Preview Woolley & Wallis Chinese, Japanese And Korean Art Auction Nov. 10 - 11

It is Wednesday, October 28th, and today I'm going to take a preview of the four auctions taking place at Woolley and Wallace this coming November on the 10th and the 11th. They're running two parts each day. It is a really interesting group of sales, especially if you are interested in bamboo objects, carvings, bronzes, that sort of thing, scholars' objects. There's some exceptional pieces in there, and it's led off by the Dr. Grease collection. He was a prominent British guy. You can look up who he was, but he had this amazing collection of bamboo laminated items as well as wood carvings, and there's some other things in there that he owned as well. But it's a really interesting selection, and what happened that was very interesting, and it's noticeable throughout. All of the Chinese works of art, there's three sales, basically. It's his collection. Then there's the rest of the day, which has a number of pieces in it. And day two. And those other pieces are also bamboo, because I'm sure what happened was word got around that they had gotten the Grease collection, the Grice collection. And maybe a collector out there has got some good bamboo pieces. He's thinking of selling them, threw them in the sale. And there's a lot of them. Throughout the entire auction, as a result of this, I assume. But we're going to go through his stuff. We'll take a look at some other things. I think you're going to find it pretty interesting. It's a very good collection. And William Wallace has an excellent reputation for identifying objects and dating them. Accuracy and all that. So it's really not anything you should worry about. Thank you. They've got a long history of being quite good in cataloging. And this is the Grice collection here. It's the first part of the first day. And there's some exceptional things. We're going to take a walk through them. See what you think. One of them is this extremely nice 17th, early 18th century brush pot. It's beautifully carved, bamboo of course, wonderful finish on it, nice aged patina. The surface on this looks really, really good and you'll notice that, for example, the figures here on the hilltop, coming down out of the hilltop, they have these very nicely detailed faces and very well detailed robes. This is the carving of an excellent carver, the work of a very fine carver. All the way down in the patina looks great. It's got a wooden cap and a wooden base added to the piece. It's beautifully done all the way around. The estimate, I'm going to say something about the estimates here. I think they're on the low side, so don't be surprised if a lot of the estimates get blown away. This pot is estimated at 3,000 to 5,000 pounds, but it is most likely a Kangxi-era pot. They're fairly rare, as you know. And by the way, this is an old collection. I should point this out. This collection was formed... Um, but primarily, um, the way it looks in the 1930s and forties and fifties, somewhere in that time period, this is an old collection. This wasn't a collection that was put together. Mr. Grice died in 1976. So keep that in mind. This is an old collection. Where they didn't have the problems of fakes and reproductions that we have today. So there's some great stuff to go through here. Then there's one of these. Now this is an interesting one. I've had one of these. I've had several of these actually in the past. But I had one that was nearly identical to this. And it's the elephant, of course. With the boys on the back carrying the precious flowers. This is a beautifully done example. Very good color. Again, patina, patina, patina. The surface on the wood ear looks excellent. These pieces have been very well cared for. I suspect they've been gently oiled and polished on a semi-regular basis and really maintained. Because I noticed there were not a lot of cracks or any sort of... Um, signs of neglect on any of these pieces. This one is an 18th century example. Um, apparently it came from spink and sons. It's estimated at two to 3000 pounds, which I think is very reasonable. And this is a fairly good size one. It's 22 centimeters in height. So it's about nine inches tall. Um, they can come even bigger by the way. I'll just tell you, uh, we had one years ago, I think that was around 14 inches tall. It was massive. That's awesome. But this one has a better patina. It's got a better surface than the one that we had. But they were both very nice. This is a great one, though. And then there's this. This is a highly unusual ding form example done during the Qinlong period, done in bamboo, and absolutely beautifully carved, very, very finely carved, low-relief carving on it with a Xiao character, a dragon and two phoenixes on each side. And then there are these little panels, it looks like, with precious objects going around it. And then you have these very interesting sort of attenuated legs coming down with roo-head devices, or similar to that, roo-head devices ending at the feet. This is a very rare type of bamboo. Extremely rare and very finely done. Extremely fine and in beautiful