Toys and Asian Art with Antiques & Collectors' Items (Liverpool)

Lot 224

A group of four late 19th/early 20th century Chinese ceramics, a pair of baluster vases in the Famille Rose palette, with hand painted decoration of peonies, birds and flora, height 16cm, a Cantonese Famille Rose teapot with panel figural decoration and all-over scroll and floral decoration, height 18cm (lacking handle and cover), a baluster vase with oval panel decoration of peonies and flora, overall decoration of scrolls, peonies, vases of flowers, height 19.5cm (4).

Lot 225

A Chinese Famille Verte reticulating vase c1800-1820 of shouldered tapering form and comprising four separate parts, the outer with four pierced vignettes in the form of rectangular windows with yellow swagged curtains with dragon motifs, decorated with flowers, insects and scrolls in purple and yellow, on a dotted green ground, revealing a tapering cylindrical interior showing figures dancing, this piece rests on a conical circular base and turns on this to reveal the figures through the outer

Lot 226

A group of sixteen early/mid-20th century Chinese blue and white ceramics to include various sized ginger jars, some with covers, many with prunus blossom decoration, a baluster vase, blue ground with white prunus blossom decoration, with concentric circle marks to base, height 17cm, a baluster vase with decoration of scholar's desk with paper, flowers, feather quill and flora, height 20.5cm, a squat baluster vase with couple taking tea in scenic setting, etc (16).

Lot 227

A late 19th century Chinese celadon baluster vase with enamel bird, butterfly and floral decoration in the Famille Rose palette, with hardwood stand, height 23cm (2).

Lot 228

A Chinese blue and white cylindrical vase with cover, each panel with figural and scenic decoration, cover with Dog of Fo, height 35cm.

Lot 229

A 19th century Chinese Provincial blue painted paste pot with cobalt blue decoration, a non-matching cover with raised seal marks to base, a small blue and white floral footed bowl, and a crackle glaze box with dragon decoration to the lid, with erotic scene to the interior, character marks to the base (3).

Lot 230

A pair of late 19th/early 20th century Chinese large blue and white ginger jars with prunus decoration, with blue concentric circles to base, height 33cm (2).

Lot 231

A Republic Period (1900-1920) Chinese Famille Verte charger with enamelled figural decoration of mothers and children at play within a fenced grassy pasture, bamboo tree to the background, six character marks to base for the Yongzheng period (1723-1735), diameter 41cm.

Lot 232

A pair of Chinese Kang Xi Period ginger jars with covers, cobalt blue ground with gilt-heightened decoration of cherry blossom, peonies, flora, birds and scrolls, with gilded panels of prunus blossom, bamboo and birds, blue concentric circles to base, height 24.5cm (2).

Lot 233

Three late 19th/early 20th century mahogany vase stands of various designs, shapes and sizes, height of tallest approx 11cm, diameter of 18cm, raised on five scroll feet, height of the middle example approx 10cm, diameter approx 19cm, also raised on five scroll supports, the smallest example with pierced flange border, height approx 7cm, diameter approx 14cm, raised on five scroll feet united by wooden ring, with hand written label to underneath inscribed 'Kuan Yin' (3).

Lot 234

Four early 20th century Chinese mahogany hardwood vase stands, height of tallest 9cm, diameter approx 13cm, diameter of smallest approx 10cm (4).

Lot 235

A late 19th/early 20th century Chinese mahogany vase stand, raised on five long scroll supports united by a central wooden disc of Flaming Pearl design, height approx 24cm, diameter approx 18.5cm.

Lot 236

NANKING CARGO; a tea bowl and saucer decorated with a blue tree and fence pattern, each bearing Christie's lot sticker number 5537, diameter of saucer 11cm, height of tea bowl 4cm, diameter 7.5cm (2).

Lot 237

Various Chinese items to include a miniature cloisonné vase with blue dragon and green flowers on a blue ground, height approx 7cm, two miniature cloisonné censers, diameter of largest 4.5cm, the other 4cm, each on tripod feet, a small modern cloisonné lidded box with an amethyst-coloured ground, a painted porcelain scent bottle, a red overlay clear scent bottle and a modern Chinese soup spoon (7).

