as Qilin, the whole raised on animal-headand paw legs, the domed cover pierced and cast with scatteredcash amid acanthus leaves and surmounted by a Buddhist dogknop, traces of gilding, height 47cm, cast six character sealmark to baseEstimate: £400.00 - £600.00

Lot: 22A Chinese silver gilt hair ornament of long, flat form withscrolled terminal, decorated to one side with lotus flowers andfoliage on a fish-roe ground, the reverse with a two-characterstamp, length 25.7cm, 17th-18th centuryEstimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 23A T'ang Style Silver Cup of flared circular form resting on aplain, slightly spread foot, the sides chased and gilded on a fish-roe ground with stylised lotus flowers and leaves beneath a key-fret border to the rim, height 4.6cm, probably Qing DynastyEstimate: £300.00 - £400.00

Lot: 24A Chinese root wood carving of Li Tieguai, the immortalstanding amid ruyi fungi, with scraggy beard, hair held by aband, holding a sceptre in his left hand, 37cm high, 19th-20thcenturyEstimate: £80.00 - £100.00

Lot: 25Three Chinese gilded wood relief panels depicting figuresamidst elaborate architectural settings, 43cm, 63cm and 65cmhigh, 20th century Provenance: The property of a lady.Estimate: £80.00 - £100.00

Lot: 26A bamboo brush pot of typical cylindrical form carved in reliefwith figures and attendants on the terrace of a building and inthe nearby pine forest, height 15cm, 19th-20th centuryEstimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 27A collection of mother-of-pearl gaming tokens, of longrectangular, short rectangular and circular form, each lightlyengraved; two wood Bezique counters, 19th and 20th century(approximately 150)Estimate: £150.00 - £200.00

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A collection of mother-of-pearl gaming tokens of rectangular,circular and fish shapes, each with lightly engraved decoration,approximately 180, 19th-20th centuryEstimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 29A carved ivory puzzle ball, the outer ball carved in typicalExport style with genre scenes amid bamboo and containing atleast six concentric diaper pierced balls withon, the outer casewith pendant fruit beneath and a knop of a woman and childabove, the whole suspended on an ivory linked chain ending ina dragon-fish, length 38cmEstimate: £400.00 - £600.00

Lot: 30A Chinese Export ivory cribbage board of rectangular form withlobed top, decorated on a ground of convoluted lotus flowersand foliage with panels pierced and carved with genre scenes,length 24cm, 19th centuryEstimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 31A Chinese Export ivory card case of typical slender rectangularform carved all over with groups of figures amid a townscape ofbuildings and bamboo, height 10.5cm, late 19th century;another ivory card case, the plain rectangular body carved ajour with a cruciform panel of genre scenes to one side, thereverse with similar, lobed panels, height 10.8cm, late 19thcenturyEstimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 32A group of Chinese ivory objects comprising of a needle case, anote holder and two ivory boxes, all carved with intricate,openwork designs of contorting dragons and floral sprays, 19thcenturyEstimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 33A collection of twenty-seven Chinese agate, jade and otherhardstone miniature musical instruments, in a silk linedcompartmented cabinet, 19th-20th centuryEstimate: £600.00 - £800.00

Lot: 34Two Chinese soapstone seals carved with seated Qilin, onewith an inscription, respectively 11.5cm and 11cm highEstimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 35A Chinese rock crystal seal, the large cuboid chuck surmountedby a Qilin standing four-square, its head turned slightly to theleft, height 8.1cm, 19th century or earlierEstimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 36A Chinese jade pendant carved as a tree squirrel on a fingercitron and with integral suspension ring attached to the stalk,

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length 4cmEstimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 37A Chinese soapstone six folded standing screen depictingfigures of dignitaries amid landscapes and calligraphy, 19th-20th century, 105.5cm high and 127cm wideEstimate: £150.00 - £200.00

Lot: 38A Chinese jade carving of a reclining ram, the head turnedlooking at its lamb climbing on its back amongst lingzhi fungus,the body well carved, the stone of white tone with slight beigemarkings, 7.1cm long, with a wood stand and fitted boxProvenance: Formerly in an English private collection,purchased from Dunt King, 24th March 1977.Estimate: £600.00 - £800.00

Lot: 39A Chinese mutton fat jade pendant pierced and carved as anelaborate butterfly, its wings pierced with stylised lingzhi, 8cm x5cm, 19th centuryEstimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 40A jade plaque of oval form carved in low relief with a fingercitron growing from a large vessel, the plaque set within a woodpanel possibly originally from a sceptre, length 10.2cmEstimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 41A hardstone brush washer of elongated oval form carved with aQilin to either side, length 10.7cm; a hardstone model of acenser, the tripod vessel with animal-head handles andsurmounted by a cover with Buddhist dog knop, height 8.4cm; ahardstone model of a tiger, the reclining animal with a cubclambering up either flank, length 15.7cmEstimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 42Three jade plume holders, each of cylindrical form with asuspension loop at one end, one chased with bats amid clouds,another of a delicate lavender colourEstimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 43A group of hardstone items including a pair of jadeite bangles, ajadeite ring, two hardstone discs, a pair of jadeite and coralearrings and othersEstimate: £300.00 - £500.00

Lot: 44A Chinese jade desk piece carved with relief designs of twoconfronting Qilin, the stone of pale celadon tone with browninclusions, 23.5cm highEstimate: £300.00 - £400.00

Lot: 45Two Pairs of Embroidered Sleeve Bands, each pair mountedwithin Chinoiserie blackwood panels and glazed, approximately57cm x 18cm and 52cm x 20cm; 19th century (2)Estimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 46A Kesi Wall-Hanging, 19th-20th century, of rectangular formwithin a brocaded silk border with wood top-rail and gildedmetal suspension mounts decorated in repousse with clouds,the panel depicts the three sages and two attendants amidpeonies in a landscape, a long-tailed bird flies overhead as theyexamine a scroll, 173cm x 115cmEstimate: £300.00 - £400.00

Lot: 47A Japanese Textile Wall Hanging, Meiji period, woven inrectangular form and embroidered in gilt thread with variousJapanese emblems including long-tailed Ho-Ho birds, dragons,shishi, Shojos dancing on the beach, cherry blossom, prunustrees, Chinese boys merry-making etc., approx 155cm x 130cmEstimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 48A Chinese red ground silk child's jacket embroidered with floralsprays and insects, late 19th-early 20th centuryEstimate: £60.00 - £80.00