shape. Oh, there he is. There's Mr. Grice. And, uh... It's estimated, I think very reasonably, at 2,000 to 4,000 pounds, and it measures about six inches in height. It's a pretty good size, a nice size piece, but a very rare form, very delicate, beautifully done. And then moving along over to... This is a fantastic thing. This is a large impressed Chinese Zhu Huang bamboo veneered archaistic bronze with a fang wu cover. So this is a wooden body that they've laminated with sheets of bamboo. It's from the Qinlong period. And the workmanship on this is just outstanding. Very, very finely worked. Beautiful dowdy masks, archaic masks on the sides. And then as you go up it, There is a couple of minor losses here in the trim, which you can see clearly. Here's the finial on the top. I love the way it's done. There's not a lot of wear to it. It looks to be in great shape. And then a carved bamboo chain, veneered bamboo chain. And then the chime at the top. These are modeled after jade chimes, as they were known. And they use these. Sometimes you'll see them in Buddhist objects, the Buddhist hanging around a neck with beads coming off of it and that sort of thing. And they appear in all kinds of Chinese works of art. And here are some more masks repeated along the bottom, very stylized. And then you have this very simple base with these sort of box designs running across it and on a nice stand. I wish they included more pictures, but they don't. So that's the way you got to live with it. But it's an excellent example. It's a very, very rare example, and it's quite big. It measures 54 centimeters with the stand. So it's a fairly large carving, 54 centimeters, as you know, around 20 inches in height. So it's a rather big one, but beautifully done, beautifully done. And popping along onto this, this is one of my favorite things in his collection. It's a Hong Mu with Chinese lacquer on it, a Fu stand, fan stand. And if you pull it in, this is big. Okay, before we look at it, I want to get the size of this correct. 40 centimeters. So it's about, that works out to about 16 inches in length. This is a big carving. And the surface on it is outstanding. The patina on this is very, very fine. The carving is extremely fine all the way through, up under, including his head, the eyes, the facial expression, the tusks, the whole thing. Absolutely beautiful. And let's see here. And it's a recumbent elephant, which makes it kind of interesting. They're dating it to the 18th century, which I think. It looks just about exactly, you know, very Chin Leung in its style. And originally there would have probably were a pair of these, incidentally. So maybe you've got the other one. And it may not have survived, too. A lot of these pieces over the years were neglected. They're wood. They're very susceptible to moisture and age and all that. And they crack or they dry out. You know, if a piece of wood like this gets very, very damp and then it dries out suddenly when the moisture evaporates and is gone, The heat gets to it, and they tend to crack and fall apart. This one looks like it's in really good condition, and it's big. As I said, it's big. It's about 15, 16 inches long, so it's quite a piece, quite a carving. It's only estimated at $1,500 to $2,500, which I think is actually cheap. I think if this. I wouldn't be in the least bit surprised if this sold for 5,000 to 8,000 pounds. It's a beautiful thing. And then there's this. This is a really, really delicate Chunlong period vase. It's a veneered bamboo piece. It measures a little over six inches, six and a half, six and three quarters inches in height, but very delicately done. This is meticulously done. Pull it right in. Get it very close. Very well done. Low relief carving. Thank you for having me. Here you have the archaistic workmanship across the middle. You can almost see the strike line that the artist used to get it nice and straight across it like a belt. And then at the bottom you have these very traditional roux-y head lapets or lapet bases on it. This is a beautiful, beautiful carving. And, uh... The estimate on it is 1,000 to 2,000 pounds. That seems terribly reasonable, and not terrible. It's actually quite good. It's that reasonable, and it was in Mr. Grease's collection. And then you have this one, another brush pot. There's loads of brush pots. The number of brush pots in the sale are amazing. And they're all beautiful. This one has a calligraphy panel on it. It's estimated at $500 to $1,000. It's Qing Dynasty, probably. We'll probably look... Judging by the work, I'd probably say, I'm inclined to say first half of the 19th century. But the polish on it, the surface on it, it's beautiful. Again, this has been very, very well maintained over the years. Beautifully done. It's got a little tiny nick up at the corner here that probably was there before he got it. Thank Again, I wish they had more pictures. This is nice, though. It's a beautiful-looking pot. And the estimate, I think, again, is quite modest, $500 to $1,000. And it measures just a hair over six inches in height, but beautifully done. Beautifully done, beautiful scene, and so