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A rare Chinese polychrome wood sculpture of a Bodhisattva, song Dynasty, 11th century, seated in vajrasana (lotus posture) with the head slightly tilted to one side and the eyes downcast, the hair in curls and trusses around the ushnisha, the right hand or

An important Indian pink sandstone head of Buddha, Mathuran District, Kushan period, 2nd-3rd century Ace, the pink sandstone, larger than life size sculpture, the face wearing a benign smile, the eyebrows arched, the hair tightly plaited, 32 cm high. Refer

Qi Baishi (1864 - 1957), Four Apples (1947) Ink and colour on paper, mounted and framed Signed and inscribed by the artist, with one seal of the artist 33.4 cm x 33 cm. Provenance: Victoria Private Collection, by descent from Jörn Anner. Collection of Jörn

A large carved full-tip rhinoceros horn libation cup, 19th century the full length of the horn intricately carved in the form of a deep lotus leaf, borne on a long curved stem within an openwork arrangement of further sinuous stems bearing lotus flowers an

A very fine Nepalese gilt-bronze Attendant figure of a Bodhisattva, 14th-15th century, the jewel-encrusted figure standing elegantly on a lotus throne, 18.5 cm high, References, for similar example please see Ulrich Von Shroeder Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, 1981,

Important antique Japanese hand scroll a chapter of the 'Lotus Sutra', lavishly decorated and written in gold on indigo-dyed paper, Shogun Tokugawa mon mounts Edo Period (1615-1868). 4.2 metres long x 276 mm wide. Provenance: Private Collection Sydney. The

A Meissen porcelain figure of a Sultan riding on an elephant, circa 1745, modelled by P.J. Reinicke and J.J. Kaendler, the sultan sitting on a patterned cushion and tasselled bolster, wearing a jewelled turban and gilt highlighted purple robe, holding a ma

A large Chinese wooden head of a Luohan, Jin/Yuan Dynasty 13-14th century, the expressive features very well defined, with original textile base attached to the surface, gesso and lacquer absent, consecration material found inside the head cavity, in the f

A Chinese carved bamboo incense holder, Qing Dynasty, 17th-18th century with a fitted wood stand., 17.8 cm high. Provenance: The Estate of the late Alan Myren (1934-2022). Mr. Myren was a Museum assistant in the Indian section in Victoria and Albert Museum

A pair of 'famille-rose' 'Balsam pear' bowls and covers, seal marks of Daoguang each bowl with steeply rounded sides flaring to the lipped rim, finely enamelled to the exterior with a fruiting and flowering Balsam pear entwined around a spray of bamboo and

An archaistic celadon jade square censer, 18th/ 19th century fitted with reticulated cover and stand, box, 7.5 cm high, 370g, 16.7 cm high (overall). Provenance: R&V Tregaskis Oriental Art, Sydney. Private collection, Sydney. Bonhams, Fine Furniture, Decor

A rare and important Chinese cinnabar lacquer carved three-tiered double-lozenge-shaped box, cover and stand, Qing Dynasty, Qianlong period (1736-1795) the cover meticulously carved with two five-clawed writhing dragons in pursuit of a pearl in the form of

An archaic bronze tripod ritual food vessel and cover, ding Warring States period 25.5 cm high. Provenance: R & V Tregaskis Oriental Antiques, Sydney, 5 May 2000, no. 1518 (invoice) Compare a similarly cast ding, see Christies, Fine Chinese Ceram

A grey sandstone torso of a deity, Khmer, Angkor Period, 12th/ 13th century together with two installation shots by Max Dupain for the exhibition at the David Jones' Art Gallery, 57.5 cm high. Provenance: (of the Torso) David Jones' Art Gallery, Indian, Th

A large Chinese white glazed four lugged jar, Sui Dynasty (581-618), 30.5 cm high. Provenance: The Estate of the late Walter Hochstadter and Alice Chu, acquired by Walter Hochstadter prior to 1997 hence by descent. Walter Hochstadter was a well known and d

