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Oriental & European Ceramics & Glass SECOND DAY’S SALE WEDNESDAY 22nd JULY 2020 ORIENTAL & EUROPEAN CERAMICS & GLASS Commencing at 10.00am Oriental and European Ceramics and Glass will be on view on: Friday 17th July 9.00am to 5.15pm Saturday 18th July 9.00am to 1.00pm Sunday 19th July 2.00pm to 4.00pm Monday 20th July 9.00am to 5.15pm Tuesday 21st July 9.00am to 5.15pm Limited viewing on sale day Weights and measurements are approximate guidelines only unless stated to the contrary Enquiries: Andrew Thomas Enquiries: Nic Saintey Tel: 01392 413100 Tel: 01392 413100 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] * All lots subject to a buyers premium of 23% plus vat @ 20% where applicable 103 481 482 483 An English wine glass the A Dutch soda glass beaker A pair of mid 19th Century bucket shaped bowl engraved engraved with two armorial heavy cut glass decanters with a portrait of Bonnie Prince devices, a figure and a and mushroom stoppers Charlie flanked by laurel, cartouche containing two with horizontal cut necks and thistle, a rose and bud, verso winged hearts below the hobnail shoulders above with a star, set on a straight air caption ‘Al wat op aarde leeft arched panels and star cut twist with inverted basal knop schydt eer een regt vrinds hert bases, 22cm. and a conical foot, 18cm high. nimmermeer’, 9cm high. *£120 - 180 *£100 - 200 *£50 - 80 484 A group of three 19th Century green glass Mel 485 bottles and stoppers each of compressed form A Continental Art Deco period glass comport with slender neck, one engraved with a fruiting the exterior boldly decorated with three black vine band, with m.o.p. and e.p. mounted cats reserved on a yellow ground, signed on the stoppers, 24-26cm. rim, 29.5cm diameter, [some wear]. *£100 - 200 *£100 - 200 104 486 487 A Daum cameo glass atomizer of cylindrical A pair of Georgian-style cut glass urns and form, the clear, yellow and pink striated body covers the domed covers with faceted finials, enamelled with cornflower and grass on an geometric and slice cut panels and on stepped acid etched ground, with planished gilt metal bases, 30cm. mounts, painted in gold to underside Daum *£150 - 200 Nancy with the Cross of Lorraine, circa 1900, 10cm high. *£200 - 300 490 488 A Bohemian ruby flashed A set of six 19th Century cut cut glass bowl and a similar glass finger bowls each with beaker the octagonal bowl on fluted band to the lower body, hobnail cut base, 17 cm wide; 13cm diameter. the beaker with spiral fluted 489 *£50 - 70 compressed body and star cut A mid 19th Century French base, 12cm high (2). with ringed glass harvest jug *£50 - 70 neck and loop handle, the lower body engraved with harvest motifs, 22cm. *£50 - 70 * All lots subject to a buyers premium of 23% plus vat @ 20% where applicable 105 491 A pair of 19th Century cut glass shaft and globe decanters and stoppers of conventual form with facet cut stoppers, 30cm. 492 493 *£40 - 60 A Georgian glass decanter A Georgian glass decanter and stopper of Indian Club and stopper of Indian Club shape with slice cut decoration shape cut with interlocking and on square base, lozenge bands of stylised tulips, on stopper, late 18th Century, square foot, lozenge stopper, 36cm. late 18th Century, 34cm. *£50 - 80 *£50 - 80 494 495 496 A Regency heavy cut-glass A mid 19th Century heavy A mid 19th Century heavy cut- vase with hexagonal body and cut-glass cream jug on star-cut glass ewer with pillar cut body flared rim, on fan-cut foot, circa foot, circa 1840, 14cm. and start cut foot, circa 1840, 1820, 21cm. *£40 - 60 27cm. *£50 - 80 *£40 - 60 106 497 498 A Webb green and clear cameo glass vase of A pair of twin branch cut glass lustres with waisted form with flared rim, decorated with hexagonal sockets set on petal shaped drip scrolling lilies and foliage, signed ‘Webb’ at the pans hung with pendants and prismatic drops foot with acid etched mark to the underside, on a hexagonal shaft and petal shaped base, circa 1930, 17cm high. 32.5cm high. *£150 - 200 *£300 - 400 500 499 A Lalique scent bottle and one other the A large presentation glass former ‘Duex Fleurs’ moulded in frosted and mug, dated 1850 of bell shape clear glass, acid etched R. Lalique France, 9 on knopped pedestal foot, cm wide together with a Baccarat example of engraved ‘Presented to Mr angular profile with faceted spire stopper, acid & Mrs McLeod August 27th etched marks and LMBC Paris, 11 cm high. 1850’, 20cm. *£150 - 200 *£50 - 70 501-4 No Lots. * All lots subject to a buyers premium of 23% plus vat @ 20% where applicable 107 505 507 A Chinese blue and white porcelain small bowl A Chinese Fahua stoneware baluster jar painted with a duck swimming amongst lotus decorated with insects flying amongst lotus flowers and foliage, early 17th Century, 10cm flowers and foliage below a lotus lappet border, [two hair cracks]. 