Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2019 with funding from Getty Research Institute https://archive.org/details/catalogueofcolle00chri_31 O-A-T-A-IjOa-TJ^B OF A COLLECTION OF OLD CHINESE ENAMELLED AND BLUE AND WHITE NANKIN PORCELAIN, THE PROPERTY OP A GENTLEMAN, Received from the East; also CHINESE PORCELAIN, BRONZES and a few Lots of JAPANESE LACQUER FROM VARIOUS SOURCES: jpAVlES'fe-fc^ WHICH SlSiiU t>e 3olti Auction bjj Messrs. CHRISTIE, MANSON & WOODS, . AT TBCEIB (SEBA1T B0QM3, 8 KING STREET, ST. JAMES’S SQUARE, On TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1897, AT ONE O’CLOCK PRECISELY. May be viewed Saturday and Monday preceding, and Catalogues bad, at Messrs. Christie, Manson and Woods’ Offices, 8 King Street, St. James's Square, S. W. [At\\, 76 ^- 75 % CONDITIONS OF SALE. - 0 -- I. THE highest Bidder to be the Buyer; and if any dispute arise between two or more Bidders, the Lot so in dispute shall be immediately put up again and re-sold. II. No person to advance less than Is.; above Five Pounds, 5s.; and so on in proportion. IIT. In the case of Lots upon which there is a reserve, the Auctioneer shall have the right to bid on behalf of the Seller. IV. The Purchasers to give in their Names and Places of Abode, and to pay down 5s. in the Pound, or more, in part of payment, or the whole of the Purchase-Money, if required; in default of which, the Lot or Lots so purchased to be immediately put up again and re-sold. V. The Lots to be taken away and paid for, whether genuine and authentic or not, with all faults and errors of description, at the Buyer’s expense and risk, within Two days from the Sale; Messrs. Chkistie, Manson and Woods not being responsible for the correct description, genuineness, or authenticity of, or any fault or defect in, any Lot; and making no warranty whatever. VI. To prevent inaccuracy in delivery, and inconvenience in the settlement of the Purchases, no Lot can on any account be removed during the time of Sale; and the remainder of the Purchase-Money must absolutely be paid on the delivery. VII. Upon failure of complying with tlie above Conditions, the Money deposited in part of payment shall be forfeited; all Lots un¬ cleared within the time aforesaid shall be re-sold by public or private Sale, and the deficiency (if any) attending such re-sale shall be made good by the defaulter at this Sale. <3N ^ CATALOGUE. -- On TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1897, AT ONE O’CLOCK PRECISELY. -♦o THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN. Most of the following Lots have carved and pierced wood covers and stands. % 0 / OLD NANKIN PORCELAIN. 1 Two small oviform vases, with plum blossom ; arul one, similajj^^/^^^^^^t/ 2 Three ditto 3 Four ditto - 4 A pair of small oviform vases and covers, decorated with plum, blossom 5 A vase and cover, with plum blossom ; and two small ditto vases 6 A small oviform vase, with flowers and foliage ; and two ditto, with plum blossom 7 A small oviform vase, painted with lilies and foliage; and one, Jp -#—— with a river scene, figures and boats 8 A small vase, with Lange Lysen and palms ; a ditto jar, with boys \ ?/- j <• sporting; a bottle, with a river scene; and one other piece y f ' r 9 A bottle, with foliage; a globular ditto, with peonies; and a jar, JOhr—' with Ho-Ho birds B 2 o 4 /•//, * 10 2 ,/Z. 6 11 ‘2"' 2-. 