forth. you. The landscape scenes themselves that you find on brush spots are so fascinating. And I wish somebody would put together a book. on all of the figural and landscape scenes that you see on brush pots because the variation is amazing on how they would do them. And then this, the Fu Lion, this is a great looking thing. And it's a gilt lacquer on wood. It's a Buddhist lion. It's only estimated at three to 500 pounds, which seems really inexpensive to me. And it is about 13 or 14 inches in length. It's a big carving. Hold on a second. It's the 19th century, there we go, and again you see this terrific condition of the surface. The lacquer is this sort of goldish looking material. You can see areas where the lacquer is missing on the tip of his nose there a little bit in other places because the lacquer can, if the wood contracts a little bit against the lacquer, sometimes it can cause the lacquer to pop off, which is most likely the cause here. But the tail is in beautiful shape. I always I always check these tails because often they get damaged for some reason. It's like the fingers on guanyins often get damaged. But this is a very nice example, beautifully carved. It's a quite charming expression, very powerful face on it. And again, this was probably one of a pair. Um, if you can imagine it very, very nice, but the estimate is extremely reasonable. If you live in, if you live in England and you want to go to a great sale, I would say hopping. There's a number of these good sales. You want to hop in your car and go to the previews and really look at these things. I think you'd find it a joyful day. Uh, but this is a beautiful thing. And then, um, and, and it goes on and on and on, um, through the, through the, uh, wholesale is about, I don't know how many bamboo lots there are, maybe 60 or 70. There's a lot of them in there. There's some beautiful examples, and it's an opportunity because collections like this rarely come out of the market. And then the rest, the second part of the first day is just the regular fine Asian art that they put together, and there's some really lovely things in here as well. Hopping along, one of the things, of course, that caught my eye was this. This is a beautiful landscape painting on reverse on glass on mirror. It measures... 45 by 60 centimeters, so it's about 18 inches tall and just exactly two feet wide. It's a pretty good-sized painting. It's in beautiful shape. It was made during the second half of the 18th century, and lately, these mirrors have been selling. There was a couple of them that have gone through lately very reasonably. And I think part of it is the concern over shipping them long distances. So it may discourage people who are in other countries like in the U.S. and so forth because shipping this is going to be a very, very expensive process because of all the special handling due to the glass because it is very prone to breaking. But if you live in the U.K. and you've been looking for a wonderful reverse painting on glass, you are at a great advantage to the foreign competitors because we have the duty here to pay these days for the time being. The incredible cost of shipping this because of the fragility of the object. But the painting on the work is excellent. The facial expression is very good. The surface looks to be in quite good condition. And these are, of course, were painted in reverse from the back of the painting. I don't know if you understand how this works, but they build out layers going backwards. So the colors that you would apply first on a canvas, you would apply last on one of these because you're painting it back. And, um, This is a beautiful example. I love the facial expression of the woman. She looks so relaxed, beautiful flower basket on this sort of idyllic lake scene that you're seeing, really lovely scene. And the estimate on this, like I said, they're going fairly modest on the estimates, 8 to 1,200 pounds. That is very inexpensive for one of these. I have to imagine it will go through that, but even if this painting sold for 3,000 or 4,000 pounds, it's not an unreasonable amount, or even 5,000. This is a great looking picture. And then I'm over to this. Now, this is another one of these bamboo pieces that turned up. It was not the Grease Collection, the Grice Collection, but it was somebody else's. They put it in here. Now, this has a fairly big estimate, but it's extremely rare. This is a $30,000 to $50,000 estimate. And it's obviously a Hooform vase done in bamboo. And it is pretty large. It's 24 inches in height. So you have to imagine this was a pretty good size, 24 centimeters in height. So it's about nine and a half inches tall. Which makes it pretty rare because you need a very big piece of bamboo to do this in the right thickness because you're tapering in. Keep in mind that a bamboo is straight. So the walls of this bamboo plant that they used had to be quite thick. This had to be the base of probably a very, very old piece of bamboo because you've got to have a wall that's basically as thick as from that midsection all the way to here. All the way through, and then they would