A very important and rare North Indian pesh kabz of late 18th century date and of museum quality, approx 44 cm overall with 31 cm blade. The blade of finest watered steel is of very pronounced T section with the back being 13 mm in width at the base, the w

A yellow-ground 'famille-rose' bowl seal mark and period of Daoguang with rounded sides rising from a slightly tapering foot to the gently flared rim, densely painted on the exterior with a composite floral scroll of peony, lotus, lilly and hibiscus on ent

Stunning Chinese porcelain Qing Dynasty dish, with a fine flared lip, above sloping sides, the exterior in a yellow glaze, the whole raised on a circular foot, with Yongzheng six character mark to foot and David Ho Oriental Art label to interior, diameter

A qingbai 'wave' gourd-shaped ewer, Song dynasty, 12th century. 15.5 cm high. Provenance: R & V Tregaskis Oriental Art, Sydney. A few associated pieces from different kilns have been published. The most closely related, both in form and size, is probably a

A important and rare north Indian pesh kabz of late 18th century date and of Museum quality, approx 44 cm overall with 31 cm blade. The blade of finest watered steel is of very pronounced T section with the back being 13 mm in width at the base, the whole

A important and rare Turkish jambia with scabbard of mid to late 17th century date, approx 30 cm overall with 18 cm curved double edged blade of convex section of very finely watered steel. The ricasso with partial gilt koftgari inscriptions on both faces.

A fine Chinese Yue celadon 'Chicken head Spout' ewer, Southern Dynasties (420-589). For a very similar example please see, 30/11/2022, lot 106. A two lugged example, see 6/10/2015, lot 73. Provenance: The Estate of the late Walter Hochstadter and Alice Chu

A Chinese Qingbai lobed Meiping vase Song Dynasty (960-1279) of lobed form with six vertical ribs to the sides. R & V Tregaskis label to base. 24 cm high, 17.5 cm diameter. Provenance: purchased from R & V Tregaskis Oriental Antiques, Sydney, 4 March 2007

A fine and large and very rare Aubusson Oriental landscape inspired tapestry, French 18th century 405 x 245 cm. Provenance: Mayorcas London, 21 July 1981

A Japanese framed painting of Yoryu Kannon Bosatsu, Edo period (1603-1867), 19th century, depicting Yoryu Kannon Bosatsu, standing on a blue lotus blossom with child attendant. Hand painted on silk, the frame 180 cm high, 102 cm wide. Provenance: Purchased

An Imperial copper red dish, Qianlong six-character seal mark in underglaze blue and of the period (1736-1795) the dish is cover with a even sang-de-boeuf glaze neatly stopped at the foot rim, 15.4 cm diameter. Provenance: David HO Oriental Art, 1989. Moss

A Chinese hardwood table screen inset with an inscribed white jade plaque, Qing Dynasty, 19th century, the plaque decorated to one side with a scholar and attendant in a landscape. The other side decorated with a twenty character poem, 24 cm high, 20 cm wi

A rare Chinese blue and white cylindrical ewer and cover, decorated with a continuous lotus scroll around body, Ming Dynasty, first half of 16th century, 32 cm (with cover) high;, 17 cm diameter of base. Provenance: Rustam, Ujung Pandang, 1970's. Literatur

A pair of Chinese moulded yaozhou celadon bowls, 12th century, Northern Song to Jin Dynasty, the slightly rounded flaring sides rising to a lipped rim, decorated on the interior with a crisply moulded design of six scrolling blooms, joined by a slender mea

A very rare pair of 'battlement' border tiles with reciprocal trefoil design. Ottoman-era Damascus, circa 1575. A wide variety of tiles are used in the decoration of Islamic architecture in all its forms. Traditions of tile-making throughout the Islamic wo

A very rare Chinese yellow-glazed pottery 'Dragon and Phoenix' 'Pilgrim'S' flask, Northern Qi Dynasty (550-577). Pilgrims flasks like the present example are known as bianhu which translates to a 'Flattened jar'. Travelers preferred these types of vessels