Lot: 49A group of thirty-three assorted Chinese embroidered silkpanels, 22cm to 55cm high, 19th-20th centuryEstimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 50An exceptional Ming kesi Imperial dragon roundel, finely wovenwith a front-facing Imperial dragon in pursuit of a flaming pearlabove trident mountains and crusty waves, holding a red diskmarked with the character wan between its horns, amid aground of vaporous clouds, the silk worked in threads of tonesof red, blue, green, yellow, beige, white and gold, 36cmdiameter, 16th-17th centuryEstimate: £8,000.00 - £10,000.00

Lot: 51A Chinese red silk informal jacket embroidered in gold threadwith writhing dragons clutching flaming pearls, amid abackground of swirling clouds, cranes and auspicious symbols,above the terrestrial diagram, early 20th century, 153cm highand 110cm wideEstimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 52A selection of Chinese silk textiles finely embroidered with floralsprays and blooming flowers, 20th centuryEstimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 53A Chinese Tang style pottery model of a Bactrian camel,

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kneeling, carrying two goats on its back, 25cm high, 23cm wideEstimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 54A Chinese Ming dynasty style glazed pottery tile modelled as awarrior riding a saddled horse, covered in green, yellow andochre colours, 57cm highEstimate: £150.00 - £200.00

Lot: 55A Chinese Tang style sancai glazed pottery model of a bull,standing four square, 33cm high, 42cm wideEstimate: £150.00 - £200.00

Lot: 56A Chinese wood model of Guanyin, standing on rockwork,wearing long flowing robes and elaborate headdress, Mingdynasty or earlier, 42cm high Estimate: £150.00 - £200.00

Lot: 57A Chinese Tang style pottery model of a Bactrian camel,standing four square on a rectangular platform, its head raisedhigh, surmounted by a foreign rider with pierced handspositioned to hold reins, with traces of red and orangepigments, 67cm high (camel) Estimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 58A Group of ten Chinese and Near Eastern ceramics includingtwo Swatow dishes, a Cantonese Saucer dish, three provincialChinese blue and white items, an amber and green glazed dishand three Near Eastern pottery bowls, various periods and sizesEstimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 59A large Swatow blue and white dish of deep circular formdecorated with dragons disputing a flaming pearl in the centrewith bands of hares running over waves and further symbolicmotifs, diameter 40.3cm, 17th century; a blue and white saucerdish decorated with a mythical beast amid plants within bandsof floral swags and Sanscrit characters, the exterior withscrolling lotus band, diameter 34cm, 17th century Estimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 60A Chinese blue and white baluster jar decorated with floralsprays, grapes and Buddhist symbols, Wanli period, 65cm highEstimate: £2,200.00 - £2,500.00

Lot: 61A Chinese blue and white box of circular shape decorated withthe Eight Horses of Mu Wang, the lid with King Mu and theQueen Mother of the West crossing the sea, 10cm diameter,19th centuryEstimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 62Eight blue and white bowls and five saucers, the deep bowls offluted circular form with lobed rim, decorated in underglaze bluewith fish, flowers and stylised borders, the saucers of similarform with fish against a ground of dense roe within a foliateborder, height of cups 5.6cm, diameter of saucers 13.5cm, four-character mark of Kangxi, and probably of the period; and amodern wine cupEstimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 63A blue and white saucer dish of spirally lobed circular form withpetaloid rim, painted with a central reserve of insects amidflowers and rocks, within floral and foliate bands, exterior withthree scattered blooms, diameter 16.3cm; two blue and whitesaucers, each moulded with a band of lappets and decoratedwith floral motifs, diameter 12.9cm; all Kangxi periodEstimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 64A pair of blue and white dishes, each of shallow,dodecahedronical form moulded with lappets and decoratedwith a central medallion of rocks amid plants, all within a borderof lappets and radiating floral panels, the exterior with scatteredsprigs, diameter 13.4cm, four-character mark of Kangxi andprobably of the period; three smaller saucers of similar formwith lobed rim, decorated with a garden scene within floralbands, diameter 12.7cm-13cm, 18th centuryEstimate: £250.00 - £350.00

Lot: 65A large Chinese famille rose porcelain vase painted with acontinuous scene featuring luohans and dragons amid a cloudylandscape, within a band of lappets and ruyi motifs, the neckdecorated with floral scrolls and auspicious motifs against apink ground, elephant and ring handles, 47.5cm high, 20thcenturyEstimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 66A collection of five Chinese 18th century porcelain bowlscomprising a famille rose bowl decorated with blooming flowers,a powder blue ground bowl with reserve panels of underglazeblue and copper red landscape scenes, and three smallerbowls similarly decorated with floral designs, 22.5cm, 14.5cm,15cm, 15.5cm diameterEstimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 67A Chinese blue and white meat dish of oblong octagonal form,and a lobed dish, both painted with riverside pavilions amidpines and rockwork, respectively 24cm long and 31cmdiameter, 18th centuryEstimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 68Two Chinese Imari dishes and a bowl decorated with floralscrolls and floral sprays, 18th century Estimate: £80.00 - £100.00

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Lot: 69A famille rose basin of deep circular form with rolled lip,decorated to the well with figures in a palatial building by astream surrounded by scattered florettes and insects, all intypical enamels and gilding within an underglaze blue diaperband around the rim, the exterior with further florettes, diameter29.2cm, early 19th century; And a circular blue and whitetureen with associated cover, diameter 26.8cm, 19th century Estimate: £400.00 - £600.00

Lot: 70A Chinese blue and white charger decorated with a Chinesepavilion amid blooming flowers and scrolls, 38cm diameter,18th centuryEstimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 71A Chinese mandarin pattern mug and bowl with matchingdecoration of floral sprays, an Imari dish of oblong shape, ablue and white dish decorated with a landscape view and afamille rose tureen with animal shaped handles and floralsprays, all 18th centuryEstimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 72A set of three pseudo tobacco-leaf dishes, each of circularbarbed form and decorated in typical famille rose enamels,underglaze blue and gilding, diameter 16.3cm, 18th centuryEstimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 73A Chinese blue and white tureen and cover of octagonal formwith boar's head handles, the body decorated with floweringshrubs, 30cm long, 18th centuryEstimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 74A Chinese famille rose baluster jar decorated with reservepanels bearing phoenixes and golden pheasants amid pittedrocks and blooming peonies, riverside scenes, all against apowder blue ground, Kangxi six character mark, 25cm high,19th centuryEstimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 75Comrade Mao Tse-Tung in Guangzhou, 1925, A finely paintedportrait on a porcelain tile of young Mao within a lacqueredwooden frame, a gift from the Revolutionary Committee ofJingdezhen Art Porcelain Factory to the RevolutionaryCommittee of Guangzhou Seafood Production Company,opening measures 444cm x 292 mm, overall 610cm x 420 mm,Jingdezhen Art Porcelain Factory, c.1970 1970 Estimate: £800.00 - £1,200.00

