ORIENTAL CERAMICS & WORKS OF ART

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A Matched Pair of Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Altar Candlesticks, Transitional, circa

1640, of metal form, with upturned bowl bases, one painted with six figures and attendants in a mountainous landscape with rocks, plantains and mist, within lappet borders, the other with a lady on horseback attended by a Confucian scholar in a similar landscape, the waisted cylindrical nozzles from shallow integral dishes painted with flowers and “tulip” motifs, to conical nozzles (triple pierced), 33.5cm high

£6000 - 8000

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A Chinese Blue and White Kraak Porcelain Small Circular Dish, Wanli, circa 1570, of bracketed

circular shape, painted with a water bird at the edge of a lake flanked by lotus blossoms, in a typical lappet panel radiating border enclosing flowers and emblems, externally with circles in panels, 28.5cm diameter

£100 - 150

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A Japanese Bronze Elephant and Tiger Group, late Meiji period

(1868-1912), the rearing bull elephant with one tiger on his back, another clawing his back leg, with ivory inset tusks, triple cast character mark, 16cm high

£200 - 300

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A Japanese Bronze Tripod Cauldron, Meiji period (1868-

1912), with concave moulded rim over a frieze carved and inlaid in copper and white metal with a continuous lakeland pagoda landscape, scroll form side handles (possibly later?), on three peg feet, 50.5cm diameter, 23.5cm high

£70 - 100

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A Chinese Parcel Gilt Bronze Figure of Guandi, possibly late

Ming, seated in forward gaze, enrobed, an asp and tortoise at his feet, upon a raised dais with outscrolled feet, triple incised character marks, 24.5cm high

£2500 - 3500

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A Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Small Jar and Cover, late Meiji

period (1868-1912), the domed cover with foliate openwork button fiinial within an arcade, a further arcade to the shoulder over diverse mon roundels incorporating Buddhistic precious objects, flowers and birds against a dense scroll ground, a lappet band to the base, on three trilobed outswept feet, 10cm high

£300 - 500

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A Japanese Cloisonné Enamel Tiered Box, Meiji period (1868-

1912), of cylindrical form on four outswept legs, worked with phoenix birds, fans and leaves against a dense scroll ground, 11.5cm high

£250 - 350

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An Ottoman Iron Inlaid Calling Card Case, circa 1850, decorated in

gold metal with panels of flowers and undulating leafage, within repeat dot frame borders, 11cm high

£100 - 150

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A Pair of Late 19th Century Chinese Hardwood Table Top Urn

Stands, each with circular marble inset top above a profusely carved frieze supported on stylised cabriole legs united with a pierced undertier, standing on claw and ball feet, 33cm high

£400 - 600

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A Sino-Tibetan Gilt Bronze and Polychrome Painted Figure of Avalokitesvara, 18th/19th

century, seated in meditative pose, her hands held in a mudra, with bejewelled robes, on a raised lotus dais flanked by rocks, a dragon rearing from waves at her feet, 13.5cm high (part lacking)

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