carve it out, but it's got to be, you know, in that range. So it's got to be a couple inches thick of bamboo, and it's beautifully done with these archaistic bands running around it. The surface looks good. The carving is impeccable. The detail of the carving on this thing is impeccable. I bet Mr. Grease wished he owned this. Maybe he knew the guy that did, because this is an amazing piece. Truly, truly amazing, and it's Chinlong period. I should point that out as well. But it is estimated at 30,000 to 50,000 pounds. And I don't know how many buyers are out there these days spending 30,000 to 50,000 pounds on bamboo. But certainly, I think it's worth it. If you have the money, this is a really great piece. Really great. And then hopping along over here to this, you have a bronze of a Simhanada. Um, um... Let's see here. This is Ming Dynasty. There we go. And it's a very nice one. It's not too dissimilar from some of the bronzes that you see from the 18th century during the Qinlong period. They did very, very similar works. I wonder if there might even be a mad debate about this one. Is it Qinlong or is it late Ming? They settled on late Ming, I suspect, because of the way the face of the creature is done and so forth. But beautiful lotus base with the guanyin sitting on it. Absolutely outstanding. And this is a good size piece too. It's 32 centimeters in height. So it's about 14 inches tall, 13 and a half, 14 inches in height. And it's only estimated at $2,500 to $3,500. And lately, bronzes have been fairly favorable. There was a period there for a little bit where some of these later Ming bronzes were spiking and bringing big, big prices. And that seems to have calmed down a little bit. So maybe it'll sell for in that range. $2,500 to $3,500, but if it does, it's a great buy. It's a great piece of bronze, and it looks to be in really, really fine condition, and it's got a nice old surface on it. And then you have this one, a Bode Heishang. It's a Qinlong period example, the gilding, and it's in wonderful shape, and it measures roughly 6 1⁄2 inches a night. And I'll let the picture clear up. There we go. The quality of the casting is excellent. And the condition of the gilding on it is also excellent. It appears to be an overall very fine shape. The fingertips all look very, very nice. The details in the robes, you see the same pattern also on the edges of bronzes and porcelain plates and so forth. Here are the feet going down. There's a few little punch marks. They use a little punching tool to decorate it to add some extra lines after the casting. But very, very nicely done. Beautifully done, because this is the kind of bronze, sometimes they did a little post-casting work on it to enhance it. It's not an uncommon practice. This is a beautiful one, and it is 16 centimeters, about six and a half inches in height, estimated at $6,000 to $8,000. But it is Tim Lung. It is very rare and in beautiful shape. And it's also a rare form. So that And then there are things like this. It's very Fai Fugong and Fai Shang Fang dish. This was originally sold by Spink and Company, I believe. Steve. Yeah, it was purchased from Spinks in the 1980s or early 90s because they weren't in business for much longer after that. I'm sorry about that. But the enameling on this is quite excellent. The decoration on it is very fine, and it looks to be in quite good condition all the way around. And I'm sure it's in the Spink archives. That's the other thing that's fun. I think Christy says them now, but sometimes you can reach out and you can get some information on where it came from if they're willing to share. This is a very, very nice porcelain, and it's good size. It's a charger size. It measures 35 centimeters in width, so it's around 14 or so inches in diameter. It's estimated at 3,000 to 5,000 pounds. Beautiful porcelain, though. And then there's this one also. It's a San Duos vase, Yongshan period. It measures, what is it, about six inches, eight inches? 17, 18 centimeters, so about seven inches, a little over seven inches But beautifully done. Evidently, it's not marked on the bottom, but the quality of the paintwork on it is quite good. It's really, really quite good. Almost with heaping and piling, actually, the way you look at it. And instead of having traditional lappets going up the shoulder, they have these sort of fan-like devices going up it, which I think is rather interesting. And then the root heads, and then, of course, all the fruit and persimmons and citron fingers and so forth on it. It's a beautiful, I think they threw in a few extra pictures of this one to show all the different fruits. Here we go. And it is estimated at 3,000 to 5,000 pounds, not an unreasonable number. And it measures 18 centimeters, so around, that comes in at just about seven inches in height. It's a good little porcelain if you like blue and white. And this is my favorite. This is one of my favorite porcelains in the sale, though, actually. It's a three rams grazed flambe glazed vase, Chinlong Markan period. And how big is this again? 