Lot: 76A pair of Chinese famille verte bowls, of deep, rounded sides,gilded rims, decorated with Buddhist lions playing with abrocade bowls, 11cm diameter, the base with iron-red fourcharacter mark of Guangxu and of the period Provenance: By

repute, purchased in Shanghai at the end of the 19th century.Estimate: £60.00 - £100.00

Lot: 77A Chinese famille rose vase of tapered ovoid form standing ona slightly flared foot and rising to an everted mouth, decoratedin typical overglaze enamels with a group of ladies conversing beside wind-sculpted rocks on a terrace by a lake, the reversewith a calligraphic inscription, the neck with bands of formaldesigns en grisaille, with wood stand, 50.2cm high, 20th centuryEstimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 78A famille verte vase of inverted baluster form decorated in arich palette of enamels with a dreaming scholar and his vision,all between bands of cloud scrolls and diaper designs, the basebears a Qianlong seal surrounded by a dragon, height 31.2cm,19th century Provenance: G.B.Warner CollectionEstimate: £300.00 - £400.00

Lot: 79A large Cantonese punch bowl of deep circular form decoratedin a typical palette of overglaze famille rose enamels withalternating panels of figures on a terrace and birds amidflowers, 34.2cm diameter, 19th centuryEstimate: £300.00 - £500.00

Lot: 80A collection of five Chinese Canton Export famille rose vesselscomprising two plates, 23cm and 23.5cm diameter, a teacaddy, 11cm high, a tea cup, 11.5cm dameter, a milk jug, 13cmhigh, all decorated in overglaze and gilt enamels with figures,floral scrolls, bird and flower subjects, 19th centuryEstimate: £80.00 - £100.00

Lot: 81A Chinese pale celadon jade carving of Liu Hai's three leggedtoad upon a leafy gourd vine, some darker inclusions, 7.6cmlong, 19th centuryEstimate: £300.00 - £400.00

Lot: 82A Chinese famille verte vase of archaic shape, the high neckand foot decorated with reserve panels depicting figures ininterior and exterior settings against a floral background, thewaisted body with a continuous garden scene within a ruyishaped collar above and a geometric band below, theshoulders with applied animal-head handles, 24cm high, 19thcenturyEstimate: £100.00 - £200.00

Lot: 83A famille rose saucer dish, decorated in a typical palette ofenamels with the Eight Immortals on a rocky ledge beside ariver in which two figures are sailing in a rootwood boat, thereverse with bamboo sprays in rouge-de-fer, diameter 18.5cm,six-character seal mark of Jiaqing but of later manufactureEstimate: £200.00 - £300.00

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Lot: 84A famille rose box and cover of compressed globular formresting on a short foot, decorated with a reserve of two birdsabove peonies and irises within a band of scattered blossomson cracked ice, the foot with a rouge-de-fer hallmark, diameter6.9cm, 19th-20th centuryEstimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 85A wucai vase of inverted baluster form on a spreading foot andrising to a cylindrical neck, decorated in enamels with twophoenixes on a ground of scrolling peonies above a band oflappets around the foot, the neck with three underglaze bluelines and scattered sprigs, height 33.5cm, 17th centuryEstimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 86A large famille verte punch bowl of deep, circular form,decorated to the well with a roundel depicting two birds in thebranches of a flowering prunus tree within a fenced garden, allbeneath a band of scrolling lotus and vignettes of reclininghorses, the exterior with lappet-shaped panels of preciousobjects, bird and flowers, insects in gardens and landscapes allbeneath a further band of scrolling flowers with alternatingvignettes of fish and horses, double underglaze blue ring tofoot, 38.7cm diameter Estimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 87A Chinese porcelain tea caddy, gilded and painted with designsof birds amid floral shrubs,15.5cm high; a porcelain tea pot withmetal handles shaped in a twisted rope design, painted withfigures amid a landscape setting, 10.5cm high, both early 20thcentury Provenance: The property of a lady.Estimate: £40.00 - £60.00

Lot: 88A Chinese Imari teapot, the globular body with loop handle andshort spout, decorated in rouge-de-fer and en grisaille withpeony blooms and buds, on an underglaze blue ground ofscrolling chrysanthemum and peonies, with domed coversimilarly decorated, height 12.6cm, 19th centuryEstimate: £150.00 - £200.00

Lot: 89A Chinese famille rose dish, of irregular leaf shape anddecorated on the turquoise ground in typical enamels with arepresentation of The Hundred Boys at various pursuits, length28.5cm, base with red seal of Qianlong but possibly laterEstimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 90A Chinese famille verte of The Eight Immortals, each figureholds an attribute and stands upon a stepped plinth, decoratedin typical enamels with elaborately decorated robes, height21cm-23cm, 19th century; each with a fitted wood standProvenance: Diane Pelham Burn, a private Buckinghamshirecollection.Estimate: £150.00 - £250.00

Lot: 91A famille rose punch bowl decorated in typical fashion withfigures on a terrace and beside a river, diameter 25.7cm; asimilar punch bowl, diameter 20cm; a large platter of dishedcircular form decorated in underglaze blue with peony bloomsand foliage, diameter 38.2 cm; two famille verte dishes, 14.2 cmand 21cm; all 19th century Provenance: Diane Pelham Burn, aprivate Buckinghamshire collection.Estimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 92A Chinese polychrome shouldered porcelain vase, decoratedwith Chinese figures, now fitted for electricity as a lamp, 38.5cmhigh, 19th centuryEstimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 93A famille rose vase of ovoid form with short cylindrical neck andeverted mouth, richly decorated in a tpical palette of enamelsand gilding to depict a warrior princess approaching a deity ona boat with attendants and demons, marked to the base ZhengDe Tang Zhi, height 32.5cm, 20th century Estimate: £300.00 - £500.00

Lot: 94A Chinese Export porcelain gilt and blue powder bowl withsteeply rounded sides and a Batavian bowl decorated withreserve panels bearing floral sprays, 18th centuryEstimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 95A pair of Chinese blue and white crackle glazed vasesdecorated with long tailed birds perching on blooming peoniesand other flowering branches, between bands imitating bronzeEstimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 96A Chinese famille rose jardinniere decorated with bloominglotuses amid a turquoise ground, standing on three gilt feetEstimate: £400.00 - £600.00

