SWORDERS
SWORDERS
Sworders, established in a coffee shop in 1782, is one of the UK’s leading Fine Art Auctioneers, conducting two auctions of Chinese and Japanese ceramics, works of art and paintings a year to coincide with Asian Art in London. All lots will be on extended view at our London Office in Cecil Court adjacent to Leicester Square, while the sale will take place at our Stansted Mountfitchet Auction Rooms
Asian Art Friday 6 November 10.00
At The Stansted Auction Rooms
Cambridge Road
Stansted Mountfitchet
Essex CM24 8GE
Tel: +44 (0)1279 817778
On view in London
Saturday, 31st Oct 10.00-16.00
Sunday, 1st Nov 10.00-16.00
Monday, 2nd Nov 10.00-1600
Tuesday, 3rd Nov 10.00-20.00
Wednesday, 4th Nov 10.00-1600
Thurs, 5th Nov 10.00-16.00
Auction in Stansted Mountfitchet
Friday, 6th November 9.00-17.30
Please note: all sale times and viewing times should be confirmed
15 Cecil Court, London, WC2N 4EZ
Stansted Auction Rooms, Cambridge Road, Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, CM24 8GE
Yexue Li
Phone +44 (0)1279 817 778
Email yexueli@sworder.co.uk
Website https://www.sworder.co.uk/
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The deep rounded sides rising to a flared rim, decorated with archaic characters 'Wanshou Wujiang' (boundless longevity) in blue in circular roundels, all reserved on a rich yellow ground embellished with scrolling lotus on leafy tendrils and Eight Buddhist Emblems, six-character Jiaqing mark in red to base,
20.3cm diameter
清嘉庆 黄地粉彩勾莲八吉祥开光"万寿无疆"碗 《大清嘉庆年制》矾红篆书款
The compressed globular body rising from a short spreading gilt foot to a short neck with everted gilt rim, set at the shoulder with a pair of stylised dragon handles, brightly decorated around the exterior with taotie mask surrounded by leafy scrolling lotus reserved on a turquoise ground divided by vertical flanges with key frets, the gilt pierced domed cover finely decorated with scrolling lotus and lotus petals surmounted by a bud-shaped finial similarly decorated,
censer 17.5cm long, 622.9g, overall 17.5cm high, 869.5g (2)
清乾隆 铜胎掐丝珐琅缠枝莲饕餮纹盖炉
Finely potted, the rounded sides with slightly everted rim, painted with various butterflies, all reserved on a rich coral-red ground, the interior glazed white, the base with a four-character mark Shende Tang zhi ('Made for the Hall of Prudent Virtue') in iron red,
14.3cm diameter
清道光 珊瑚地粉彩蝴蝶纹碗 《沈德堂制》矾红楷书款
Modelled in the shape of a large lotus blossom with incised overlapping petals outlined in black enamel and filled with shades of pink, the outer row of petals rising to form the gently flared wall of the vessel, the centre pierced with a small circular aperture leading up into the hollow lime-green stem that forms the handle, inscribed Daqing Guangxu Jiaotaihu fujin qiucao jinian bei (Cup commemorating the autumn military exercises held near Jiaotaihu during the Guangxu reign of the Great Qing) in black enamel,
19.8cm long
For a similar lot, see Christie's, New York, 24 March 2011, lot 1823.
清光绪 粉彩秋操纪念杯
Painted with numerous magpies amongst blossoming prunus branches against a yellow ground, the underside with scrolling lotus, four-character Tongzhi mark to base,
22.4cm diameter
清同治 黄地粉彩梅雀纹盘 《同治年制》矾红楷书款
Of circular form, painted with scattered floral roundels, gilt rim, six-character Guangxu mark,
11.9cm diameter
Provenance: Christie's London, 9 June 1997, lot 105.
清光绪 粉彩皮球花纹碗 《大清光绪年制》青花楷书款
Of flared form on a circular foot, decorated with mythical beasts against a green wave-pattern ground, six-character Jiajing mark,
19.7cm diameter
清十九世纪 素三彩海水异兽纹碗 《大明嘉靖年制》青花楷书款