antiques & fine art sale

A pair of late 19th/early 20th century Chinese Qing dynasty baluster shaped cloisonne vases, with slender elongated necks. 24 cm high (see illustration).

Sold for £200

A group of Atlas Editions collectable models

Sold for £40

A 19th century Chinese rosewood or Huanghuali circular vase stand, with pierced leaf border. 6.5 cm high, 15 cm diameter, label verso, together with a 20th century Chinese rosewood vase stand.

Sold for £90

A 19th century Japanese porcelain charger, decorated in the Imari palette with phoenix, flowers and geometric motifs. 45 cm diameter with blue concentric ring to underside together with patch marks.

Sold for £70

Three Chinese cream and black resin figures of Buddha. 10 cm high.

Sold for £45

A Chinese yellow enamelled and incised bowl, decorated to interior with bird of paradise and the exterior with dragons chasing the flaming pearl. 11.5 cm diameter, 5 cm high with a Guangxu six character mark to base.

Sold for £260

A nest of four Chinese rosewood rectangular occasional tables, the tops with figured burr veneer and with pierced friezes on square legs. Largest 67 cm high, 50 cm wide, 35 cm deep.

Sold for £130

An early 20th century Chinese famille rose porcelain cylindrical teapot and cover. 17 cm high together with a pair of tea bowls, all contained in oval rattan travelling basket.

Sold for £60

A 1920's knotted wood and Chinese embossed white metal handled walking cane. 93 cm long.

Sold for £40

A Cantonese stick stand, decorated in typical Canton colours. Height 82 cm, diameter 25 cm.

Sold for £80

A Chinese painting on silk of a parrot, circular. Diameter 26 cm.

Sold for £100

A Chinese bronze champleve enamelled vase, with ring handles and another similar example. Height 24.5 cm.

Sold for £180

Two pairs of Chinese cloisonne vases. Tallest 21 cm.

Sold for £20

An antique Chinese hardwood low table, with pierced frieze and moulded legs with scroll feet. Height 61 cm, width 121 cm, depth 56.5 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £1200

An antique Chinese hardwood daybed, decorated with dragons and with moulded front edge raised on shaped legs. Height 88 cm, width across arms 195 cm, maximum depth +/- 108 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £550

A Chinese hardwood stargazers chair, with carved and shaped frame and with angled back raised on shaped legs with low stretchers. Height to top of back 107 cm, width across arms 66 cm, depth 82 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £10000

A small Imari vase and four Chinese dishes. Largest diameter 17 cm.

Sold for £35

A Japanese Inro decorated with dragonflies, four sections, 64 mm x 55 mm, signed.

Sold for £100

A pair of early 20th century Japanese bronze vases, together with a Chinese blue glazed Dog of Fo. Tallest 20 cm.

Sold for £35

A pair of Cantonese square form small plates, with canted angles. Length 13.5 cm.

Sold for £30

A 19th century Cantonese carved ivory rectangular panel. 9 cm x 24 cm, together with two late Victorian ivory dressing table boxes.

Sold for £60

A Japanese blue and white bowl, with repeating foliate design and Pagoda mountain scene to centre. Diameter 21.5 cm.

Sold for £30

A Chinese celadon butterfly patterned plate, with blue seal mark to base. Diameter 26.5 cm.

Sold for £45

A collection of Chinese iron red decorated small plates. Largest 17.5 cm (16)

Sold for £45

A large pair of Chinese Fo dogs. Height 41 cm.

Sold for £340

A pair of Chinese carved stone temple dogs. Height 23 cm.

Sold for £120

A Chinese hardwood horseshoe shaped folding chair, with brass fittings. Height to top of back 106 cm, width across arms 66 cm, sold with receipt when purchased second hand in 1995 from Blackwood Furniture Antiques, 18 Travessa do Pagode, Macau (see illustration).

Sold for £500

A Chinese Paulownia wood blanket chest, with iron handles hinges and mounts, the lining paper with character marks, fitted three frieze drawers and cupboards. 105 cm high, 95 cm wide, 45 cm deep, sold with iron lock, together with provenance from The Partridge Family, 1 Calderwood Place, Hadley, Hertfordshire.

Sold for £380

A 19th century Chinese silk embroidery, woven in cream and tan with bird and flowers, oval 54 x 34 cm in lacquered frame and glazed.

Sold for £30

A Chinese Wucai porcelain vase with tall flared neck, decorated with birds and flowers. 30 cm high.

Sold for £50

A Chinese blue and white porcelain bulbous lidded tea caddy, of Kangxi style, decorated in panels with "Long Eliza" and flowers and with Artemesia mark to base. 23 cm high.

Sold for £70

A Chinese Sang de Boeuf porcelain bottle shaped vase (18th/19th century). 20 cm high.

Sold for £170

A Chinese Qing dynasty blue and white porcelain Rouleau vase, decorated with Emperor in Sedan chair and attendants. 24 cm high bears Kangxi mark (see illustration).