A very rare Chinese blue and white bowl, Kangxi, 1622-1722, exceptionally well painted with a continuous scene of cranes in a lotus pond, the interior with a central lotus roundel and stylised floral band at the rim, a 'spoked wheel' mark to base. 9.8 cm h

An impressive Royal Worcester exhibition vase, 1887, design 1266, registration number 02204, of exotic tapering form with a waisted cover, reticulated finial and a waisted moulded base, a fine pair of sculptural merman handles, adorned, throughout in the '

A fine and rare Longquan celadon mallet vase ('Kinuta'), Southern Song/Yuan Dynasty, 13th/14th century, covered with an unctuous green glaze, a pair of finely worked handles on the neck, the shallow foot burnt iron-red, a kiln scar on the glazed base, 15 c

A rare Chinese blue and white bowl, Transitional period, mid-17th century, very finely painted in pale shades of cobalt blue, with a lake and mountain in the centre, the exterior with a rider and three attendants in a continuous landscape, 12.6 cm diameter

An assembled set of fifteen sterling silver soup plates, 19th century, comprising seven plates of maker's mark William Bennett, London, circa 1803, each with the retail mark 'Thomas / Bond St', five plates of maker's mark Timothy Renou, London, circa 1802,

A large framed Chinese ink landscape painting, Ming Dynasty, 15th century Anonymous mountain and river landscape ink and colour on silk mounted and framed hanging scroll, 160 x 93.8 cm. Provenance: The collection of James Fairfax. Raymond and Victoria Treg

A Chinese multi-colour glass overlay snuff bottle, Yangzhou school, 1800 to 1840, 6.1 cm high. Provenance: Raymond & Victoria Tregaskis Oriental Ceramics & works of Art, 12 March 1997 (receipt)

A Tibetan gilt bronze figure of Padmasambhava, circa 15th/16th century, the well modelled figure with a bright, penetrating gaze beneath brows knitted in concentration, with a benign smile. His characteristic hat has an unusual decoration of five heaped 'N

Castle Harris pottery vase with applied dragon, glazed in green, blue and yellow, incised 'Castle Harris', 21 cm high, 21 cm wide. John Castle (Jack) Harris (1893-1967) was born in May 1893 at North Waratah, New South Wales. Nothing is known his education

A small celadon dish, Qing Yi Tang Zhi four character hall mark, possibly Qianlong/Jiaqing period, 19th century the shallow tapering straight sides rising from a slightly splayed foot with a broad fl atbase, the interior moulded with three bats variously s

An octafoil silver 'twin birds' dish, Southern Song dynasty 14 cm diam.,. Provenance: R and V Tregaskis Oriental Art, Sydney (no. 2962) Compare an almost identical dish with the same inscription, see J. J. Lally & Co., Silver and Gold in Ancient China, 16

A rare Dingyao persimmon-glazed conical tea bowl, Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127), finely potted and covered in an even purple glaze, on the interior, exterior and inside the unglazed foot-rim. 4.7 cm high, 18.2 cm diameter. For a similar bowl see Sotheby

Good Chinese antique hand painted vase hand painted dragon, butterfly and blossom decoration, character marks to base, together with Ray Tregaskis Oriental Art label, circa 1870s, height 39 cm approx.

A yellow-ground enamelled 'dragon' dish Tongzhi six-character mark, and of the period with box, 13.3 cm diam.. Provenance: R & V Tregaskis Oriental Antiques, Sydney, no. 3147 (label)

A Song Dynasty Ding Yao bowl with lobed rim. Diameter 16.5 cm, bears label for R Tregaskis Oriental Art, together with another similar.

