DORE & REES
Dore & Rees is one of the UK’s fastest growing regional auction houses, based in Frome, Somerset. Founded in 1868 the auction house has a long history, and today is owned and directed by Asian art specialist, Lee Young. Lee is well-known in the UK as an expert on the BBC Antiques Roadshow television show. With a career spanning over 30 years and several disciplines, Lee’s knowledge is encyclopaedic and his reputation is global, having worked as an auctioneer in the USA, Europe and Far East for major auction houses including Phillip’s, Sotheby’s and Freeman’s. Lee has handled and sold many world-class artefacts including the Xuande Thornhill Stem Cup in 2016, and more recently the Anthony Lovett Collection in 2023. Dore & Rees holds two major Asian art auctions per year, in line with international Asia weeks in May and November.
Dore & Rees
Auction Salerooms
Vicarage Street
Frome
BA11 1PU
Lee Young
Managing Director and Head of Asian Art
01373 462 257
enquiries@doreandrees.com
www.doreandrees.com
10 NOVEMBER 2025
FINE ASIAN ART
09:30
11 NOVEMBER 2025
FINE JAPANESE ART
THE EVA & AUBREY SWEET COLLECTION – PART II
Japanese Lacquer and Works of Art
09:30
THE ALAN BOSTOCK COLLECTION – PART II
Japanese Cloisonné and Works of Art
12:30
THE MIKE NOEL COLLECTION
Japanese Swords and Accessories
15:00
AUCTION VIEWING:
LONDON
at Asia House, 63 New Cavendish Street, London W1G 7LP
View selected highlights
Sunday 2 November 12.00 – 17:00
Monday 3 November 10:00 – 17:00
TALKS
Monday 3 November
14:00 – 14:45 Conserving and Restoring Historical Ceramic Artefacts with Jeff Smith and Duncan Gates from Antique Conservation Ltd.
15:00 – 16:00 Highlights from the Eva & Aubrey Sweet Collection with Rosemary Bandini
RSVP to lynn.strover@doreandrees.com
FROME, SOMERSET
at Dore & Rees Auction Salerooms, Vicarage Street, Frome BA11 1PU
Friday 7 November 10.00 – 16.00
Saturday 8 November 10.00 – 16.00
Sunday 9 November 10.00 – 16.00
Monday to Friday
09:00 to 17:00
AN EXCEPTIONAL NETSUKE SIGNED KOZAN, MID-19TH CENTURY
PROVENANCE: Acquired from Eszkenazi Ltd, London, 1998 and with original invoice. Ex Gunther Collection. Ex Gilbertson Collection. Ex Walter Lionel Behrens Collection. Ex F. J. Kensington Collection. Ex M. T. Hindson Collection
ESTIMATE: On Request
THE EVA & AUBREY SWEET COLLECTION PART II – 11 NOVEMBER
A RARE IRON RED DRAGON BOWL, YONGZHENG SIX CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
PROVENANCE: From a Private London Collection
ESTIMATE: £20,000 – £40,000
FINE ASIAN ART – 10 NOVEMBER
RARE BRONZE BUDDHA HEAD, THAILAND, 16TH CENTURY
PROVENANCE: From the Collection of Alan and Joan Scott, acquired in Hong Kong in 1971
ESTIMATE: £15,000 – £25,000
FINE ASIAN ART – 10 NOVEMBER
A SMALL RARE CLAIR-DE-LUNE GLAZE WATER POT, TAIBO ZUN, YONGZHENG SIX CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
PROVENANCE: From the Private Collection of Richard Marchant and thence by descent
ESTIMATE: £30,000 – £50,000
FINE ASIAN ART – 10 NOVEMBER
A GREY SCHIST BUST OF BUDDHA, GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURY
PROVENANCE: From the Collection of J. W. Allen Esquire
ESTIMATE: £3,000 – £5,000
FINE ASIAN ART – 10 NOVEMBER 2025
A FINE SNAKE NETSUKE ATTRIBUTED TO YAMADA SCHOOL, EDO PERIOD, LATE 18TH CENTURY
ESTIMATE: £1,000 – £1,500
THE EVA & AUBREY SWEET COLLECTION PART II – 11 NOVEMBER
A FINE GOLD LACQUER CABINET (KODANSU), EDO/MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY
ESTIMATE: £5,000 – £8,000
THE EVA & AUBREY SWEET COLLECTION PART II – 11 NOVEMBER
THE ALAN BOSTOCK COLLECTION PART II
JAPANESE CLOISONNÉ AND WORKS OF ART – 11 NOVEMBER
THE MIKE NOEL COLLECTION
JAPANESE SWORDS AND ACCESSORIES – 11 NOVEMBER