Sold for £340

A Chinese blue and white porcelain cylindrical vase of transitional style, decorated with figures, waves and trees and with Anhua floral bands. 26 cm high.

Sold for £280

A 19th century Chinese Huanghuali leaf form tray. 50 cm x 28 cm.

Sold for £240

A mid 19th century Chinese celadon porcelain vase, with incised floral white slip. 40 cm high (see illustration).

Sold for £280

A pair of Chinese porcelain miniature vases of Kangxi style, decorated in blue and underglaze iron red with Kylins. 16 cm high and with Artemesia leaf marks.

Estimated: £80 - £120

A Chinese celadon porcelain bulbous vase, carved in relief with leafage and with cafe au lait rim. 41 cm high. (18th/19th century) (see illustration).

Sold for £420

A Chinese Kangxi blue and white porcelain lidded baluster vase, decorated with mother, boys and leafage, the base with annular concentric rings. 21 cm high (see illustration).

Sold for £440

A Chinese Qing blue and white porcelain cylindrical vase or tall brush pot, decorated with leafage and rockwork. 29 cm high, 12 cm diameter.

Estimated: £100 - £200

A Sino-Tibetan gilt bronze Buddhist prayer statuette of Tara, with original undisturbed base plate. 33 cm high (18th/19th century).

Sold for £400

A Chinese Qing blue and white porcelain Rouleau vase, decorated with figures and leafage. 40 cm high.

Sold for £340

A Chinese Huanghuali stand in the form of a miniature table. 7.5 cm high, 29 cm wide, 15 cm deep (see illustration).

Sold for £240

A Chinese Huanghuali and Dali marble Yin Pin, the screen signed. 28 cm high (19th/20th century).

Sold for £70

A Chinese Ming blue and white porcelain lidded teapot, decorated with flowers and other motifs in panelled design. 20 cm high.

Sold for £360

A matched pair of Chinese blue and white porcelain baluster shaped vases of "Windswept" style, decorated with figures and horses. 19 cm high.

Sold for £50

An 18th century Chinese Nanking Cargo blue and white porcelain tea bowl and saucer, with matching Christies labels and numbers 5108 and seven other Chinese blue and white porcelain tea bowls.

Sold for £180

Toyohara Kunichika (1835-1900), coloured wood block oban triptych print, a Japanese Kabuki play, circa 1880's. 35 cm x 74 cm in ebonised frame and inscribed verso with details of artist.

Sold for £190

A Chinese hardwood demi lune side table, inlaid with mother of pearl with scroll foliate and character mark decoration. Raised on four hipped legs terminating in spade type feet. Height 80 cm, width 98 cm, depth 48 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £600

Six pieces of Japanese Imari, comprising large dish, three plates and two bowls. Largest diameter 29 cm.

Sold for £80

A Chinese flambe transmutation glaze Sang de Boeuf vase, blue printed mark to base. Height 12 cm.

Sold for £30

Three Japanese baluster vases, comprising a pair and another. Tallest 24 cm.

Sold for £50

A collection of seven Chinese ginger jars, 19th century and later. Tallest 16 cm.

Sold for £90

A Chinese Provincial ginger jar, a 19th century cylindrical mug, a blue and white plate and teapot. Tallest 18 cm.

Sold for £60

A Chinese jade hexagonal teapot, with incised decoration. Height 9.5 cm, length 14.5 cm.

Sold for £45

Two Chinese Ming Dynasty stem bowls, blue and white, both similar. Largest 11.5 cm diameter.

Sold for £80

A Chinese celadon crackle glaze brush washer. Diameter 12 cm.

Estimated: £100 - £150

A Japanese Meiji period vase, with blue ground decorated with leaf, branch and butterflies, four character mark to base. Height 11 cm.

Sold for £150

A Japanese blue and white Harido Meiji period relief moulded dragon vase. Height 37 cm.

Sold for £45

A Chinese Republic Shou Lao figure, impressed mark to base. Height 25 cm.

Sold for £30

A Chinese carved jade water buffalo, on wooden stand. Length 23 cm.

Sold for £180

Two Japanese Plique a Jour vases. Tallest 12 cm.

Sold for £110

A Japanese Meiji period Satsuma pottery "Thousand Flowers" coffee service, comprising 6 coffee cups and saucers, lidded coffee pot and lidded sucriere.

Sold for £260

Nine Chinese carved rosewood and ebonised vase stands of varying sizes.

Sold for £80

A Japanese Meiji period ginbari cloisonne miniature vase, decorated with flowers and insects. 9 cm high, and two Chinese cloisonne miniature vases.

Sold for £45

A cinnabar lacquer baluster vase, decorated with birds, branches and foliage. Height 32 cm.

