14th Nov, 2025 9:30 GMT/BST
Asian Art
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A Chinese Porcelain Bowl, Yongzheng/early Qianlong, painted in famille rose enamels with precious objects and foliage within a lattice border, the exterior with insects and flowersprays on a cafe-au-lait ground
16cm diameter
A Similar Platter, of canted rectangular form, painted with flowersprays within a foliate, lattice and scroll border
23cm diameter (2)
Sold for £250
Estimated at £150 - £200
Bowl - Two tight hair cracks to the rim. A firing imperfection near to rim on the outer side, see image.
Platter - large flat chip to the reverse of the rim. Other small rim chips and fritting. No cracks and free from repair. Some flakes to the enamel and glaze scratches.
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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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