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A PAIR OF GILT AND CLOISONNÉ BALUSTER VASES                              AN EXPORT SILVER BOWL
20th century                                                             By Wang Hing & Co, Hong Kong, late 19th/early 20th century
Each decorated with two panels of song birds among flowering peony        The sides pierced with a design of three dragons chasing the flaming
reserved on a ground of scrolling lotus, with further formal bands of    pearl amidst heavenly clouds, raised on a straight foot and bearing
floral motifs to neck, shoulder and foot,                                 stamped ‘90 WH’ mark,
51cm high, and with wooden stands                                        11cm diameter, weight 6.17oz

£600 - 800                                                               £500 - 600

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A CARVED HARDWOOD FIGURE GROUP                                           A CARVED IVORY PUZZLE BALL ON STAND TOGETHER WITH
Circa 1900                                                               AN IVORY GEISHA
Depicting a bearded sage holding a branch of fruiting peach, a young     Late 19th century
boy at his side bears a smaller branch, a monkey at his feet imploring   The stand turned and carved as a woman holding a flower basket,
the figure to spare some fruits,                                          inscribed ‘To Dr Rose from Jonathan Pang’, the exterior of the ball
41cm high                                                                carved with dragons, stand 32cm high, ball 9cm diameter, together
                                                                         with a Japanese ivory okimono of a lady wearing a kimono, she holds
£150 - 200                                                               a lotus flower and scissors, signed Tamahisa,
                                                                         17cm high
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AN UNUSUAL CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL TWO-PART SPITTOON                            £300 - 500
19th century
The globular bottom section enamelled with a dense floral meander
between ruyi-head border and lappet band, the separate flaring vessel
forming the neck finely decorated with stiff leaf lappets and lotus head
motifs,
10.2cm high

£800 - 1,000

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