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Click here to subscribeWorcester, G. R. G., The Junks & Sampans of the Yangtze, Annapolis, Maryland, Naval Institute Press, 1970, folio (305mm x 220mm.), half title, illustrated title, title printed in red and black, illustrations, many full-page, original cream cloth, spine lettered in gilt and red, pictorial dust-jacket With a number of other works including Philip Rawons s Introducing Oriental Art (London, 1973), George Soulie de Morant A History of Chinese Art from Ancient Times to the Present Day (New York, n.d.), Laurence Binyon s Painting in the Far East... (London, 1934), William Cohn s Chinese Art (London, 1930), a two volume set of H. A. Giles Gems of Chinese Lterature Prose & Verse (Shanghai, 1923), and William Edward Soothill & Lewis Hodus A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms with Sanskrit and English Equivalents and a Sanskrit-Pali Index (London, 1937).
Four Chinese textiles, including a silk and fine gold brocade k’ossu fragment, second half 18th century, 11in. x 16in. 28cm. x 41cm. Slightly stained, small areas of damage, black partly corroded, framed and glazed; a small silk panel, the ivory silk ground embroidered in silk stain stitch, late 19th –early 20th century, 5in. x 20in. 13cm. x 50cm. Small stain down left edge, mounted in wooden framed tray; a Chinese embroidered square, primarily worked in gold and silver coloured metal brocade on a beige silk ground with four dragons and phoenixes with butterflies, bats, etc. round a central medallion, white silk embroidered highlights, second half 19th century, 40in. 102cm. sq. Some damage to sides, mounted on board; and a Chinese silk embroidery, the white ground with a central vase of peonies surrounded by smaller vases and Buddhist emblems within a floral border, all worked in stain stitch, Peking knot and gold brocade, 19th century, 27in. x 40in. 69cm. x 102cm. Gold brocade slightly pulled in places, small break in applied black silk border top edge; mounted in a Chinese wood frame, slightly damaged. (4)
*India and Ceylon. An assorted group of twenty-four albumen prints, late 19th c., including views of Manasbul Lake, Kashmir, a waterfall scene by Bourne (image no. 2030), "The Haunt of the Sanbai" by Bourne (no. 2025), Ranee Khet, Botanical Gardens, Calcutta, Buddhist Temple in Kandy by Scowen, Kandy Lake Scene by Skeem & Co., approx. 25 x 22 cm, and similar sizes, some on album mounts, plus some smaller mounted group portraits of local people (24)
A LATE 19TH CENTURY CHINESE SILK DRAGON ROBE embroidered in gilt thread and predominantly blue silks with 5 toed scaly dragons amidst Buddhist emblems and clouds above the sea, the lower part of the robe with dragon embroidered "roundels" all on a black silk ground, with original decorative brass fasteners at the neck
A Pair of Cantonese "Famille Rose" Jars and Covers, circa 1900, of baluster shape, the domed covers with fo dog finials, four fo dog masks applied to the pink enamelled bandage shoulders, the main body is decorated with alternating large and small panels enclosing typical profusions of flowers inhabited by butterflies, bats and birds against dense leafy turquoise grounds, dragons and chrysanthemums to the basal band, 37.5cm high (restorations) # 400-600 161. A Pair of Cantonese Enamel Baluster Vases and Covers, early 19th century, the domed covers with repeat lotus and florette detail on a blue ground, the cylindrical necks with leaf tip collars, collar of ruyi to the shoulder, the main bodies with lotus blossoms and leaves, interspersed with Buddhist precious objects, 37cm high (both with damage)
Two Japanese Carved Walrus Sectional Ivory Figures, circa 1910, one depicting a peasant holding a stick and an aubergine, 15.5cm high; and the slightly smaller figure of a peasant carrying a basket, 12. 7cm high (both re-glued); and A Chinese Stained Rootwood Carving of a Buddhist Ascetic, early 20th century, standing with grimaced expression, holding rosary beads and a large fly whisk, 31.5cm high (headpiece lacking) (3)
An impressive large Chinese silk altar table cover, the centre plain tomato red satin, the borders attractively embroidered in long stitch and satin stitch with the Eight Immortals, Laozi above them with two attendants, a Manchurian crane and a ky'lin, at base a wave mountain flanked by Buddhist symbols including the yin-yang within the eight trigrams (pa kua); with outer running swastika guard. Late 19th century, 161in. x 87in. 409cm. x 221cm. Embroidery slightly distressed in places.