Sold for £40

A carved soapstone tiered temple, raised on a Chinese wooden stand. Overall height excluding stand +/- 60 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £120

A pair of miniature Satsuma vases, Meiji period, together with another and a small lidded bowl decorated with courtesans and gilding and raised on a wooden stand. Tallest 9 cm.

Sold for £45

A Chinese carved softwood jardiniere stand, raised on four cabriole type legs with scroll feet. Height 91 cm, top diameter 33 cm.

Sold for £50

A 19th century Chinese hardwood jardiniere or vase stand. Diameter 37 cm and another smaller.

Sold for £30

A collection of eight late 19th century and later Oriental teapots, various. Tallest including wicker handle 18 cm.

Sold for £20

A Chinese vase, with matched Cantonese lid and another Oriental vase. Tallest 36 cm.

Sold for £20

A 19th century Imari planter, with wavy rim. Height 27 cm, width 31 cm.

Sold for £80

A large Chinese fishbowl decorated with panels of figures. Height 37 cm, diameter 41 cm.

Sold for £1400

An Oriental fringed rug, the centre rectangular panel decorated with vases and foliate designs and with multiple line border, principal colours blue, dark blue, red and beige. 232 cm x 144 cm.

Sold for £45

Two Chinese hardwood jardiniere stands. Height 23 cm, top diameter 30 cm.

Sold for £40

A Chinese dragon bowl, decorated with painted chasing dragons and with red seal mark to base, restored. Diameter 24.5 cm.

Sold for £300

A Chinese blue and white bowl, with cafe au lait exterior. Diameter 15 cm.

Estimated: £80 - £120

A Chinese fishbowl, decorated in Imari colours with figures and chrysanthemum. Modern. Height 30 cm, diameter 36 cm.

Sold for £80

A 19th century Chinese hardwood jardiniere stand, with rouge marble top and pierced frieze. Height 90 cm, top diameter 27.5 cm.

Sold for £200

A 19th century Chinese Cantonese puzzle box, 54 mm2.

Sold for £40

A Ming period blue and white small footed bowl, decorated with fish bearing Harry Garner label beneath Oriental Ceramic Society 1954 Exhibition. Height 7 cm, diameter 7.3 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £1100

A late Ming transitional large charger, with cut rim, labels verso Walmsley Esquire Bartle Hall Preston 1963 and Harrison Tidswell collection. Diameter 39 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £340

A pair of Chinese vases, decorated with dragons and birds on branches, polychrome and with six character mark to base. Height 23 cm.

Sold for £950

A Chinese cylindrical vase, with flared rim decorated with figures in polychrome and with six character mark to base. Height 36 cm, diameter 18.5 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £1250

A Chinese export blue and white lidded ginger jar, with concentric blue circles to base together with a cylindrical vase and baluster vase decorated with figures. Tallest 23 cm.

Sold for £1400

An early 19th century Chinese Imari patterned bowl (as found), together with a similar plate, a blue and white bowl (riveted) and a blue and white floral patterned plate. Largest diameter 18 cm.

Sold for £20

Five Chinese wooden vase stands. Largest diameter 23 cm, (all as found).

Sold for £40

A 19th century Chinese blue and white large plate. Diameter 28.5 cm, together with a chinoiserie patterned bowl diameter 18 cm.

Sold for £25

A pair of 19th century Chinese blue and white saucers, with brown rims and slightly ribbed bodies. Diameter 16 cm, together with a small Chinese bowl and two tea bowls.

Sold for £100

A Chinese duck egg blue ground vase, decorated with flowering branches. Height 21 cm.

Sold for £1350

A pair of Chinese porcelain vases, in the Canton style converted to table lamps and each with wooden base. Height 86 cm.

Sold for £420

A small Chinese scent bottle, with blue ground decorated with horses. Height 76 mm.

Sold for £140

A late 19th century Chinese blue and white porcelain baluster shaped vase decorated with prunus blossom. 26 cm high.

Sold for £130

An 18th century Chinese blue and white porcelain oval shaving bowl, decorated with flowers and trellis to centre. 7 cm high, 30 cm wide.

Sold for £150

A pair of 19th century Japanese porcelain plates, decorated in the Imari palette and gilt with vases of flowers. 23 cm diameter, and a pair of early 20th century Chinese export porcelain plates, decorated with flowers and insects. Each 22 cm diameter.

Sold for £20

A pair of 19th century Chinese elm open arm "Throne" chairs, the pierced splats with good luck and animal motifs, wood seats on shaped front legs. Back height 120 cm high (see illustration).

Estimated: £300 - £400

A Royal Lancastrian plaque, decorated with a seagull. Diameter 29 cm.

Sold for £45

A Zsolnay 'Pecs' plaque. Diameter 36.5 cm.

Sold for £3200

A 19th century part cream glazed stoneware beer bottle, printed in black "A. Pyrah, Imperial Hotel Morecambe". 15 cm high.

Estimated: £30 - £50