Neal Auction 2012

132 607. A Chinese Polychrome Painted Blue and White “Swatow” Porcelain Dish , late Ming Dynasty, 17th c., interior decorated in overglaze iron red and green enamels around a central underglaze blue roundel, base marked, bearing “Robert McPherson/ London” label, diameter 5 1/2 in., Note: Very small restoration to edge of rim. $1000/1500 608. A Chinese Patinated Bronze Censer , Xuande mark but probably Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), bombé form with mask-tongue handles raised on a splayed foot ring, finely relief decorated around the sides with raised cloud scrolls and incised foliage, base with recessed cartouche bearing raised Xuande six character mark, painted “collection” numbers: “99.10LF.54”, height 3 1/4 in., width 5 1/2 in. $800/1200 609. A Chinese Polished Bronze Tripod Censer , Xuande mark but probably 18th c., globular body with one ram’s head handle (lacking second), raised on three ram’s head feet, base with raised four character Xuande mark within a rectangular cartouche, height 3 3/4 in., width 5 7/8 in. $800/1200 W 610. Two Chinese Bombe-Form Bronze Censers with Mask Handles , Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), the first patinated, raised on three tapering feet, base with apocryphal six character Xuande mark, painted collection numbers: “00. ILF.1”, height 1 7/8 in., width 3 1/2 in.; the second, polished, raised on a circular foot ring, further raised on a matching ruyi footed stand, overall height 3 7/8 in., width 5 5/8 in. $600/800 W 611. A Chinese Rong Bao Zhai Hand-Colored Woodblock Print , 20th c., “Ducks Swimming”, after the original by Ma Yuan, ink and color on silk, bearing signature lower left, 10 1/4 in. x 11 in., mounted as a hanging scroll, storage box. $100/150 W 612. A Chinese Hand- Colored Reproduction Print of an Early Landscape Painting , 20th c., depicting a mountainous landscape with figures and a pavilion, bearing inscription upper right and seals throughout, 34 3/8 in. x 21 in., mounted as a hanging scroll, lacking roller ends. $300/500 Provenance: Acquired in Asia during the 1960s; thence by descent. W 613. A Chinese Mottled Celadon and Russet Jade Buddhist Lion , probably 18th c., the recumbent beast carved carrying a lingzhi spray in its mouth, the stone with striated russet and black veins, height 1 3/8 in., width 2 3/4 in. $500/700 614. A Chinese White Jade Finger Citron, Peach and Bat Group , carved in an upright position as a finger citron, or “Buddha’s Hand”, with curled tendrils, surmounted by two bats and supported on reticulated fruiting peach branches, height 6 1/4 in., carved wood stand, overall height 7 1/4 in. $1000/1500 W 615. A Collection of Ten Chinese Hardstone Pendants , 19th/20th c., including carved jade, agate, soapstone, rhodonite, various shapes and sizes; three with chains, one marked “TRIFARI”; one mounted as a pin, marked “STERLING”, heights 1 1/4 in. to 2 1/2 in. $1500/2500 607 608 609 614