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Click here to subscribeFabulous group of dangling hoop earring charms. Black pearl, cinnabar, malachite, silver and gold tone. Each has a gold tone cap and loop for hanging. There is also a gold tone cap at the bottom of each. Loop measures 5.4mm so hoop must be smaller. Largest bead: 0.41"dia. Issued: 20th centuryCountry of Origin: United StatesCondition: Age related wear.
A pair of modern carved cinnabar lacquered vases, height 22cm (af), and a pair of modern Chinese bronze and enamelled lidded vases, height 8cm (af).Condition Report: Please note, there are large chips and dents to the pair of lacquered vases and large losses, dents and chips to the pair of lidded vases.
A 20th Century Chinese cinnabar bowl of red ground with carved black foliate design decoration and blue interior upon a Chinese hardwood stand. Accompanied by a green enamel inkwell with cherry blossom and bird patterns and other examples of tibetan metal pieces including three small lidded pots. Cinnabar bowl measuring approximately 12cm x 20cm diameter.
Beautiful ornate cinnabar carved with flowers set in sterling silver. The belt buckle has two round halves secured by a hook. It is stamped on one half with a Chinese character on the back. It measures approximately 2.5"L x 1.25"W when the pieces are connected. 18g. Country of Origin: ChinaCondition: Age related wear.
12 Medium size early 20th century carved buttons from China.This lot consists of 12 hand carved red Cinnabar flowers from China in the early 1900's. A set is not common to find as most were broken up. Issued: DIVISION 1=PRE 1918 AND DIVISION 3 IS AFTER 1918Dimensions: SM=Less than 3/4", Medium=3/4" to 1 1/4". Large=1 1/4" and above, extra large=1 3/4" and above
1 large domed late 19th century China back marked button.Pictorial examples this large and finely carved in Cinnabar are not plentiful This example from the collection of Nikki Deal is set in Chinese silver and is back marked China. Issued: DIVISION 1=PRE 1918 AND DIVISION 3 IS AFTER 1918Dimensions: SM=Less than 3/4", Medium=3/4" to 1 1/4". Large=1 1/4" and above, extra large=1 3/4" and above
A group of Oriental items, comprising carved red resin, cinnabar lacquer style, scent or snuff bottle and lid, the base with oval brass cartouche signature, (Ghout?) with figures in a garden, lady with fan and rocks, 7.7cm high, a square hinged brass pill box, a red and silver metal snuff bottle with carved water buffalo and musician figures, leaf band edge, 7.5cm high, an oval hinged tortoiseshell box with gilt decoration to lid showing woman in rickshaw, 8.5cm by 6cm by 2cm, a small floral cloisonne vase with black ground 5cm on wooden base, and an oval papier mache hinged case with gilt figure decoration. (6)
A large Japanese gold lacquered comb, Meiji period. With cinnabar floral decoration, 6 x 13cm, two Japanese gold decorated combs with kogai and three other Japanese combs. (8)From the collection of Pat Johnstone, a Cornish artist and sculptor, who also had a passion for collecting Asian antiques and especially Japanese combs, kogai and kanzashi. Her collection has been curated for over 40 years and includes items from the Miriam Slater collection.
A Japanese cinnabar lacquer comb, ex Miriam Slater Collection Purchased Nov 2014, decorated with flowers and leaves with mother-of-pearl, 5.5 x 12cm, a Japanese red lacquer wood comb, Showa Era, signed, with raised feather decoration, 6 x 11.5cm and four further Japanese red lacquer combs, largest 6 x 12cm. (6)From the collection of Pat Johnstone, a Cornish artist and sculptor, who also had a passion for collecting Asian antiques and especially Japanese combs, kogai and kanzashi. Her collection has been curated for over 40 years and includes items from the Miriam Slater collection.
A pair of Chinese cinnabar lacquer vases, early-mid 20th century. Height 26cm, width 12.5cm and a pair of Chinese cloisonne vases, 20th century, height 21cm, width 10cm, each with carved wood stands (8)From the personal collection of the late Graham Pedley who owned an antique shop in Truro, Cornwall from 1964-1983.
A Chinese cinnabar lacquer rectangular box, early 20th century. Height 4cm, width 10cm, depth 8.5cm and a Chinese cinnabar lacquer box, mid 20th century, height 6cm, width 18.5cm, depth 18cm. (2)The Vandekar family established their internationally renowned antiques dealership in Amsterdam before moving to London in 1916. They specialized in the decorative arts of the 17th-20th century with a particular interest in 18th-19th century European and Chinese ceramics. In the 1970s and 80s, Michael Beard worked as a ceramics expert in the London showroom of Earle D. Vandekar of Knightsbridge, travelling internationally to trade shows and antiques fairs, and helping with the launch of the New York branch of Vandekar in 1982. There is no surprise that he leaves in his estate some beautiful examples of porcelain, ceramics, and objets d’art. When Michael retired to Cornwall around 1988 he settled at first in St Ives, where he became a prominent patron of the arts and a devoted member of the Old Cornwall Society. On his death he has left a collection boasting some fine examples of Cornish painting, sculpture, studio pottery, and decorative chinoiserie.