12 f/* ' 0 13 /* /? . O 14 /, /0 , O 15 z.,/0,^ <4/if . on A writer’s case, decorated with a dragon and clouds ; a tea-pot and cover, with figures in landscapes; and one,,with boys sporting in panels Three small-necked jars, decorated with plum blossom 't Two small oviform vases, with plum blossom; and a sm^ll-necke jar, similar Three beakers, with plum blossom A pair of taller ditto A pair of beakers, with branches of hawthorn A vase, painted with utensils in two panels—9^ in. high Sr / A cylindrical vase, with figures in a landscape, and palm tree \yfs\ /' // . ^18 if , ^19 S' / ' ° 20 / j tf, O and one, with numerous figures on a terrace, and inscription A vase, painted with chrysanthemums and scroll foliage—101? in. high Another, with a rocky river scene and figures ; and one, of similar , form, painted with dragons and fish—10^ in. high A howl, entirely covered with bamboo and flowering asters— 10 in. diam. 21 A cylindrical spill-jar, with panel of utensils, prunus and charac- , ters—8 in. high ; and a smaller ditto, with a river scene Another, with utensils—5f in. high ; and a small beaker, with /y plum pattern—7 in. high <* A'7* A pair of dishes, with rocks, peonies and flo-Ho birds—13 in. diam. t/S'f ’ fr/tT. 0 25 A small dish, pheasants and rocks in the centre—11 in. diam.; a dish, with fluted border, sprays of flowers in the centre; a dish, flowers and rocks in the centre and flowers on the border on a diapered-pattern ground—10£ in. diam.; a plate, with geometrical design; one, with a landscape; and four others An oviform jar and cover, with mirror-shaped panels of kylins k . JL , O 2fi on a diapered-pattern ground—8-} in. high ; and a plum-pattern^ rice-jar—81? in. diam. A plum-pattern dish—101? in. diam.; and a dish, with a warrior in the centre, fir trees on the border 5 * 27 ^ 28 0 29 ^ 30 * 31 0 32 / ° 33 A pair of dislies, with flowers and utensils in the centre—14 in. diam. A set of six plates, with the persimmon fruit and fingered lemon ✓ —13 in. diam. A cylindrical vase, with figures in a rocky landscape ; and nne,^ with a band of flowers and foliage t_ A cylindrical vase, witli sprays of foliage ; a small-neclced vase, with figures on a terrace; and one, with elephant’sdiead handles cS-^o^ A jar, with a fir tree, deer and cranes ; and one, with flowers in y white on blue ground A long-necked bottle, with flowers and foliage; another of-^ similar form ; and one, with utensils A bowl, with rock, storks and aquatic plants; and a fluted ditto, // - with bats and key pattern A dish, with seeding peony—14^ in. diam.-, and threeyathers, similar A dish, entirely covered with sprays of peonies—16 in. diam.; another, similar; a dish, with flowering lotos; and a dish, covered with small floral scrolls A dish, with shaped borders, Ho-Ho birds and flowers in the / centre—184 in. diam. A dish, with rocks and peonies in the centre—10^ in diam. ; one, with emblems; another, with mirror-shaped panels of flowering / peonies; and one, with small sprays of flowers zC> A jar and cover, decorated with plum blossom ; and a jar, similar^^ An oviform jar, entirely covered with Ho-Ho birds, seeding peonies and interlaced scrolls—9^ in. high An oviform jar and cover, with three mirror-shaped panels with dancing figures of boys on a scale-pattern ground—10 in. high A bottle, with dragons and clouds—9^ in. high ; a small beaker, with asters — 7^ in. high-, and a small oviform jar, with flowering asters—54 in. high o 42 A Pair of Vases and Covers, painted with the Ho-Ho bird, ' ° 34 , a 35 ' ^ 36 O 37 ° 38 0 39 ^ 40 ■* 41 seeding peonies and other flowering plants—17 in. high 6 /*/[ / ? , <^43 A jar, with Ho-Ho birds and interlaced peonies—10 in. high J,/£ . A shaped jar and cover, entirely painted with Ho-Ho birds, seeding * peonies and interlaced foliage—18 in. high A *T> v & 45 A pair of jars and covers, with figures of ladies and children ima , . ' palm grove, utensils on the neck—16 in. high CHINESE ENAMELLED PORCELAIN. /./« /'/O' a *7' J . o i?. , o / ' / $, o 46 Four small plates, decorated with the god of longevity, and emblems of riches; and four deep saucers, enamelled with peonies and prunus 47 A pair of famille verte saucers, enamelled with rocks and grass A in the centre; and a pair, nearly similar, with lotos and aquaticr plants 48 A set of three famille verte saucers, with conventional asters ; a plate, enamelled with rocks and starling; and two other saucers 49 A pair of bowls, enamelled with butterflies and sprigs of flowers ^ in brilliant colours—8^ in. diarn. 