14th Nov, 2025 9:30 GMT/BST
Asian Art
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A Pair of Chinese Porcelain Plates, 18th century, painted in underglaze blue with stylised insects and banana leaves
23cm diameter
A Similar Plate, Kangxi, painted with foliage with a foliate lappet border
22cm diameter
A Soup Plate, Qianlong, painted with a vase of flowers within a panelled lattice border and foliate rim
22cm diameter
Two Similar Plates, painted with river landscapes
24cm diameter (6)
For a similar plate painted with insects and banana leaves, but with the arms of Van Bleiswyk and Van Linborch and dated to circa 1700, see Christie's, New York, 23 January 2001, lot 46
Sold for £150
Estimated at £150 - £200
Bannana leaves - one with a hair crack to the rim and two tiny rim chips, the other with a Y-shaped crack in the well. No repair
Kangxi lappet - hair crack to the rim, slight fritting, the rim glaze abraded. No repair
Soup plate - seven small rim chips, no repair
Two plates - on with two hair cracks, a rim chip and fritting, the other with small rim chips and fritting. No repair to either
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Auction: Asian Art, 14th Nov, 2025
Coming up in the Autumn Asian Art Sale is a good mix of Chinese and Japanese ceramics and works of art.
Highlights of the sale include a Chinese Flambe-Glazed Bottle Vase, Qing Dynasty, probably Qianglong, and a Chinese Guan-Type Meiping, possibly Ming, both with provenance from renowned Asian art dealer Sydney Moss. Also of interest is a Chinese Porcelain Bottle Vase, with Jiaqing reign mark and probably of the period.
The sale will also offer a private collection of Japanese works of art, featuring such lots as a good Pair of Japanese Bronze and Mixed Metal Vases, Meiji period, decorated with birds, flowers and kanji seal tablets.
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Sunday 9th November - Thursday 13th November 11am-3pm, and morning of the sale from 8am
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