Lot: 97A Chinese monochrome vase of tapered ovoid form with shortneck and everted mouth, the body moulded with Qilin and othermythical beasts, each perched on a rocky outcrop amid swirlingwaves, all beneath a key-fret band, the whole covered in aclaire-de-lune glaze, height 28cm, 19th centuryEstimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 98A Chinese blanc de Chine equestrian group, modelled as ahorse and warrior, standing on a rocky baseEstimate: £60.00 - £80.00

Lot: 99A Chinese porcelain famille rose free standing screendecorated with figures engaging in various leisurely pursuitsamid a lakeside scene, 19th-20th century

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Estimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 100A Yixing teapot, the body of quatre-lobed baluster form appliedwith faux bamboo handle and spout, a leafy branch grows fromthe latter across the side of the pot, with matching cover, height10cm, impressed seal to base and inside cover, 19th century orlaterEstimate: £300.00 - £400.00

Lot: 101A Yixing teapot of square section raised on bracket feet, eachside with a raised panel depicting a landscape or a poem,impressed seal to base, height 12cm, 19th century or laterEstimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 102A Yixing teapot of compressed globular form resting on a shortflared foot, with short spout and loop handle, the body incisedwith a continuous landscape, the low cover with a lengthycalligraphic inscription, impressed seals to base and insidecover, width 13.5cm, 20th century; a Yixing style teapot ofglobular form with waisted side handle, the body and covercarved and coloured with sprays of peonies and a lengthycalligraphic inscription, height 8.5cm, 20th century (probablyJapanese) Estimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 103Two matching Yixing teapots, each of squat ovoid form withprunus boughs for handle and spout with flowering branchesgrowing across the body, one teapot bears a dark blue shoulderwith a deep purple/brown body, the other similar but with anorange/red shoulder, each with impressed seals to base andinside of lid, height 8cm, 20th centuryEstimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 104Two Indian miniature paintings, Bikaner, 18th century, eachapproximately 10cm high and 5cm wideEstimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 105A Tibetan gilt copper breast plate, the metal worked with lobedreserves of a dragon and fantastic beasts on a ground ofscrolling leaves and clouds, details inlaid in turquoise, coral,rubies and other stone, width 27.6cm, with later added chain;and a Gilt Bronze Mandorla of lobed form, the reverse with twoattachment loops, height 20cmEstimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 106A pair of Indian Portrait Miniatures each of oval form on ivorydepicting a Noble and his wife against a blue ground, height6.4cm; another pair of miniatures of similar style but with thefigures aagainst a light green ground, height 6.4cm; and twofurther miniatures on ivory, one of a hunt and one of a beggar(6) Estimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 107A Kashan fritware turquoise glazed ewer with slightly flaringbody, cup shaped neck, short woven spout and loop handle,and a similarly glazed bowl, 13th centuryEstimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 108An Ivory Netsuke of a Boy, he stands dressed in a long robeand leaning on an upturned sack, unsigned; An Ivory Netsukeof a Hare lying with ears flattened, eyes are inlaid, unsigned;and an Ivory Netsuke of a Peddlar being accosted by two boysand a dog, unsigned; all 19th century (3)Estimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 109A set of Japanese Lacquered Stacking Trays and Cover, eachtray of square form decorated intones of silver and goldtogidashi with bands of different floral and geometric diapers tothe exterior and cover, the interior is red, the base is a sparsenashiji, 35cm x 27.5cm x 25.3cm, 19th centuryEstimate: £300.00 - £400.00

Lot: 110An Ivory Netsuke carved as a kneeling Awabi fishergirl fendingoff the over-amorous advances of a large octopus, eyes inlaid,signed ?gyokusai; Another Ivory Netsuke carved as a ratgnawing on a fish head, inlaid eyes, unsigned: and an IvoryCrayfish (probably European), 19th century (3)Estimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 111An Ivory Netsuke of Daruma, the figure completely envelopedin a cloak bearing engraved tendrils, his comical face peeringout from beneath the cowl, the eyes inlaid, the base strangelyrecessed, signed to the back in an irregular reserve Hidemasa,19th century. It is possible the recessed base made this pieceusable as an ashtray netsuke.Estimate: £300.00 - £500.00

Lot: 112A Wood Netsuke of a Woman carved in ittobori technique anddecorated with paints, the figure stands and holds a bowl ofbeans ready to throw during the Setsubun festival, signed to bebase Hakko (?), late 19th centuryEstimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 113A Good Small Okimono of Hotei, he strides along carrying hislarge sack of treasures on his back and leaning on a gnarledstaff, two boys scurry round behind him to support the weight ofthe sack, signed in a rounded reserve Shungetsu, Late 19thcenturyEstimate: £300.00 - £500.00

Lot: 114A Wood Netsuke of a Sambasso Dancer with one sleeve raisedand holding a rattle in the other hand, his hat in contrastingdarker wood and his head and feet carved separately in ivory,unsigned, 19th century

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Lot: 115An Ivory Netsuke of Onna Daruma, seemingly naked from thewaist up she stretches her arms above her head and yawnswidely, unsigned, 18th-19th centuryEstimate: £200.00 - £250.00

Lot: 116An Ivory Netsuke of a Tennin, the flying Buddhist angel with hercelestial scarf trailing behind her and holding a lotus frond inher hands, signed in an irregular reserve Tomochika, 19thcenturyEstimate: £250.00 - £350.00

Lot: 117A Wood Netsuke of a Sarumawashi, he stands leaning on hisstaff and holding a basket over one arm, his monkey balanceson his left shoulder whilst eating something, unsigned, 18th-19th centuryEstimate: £250.00 - £350.00

Lot: 118An Ivory Netsuke of Gama Sennin, he is wearing his mugwortleaf cloak and leaning on a staff and stands atop a giant toad,inlaid horn eyes, inscribed HidekazuEstimate: £300.00 - £500.00

Lot: 119A Red Lacquered Wood Netsuke of a boy, the child dressed inChinese robes pushes a large brocade ball, all on a rectangularbase similarly carved in red lacquer with a key-fret border anddiaper designs, unsigned, 19th centuryEstimate: £150.00 - £200.00

Lot: 120A Wood Netsuke of the disappointed ratcatcher, the kneelingfigure grimacing as he leans over an ivory box and the escapedrodent runs across his back, eyes inlaid in bone and horn, thebox in ivory, signed to the box ....sai, 19th centuryEstimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 121A Wood Netsuke of a Clam, the half opened shell revealing aninterior carved scene of a temple building beneath pine trees,unsigned, 19th centuryEstimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 122A Wood Netsuke of a blind masseur, the figure squats beside alifting stone, one eye inlaid in ivory, signed to an ivory tabletbeneath Gyokkei, 19th centuryEstimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 123A small Ivory Netsuke of Hotei, the seated figure laughing withopened mouth, a Karako climbs on his shoulder and clutches

his pendulous earlobe, signed YoshinobuEstimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 124An Ivory Netsuke of Kiyohime, the witch perched on top of thelarge bronze bell of Dojoji and her long dragon tail woundaround it but with no sign of Anchin within, signed Shugyokusai,19th century Estimate: £300.00 - £400.00