A pair of Chinese 'Famille-Rose' octagonal wine cups Jiaqing six-character seal marks in iron red and of the period (1796-1820), 8.5 cm diameter each. Provenance: Raymond and Victoria Tregaskis Oriental Arts, Sydney, Australia. A private collection, NSW, A

A rare Chinese soft paste porcelain washer, early Qing Dynasty, 1720-1750, With upright sides, covered in a crackled glaze, supported on a high foot, the exterior with two key fret bands, a qilong dragon incised in the centre, copper mounted rim, 10 cm dia

Cartier, 18ct white gold and diamond 'Baiser du Dragon' necklace, featuring a geometric pendant of Oriental design, set throughout with pave-set with brilliant-cut diamonds suspending a detachable black silk cord terminating in two ruby beads, to a black s

A Meissen octagonal sugar box and associated cover decorated with animals and Oriental gentlemen, circa 1725 blue KPM marklong

A large soapstone mountain, Qing Dynasty, 19th century intricately carved to one side with an old man receiving a warrior kneeling before him, surrounded by his attendants bearing banners and weapons, in a continuous rocky landscape with pine and other tre

A Western Tibetan inscribed gilt bronze figure of a Kagyu Lama, 17th century, cast in bronze with fine gilding, depicting a Kagyu lama seated in padmasana, dressed in robes with brocade edging and the high hat of the Drukpa Kagyu, his right hand in vitarka

A rare Chinese blue and white and copper red 'Sanduo' bowl, Qianlong six-character underglaze mark and of the period (1736-1795), 20.5 cm diameter, 20.5 cm diameter. Provenance: Francis Collection, Qld, Australia. Acquired from Raymond & Victoria Tregaskis

A large Chinese Yaozhou conical bowl, Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127) the bowl is decorated with six ribs on the interior, it is covered overall with even pale green glaze. 20 cm diameter. Provenance: Blitz Oriental Art, Amsterdam, Holland. Capital galler

A Fereghan carpet, West Persia circa 1890, 401 cm x 317 cm. Provenance: Christie's London, Oriental rugs and Carpets,18 October 2016, lot 45

An Oriental ivory carving of a corn husk surmounted by grasshopper and lotus flower on fitted wooden stand. Length 36 cm

A Tibetan gilt bronze figure group of Manjusri with attendants, possibly, 17th century, 28 cm high. Provenance: Oriental Antiquities, London, 1970;, Jade Galleries (Noble Brothers) Melbourne 1976

A Chinese champleve enamelled gilt bronze Symbolic offering, Qianlong (1735-1796) or Jiaqing (1796-1820) period, the symbolic altar offering cast in gilt bronze with champleve enamel details, of one of the seven Regal Buddhist symbols, the Queen, here depi

A Tibetan gilt bronze figure of Padmasambhava, circa 15TH/16th century, seated in padmasana on a later double lotus base, with a bright, penetrating gaze with a benign smile, his characteristic hat with unusual decoration of five heaped 'Norbu' jewels. The

A pale-greenish white jade mountain, Qing dynasty, 19th century, carved in relief, one side with a boy on a water buffalo playing a flute below a scholar holding an umbrella standing beside a pavilion on a path, the reverse with a pine tree with russet-bro

A gilt and lacquered wooden figure of an official on bronze stand Ming dynasty, 16th/17th century 29.8 cm high. Provenance: Spink & Son Ltd., London, 23 February 1968 (Receipt). John Lane Esq.. Private Collection, Sydney. Andrew Stuart-Robertson Oriental a

A Rene Lalique Formose vase, designed 1924, the ovoid body moulded with a continuous pattern of overlapping fish, in frosted cherry red glass with remnant white patina, moulded R. Lalique, 17 cm high. Provenance: European and Oriental Antiques, Applied Art

A Tibetan gilt bronze figure of standing Avalokiteshvara, circa 18th century, the deity cast in bronze with fine gilding, depicted standing on his lotus throne, with two hands in anjalimudra, his others in various positions, his smiling principle face flan

A Shirvan Marasali prayer rug, Azerbaijan, 19th century, a fine example with repeated 'Boteh' paisley motif on a blue ground, with spandrels above the 'Mihra' or prayer arch containing designs imitating combs and scissors, 150 cm long, 125 cm wide. Provena