A Chinese turquoise ground famille rose wine pot and cover, the ovoid body decorated with lotus flowers and Buddhist knots on a turquoise ground, the neck with a band of cloud scrolls and the base with a band of stiff leaves, 14.5cm high, Qianlong seal mark in gilt and of the period, (handle restored)
A group of seven assorted pictures, including a watercolour of the Buddhist Temple, Kandy, Ceylon, by T Hollier, an oil still life of roses, signed D W Barratt, a watercolour woodland scene, a watercolour of a windmill, a pencil and wash view of a farm, two prints and an unframed, unstretched portrait of a lady, oil, with still life verso (8).
A Japanese Imari export ware charger decorated with panels around central fruit motif, 14.5" diameter; a similar smaller petal edged example, 9.5" diameter, restored; an export ware plate painted with shishi dog and Buddhist emblems within alternating panel borders, impressed character mark, 8.5" S/D.(3).
A rare Chinese painted wooden arrow case,circa 19th century of tapering square section bound by a series of shaped iron brackets, fitted with hinged lid bound by an engraved iron hasp at the front and with a shaped iron boss at the top and sides, painted with large flowers emerging from clouds at the base, and the front decorated with a scrolling fire-breathing dragon, further designs of foliage and all in polychrome on a red ground; a Chinese painted arrow case, 19th century, of circular section, the outer surface painted with Buddhist motifs in polychrome on a red ground; An embroidered bow case 19th century; two Chinese bow cases, each of brass-bound stiff leather; a Siamese crossbow, 19th century; a rare Sino-Tibetan folding bow, ten further painted bows, 18th and 19th centuries, an eastern painted quiver and an Indo-Persian steel bow 19th century (qty)
Late 18th or early 19th Century canton famille rose deep bowl, the exterior painted with a wide band of figures interspersed with elaborate floral displays and Buddhist items beneath a bird, fruit, flower and insect band, similar interior banding encircling a key fret banded panel of figures interspersed with scholars items, 33cms
A Ming style blue and white vase, bears seal mark of Qianlong, the flattened baluster bronze shape with elephant mask handles applied to a floral band on the neck, each side divided into four panels by scrolling lotus bands centred by diamond shaped lotus flower bosses and painted with of flower sprays centred by Buddhist objects, 37.5cm high
A Chinese porcelain dish painted in blue with two travellers in a landscape receiving directions from another, within a border of raised panels containing sea creatures encircled by wave scrolls containing Buddhist emblems, 26cm. diameter, Chenghua mark but Kangxi period, together with another Kangxi plate. (2)
A Tibetan embellished gilt copper repousse box and cover, 18th Century of circular form, decorated with Buddhist emblems, scrolling lotus and leaves - 4 7/8in. (12.3cm.) diam.; a Chinese gilt copper stand embellished in blue enamel and lapis, a circular gilt bronze pierced stand and two Tibetan gilt copper fragmentary sections, 18th and 19th Century. (5)
Early blue-printed chinoiserie teawares: comprising four teabowls variously decorated with the Barker Temple with Panel, Shepherd, Rainforth Parasol and Birds, and Far Pavilions patterns, and five saucers, including examples with the Tall Door, Violin, Curling Palm, Buffalo, and Buddhist Temple and Fisherman patterns, diameters of saucers between 12.8 and 16.4cm, all unmarked, generally between1795 and 1810. See FOB 119 for the Buddhist Temple and Fisherman pattern