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Click here to subscribeA 20TH-CENTURY OAK-CASED "GRANDMOTHER" CLOCK having a humped top on an arch-glazed door, plain trunk and base with block feet, the brass dial having a silvered "Tempus Fugit" medallion above a silvered chapter ring with Roman hours and Arabic minutes, framing a matted centre, the three-train quarter- striking movement, chiming on six gongs, stamped "MALLER A.S./FOREIGN" and numbered 295444, 166.5cm, (65.5in) high
A SET OF FOUR (3+1 ARM) REGENCY MAHOGANY DINING CHAIRS each having an ebony-strung toprail with greek fret motif, the shaped midrail centred by a raised concentric disc medallion, on a further plain midrail, the open armchair having downswept arms on bobbin-turned supports, the drop-in seats (later upholstered in gold foliate damask) within reeded frame, on tapering square section front legs, with H-stretcher
A brass octagonal box and cover, the design attributed to Edward Spencer, the edge of the base and drop-in cover having fine wirework banding, and centred with a silvered circular medallion showing in relief the Pelican in Piety, 8cm. high, engraved on base "From three not ungrateful young pelicans" and dated 'Christmas 1925'
A gold and enamel plaque, signed: G. Bouvier, circa 1745, of cartouche form, the opaque white ground with a central chased medallion of Diana with companion and hound within gold flourishes and insects picked out in translucent green enamel, set into the lid of a contemporary Birmingham gilt-metal snuff box worked with shells, garlands and scrolls width 7.5cm, 3in
Five Artificers Guild 'Zodiac' teaspoons, with round bowls and simple handles terminating with a 'Zodiac' medallion, including Libra, Pisces, Leo, Scorpio and Gemini, 10.5cm. long, makers marks for London 1912, and two larger similar spoons, with Leo and Gemini finials, 13.5cm. London makers marks for 1924 and 1925 respectively.
An urn-shaped scent bottle with engraved floral decoration on circular foot and floral enamel silver coloured metal stopper, 5.25in. high; a green agate coloured glass circular scent bottle with china medallion mount decorated a rose and gilt metal screw cover, 2in. high; a globular tapered cut scent bottle with silver screw cover and tortoiseshell inlaid panel, 2.25in. high; and an oval scent bottle with applied silver coloured metal foliated decoration, 2.5in. high. (4)
A Blue and White Bowl, Jiajing period, finely painted in vivid cobalt-blue, the interior with a blossoming peach twig on a raised central medallion, the exterior with two pairs of birds each perched on a peach tree, seal mark in zhuanshu script: Fu Gui Jia Qi, together with a Blue and White Shallow Bowl, Tianqi period, of rounded conical form, painted with a hare crouching beside a tree in a floral landscape, within a Greek key border, the exterior with three insects, six-character Chenghua mark on base, 13cm., 5.25in. and 17.5cm., 6 7/8in. diameter
A Blue and White Bowl, Wanli period, the deep vessel with slightly everted rim, painted around the exterior with a continuous scene, depicting two mythical beasts beneath a peach tree, one plucking a fruit, the other catching a bee, with birds and deer among and pine trees, a circular medallion in the interior depicting a peach tree among rocks, the base with four-character mark: Yu Tang Jia Qi, 35cm., 13.75in diameter
A Blue and White Rectangular Table Screen, Transitional period, circa 1640, standing on four bracket feet, one side with a design of a sage inspecting a scroll with a central ying-yang medallion held by two attendants beneath a phoenix flying among stylised clouds, a crouching deer in the foreground, the other side with two small figures in an elaborate riverscape, blossoming twigs on the edges, 26.5cm., 10.5in.
A Blue and White Bowl, Transitional period, finely painted in outline and various shades of wash, the interior with a central medallion depicting a figure playing the flute on a rocky promontory above the sea, the exterior painted with an elaborate continuous scene of female musicians and dancers entertaining a dignitary seated on a day bed, all within a luxurious garden, Jiajing six-character mark, 20cm., 8in. diameter
Two Blue And White Bowls, Kangxi period, the first with an everted rim, painted in outline and varying shades of wash, with a central phoenix medallion to the interior, within a band of ruyi lappets and flowers at the rim, with four flying phoenix beneath a band of flower scrolls on the exterior, six-character Kangxi mark to the base; the second finely painted with a leaping carp medallion in the interior and two anhua dragons chasing pearls on the cavetto, the exterior with three flying phoenixes, 16cm., 6.25in. and 15.5cm. 6 1/8 diameter
Three Underglaze-Blue and Red Bowls, Kangxi period, the first two centrally painted with a medallion of prunus, the exterior with four blossoming prunus boughs extending from the rim, the petals executed in white slip; the third with a lingzhi fungus to the interior and four similar roundels of blossoming prunus on a carved lotus ground, lingzhi mark to base, between 19.5cm., 7.75in. and 22.5cm., 9in.
A Blue and White Moon Flask, Qianlong period, finely painted in simulated 'heaping and piling' effect, with a raised central pear-shaped medallion on either side, with two bats flying on either side of a leafy cluster of five peaches, reserved on a lotus scroll ground, the narrow sides with a band of lingzhi scroll, continued on the waisted neck, all flanked by two angular handles with ruyi terminals at the shoulders, the splayed rectangular foot with a classic scroll, the base unglazed, 24cm., 9.5in.
A 'Wucai' Circular Box and Cover, Wanli mark and period, of circular form, the domed cover with a slightly raised central medallion decorated with a pair of iron-red and yellow birds perched on the branches of a tall willow tree, two butterflies hovering in flight above lilies and other flowers to one side, within a border of prunus, lychee, pomenegrate and peach sprigs, the base encircled by further fruit sprays including vine, the slightly raised edge rims with bands of underglaze-blue lozenge speckled with green enamel and iron-red, six-character Wanli mark to the base, 24cm., 9.5in.
A 'Famille-Verte' Charger, Kangxi period, painted with a Buddhist lion with two cubs in a medallion enclosed by double rings in underglaze-blue, the underside with three pairs of lions playing with brocade balls, all in tones on green, aubergine, iron red and pale yellow, six-character Chenghua mark on base, 40.5cm., 16in. diameter