A rare and fine Chinese cloisonne dragon dish, Ming Dynasty, 15TH-16th century, 13.5 cm diameter. Provenance: Raymond and Victoria Tregaskis Oriental Arts, Sydney, Australia. A private collection, NSW, Australia. Raymond and Victoria Tregaskis

A fine and very rare Chinese archaic bronze ritual tripod vessel, pan, Zhou Dynasty (1,100-256 BC) the exterior of this vessel is decorated with a band of interlocking dragon scroll, flanked by a pair of handles decorated with absctract pheonix motif, supp

A pair of fine Chinese blue and white garlic-head vases, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi period (1661-1722) each one with three horizontal sections decorated with exotic flowers. 20.7 cm high and 20.4 cm high. Provenance: John Sparks (1854-1914), London, UK. Peter Jo

A rare elephant form blue and white kendi, late Ming dynasty, 17th century, 19 cm high. Exhibited: 'Oriental trade ceramics in South East Asia, 10th-16th C.', National Gallery Victoria; art gallery of South Australia and art gallery of NSW, 1980, Cat.no. 6

Fine old Indian sword of shamshir form with scabbard, approx 95 cm overall with 75 cm heavy curved single edged blade of wootz steel of Persian make. The hilt with silver mounts inlaid with black enamel, the pommel being in the form of a male camel's head

Three Chinese small celadon glazed vessels, Western Zhou (1045 Bc-771 Bc). Provenance: The Estate of the late Walter Hochstadter and Alice Chu, acquired by Walter Hochstadter prior to 1997 hence by descent. Walter Hochstadter was a well known and distingui

A fine Doucai dish, Qianlong period (1735 - 1796) the dish is finely decorated on the interior with five inter-locking ruyi heads, the exterior is with seven ruyi fungus branches. 15.5 cm diameter. Provenance: Raymond & Victoria Oriental Antiques, Sydney,

Schulim Krimper chest of drawers, blackbean chest of four drawers which rest on oriental style base, Australia, c 1960s, 121 cm high, 146 cm wide, 49 cm deep

Gilt bronze figure of Amitayus. Seated on a double lotus base, with his hands on his lap. Dressed in loose robes, tiara and conical headdress. Ex Ray Tregaskis Oriental Art. Height 22 cm

A Chinese white glazed vase, Sui Dynasty (581-618), 26 cm high. Provenance: The Estate of the late Walter Hochstadter and Alice Chu, acquired by Walter Hochstadter prior to 1997 hence by descent. Walter Hochstadter was a well known and distinguished dealer

A blue-and-white saucer-dish Wanli six-character mark, 16th/17th century with box, 11.4 cm diam.. Provenance: Sotheby's, Melbourne, 24 July 1989, lot 354. R & V Tregaskis Oriental Antiques, Sydney, 14 August 1989. Mossgreen, The Vincent Massa Collection

A Tibeto-Chinese gilt bronze figure of green Tara, 17th century, the finely cast figure seated in lalitasana on a lotus throne, with her right leg pendant, the foot resting on a lotus blossom, lotus flowers emerging from both hands and flanking her shoulde

Antique Oriental scroll painting, mounted and weighted in a shadow frame, Ex Seymour collection Sydney

A Chinese Jian hare's fur dark glazed tea bowl, Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279) the bowl is covered with a streaked black and russet glaze. It is from Shuiji kiln, Fujian. 12 cm diameter. Provenance: Blitz Oriental Art, Amsterdam, Holland. Capital galler

A Chinese Imperial copper red dish, Qianlong mark and period (1736-1795), The base with an unctuous sang de boeuf glaze neatly stopped at the foot rim, six-character seal mark, 15.3 cm diameter. Provenance: David Ho Oriental Art, 1989

A fine pair of Chinese indigo-blue garlic-necked bottle vases, Kangxi period (1662-1722), Each one with three horizontal sections painted with exotic flowers, splayed foot, 20.5 cm high. Provenance: Ex-John Sparks (1854-1914) of London, Ex-Peter Jorden Col