Lot: 125An Ivory Netsuke of a Kneeling Warrior, possibly a General, hewears armour with his robe cast off his shoulders, he holds anuchiwa and a stern expression, signed Mitsutsugu, Meiji periodEstimate: £250.00 - £350.00

Lot: 126An Ivory Ryusa Manju, carved and pierced with a snail crawlingacross a gourd, flowers, bamboo and foliage, unsigned, 19thcenturyEstimate: £200.00 - £250.00

Lot: 127A Kagamibuta Netsuke, the elaborately patterned wood bowlset with a mother-of-pearl flowerhead himotoshi, the ishimashibuichi plate decorated in iroe takazogan with a kingfisherperched amid flowers and grasses, unsigned, 19th centuryEstimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 128A Wood Netsuke of a Cicada, the insect with legs foldedbeneath its body and the wings swept back, unsigned, 19thcenturyEstimate: £300.00 - £400.00

Lot: 129A Late Ivory Netsuke of Daruma, he stands up, crying out inpain as he stretched his arms and legs after sitting meditatingfor seven years, signed to the base Tomotoshi, Meiji periodEstimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 130An Ivory Netsuke of a Group of Toys and Masks, lightlyengraved details, some coloured staining, signed Gyokusai,Late 19th centuryEstimate: £250.00 - £350.00

Lot: 131A Late Ivory Netsuke of a boy wearing Chinese style robes andstandiing astride a hobby-horse, stained details, unsigned, Late19th centuryEstimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 132An Ivory Netsuke/Okimono of Two Boys, they sit holding aphallic long-nosed mask and giggling together over itsimplications, details etched in black, unsigned, Late 19th century

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Lot: 133A small ivory or tooth netsuke of a reclining ox, its legs tuckedbeneath its body, its head turned to the right, a rope halter liesacross its back, the hairwork lightly chased but much worn,unsigned, 19th centuryEstimate: £250.00 - £350.00

Lot: 134An Unusual White Porcelain Netsuke formed as a sack with itsneck tied, an apperture to one side shows three figuresmodelled within, probably Lao Tse, Confucius and Buddha,illegibly signed on an oval plaque to the reverse, 19th centuryEstimate: £150.00 - £200.00

Lot: 135A Wood Netsuke of an Octopus, it rests atop a partially openshell with one tentacle probing within the mollusc, presumablyfor its lunch, eyes are inlaid in horn (?), signed on a rectangularreserve Masatomo, 19th centuryEstimate: £250.00 - £350.00

Lot: 136A Netsuke modelled as a cicada of a flattened leaf whichappears to bear a Sanscrit character beneath, details are finelyrendered, unsigned, Meiji period. We have been uable toconclusively test the material that this lot is made from. In ouropinion, this lot has the appearance of stained ivory, but it couldbe manufactured from a type of horn. Dreweatts are unabale toprovide any further comment on the material of this lot.Estimate: £150.00 - £250.00

Lot: 137An Ivory Netsuke of Benten, the deity seated on a wickerChinese garden seat and holding an uchiwa and a peach, herscarf trails across her elaborate hairdo, signed Gyokuyosai, Mid19th centuryEstimate: £300.00 - £400.00

Lot: 138A Carved Walnut Netsuke decorated on a diaper ground with agroup of sages gathered around a Go board amid bands ofclouds, unsigned, 19th centuryEstimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 139An Ivory Ryusa Manju Netsuke of typical form, pierced andcarved with a rustic building beneath a gnarled and venerablepine amid bands of stylised mist, signed Mitsutoshi, 19th centuryEstimate: £500.00 - £800.00

Lot: 140An Ivory Okimono showing a group of blind men attempting therepair a giant bronze bell, unsigned, 19th centuryEstimate: £250.00 - £350.00

Lot: 141A Nagoya School Wood Netsuke of a Slumbering Shojo, shesits cross legged enveloped in an elaborately engraved robeand resting her head on one hand, signed in a rectangularreserve Masatada (?)Estimate: £300.00 - £500.00

Lot: 142An Ivory Netsuke of a Dog lying on top of a pilgrim's straw hatand fur cape, details lightly stained, unsigned, 18th-19th centuryEstimate: £300.00 - £400.00

Lot: 143An Ivory Netsuke of a seated warrior, he carries a sword andwears an eboshi on his head, he has slipped his upper bodyout of his robe and holds what appears to be a large vegetableunder one arm, unsigned, 19th centuryEstimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 144A Wood Netsuke of Kwanyu, he stands dressed in long flowingrobes and holding his halberd in one hand and tugging hisbeard with the other, unsigned, 18th-19th centuryEstimate: £250.00 - £350.00

Lot: 145A Wood Netsuke of a Shishimai Dancer, the seated boy wearsa shishi mask and beats at a drum clasped between hiscrossed legs, an ivory kinchaku applied at his waist, rectangularsignature panel lacking, 19th century. Although the inlaidsignature panel is missing the netsuke bears an old labelstating Ã’RakuminÃ“, which could be plausible. Estimate: £300.00 - £500.00

Lot: 146An Ivory Netsuke in the form of a group of botanical elementsincluding leaves, pine cones, fungi, chestnut, pomegranate andothers, details stained in red and black, unsigned, late 19thCentutryEstimate: £300.00 - £400.00

Lot: 147An Ivory Netsuke of a Chinese Sage, the kneeling figure withhead turned to his right, his voluminous beard reaching to hisknees and he wears an elaborately decorated robe, unsigned,late 19th centuryEstimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 148An Ivory Netsuke of a woodsman and boy, the standing figuredressed in a loose robe with mugwort cloak, he holds an axe inone hand and carries his son on his shoulder, unsigned, 19thcenturyEstimate: £250.00 - £350.00

Lot: 149An Ivory Netsuke of Shoki the demon queller, he kneelsdressed in elaborate robes on an irregular base, his sword in

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one hand as he appears to stare angrily into the distance,unsigned, 19th centuryEstimate: £250.00 - £350.00

Lot: 150An Ivory Netsuke of a Sage seated on the back of a grazingdeer, the whole on a rounded base, unsigned, 19th centuryEstimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 151An Ivory Netsuke of a Shojo, she stands beside a large sake jararound which swirl waves, her long hair trails down her backand she bears a large ladle on her shoulder, unsigned, 19thcenturyEstimate: £250.00 - £300.00

