A Chinese blue and white ‘landscape’ table screen, late 19th century, painted with figures in a mountainous river landscape scene, the plaque 35cm x 25cm, associated hongmu stand, total height 57.5cm**conditionreport**There are two small sprint chips to the edge of the plaque on the left-hand side next to the mountain and the porcelain is slightly undulating in manufacture, on the back of the porcelain plaque there is a chip to the bottom edge, otherwise in good condition the associated wood stand is a little bleached in places but is in reasonable condition otherwise.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail.
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An Anglo-Chinese carved hardwood three-fold room or dressing screen - early 20th century, each panel with three arched reserves carved with foliage, fruiting vines and flowers around foliate cartouches, on a matted ground, with carved vines and flowers, below bud finials, on shaped bracket feet, 182 cm high, 168 cm long.
Chinese four fold screen, circular, carved and painted decoration with applied shell, 182cm, height 184cm.Condition report:One face and hair section are loose, but present. the rest of the Inlay looks complete, perhaps with some having been reattached. Minor marks, scuffs and scratches throughout but generally in good order.
Maugham (William Somerset) The Plays, 6 vol., half-titles, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1931-34; The Moon and the Sixpence, first edition, half-title, evenly browne, pencil inscription to final pastedown, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1919; On a Chinese Screen, first edition, half-title, original cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1922; Of Human Bondage, second impression, half-title, cracked hinges, original cloth, backstrip split at upper joint, rubbed and worn, September 1915; and others by the same, most first editions, 8vo (30).
Shanghai Surprise: A Group of Three Screen-Used Kimonos Worn by the Character 'China Doll',HandMade Films/MGM, 1986,comprising two long robes in pink and red, and a shorter robe in blue; the red robe fastened diagonally with gold metallic buttons, the blue and pink robes with knot-style buttons, each with traditional Chinese-style embroidery featuring butterfly, floral, and bird motifs, all with blue lining and without labels, No size, (3)Footnotes:Provenance:Offered by the Estate of Denis O'Brien (1941–2021), American attorney and Producer, best-known as the business manager of George Harrison of the Beatles and co-founder of the film studio HandMade Films.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Prunkvoller chinesischer Paravent. China. Holz, farbig gefasst. 151 x 80 x 33 cm. Fünfteilige goldfarbene Schnitzarbeit mit durchbrochen gearbeiteten Motiven. Kampfszene Landschaft mit Figuren, Ornamente, Drachen, Fo-Hunde und anderes. Rückseite rot gefasst. Krönungsfigur mit modernen Schrauben fixiert, dort eine Steckverbindung gebrochen. Aufrufzeit 13. | Juni 2024 | voraussichtlich 11:44 Uhr (CET)Ostentatious Chinese screen. China. Wood, painted in color. 151 x 80 x 33 cm. Five-part gold-colored carving with openwork motifs. Battle scene landscape with figures, ornaments, dragons, Fo dogs and others. Back painted red. Crowning figure fixed with modern screws, one plug connection broken there. Call time 13 June 2024 | probably 11:44 am (CET)*This is an automatically generated translation from German by deepl.com and only to be seen as an aid - not a legally binding declaration of lot properties. Please note that we can only guarantee for the correctness of description and condition as provided by the German description.
