Oriental Art
National and international collectors have found Cordy’s to be the most favoured auction house to watch for a broad range of Chinese porcelains, jades, ivories, bronzes and wood. Items of quality and age are met by a knowledgeable audience in our rooms. We also specialise in Japanese ukiyo-e, scroll paintings, textiles, Peking glass and Chinese silver.
3 INDIAN GILT METAL FIGURES ON ANIMALS H.60mm
Realised: $8,400
A Wang Hing c.1900 Chinese silver three-piece tea service,
relief embossed and engraved chrysanthemum decoration. Finely worked, gilt interiors. 1022gms. Note: The name Wang Hing is synonymous with quality and design. Established in Canton in 1854, by the wealthy Lo merchant family. The establishment of the Treaty of Nanking helped fuel the market for China’s export trade. From there export silver changed from European designs to feature traditional Chinese motifs, patterns and symbols. This would prove to be popular with Western retailers and consumers, as orientalism became the new fashion.
Realised: $5,800
19thC elaborate Chinese silver wine decanter attributed to Tu Mao Xing,
baluster pedestal form. The hinged lid with a sculpted dragon on blossom form clouds, bamboo to the neck, dimpled shoulder. The body with a band on confronting dragons flanking a mystic pearl, conforming decoration to the base. H.265mm. 877gms. Maker's marks to interior of lid
Realised: $5,500
Large Japanese Meiji Satsuma vase,
of ovoid form, with two large panels of finely painted bird decoration with fine speckled gilt to their tops, fowl to one panel with falling wisteria, geese in flight to the other. The cobalt blue ground with gilt highlights. Gilt on red mark to the base for Kinkozan tsukuru. H.310mm.
Realised: $4,800
A vintage wooden and gildeed Buddha,
in serene lotus position, remains of gilding and painted finish. 650 x 390 x 800mm.
Realised: $4,400
PR VINTAGE ORIENTAL CERAMIC LARGE TEMPLE FU LIONS, ONE WITH FAULTS AND RESTORED PARTS 700x300x600mm
Realised: $3,600
A fine quality Meiji period Japanese bronze buddha,
seated in traditional serene pose, on wood base, seal marks to base. H.330mm. Provenance: Richard Rice estate collection.
Realised: $2,700
A large Meiji period Satsuma vase,
the exterior decorated with pagoda, sacred cranes, Mt. Fuji, etc. Seal mark to base with Shimazu family crest. (Some hairlines to base). H.370mm.
Realised: $2,600
C.1900 Chinese silver pair of vase attributed to Wang Hing,
each of tapered double tubular form, decorated in relief with foliage, birds and insects. H.150mm. 436gms. Impressed marks including WHL. Note: This WHL appears to be unrecorded.
Realised: $2,200