50 A vase, with flowers on pink ground and dragons in medallions; one, with red diapered ground; and one other 51 A vase, with figures, palm trees and rocks ; a beaker, with similar /? A/r. decoration ; and a small vase LA/At'- 52 A famille verte dish, enamelled with branches of flowers, recks, Ho-Ho and other birds—14 in. diam. f 53 Another, with a large figure of a dragon in brown and green— 15 in. diam. ^ 54 A dish, enamelled with lilies, flowering tree and bird ; and one, with flowers and birds t/fet 55 A pair of dishes, with a landscape and flowers in medallions, oir red and green diapered ground 66 A tall cup, with an equestrian figure and fir trees; and one, with' flowers on yellow ground 57 A pair ot sweetmeat-boxes and covers, enamelled with figures of ladies and children y°r i & 58 A pair of jars, enamelled with Ho-Ho birds, flowers and foliage^n red and green 6 59 A pair of cylindrical vases, each with a figure of an old ^ hoy; and a bottle, with similar decoration L- 7 60 A vase, with flowers and insects; and two others, with simil^ y decoration • * & 61 A jar, with flowers in panels with red diapered borders; and one, with a baud of medallions on red diapered ground i & 62 An Oviform Famille Veute Vase, enamelled with flowers an aquatic plants in panels in diapered borders—7 in. high, 6 3 Two jars, enamelled with ladies and children and a' man on horse-y back, in landscapes ! /ol A jar and cover, enamelled with figures before a mandarin, and O y palm trees f65 A jar, with warriors, fir trees and Chinese characters; and an oviform vase, with three men and a baby f >> - ^ 66 Two jars, with kylins, chrysanthemums, Ho-Ho birds and foliage \t & 67 Two ditto, with children, flowers and foliage ^ 68 A jar, with figures before a mandarin ; and one, with branches of ^ fruit ^ 69 A vase, with a lady and children in a landscape; and a cylindri-^ cal vase, enamelled with fish and characters 0 70 A pear-shaped bottle, enamelled with a lady and a child in a land-^7 scape; and a long-necked bottle, with figures ^ • ^ 71 A vase, with a fir tree and figures ; and a cylindrical vase, ladies and children ' v 72 A small oviform vase, with stags in a landscape; and one, with^y^^- dragons and clouds ^ 73 A beaker, enamelled with flowering plants and butterflies in * colours—81, in. high 71 A pair of pear-shaped bottles, enamelled with figures and Chineso^^ & characters—8^ in. high 7 75 A pair of square-shaped vases, enamelled with figures in panels 7y . y ' _ and border of flowers—12 in. high —on open porcelain stands f f k * O 76 Another pair, similar, and one stand , x -*■' 8 /0* cr 7~ D 77 A Pair op Circular Flower Pots, pink ground with flowers and foliage in colours, dragons and landscapes in medallions— 7 in. high 78 A circular flower pot, enamelled with dragons, circular ornaments, &c. in colours on yellow ground, diapered border vju «y 79 Another, with numerous figures of children sporting 80 Another, enamelled with aquatic flowers and birds; and one, with a Ho-Ho bird and flowers 80a A celadon beaker vase, with a sage, fir tree and stag in b^e and fleur-de-peche — 17^ in. high /£. o 80b A celadon bottle; a pale mauve