Lot: 152A Wood Netsuke of a mask carver, he sits with chisel in handand the mask he is fashioning in the other, traces of lacquerdecoration to his robe, signed to the base Sandai (?), 19thcenturyEstimate: £250.00 - £350.00

Lot: 153An Ivory Netsuke of a Shishimai Dancer, the boy sits and duckshis head as he tries to put on the elaborate shishi maskcostume, details stained, unsigned, late 19th centuryEstimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 154A Wood Netsuke of a Professional Sneezer, he sits crosslegged with one arm slipped out of his robe as he tickleshimself, his head thrown back and his face contorted as heprepares to sneeze, his tickler inlaid in ivory, signed on an ivorytablet beneath Hokei, 19th centuryEstimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 155An Ivory Netsuke of a Straw Hat, the folded headwear bearingmetal studs around the crown, unsigned, early 19th centuryEstimate: £150.00 - £200.00

Lot: 156An Ivory Netsuke of a boy, the standing figure with his hairunusually tied into three knots holds a cockerel under his leftarm whilst another pecks around at his feet, unsigned, early19th centuryEstimate: £200.00 - £250.00

Lot: 157An Ivory Netsuke of a Nio, the kneeling figure naked to thewaist with a long trailing scarf across his shoulders, he leansdown on a pair of grinding wheels, signed Gyokkosai, 19thcenturyEstimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 158

An Ivory Manju Netsuke, the top carved in shishiaibori with akneeling warrior priest wearing an eboshi and about to draw histachi from its scabbard, the bottom engraved with a spider'sweb and is signed..........gyoku (?), 19th centuryEstimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 159An Ivory Netsuke of a Standing Dutchman, the figure wears anelaborately engraved Chinese robe and holds a trumpet beforehim, he turns his head as a monkey that he carries on hisshoulder tugs at his beard, signed Sanshu (?), late 19th centuryEstimate: £600.00 - £800.00

Lot: 160An Ivory Netsuke of a Group of Fungi, a Gourd and a Seal, thedetails well rendered, the seal with a reclining deer knop, thegourd carved with an interior landscape, signed ......gyoku (?),19th centuryEstimate: £150.00 - £200.00

Lot: 161An Ivory Netsuke of Two Boys and a Snowman, the group onan irregular base with a karako on either side of their snowDaruma, details inlaid in horn, signed illegibly to base, MeijiperiodEstimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 162An Amusing Ivory Netsuke, of five blind men hopelesslyentangled as they flail about trying to fight each other,unsigned, late 19th centuryEstimate: £150.00 - £200.00

Lot: 163An Ivory Netsuke/Okimono of a Lantern Painter, the mansquats with one knee raised as he works on a paper lantern,the tools of his trade surround him, signed on a red lacquertablet beneath Shogyoku, Meiji PeriodEstimate: £150.00 - £250.00

Lot: 164A Walrus Ivory Netsuke of Daikoku, standing with his malletraised beside a large rice bale to which are attached varioussized tama, stained, unsigned, Meiji periodEstimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 165An Ivory Netsuke of Onna Daruma, she sits enveloped in arobe, her smiling face peering out from under the cowl, stainedand engraved details, unsigned, Meiji periodEstimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 166An Ivory Netsuke of an Oni grimacing as he stands to try and lifta giant bronze bell, his musculature well defined, unsigned, late19th centuryEstimate: £300.00 - £500.00

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Lot: 167An Ivory Netsuke of Handaka Sonja, the grim faced figurecarrying his begging bowl whilst the released dragon entwinesitself around his body, signed in a rectangular reserveGyoku....(?), late 19th centuryEstimate: £300.00 - £400.00

Lot: 168An Ivory Netsuke of a Double Gourd attached to a woody stembearing leaves upon which sit two cicadas inlaid in mother-of-pearl, signed in a rectangular reserve Hakukosai, 19th centuryEstimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 169An Ivory Netsuke of Hotei, the corpulent monk reclines sleepilyagainst his treasure sack, unsigned, 18th-19th century; and anIvory Netsuke of an Oni, it stands on a rocky outcrop amidswirling waves and drags a half-drowned man from the water,signed beneath, Meiji period (2)Estimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 170A Wood Netsuke of a Blind Masseur, he stoops to lift hisstrength stone, one eye and teeth inlaid in ivory, signed....gyoku (?); and an Ivory Netsuke of a scholar and hisassistant painting a kakejiku, details inlaid in horn, the twofigures on a rounded base, unsigned; both 19th century (2)Estimate: £300.00 - £400.00

Lot: 171An Ivory Netsuke of a farmer, he laughs at his own goodfortune as he carrys a gigantic gourd over his shoulder, a leafystem hangs from the calyx, signed Masatsugu, 19th centuryEstimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 172An Ivory Netsuke of a boy on stilts, he walks with his stiltsresting on a book and a sake bottle, signed Masatomo, Late19th century; and a Wood Netsuke of a blind masseur lifting alarge stone, one eye inlaid in ivory, unsigned, 19th century (2)Estimate: £150.00 - £200.00

Lot: 173An Ivory Netsuke of a ferry boat, the long boat of traditionalform filled with travellers, merchants and produce, unsigned,19th century; and another Ivory Netsuke rather surrealy carvedas the Seven Gods of Good Fortune travelling in a ship formedof waves, unsigned, 19th century (2)Estimate: £150.00 - £200.00

Lot: 174An Ivory Netsuke/Okimono of Two Shojo, they stand beside alarge sake jar, one topping it up from a tokkuri, the other coolingit with her fan, red and black etched details, signed Hoshisai,Meiji period; and an Ivory Netsuke of a Woman carrying a kettleand holding her son upon her back, unsigned, 19th century (2)Estimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 175An Ivory Netsuke of a Scholar, he reclines against an armrestwhile enveloped in a voluminous robe and holding an uchiwa,unsigned, 19th century; and an Ivory Netsuke amusinglydepicting a Shojo seated in a large sake cup and rowing herselfacross the waves using a ladle as a paddle, signed Ankosai (?)(2)Estimate: £150.00 - £200.00

Lot: 176An Ivory Netsuke of a Pilgrim wearing a long robe and carryinga gourd over his shoulder, signed Gyokumasa, 19th century; AnIvory Netsuke/Okimono of Jurojin, he leans on his crane whilstit feeds from a bowl, they sit on a circular stand, unsigned, 19thcentury; and an Ivory Netsuke of Hotei seated holding hisuchiwa to his head, signed Kazan (?), Meiji period (3)Estimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 177A Kagamibuta Netsuke, the ivory bowl set with a shibuichi platedepicting a sumo wrestler with an attendant, details inlaid incopper, shakudo and gilding, unsigned, 19th centuryEstimate: £150.00 - £250.00