MAGNIFIQUE ET RARE PARAVENT À DOUZE FEUILLES EN LAQUE DE COROMANDELÉpoque Kangxi (1662-1722)A MAGNIFICENT LARGE TWELVE-PANEL COROMANDEL LACQUER SCREEN Kangxi periodDecorated on one side with a wide river landscape with lofty hills, craggy rockwork and jagged mountains, pavilions and pagodas scattered on shores and high cliffs, with scholars and their attendants wandering along remote paths, on foot or on mules, others contemplating nature, a monk seated in meditation attended by an acolyte, with fishermen perched in small boats, farmers tending to their crops and animals, a hunting party, and women and children engaged in various chores and activities in a large compound, all within panels of lotus, peony, magnolia and hibiscus sprays, landscapes and leaf panels, the reverse depicting a central figure of a large phoenix perched on a craggy rock and another swooping down from high above, surrounded by a myriad of birds including an egret, doves, mandarin ducks, all in a luscious garden setting and within a border depicting one hundred precious antiquities. Each panel 253cm x 49cm (99 5/8in x 19 1/4in) (12).Footnotes:清康熙 款彩百鳥朝鳳圖十二扇屏風Provenance:Collection of H.R.H. The Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester KG, KT, KPChristie's London, 26 and 27 January 2006, lot 405來源:格洛斯特公爵亨利王子珍藏倫敦佳士得,2006年1月26至27日,編號405The scene depicted on the reverse of this screen depicts a pair of large and beautifully rendered phoenix among a multitude of different species of birds, all similarly rendered with great attention to detail. This scene alludes to the popular and auspicious design of the 'Hundred Birds Paying Tribute to the Phoenix'. According to Chinese legend, the phoenix was considered the king of all feathered creatures, appearing only in times of prosperity and peace. On this particular screen a pair of phoenix occupies a central position alluding to the wish for marital harmony.Compare with a related twelve-panel coromandel screen, also dated to the Kangxi period, featuring the same subject of birds on one side, but a lengthy inscription on the reverse, sold in Sotheby's London, 8 November 2017, lot 38; compare also with two other twelve-leaf screens with the same decoration of birds surrounding a couple of phoenix, the first sold in Bonhams London, 17 May 2018, lot 75, the second sold in Christie's Paris, 21 and 22 June 2016, lot 399.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE CANTON ENAMEL TABLE SCREEN QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY Decorated with a Western figure observing a small dog and an attendant, seated between trees and beside a lake, mounted in a hardwood frame, the enamel plaque, with Spink & Son Ltd label and inventory labels '10' and 'X 205' approximately 16.8cm high x 9.9cm wide and overall including wood mount 26.5 cm high x 12cm wide Provenance: Spink & Son, 30th September 1934, £9-0-0 and sold with the original purchase receipt. The small screen was bought by Ada Palmer, the mother of Reginald Howard Reed Palmer, as an ornament to place on the central plinth at the top of the mahogany bureau-cabinet at Bussock wood, see lot 89 in this auction. It is recorded in her estate's probate valuation by Simmons of Basingstoke in 1953 as item 54: 'A Ch'ien Lung Table Screen with Canton enamel panel decorated figures in a landscape, 10½ in. high.' Exhibited: Michael Gillingham, Chinese Painted Enamels, An Exhibition held in the Department of Eastern Art, June & July 1978, Ashmolean Museum, illustrated p.17, no.10 清十八世紀 銅胎畫琺瑯西洋人物圖插屏拍品來源:英國帕瑪家族收藏,Reginald Palmer的母親Ada Palmer於1934年9月30日以9英鎊購買於倫敦古董商Spink & Son,作為放置在Bussockwood桃花心木櫃上的的擺件。1953年,Simmons of Basingstoke 在遺產估價中記為54號,"一件乾隆朝的琺瑯山水人物插屏,10½ 英呎高"展覽信息:牛津阿什莫林博物館《中國畫琺瑯器》展覽,1978年六月-七月,展品編號10號 Condition Report: crack to top left corner of plaque approximately 4cm long and three other stress cracks to top section largely between the two trees unexamined out of frameCondition Report Disclaimer