bottle; and a crackle bottle, with green interior—5j in. high 80c A brown crackle bottle, painted with a magician in sepia—10 in. high 80d A jar and cover, with Ho-Ho birds on a groundwork of peonies, band of key-pattern Avith prunus in white—15 in. high ; and a jar and cover, with three square-shaped panels of peonies on a diapered-pattern ground—13^ in. high 80e A pair of fluted jars and covers, enamelled with dragons, Ho-Ho birds and flames—12 in. high 80f A jar, brilliantly enamelled with peacocks, rocks and peonies— 11 in. high ; and a jar, similar, with gladiolas, peonies and other flowers—11 in. high 80g A cylindrical vase, enamelled with a hunting party—17 in. high — in case 9 ANOTHER PROPERTY. OLD NANKIN PORCELAIN. 9 4 o ol A double gourd-shaped bottle, with floral ornament—9 in. high ; a dish, with a warrior and sage ; and a pair of dishes, wi^li ' flowers and bamboo 82 A jar, with open lip, with a rocky river scene with figures—14^ in. high ; and a jar, entirely covered with seeding peonies—14 in. high 83 A bottle, with utensils and flowers—13 in. high; and a cyl drical jar, with a rocky river scene—19 in. high 84 An oviform jar, with two panels of utensils; and on€^ with palm trees and dancing boys— 84 in. high 85 A pair of globular jars and covers, with circular panels of peonies J/ on a flowered ground—7^ in. high 86 A pair of jars and covers, nearly similar—8 in. high ^2f ~—~ 87 A Jar, with oblong panels of dragons, flames and sacred jewel —-y 124 in. high—carved wood cover 88 An oviform jar, entirely covered with floral scrolls—8 in. high — carved wood stand; and a small vase, with branches of ^pome- , j? y granate— carved wood stand 89 An Oviform Jar, covered with branches of flowering prunus— 8™. high >Z> 90 A plum-pattern jar—8 in. high ; and one, smaller— wood gaver 91 A jar, with branches of prunus—7 in. high — carved wood cover; and a plum-pattern ditto ^ 92 An oviform jar, with mirror-slmped panels of kylins on a plum- pattern ground—8 in. high — carved and pierced wood cover and stand ; and a smaller ditto, with convolvulus— pierce£ wood cover 10 CHINESE ENAMELLED PORCELAIN. 93 A dish, with a lady and a peacock—lOf in. diam ; another, with a landscape and characters—9^ in. diam .; a pair of plates, with- peonies and goats; and one, with peonies in the centre & /*/£■ ^ 94 Three enamelled plates, with storks and peonies in the centre, one, with a cock and a hen in the centre; and four enamelled ^} / saucers 95 A ginger jar, enamelled with ladies and children —carved wood cover ; a vase, with peonies and Ho-Ho birds—10^ in. high ,; a pottery jar and cover, enamelled in colours; and a jar, with^ 100 fL/7< £ 101 / 6 /*- 102 /^/7 ^° 3 flowers on a blue ground— wood cover and stand A jar, with decoration, crests and lotos pattern—11 in. high — y carved and pierced wood cover A vase, with hands of key pattern and emblematical ornaments in blue and red enamel—15^ in. high—Kien Lung A small table screen, formed of a pierced jade plaque— in. high A circular table screen, of carved and pierced wood, pierced jade plaque below and famille verte medallion above, with figures —191 in. high < An oblong porcelain plaque, enamelled with peonies, rocks and other flowers, mounted in carved and pierced wood, forming a table screen, oblong jade plaque below carved in high relief with a lotos plant—17 in. high A Famille Verte Vase, enamelled with a consultation of sages ^ —101 in. high A tea-pot and cover, enamelled with warriors and characters; and a jar, enamelled with characters and flowers—9 in. high — Kien Lung—carved wood cover An Oviform Jar, enamelled with branches of prunus in yellow and mauve on a green marble ground— 8$ in. high — carved and pierced wood cover and stand % 11 7 104 A cylindrical vase, with oblong-sliapeci panels of peonies, primus, y chrysanthemums and lotos on a diaper-pattern ground— 141> in. high 105 Ajar, enamelled witli a court scene in colours—16 in. high p 106 A beaker, with rocks and figures above, pomegranates below^ 16 in. high 7 107 A barrel-shaped jar, with two panels of figures in slight relief coloured, on flowered ground—161, in. high v 108 r> 109 110 ( 1 (! ill (112 113 O H4 O 115 £ll6 WHOLE-COLOURED PORCELAIN A turquoise crackle square-shaped jar—11 in. high — wood stand A pear-shaped bottle, of purple and blue splash—19f in. high A powder-blue dish, pencilled with a landscape in the centre in gold—14 in. diam. A semicircular purple glazed stand A celadon oviform jar and cover, with branches of flowers in Jn blue—lOf in. high; and a plain crackle jar—8 in. high — carved ' wood cover A mirror-black bottle—12 J in. high yyfc' c? A liver-coloured bottle—12 in. high ; and a sang-de-boeuf vase- 11 in. high—carved wood stand An apple-green crackle bottle—8 in. high ; and a splash brown and purple bottle—8 in. high iy ' A sang-de-boeuf bottle—8 in. high ; and an oviform yellow jar, with leaf pattern on the neck in green—7^ in. high — wood stand ' //✓ 12 A- r b ( H7 Five small pale green jade carvings of animals 118 A Pair of Chinese Cloisonne Enamel Boxes, q^rfirely deco¬ rated with the flowering aster on a turquoise-blue ground— ^0 ■ & 16 in. high 119 An Oblong Gold Lacquer Box and Tray, with a rocky river scene, bridge and figures on the cover, pheasants, prunus aud^^ /* / ^ • stream in the interior on a gold nashiji ground 120 A small dispatch box, with the Tokugawa crest on a clouded nashiji ground ; and a Gouri lac inro, with netsuke and ft ojime The Property of A GENTLE AT AN resident in the East . L A J, 121 Ajar, with dragons and clouds on a blue ground—18^ in. high ; L and a square-shaped earthenware vase, painted with a rocky / > landscape and figures—13^ in. high 122 A square-shaped jar, with jewel and pendant ornaments in fleur- de-peche—17 in. high—wood stand ; and a blue and white jar, with kylins, ball and ribands, slightly touched with fleur- de-peche—161, in. high—carved wood stand ^ 123 A Globular Bottle, with long neck, with four leaf-shaped panels of kylins, vandyked ornament on the centre and neck if —20 in. high—carved wood stand V 124 A bottle, enamelled with Ho-Ho birds and clouds in colours, encrusted with a branch of peonies—12 in. high ; and a small y vase, enamelled with a lady and basket of flowers stand ° 125 A Barrel-Shaped Vase, enamelled with sages looking at a kakemono under a fir tree—18 in. high—carved ivood stand -ivood /£ „ £ 126 A Vase, enamelled with a festoon of brocade, in yellow, green ^ and pink—16^ in. high—carved ivood stand 13 THE PROPERTY OF A LADY. OLD NANKIN PORCELAIN. 0 127 A pair of mugs, with flowers ; two cups and one cover, with char¬ acters on an ornamented ground ; and a small bottle, with . bands of ornament 128 A double gourd-shaped sprinkler, with flowers—8 in. high ; and a deep dish, with figures of ladies and children - 129 An oviform blue jar, with Ho-Ho birds under the glaze—8 in.^, high; and one, with dragons, clouds and flames—8 in. high A, s / * 130 A shaped vase, with branch of peonies—15 in. high ; a small vase, . with flowers; and a vase, with utensils—7 in. high X BRONZES. 133 A 134 A tripod koro and cover, with kylins in relief; and a flower vase, supported by a maple branch diamond-shaped koro and cover, slightly enamelled wave- pattern ground ; and a flat-shaped incense burner, with rings, w , inlaid with key pattern in silver sacrificial cup and cover, with grotesque monster heads and emblematical ornaments; and a tripod koro, with masks on a key-pattern ground beaker, with leaf-pattern ornament on the neck; and a pair of smaller ditto, with four bands of raised ornaments 1135 A perforated bronze scent fountain, pierced with diaper patterns W - 14 /* ^ * & / * , CS Af.