A Chinese cinnabar lacquer libation cup, Qing Dynasty, 18th/19th century Carved with branches of fruit, leaves and flowers, the underside with a large flowerhead, on a later ebonised stand, height 4.5cm, length 11cm, width 8.5cm.Private collection of a Parisian lady (1876-1964), whence by family descent to the present South West Cornwall vendor.This unrestored cup is perfect but for a tiny single chip. See image
A SMALL CHINESE CINNABAR LACQUER CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER (8)Probably 19th century The cover carved with two figures in a landscape inside a key pattern border, 12cm diameter; also a Burmese circular lacquer box and matched cover, 9.5cm diameter; a lacquer box and cover in the form of a tortoise, 12cm at widest point and a lacquer bird form box and cover, 10cm diameter (8)Cinnabar lacquer box and cover- some small chips around the edges but overall in good conditionBurmese box and cover- The cover is matching and doesn't fit. The box may have been repaintedTortoise box and cover- minor losses and wearBird box and cover- some small chips around the edges
A collection of various objets de vertus including a 19th Century travelling barometer thermometer with Singer's Patent compass verso, by C W Dixey & Son Optician to The Queen, 3 New Bond Street London, No'd. 1619, 5 cm diameter, a Chinese heavily carved tortoiseshell snuff box with figural decoration, 7 cm x 4.5 cm, a tortoiseshell and yellow metal inlaid cross pendant on a moonstone bead chain, a Persian lacquered rectangular box, the top decorated with figures revelling in an interior, a Chinese cinnabar lacquered snuff bottle with all-over figural decoration and green stone stopper, 6.5 cm wide x 7.3 cm high, a plain tortoiseshell paperknife, 25.8 cm long, an Austrian cold painted bronze miniature figure of a "Squirrel upon a log", 4.5 cm long, an embossed brass vesta case decorated with Mr. Punch and Bonzo, 5.8 cm long, a lapis lazuli faceted pendant, set of postal scales, Burmese spherical open salt with figural decoration, miniature oval tray with shell marquetry inlaid medallion, a 19th Century marquetry inlaid single section tea caddy, jewellery box and contents of various costume jewellery, child's silver backed embossed dressing table brush, etc. CONDITION REPORTS Regarding the pocket barometer specifically : Whilst the case is basically sound, there is wear and tear to the gilding, particularly to the suspension loop. The silvered dial appears intact as does the mercury thermometer. The dial has some signs of dirt to the surface particularly to the inner section. There is some scratching to the surface of the paintwork on the mother of pearl Singer's compass dial - see images for further detail. The hand appears to be bent on the barometer dial - see images for further detail
Six Chinese porcelain plates, 18th Century, four blue and white decorated with dragons and leaping fish, one blue and white with floral decoration, one in Imari style, the largest 22.4cm diameter, five sets of early 20th Century tea cups and covers, decorated with white orchids and inscriptions on an iron red ground, some marked 'Tongzhi Nianzhi' or 'Yushengtai Zao' and a 20th Century cinnabar lacquer plate with petal rim, decorated with scholars playing chess, the base mark 'Daqing Qianlong Nianzhi', 23.5cm diameterOne broken with old glue residue, one with hairline crack, small wear throughout shown in closeup photographs
A mixed lot of oriental items to include a boxed red Cinnabar carved lacquered plate on wooden stand, a pair of turquoise glazed porcelain fire dogs, root carved figures, white metal model of a Ditow, cloisonne vases, snuff bottles in glass, porcelain and red Cinnabar lacquer, Thai boxed cutlery, boxed Chinese opera masks and other items, Location:
A Chinese hard stone seal surmounted by a hare incised decoration to the sides, matrix with seal mark, 3¾in. (9.5cm.) high, together with five snuff bottles, comprising a spinach green jade style snuff bottle of tapered spade form, a carved red cinnabar lacquer snuff bottle, white porcelain snuff bottle painted with a bearded man, white porcelain snuff bottle painted with a landscape and a blue and white porcelain snuff bottle in the form of a bearded man, all with stoppers, 2¾in. (7cm.) tallest. (6) * Seal with tiny flea-bite nibbles to corners etc, good; snuff bottles - green jade style snuff with nibbles to base rim, blue & white with hairline to neck, others good.
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