15th/16th Century, 16cm high [riveted, neck *£80 - 120 lacking]. 506 *£100 - 150 A Chinese blue and white bowl and a two- Sold with a composite neck section prepared handled vase the first painted with flowering prior to restoration. stems, single character mark, Ming Dynasty, 12cm diameter [tiny rim chip]; the second glazed with cream splashes on a dark brown ground in Song Dynasty style, 11cm. (2). *£60 - 80 508 509 the interior painted A Chinese Qingbai cup and stand of A Chinese doucai saucer dish petal form covered in a pale blue glaze, with a medallion enclosing a pomegranate tree diameter of stand 14cm and rockwork, the underside with scattered pomegranates and fruiting branches, apocryphal *£150 - 250 six character Chenghua mark within double circles, probably Kangxi, 21cm diameter (restored, some wear to enamels). *£800 - 1200 108 510 A Chinese underglaze blue and copper-red charger boldly painted with four carp swimming amongst lotus blooms on a wave ground, the reverse with four Buddhist emblems, underglaze blue six-character Kangxi mark within double circles and of the period, 40cm diameter [restored section and crack to the rim]. *£2000 - 3000 Bears a Sotheby’s Belgravia label numbered 723949. * All lots subject to a buyers premium of 23% plus vat @ 20% where applicable 109 512 A Chinese famille rose charger painted with a central scroll panel of peonies and other flowers 511 on a floral diaper ground, Qianlong, 38cm [minor hair crack, tiny chips] together with a pair A Chinese export cylindrical mug inscribed of famille rose plates painted with floral sprays with the initials ‘J W’ within a garlanded oval and larger moulded cartouche, the seeded and sprigs, Qianlong, 23cm [one with tiny rim ground painted in blue with bunches of fruit, chips] 3. late Qianlong 14cm [minor rim chip]. *£150 - 250 *£80 - 120 513 A Chinese blue and white ‘Three Friends of Winter’ saucer dish the interior painted with a medallion and double line borders, the exterior with figures in a fenced garden and on a terrace, Qianlong seal mark and of the period, 18cm diameter [hairline and small rim chips]. *£300 - 500 514 A Chinese Export famille rose bowl painted in the Mandarin palette with three medallions depicting hunting scenes with sportsmen using bows and arrows and a flintlock gun within diaper borders, Qianlong, 23cm diameter [tiny flat chip to rim interior]. *£100 - 200 110 515 A Chinese ‘Hatcher Cargo’ blue and white ‘Dragon’ wine cup, a similar miniature double gourd vase and one other the first painted to the exterior with a scaly dragon chasing a flaming pearl, Transitional, mid 17th Century, 4.5cm high; the second painted with scrolling flowers and foliage either side of a diaper border, Transitional, mid 17th Century, 6.5cm; and a miniature ovoid vase painted with a russet trellis design, two-character seal mark, 5cm [3]. *£100 - 200 The Hatcher Cargo, the first ‘wreck cargo’ to come onto the market, was retrieved in 1983 from the wreck of a Chinese junk, the Tek Sing, off Admiral Stellingwerf Reef near Indonesia in the South China seas. The Tek Sing sunk circa 1643-46. Provenance. Christie’s June 1984. 516 517 A Chinese Perenakan famille rose moon A Chinese famille verte pear-shaped bottle flask decorated on one side with figures in a vase decorated with cartouche, foliate and landscape and verso with a pair of pheasants, circular panels of water plants, flowers and rock magpies, a magnolia tree, chrysanthemum and work on a green ground of floral sprays, 19th peony reserved on a pink ground of scrolling Century, 30cm high. lotus and shou characters, iron red seal mark, *£200 - 300 36cm high, [damage to neck]. *£100 - 200 * All lots subject to a buyers premium of 23% plus vat @ 20% where applicable 111 519 A large Chinese porcelain armorial charger painted in underglaze blue with the arms and crest of Sykes of Sledmere with floral sprays and a diaper border, later clobbered in 518 polychrome enamels with butterflies, A Canton famille rose baluster vase and a famille rose fruit and flowers probably by bottle vase the first with gilt chilong handles and painted Unsworth of London, circa 1755, with a continuous scene of ladies, mythical beasts, 45cm diameter, [minor rim frits]. auspicious objects and flowers, 23cm; the second with *£300 - 500 battle and audience scenes on a lotus scroll turquoise An identical blue and white plate ground, 25cm [minor damage to rim] both 19th Century. is illustrated in Chinese Armorial (2) Porcelain Vol 1, David Sanctuary *£100 - 150 Howard, p.
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