* ! /& /o, t> /. 0 . o Jt,/l. 6 ° A' /*' 0 Z'/^y.O \ WHOLE COLOURED PORCELAIN. /Z’. 136 Two green bottles, with shaped lips, with foliage in black—8 in. —' high; and a celadon rase, with slightly raised floral orna¬ ment 137 A crimson pear-shaped bottle—12 in. high; and a celadon pear- shaped bottle, with peonies in slight relief—13 in. high 138 A white vase, with dragon handles, engraved with a key pattern — lOf in. high ; and ajar, with open lip, engraved with leaf^ design— in. high 139 A sang-de-boeuf vase, with cylindrical handles—9^ in. high; and y a coral-coloured bottle—101 in. high iA J.40 A pair of purple bottles ; a jar ; and two bottles, nearly similar 141 A cylindrical mirror-black vase—71 in. high; a mazarin blue^> bottle ; and a dark buff bottle, with fluted base—6 in. high 142 An apple-green crackle bottle ; and a small bowl, of coral colour, £ formed as a shell ^ ~ 143 A splash blue and crimson jar, formed as a tree trunk—5^ inj> high ; a liver-coloured dish; and a bowl, similar 144 A ruby peau d’orange pot, enamelled handles, carved wood cover, surmounted by a cornelian fungus; and a cylindrical spill- vase, pierced with key pattern, green and red—64 in. high ' —Kien Lung 145 A white shaped vase, with bands of key pattern in brown—7 in. J high; a white figure of Vuvannon ; and a white bowl, slightly A, engraved with peonies 146 A double diamond-shaped vase, with elephant handles of brown j and white splash—12^ in. high—carved wood stand; and a^J; bowl, of yellow, green and brown splash 147 A Pair of Purple Figures of Cats, with Louis XVI. or-molu ^; mounts 148 A Pair of Turquoise Crackle Figures of Oxen, on Louis XV mounts of chased or-molu '•A 7 ‘ ^149 A pastille burner, of white glaze, pierced with kylins and peonies, metal-gilt mounts jjW 'S~ o 15 CHINESE ENAMELLED PORCELAIN. £50 0 151 P reer£— *s2> / 152 D 153 , P 154 , * 155 ' ^ 156 > £ 157 ' 6 158 A square-sliaped vase, enamelled with peonies and leaf orna¬ ment on a red ground—18 in. high ; and an oval fluted famille verte basin, enamelled in colours An octagonal famille verte dish, enamelled with a rocky land¬ scape in the centre, diaper patterns on the border, mounted with carved and pierced wood, forming a table screeq 25 in. high A powder-blue dish, with shaped panels of famille verte /vv A Famille Verte Jar, with a sage riding an ox—14J in. high A beaker, the top enamelled with a sage and boys, beneath—16^ in. high A cylindrical jar, with open lip, lotos and utensils in high relief in coloured enamels—17^ in. high—carved wood stand A beaker vase, with rocks, peonies and other flowers in colours^ f ... f on a black ground —14 in. high A vuse, with open lip, enamelled with peonies and prunus on mazarin blue ground — 20 in. high A Group of Two Figures Holding Vases, their robe^^^^^^^ enamelled in colours—10 in. high , 0 159 A diamond-shaped va -e, with panels of dragons, in green, purple 160 P 161 and yellow ; a small figure, similarly decorated; and a shaped tray, with fish and monsters A small pierced korb and cover, with peonies and diaper patterns and two hexagonal Imari tea pots A jar, enamelled with a lady and children in colours ; a bowl, on foot, enamelled with arabesques —Kien Lung; and a bowl and cover, enamelled with floral scrolls in green, blue and 4 yellow FINIS. London : Printed l>y William Clowes and Sons, Limited, Stamford Street and Charing Cross.