A collection of Chinese jades and hardstones and a Japanese ginbari cloisonné-enamel box and cover,18th century - 20th century,Comprising: a silver and white jade hand mirror, with white jade dragon belt hook shaft, with silver mount decorated with bats and the Eight Buddhist Emblems, inset with jadeite cabochons and carved tourmalines, the centre with white jade plaque carved in shallow relief with a boy carrying a vase of flowers on a raft boat, 22cm long overall; a white jade figure of a handler with a monkey on his shoulder, carved from a pale even stone, the details finely fleshed out, 7.5cm high; a soapstone 'dragon' belt hook, 10.7cm long; a spinach jade box and cover carved with butterflies and orchids, 11.8cm long; an agate baluster vase and cover, 16cm high, with wood stand; a rock crystal figure of a sage and deer, 9cm wide; a soapstone screen carved with a dragon and phoenix, 16cm high; and a Japanese ginbari cloisonné-enamel box and cover with silver and gold wire, decorated with a butterfly amongst hydrangea, unmarked, 7.6cm diameter (9)
An English mahogany pole screen with needlework panel, Mid-18th century and later stand, The adjustable stand enclosing a needlework panel depicting a Chinese blue and white vase of flowers on a pierced giltwood base with a seated squirrel, with later extended border, backed with red damask, panel - 54.7 x 44.5cm; overall - 144cm high
Art Reference Books on Asian Art - Japanese Bing, S Artistic Japan: Illustrations and Essays. Volumes V & VI Sampson Low, Marston , London, 1890/91 Izzard, Sebastian One Hundred Masterpieces from the Collection of Dr. Walter A. Compton: Japanese Swords, Sword Fittings Other Accoutrements, in Slipcase Christie's, New York,1992 Grilli, Elise The Art of the Japanese Screen Weatherhill/Bijutsu, New York/Tokyo,1971 Wichmann, Siegfried Japonisme: The Japanese Influence on Western Art In the 19th and 20th Centuries Thames and Hudson,1980 McDermott, Hiroko T & Pollard, Clare Threads of Silk and Gold, Ornamental Textiles from Meiji Japan Ashmolean Museum, Oxford , 2012 Lane, Richard HOKUSAI, Life and Work Barrie & Jenkins, London,1989 Impey, Oliver The Art Of The Japanese Folding Screen: The Collections Of the Victoria & Albert Museum & The Ashmolean Museum Ashmolean Museum, Oxford,1997 Croissant, Doris & Ledderose, Lothar Japan und Europa: 1543-1929 [An Exhibition of the "43rd Berlin Festival" at the Martin-Gropius-Bau Berlin] Argon,1993 Hefner, Robert A Through an Open Door: Selections from the Robert A. Hefner III Collection of Contemporary Chinese Oil Paintings Portfolio Editions, Oklahoma,1997 Watson, William The Great Japan Exhibition: Art of the Edo Period 1600-1868 Royal Academy of Arts, London,1981 Shono, Masako: Japanisches Aritaporzellan im sogenannten Kakiemonstil als Vorbild fur die Meisener Porzellanmanufaktur Editions Schneider, Munich 1973 Documents Japonais. Folio containing numerous colour plates, c.1900. (13)
AN ORIENTAL SIX-PANEL PAINTED SCREEN WITH BIRDS AND FLOWERS Japanese/Chinese, first half of the 20th Century, ink on cloth mounted to board, painted scenes of peony trees and pheasants, wooden frames and brass mounts (damages - repairs needed) 91.5 x 45.5cm (each panel), 5.5m x 2.75m Condition: Condition Report Several of the panels have tears at the folds, and are now detached into three pairs, one has a large section torn (see additional images) repairs/restoration requuired, wear to the surface throughout, viewing strongly advised. This is an auction of preowned and antique items. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and you should expect general wear and tear commensurate with age and use. We strongly advise you to examine items before you bid. Condition reports are provided as a goodwill gesture and are our general assessment of damage and restoration. Whilst care is taken in their drafting, they are for guidance only. We will not be held responsible for oversights concerning damage or restoration.
CHINESE PORCELAIN MOUNTED FOUR-LEAF HARDWOOD SCREEN, late Qing Dynasty, each leaf mounted with a large famille rose painted landscape plaque with poetic inscription, between carved and burr wood (huamu) panels, each leaf 167 x 44cms, overall 167 x 176cmsProvenance: private collection AngleseyComments: some carved wood panels loose/warped, far left porcelain plaque cracked & broken in two with traces of old glue, some back boarkds cracked, restoration required, inspection advised. Heavy.