34 centimeters. So it's about, comes out about 13 and a half, 14 inches diameter around there. But the glazing on this is really, really nice. And I'll be shocked if it sells for the estimate. But here's the flambe down the piece. You can see it runs down like rivers. It's beautifully, beautifully done. And I love how the glaze, and you see this sometimes when there are masks on the shoulders, there's the flambe part ran down, it split and went around the ram's head. And then some of it trickled under and regathered under his chin, almost like a very long beard going down. Beautifully done, and then stops perfectly at the foot rim. There's no overrun of the foot rim here on the glaze as far as I can see at all. None. And that's a very good effect. There's the mark impressed into the bottom of the piece. Looks absolutely fine. What did they give for information on this? It just talks about how they were introduced during the, so it was part of the Yongshan period. It's estimated at just 8,000 to 12,000 pounds. I'll be surprised if it sells for that small amount. To me, this looks like a $25,000 to $35,000 flambé piece, maybe even more. It's a beautiful example. And then hopping along over to this, this lantern form based on the transitional period. Now, this is sort of an interesting piece because he has the receipt from when he bought it in the 19, I think it was the 1950s. And Christie's, no, wait, this is another one. Hold on. When was this one bought? In 1985, he bought this. There's another piece in here that was bought in the 50s. In 1985, it was lot 258 at a Christie's sale, and he paid 1,900. A hundred, um, um, um, uh, This would have been probably in pounds, I'm assuming, because I mentioned VAT on here. So 1,900 pounds in 1985. And today it's estimated at 10,000 to 15,000 pounds, but I think that's pretty reasonable. It's a rare form. It's a fairly rare form in one of these. Thank They often refer to them as lantern vases or a Pingsheng Sanji vase. Thank Give it the Chinese wording for it. It is 48 centimeters tall. So this is a nice big piece coming in at around 20 inches in height. you you. This is a nice big example. very For example, There's no other history other than when it was purchased at Christie's. But if you look at the decoration on it, it's really quite excellent. much. Hold on, wait for the picture to load. There we go. Very nicely done faces, good cobalt, very nice white. Clay, white glaze, nice border decorations at the bottom. All exactly what you expect to see. There is a crack around the bottom. And the thing you want to get on the condition report, is that a crack that went through and broke off and was reattached? Or was this a crack that was in the firing and it's just darkened with age? Because that does make a difference. If it's been broken off and restucked, it may throw into doubt the estimate. It may validate the estimate, too, because it seems low to me. But you want to find out about that foot. Okay, you want to find out about that bottom there with that line. But other than that, I still think it's a wonderful piece, but the condition does dictate a bit what it's going to sell for. And then you have this, this very, very nice Immortals Incense Burner, Kangxi period. Um, uh... Let's see, how big is this? Probably, what, 24 centimeters in diameter. And it's a well-known type. It's from sort of around 1700 in the Kangxi period, maybe a little after, but beautifully done. There are your chimes. Well, there's one of these chimes, again, that we saw on the bamboo piece a bit ago. And, you know, clouds and scholars' objects and whatnot. But very, very attractive. It's a well-known scene. Many of you have seen it on porcelains, especially incense burners. And it measures 24 centimeters in width. It's estimated at 2,000 to 3,000 pounds. Very reasonable. If you like incense burners, that looks like a good one. It's also nice and white. It's very, very white glazed. All right, and then over this is Dagwon Yellow Medallion Bowl. These are... Very popular among collectors that love these medallion bowls. It's got the Sgraffito ground, Sgraffato ground with the incise. We'll pull it up here for a second. There we go. And you can see this incise decoration that they work into the clay. Then they glaze it and it leaves behind this patterning. Nice heavy enameling up here in the blue, so forth. And you have these landscape scenes. Thank Across the middle, and very nice lemon yellow, and there's a nice, strong, familiar rose color. It's a good-looking bowl. It's a good-looking bowl. Maybe it was like last year or two. Remember, Roseberry's had a whole bunch of these. They did very well, some of them. So we'll see how this does. It's estimated at 5,000 to 8,000 pounds, certainly worth that. Measures just a hair under six inches in diameter. you. It's extremely pretty. And then this, this is a very... I think quite rare, and I think the estimate is fine. It's a 40,000 to 60,000-pound estimate, but it's a Daoguan Marken period-paired covered jars with boys on them, and it measures just about 9 1⁄2 inches in height, almost 10 inches. Here they are. But notice the quality of the decoration, the way the boys' faces are done, the