A blue-and-white 'courtesans and children' jar Kangxi 20.5 cm high. Provenance: R & V Tregaskis Oriental Antiques, Sydney, no. RPC (label)

Edwin Flack: Signature with 14 others on reverse of a 1912 menu 'Dinner. Given by the Passengers to Captain St.John George & Officers, RMS 'Empire'. Oriental Hotel, Kobe, Japan'. (Australia's first Olympian and first Olympic gold medallist; very rare signa

Twelve volumes of Oriental ceramics - the World's Greatest Collections, [Various authors], Oriental ceramics - the World's Greatest Collections, vols 1-12, Tokyo, Kodansha, 1976-1977, the set numbered 10, in original cloth and individual clam shell cases.

A Chinese small Lonquan celadon glazed flower-shaped bowl, Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279). Provenance: The Estate of the late Walter Hochstadter and Alice Chu, acquired by Walter Hochstadter prior to 1997 hence by descent. Walter Hochstadter was a well

A 16th or 17th century Indo-Persian mail and plate shirt (Kavach). Shirt of riveted mail set with plates, the two front plates fitted with three buckles. Devanagari inscriptions to the front right plate of the Deccani honorific 'Davish Sahib' and the 'Adon

A very rare Chinese archaic bronze ritual tripod vessel bowl, Han Dynasty (202 B.C.- 220 A.D.) the bowl is cast supported on three small human figures that face outward, flanked by a pair of beast-mask handles each suspending a loose ring., 24 cm diameter.

A Chinese Cizhou black glazed bowl with russet splashes, Jin-Yuan Dynasty, 13th century, 18.4 cm diameter. Provenance: The Estate of the late Walter Hochstadter and Alice Chu, acquired by Walter Hochstadter prior to 1997 hence by descent. Walter Hochstadte

A Chinese pale celadon and black jade carving of a dog, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) the finely carved recumbent dog with its head turned back over the right shoulder, the stone is with dark, creamy celadon tone. It is with a fitted wood stand. 6.5 cm long, 5.

A Tibetan bronze figure of Padmasambhava, circa 17th century, finely cast bronze depicting a seated Padmasambhava as the guru of medicine, seated atop a tall square plinth. Cast in high relief at the front of the plinth are the eight medicine Buddhas in a

An Eastern Tibetan gilt bronze figure of Dra Lha Kye Chigbu, circa 18th century, the cast bronze and gilded wrathful protective deity, one of the five Pehar Kings, depicted wearing a round hat, a short upper garment with flaring sleeves, jewels, his right

A Chinese Dehua seal, 17th century, modelled as a guardian lion with open mouth, seated on a square plinth, the underside with a carved six character mark in seal script, 8 cm high. Provenance: The John Sparks Ltd, Jane Carnegie Oriental Art, 15th July 19

Artist unknown. European school, 18th century still life with oriental rug, urn and marble ram oil on canvas, 127 x 141 cm

A Chinese black glazed Meiping vase, Jin Dynasty (1115-1234). Provenance: The Estate of the late Walter Hochstadter and Alice Chu, acquired by Walter Hochstadter prior to 1997 hence by descent. Walter Hochstadter was a well known and distinguished dealer o

A rare Chinese small Qingbai foliate rimmed dish, Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279), 8.5 cm diameter. Provenance: Raymond and Victoria Tregaskis Oriental Art, Sydney. A private collection, Vic.

A white jade pierced oblong Plaque'Chunshui', Yuan-Ming Dynasty of oval form, carved in three layers with three egrets perched among the stems of lotus, the stone of an even color with little golden brown inclusions along the underside rim. / ', 8.5 cm lon

A Japanese lacquer Suzuribako, Mid-Edo period, early 18th century, decorated with scattered nashiji, decoration of takamakie, hiramakie, keuchi and kirikane of both silver and gold, with a design of four deer by a river with chrysanthemum and autumn grasse