Lot 238

A large 19th century Chinese Wucai baluster vase painted with two lion dogs amidst large chrysanthemum flowers, scrolls and blue flowers, highlighted in gilt, with red, orange and gilt panels to the neck, shoulders and base, unmarked, height approx 37cm, diameter approx 23cm.

Lot 239

A late 19th/early 20th century Chinese watercolour depicting traveller with horse, on coastal path, passing straw hut building, signed in Chinese lower right, with red seal mark, 24 x 32cm, framed and glazed in a modern gilt frame, frame size 40 x 48cm.

Lot 240

Two late 18th/early 19th century Chinese watercolour paintings on silk, mounted on card, each depicting ladies in garden scenes, both with painted signatures and red seal marks, each 27.5 x 23cm, in matching gilt frames, frame sizes 49.5 x 41cm (2).

Lot 241

A late 19th/early 20th century Chinese fire screen with inset hand painted scene depicting pagoda/building by lakeside, within woodland, inset within a mahogany fire screen frame, raised on two bracket supports with circular pad feet, picture 60 x 54cm, frame 82.5 x 59cm.

Lot 242

An early 20th century Chinese silk painting depicting blue exotic birds with gold fronts, nestled in blossoming branches, unsigned, 66 x 44cm, mounted and unframed, mount size 80 x 58cm.

A late 19th century Chinese celadon baluster vase with enamel bird, butterfly and floral decoration in the Famille Rose palette, with hardwood stand, height 23cm (2).

A Chinese blue and white cylindrical vase with cover, each panel with figural and scenic decoration, cover with Dog of Fo, height 35cm.

A pair of late 19th/early 20th century Chinese large blue and white ginger jars with prunus decoration, with blue concentric circles to base, height 33cm (2).

A Republic Period (1900-1920) Chinese Famille Verte charger with enamelled figural decoration of mothers and children at play within a fenced grassy pasture, bamboo tree to the background, six character marks to base for the Yongzheng period (1723-1735), diameter 41cm.

A pair of Chinese Kang Xi Period ginger jars with covers, cobalt blue ground with gilt-heightened decoration of cherry blossom, peonies, flora, birds and scrolls, with gilded panels of prunus blossom, bamboo and birds, blue concentric circles to base, height 24.5cm (2).

Four early 20th century Chinese mahogany hardwood vase stands, height of tallest 9cm, diameter approx 13cm, diameter of smallest approx 10cm (4).

A late 19th/early 20th century Chinese mahogany vase stand, raised on five long scroll supports united by a central wooden disc of Flaming Pearl design, height approx 24cm, diameter approx 18.5cm.

NANKING CARGO; a tea bowl and saucer decorated with a blue tree and fence pattern, each bearing Christie's lot sticker number 5537, diameter of saucer 11cm, height of tea bowl 4cm, diameter 7.5cm (2).

A large 19th century Chinese Wucai baluster vase painted with two lion dogs amidst large chrysanthemum flowers, scrolls and blue flowers, highlighted in gilt, with red, orange and gilt panels to the neck, shoulders and base, unmarked, height approx 37cm, diameter approx 23cm.

A late 19th/early 20th century Chinese watercolour depicting traveller with horse, on coastal path, passing straw hut building, signed in Chinese lower right, with red seal mark, 24 x 32cm, framed and glazed in a modern gilt frame, frame size 40 x 48cm.

Two late 18th/early 19th century Chinese watercolour paintings on silk, mounted on card, each depicting ladies in garden scenes, both with painted signatures and red seal marks, each 27.5 x 23cm, in matching gilt frames, frame sizes 49.5 x 41cm (2).

A late 19th/early 20th century Chinese fire screen with inset hand painted scene depicting pagoda/building by lakeside, within woodland, inset within a mahogany fire screen frame, raised on two bracket supports with circular pad feet, picture 60 x 54cm, frame 82.5 x 59cm.

An early 20th century Chinese silk painting depicting blue exotic birds with gold fronts, nestled in blossoming branches, unsigned, 66 x 44cm, mounted and unframed, mount size 80 x 58cm.