Lot: 178An Ivory Group Netsuke of a man seated refreshing himselffrom a double-gourd bottle and clasping his head in dismay, hisboy assistant seated placidly on a basket behind him, signed inseal characters Kosai (?), 19th centuryEstimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 179Two Ivory Netsuke, the first of a blacksmith kneeling by hisdraw-bellows as he mends a cooking pot, signed, Meiji period;the second of Anchin and Kiyohime standing either side of alarge bronze bell, unsigned, 19th century (2)Estimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 180An Ivory Netsuke of a Woodsman, he sits on a fallen treeholding his axe on his lap and a sickle tucked into his obi,unsigned, 19th century; and two other Ivory Netsuke, one offierce General kneeling holding his uchiwa, the other of afarmer seated on a tree stump with a basket of seeds, the lattersigned Kogyoku (3)Estimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 181A Wood Tonkotsu of roughly oval section, decorated withscattered shells, fish, crab and seaweed in gold lacquer, inlaidmalachite, coral and contrasting woods, unsigned; with alacquered wood netsuke of an open clam shell revealing aninterior landscape, unsignedEstimate: £120.00 - £180.00

Lot: 182Two Chinese Ivory Toggles, one of two Chinese boys back-to-back, each wearing a short jacket and displaying an articulatedpenis, the other in the form of a stylised bat and peach sprays,

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19th century (2)Estimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 183An Ivory Netsuke of Daikoku, he stands carrying his mallet anda large sack over his shoulder and balances atop a large ricebale the ends of which bear large flaming tama, signed Rantei,19th centuryEstimate: £500.00 - £600.00

Lot: 184An Ivory Netsuke of a Baby Tengu, the cowering creaturehiding within its shell in fear of a spider that crawls across thegroup of leaves, pine cones and fruits amidst which the Tengu'segg is hidden, unsigned, 19th centuryEstimate: £300.00 - £400.00

Lot: 185A Wood Mask Netsuke of Hannya, signed Gyokumin with Kokuseal; a Pottery Mask Netsuke of a Tengu, signed illegibly; andthree other mask netsuke, all 19th-20th century (5)Estimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 186A Wood Netsuke of a group of fungi, signed Minao (?); and fourother Netsuke in bone and ivory depicting clusters of fungi,shells, icho nuts and clams, all unsigned, 19th century (5)Estimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 187A Wood Manju Netsuke inlaid on the textured surface in mother-of-pearl with a spray of flowering cherry, unsigned; a woodNetsuke of a lotus pod, unsigned; an Ivory Netsuke of astanding Fukurokuju with staff and uchiwa, unsigned; and twoother Netsuke (5)Estimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 188A Nagoya School Style Wood Netsuke of a slumbering sage,he sits enveloped in a multi-diaper robe with one arm across hisface, signed in a rectangular reserve beneath Shosan (?), late19th centuryEstimate: £250.00 - £350.00

Lot: 189A Walnut Netsuke carved with the twelve animals of the zodiac;and five wood Netsuke including a lacquered wood manju, all19th century or earlier (6)Estimate: £50.00 - £100.00

Lot: 190An Ivori Netsuke of Ono No Komachi seated on a gravepost, abasket in one hand, her hat on her back, unsigned; a stagshornNetsuke of Jurojin holding an uchiwa, unsigned; and four otherIvory Netsuke and Okimono, all 19th-20th centuryEstimate: £100.00 - £200.00

Lot: 191An Ivory Netsuke of a Woman kneeling to beat a roll of cloth,signed Masatoshi in an irregular reserve;an Ivory Netsuke of anelephant beside a rustic dwelling, signed; an Ivory Netsuke of arat peering out of a cloth bundle, unsigned; an Ivory Netsuke ofa Bakemono wearing a leaf hat and with articulated tongue,unsigned: and two other Ivory Netsuke, all 19th-20th century (6)Estimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 192An Ivory Netsuke of a Rooftile within which Daikoku is diningwith sparrows, signed on a mother-of-pearl seal; An IvoryNetsuke of a boy In a sack, details of hair knots inlaid in horn,unsigned; and four other Ivory Netsuke, all 19th and 20thcenturyEstimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 193A Group of Six Ivory Netsuke and Okimono, including a gourdseller, a snake and skull group, a sarumawashi, Shoki neckwrestling with an oni, and others, 19th-20th century (6)Estimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 194A Group of Seven Ivory and Stagshorn Netsuke and Okimonoincluding Hotei, Fukurokuju, Momotaro and Onis, some signed,19th-20th century (7)Estimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 195A Collection of Fifteen Netsuke and Okimono in stagshorn,ivory, pressed horn, bone and some man-made materials,various subjects, 18th-20th Centuries (15)Estimate: £50.00 - £100.00

Lot: 196A Collection of Fifteen Netsuke in ivory, bone, stagshorn,pressed horn and other materials, various subjects, 19thcentury or later (15)Estimate: £50.00 - £100.00

Lot: 197An Ivory Netsuke of Fukurokuju, the figure holds an uchiwa inone hand and a tama in the other and has his deer standingbeside him, all on an irregular base, signed Seimin (?), late19th centuryEstimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 198A Shibayama page turner, a Chinese pierced page turner and aChinese foliate carved bangleEstimate: £80.00 - £100.00

Lot: 199A Japanese Ivory Okimono of Kwannon, she stands dressed ina typical full-length robe with a celestial scarf around hershoulders, she holds a branch of fruiting peaches as a cranestands beside her, signed on an inlaid red lacquer tablet

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Sadaharu, height 26cm, Meiji/Taisho EraEstimate: £800.00 - £1,200.00

Lot: 200A Japanese Boxwood Tonkotsu with matching Netsuke andOjime, the tonkotsu carved with a troop of monkeys amidst thebranches of a laden peach tree, details inlaid in ivory and horn;together with a Netsuke ensuite, showing two monkeys pickingfleas from each other's fur, inlaid horn eyes, and an Ojime of asingle simian, horn inlaid eyes; all unsigned, late 19th century;and a Wood Box and Cover, carved as a drum upon which twoOni stand gripping each other in parody of Sumo wrestlers,height 14.1cm, Meiji periodEstimate: £300.00 - £400.00