CHINESE PORCELAIN THREE-LEAF 'SHOULAO' TABLE SCREEN, late Qing Dynasty or later, each leaf mounted with famille rose painted plaque depicting Shoulao with attendant holding fan, flanked by two other attendants, one holding a peony beneath flying crane, the other holding bronze jue beneath flying bats, 76cms (h)Provenance: private collection AngleseyComments: pierced elements loose, on panel with small brown iron spot.
An attractive 20th Century Chinese hardwood Table Screen, the obverse with etched panels depicting various animals of portrait shape, signed in Chinese character, each on pivot with text on reverse, each of the six panels framed within twelve smaller panels of etched design showing Chinese characters carrying out daily chores, all mounted with ornate hardwood frame, in original presentation box. (1)
CHINESE HARDWOOD TABLE SCREEN, 19TH CENTURY the circular panel inlaid with mother of pearl depicting officials in a landscape, on a pierced and carved stand with further mother of pearl inlay, on scroll feet82cm highCondition good to fair. Split to circular screen, with corresponding damage and losses. Some more minor splits and wear to stand. Further wear as per age. Additional images now available.
NO RESERVEA CHINESE HARDWOOD AND LACQUER TABLE SCREEN THE PANEL DATED 1727, THE FRAME LATER Set with a circular black lacquer panel decorated with boys, a Buddhist lion, and lingzhi sprays in mother of pearl, soapstone and lapis lazuli, the reverse with a poem, dated to the seventh month of the fifth year of the Yongzheng reign and with two seals, the later frame decorated with dragons and further fungi, 61cm x 45cm. PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 注:本拍品不設底價。
NO RESERVEA CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE FOUR-PANEL SCREEN 20TH CENTURY Depicting prunus, chrysanthemum, lotus and peony as an allegory of the four seasons, each panel painted with birds among the seasonal flowers beneath a poem relating to each subject, in a wood frame carved with bats among scrolling clouds, together with a conforming stand, each panel 40.5cm x 15.5cm, 86.8cm x 99cm overall. (2) PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 注:本拍品不設底價。
NO RESERVEA CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE 'BOYS' TABLE SCREEN REPUBLIC PERIOD The porcelain plaque decorated with boys playing in a garden, the lower left corner with an iron-red mark reading linzhi chengxiang (the qilin's footprints foretell good fortune), mounted in a pierced wood stand, 60.5cm x 52cm. PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 注:本拍品不設底價。 Provenance: from a British collection, Kent.
A Chinese hardwood 'Dragon and Phoenix' millefleur screen, Qing dynasty, late 19th century, brightly painted in pink, yellow, green and blue with iron red-dragon and gilt dragon, the porcelain panel 38cm x 26cm and overall height of screen approximately 76cm high x widest base 47cm Provenance: From the estate of the late Bruce John Clayton 1930-2023清 "龍鳳呈祥"萬花不落地插屏拍品來源:Bruce John Clayton (1930-2023)家族收藏 Condition Report: the porcelain plaque in good conditionthe wood stand with breaks and old repairs and with many of the securing pegs loose Condition Report Disclaimer
A Chinese Qiyang soapstone 'landscape' table screen, late Qing dynasty, 19th century, the rectangular panel well carved on one side with a scene portraying pavilions and courtyards surrounded by tempestuous waves, the pavilions build amongst large jagged boulders and with pine and willow trees, two cranes with outstretched wings depicted soaring near the lingzhi cloud wisps, supported on a wood stand detailed with open scrollwork, the plaque 50cm high x 38.5cm wide and overall height 79.5cm Provenance: Property from a deceased estate 晚清 祁陽石浮雕海屋添籌圖插屏拍品來源:英國私人收藏 Condition Report: plaque cracked in half the wood stand and wood surround with repairs and losses see additional images for visual reference to condition Condition Report Disclaimer

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