Lot: 201A Japanese Tusk Vase, carved in relief with two wingeddragons intertwined as they fly amidst formalised cloud bandsin pursuit of a tama, the eyes inlaid in mother-of-pearl, signed ?Gyoku To, fixed to a wood stand, height overall 15.7cm, MeijiperiodEstimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 202A Japanese Okimono of an Oiran, she stands dressed in anelaborately engraved kimono and holds an uchiwa in one handand teases a cat with a ball on a string, height 10.6cm; An IvoryNetsuke of a boy releasing his friend from within a large sack,unsigned: and an Ivory of a Farmer (3)Estimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 203An Ivory Netsuke/Okimono of Jo and Uba, the elderly coupleseen beneath a bower of pines and bamboo with a minogameand two cranes, the whole raised on a mokko form integralstand with curled feet, signed in red beneath Ã’KaneÃ“(?), early20th centuryEstimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 204A Japanese lacquered wood box of rectangular form raised onfour plain bracket feet, the cover with a scene of figuresmeeting a Chinese sage amid trees and rocks, the sides withstylised lotus flowers on a diaper ground, the whole covered ina cinnabar coloured lacquer, the interior in black, 16.3cm x10.5cm x 8.4cm, Meiji periodEstimate: £80.00 - £100.00

Lot: 205A Japanese Lacquer Tansu, of rectilinear form resting on fourbracket feet with a shaped apron and bearing a removable frontrevealing a single shelf within, the whole decorated in tones ofgold hiramakie on the roiro ground with hanging wysteria, thesides mounted with simple bail handles and the front mountedwith chased gilt copper fittings, dimensions 50cm x 37.5cm x29cm, Early Edo and laterEstimate: £700.00 - £1,000.00

Lot: 206A Japanese ivory Okimono of a carpenter, sitting beside a box

whilst making and adjusting the blade of his plane, signedNagayoshi, 5.5cm high; an Okimono of a sculptor seatedbeside sections of timber whilst roughing out his next work, 7cmhigh. both Meiji period Estimate: £60.00 - £80.00

Lot: 207A Japanese Bronze Ikebana Vase, the cylindrical body cast inhigh relief with a dragon grasping a tama in its claw, the slightlyeverted mouth with a key-fret band around it, the base cast withan extensive seal signature between two further dragons,height 30.4cm, Meiji periodEstimate: £90.00 - £120.00

Lot: 208A Japanese Bronze Hanging Flower Vessel, the ovoid, boat-shaped body cast with a key-fret border, the overhead handleformed from two dragons disputing a single tama to which asuspension ring is attached, width 35.2cm, height 35cm, MeijiperiodEstimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 209A Group of Five Chinese and Japanese Wood and LacquerStands, various sizes, 19th-20th centuryEstimate: £150.00 - £200.00

Lot: 210A Necklace of Twenty-Two Ojime, Meiji period, comprisingpressed metal Ojime strung with annular bone spacers andreticulated hardstone beads with two green stained piercedhardstone pendants, together with a further five pierced andcarved lacquered seed OjimeEstimate: £150.00 - £200.00

Lot: 211A Japanese Scroll Painting in inks on paper depicting a HeianPeriod beauty kneeling behind a screen on a terrace as shepauses from reading, signed Kanetomo (?) with seal, mountedon a brocaded support, size overall 162cm x 40cm, 19th-20thcenturyEstimate: £150.00 - £250.00

Lot: 213A Koransha Porcelain Charger of typically dished circular formdecorated in underglaze blue, overglaze enamels and gildingwith three shaped panels containing floral, avian andmythological scenes on a ground of scrolling karakusa, thereverse with three cash motifs and signed Fukugawa sei withthe Koransha rebus, diameter 47.2cm, late 19th-early 20thcenturyEstimate: £120.00 - £180.00

Lot: 214A Pair of Japanese Imari Chargers, Meiji period, each of lobedcircular form decorated in the typical palette of underglaze-blue,rouge-de-fer and gilding with a central reserve of an ikebanaarrangement on a terrace surrounded by peony panels on aground of cherry blossoms, diameter 30.2cmEstimate: £150.00 - £250.00

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Lot: 215A Satsuma Vase of ovoid form resting on tripod feet and risingto a slender neck with trumpet mouth, decorated in typicaloverglaze enamels and gilding with a band of paulownia andchrysanthemum amid clouds, the foot, shoulder, neck andmouth with further bands of various lappets, the base bears aShimizu Family Mon and is signed Ichiyama with seal, height13cm, Meiji periodEstimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 216A Large Satsuma Vase and Cover of tapering ovoid form withdomed cover and moulded knop, decorated to either side withdragon clutching a tama in its claw as it entwines around a biwawrapped in a brocade cover, scattered clouds in thebackground, the foot, shoulder and cover with bands of lappetsand ruyi-heads, the knop moulded with a Tokugawa mon, all inoverglaze enamels and gilding, the base inscribed Satsumayaki Ume Kokoro with kakihan, all beneath a blue Shimizu Mon,late 19th-early 20th century; with wood standEstimate: £300.00 - £500.00

Lot: 217A Satsuma Pottery Brush Pot of cylindrical form resting onthree stub feet, the body decorated with a continuous scene oftravellers passing through an area of dense pine trees, betweenbands of key-fret and dots, gold seal to base Meizan sei, height7.2cm, Meiji period. This is not by Yabu Meizan but by aMeizan from Kanazawa in Kaga Prefecture. For more about thisartist see: Ã’Satsuma, The Romance of JapanÃ“ by LouisLawrence, p.241, and with further examples of his work onpp.30 and 84.Estimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 218A Korean Scroll Painting in inks and colours on paper, depictinga still life group of various vessels on a low table, including avase with lotus leaves and flowers, an incense burner, a bowl offinger citron and a stack of books, overall dimensions 178cm x56cm approx, 19th centuryEstimate: £150.00 - £250.00

Lot: 219A Set of Chinese Export Carved Ivory Draughts Men, each ofcircular form typically carved in deep sunken relief to either sidewith genre scenes and landscapes, 12 stained red, 12 leftunstained, late 19th centuryEstimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 220A Pair of Famille Rose Vases, each of ovoid form resting on aslightly flared foot and rising to a waisted neck with galleriedrim, decorated in enamels on a black ground with numerousdragons entwined amid flowering peonies, between Jui-headand lappet borders, base with a seal mark, height 61.5cm, 20thcentury (2)Estimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 221Two Vietnamese pottery vessels, one of oblong body and lughandles, all covered with crackled glaze, the other a blue and

white bottle vase of globular body decorated with floral spraysEstimate: £80.00 - £100.00

Lot: 222A Collection of approximately fifty Chinese wood stands, ofvarious sizes and shapesEstimate: £400.00 - £600.00

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