details of the flowers, the positioning of how the cart is done. It gives it a bit of a three-dimensional look to it. And, um... Here they are pulling some looks like they're pulling something down out of some fruit out of a tree, perhaps. Kids outside playing. That's nice. Very nice turquoise blue on this. This is a really fine pair of vase jars. And they have their lids, which is amazing. And I love how the lids are done. They look almost art moderne the way they did them. Very clever. And they look to be in outstanding condition. You want to get condition reports always. Always ask about condition reports for jades, wood carvings. So porcelain, pottery, all of it. You want to know all of it, of course, up front, but these are quite lovely. And they're estimated, as I said, at 40,000 to 80,000, 60,000 pounds, which I don't think is unreasonable because it is a pair. They appear to be in great shape, and they have their lids, and they're beautifully decorated, and they are mark and period. So that's not a bad thing. And that sort of goes through just the first day, so to speak. And then you come along into... The second day, and this is Asian Works of Art 2. And now this sale is very, this part of the sales is very interesting. If you're bidding with a modest budget, this is a great auction because they have very, very low estimates. I think the estimates are artificially low. I'll be honest about that. They've got some pieces in here that look, the estimates are very, very modest. Thank For example, you have this. It's a very nice Tibetan gilt bronze figure of Vinyanakayaka. you very When you knock, uh, nay, nay. much Vinyanakayaka, excuse me. And it's very, how big is this? for It's 21 grams, 4 centimeters in height. your So it's a little plaque. It's very delicate, though. And it's beautifully done. time. So it's about just a hair under two inches in height, but it's a beautifully done thing of an elephant standing and dancing. It's a lovely thing, and the estimate on it is extremely modest, and this is an 18th or early 19th century example. I suspect it's 18th century. They may be covering themselves a little by calling it an or 19th, but the surface on it and the casting and stuff looks older than that to me, but at any rate, it's only estimated at 300 to 500 pounds. It's a wonderful little thing, and that wouldn't cost anything to ship, folks, so you don't have to worry about that. And then there's this, this very nice Chinese embroidered silk panels, three chair covers that they wove together as a square, basically. It's 170 centimeters by 170 centimeters. So it's something on the lines of, Um... what, six and a half feet by six and a half feet. So it's a nice big panel. But these are seat covers, obviously. Let the page load. Wonderful soft colors, beautiful soft colors, and some of the designs, the way the flowers are done, they remind me of Ming embroideries to a degree. And these very, very nicely done edges here with these flowered areas with frames around them and these beautiful lotuses here at the bottom. And then you have the Buddhist wheel at the bottom. And again, more lotus flowers, lots of lotus flowers on this. These are beautiful. These are really quite lovely. And the color is nice and soft. Some of that may be due to a bit of fading over the years, but it doesn't look bad. And I don't see any real damage to the piece anywhere. You don't see a lot of any indications of dry rot or tears or anything. But look at the estimate, 400 to 600 pounds. Like I said, a lot of the estimates in this side are very encouraging. And now that doesn't mean they're going to sell for that, you know, so don't get too excited about it. But it at least indicates that in this part of the auction, they're being extremely encouraging of participation. Because if this panel sells for 600 pounds, I'll be absolutely shocked. In the past, we've seen these before, and they typically, you know, thrown through a seat cover, even when they're later chained, which these probably are, go for... $800 to $1,200 a piece. So we'll see. We'll see. We'll see how it goes. But that's the way it looks. But I don't know if they can be shipped or not. That's the other thing. Not that they can't be shipped, but if they're mounted on a frame like this, if they are framed on a rigid frame, they're going to be very expensive to ship. But if they can be gently rolled up on a tube, the shipping is peanuts. It's $100 plus some handling. All right. And then you have this. And this is after Tang Yin, a pair of paintings. They were done during the 19th century. I just think these are beautifully done. They're just excellently done. And the estimate is unbelievably reasonable, eight to twelve hundred dollars, eight to twelve hundred pounds, rather. But the quality of the work, the quality of the faces and so forth, the way the eyes are done, the robes are done, the colors and the condition of this scroll looks And it does appear to be a late 19th century scroll from what I'm seeing, the way it's done. Some seals in the upper corner. The bamboo trees are delicately done. And here you have a plant in spring just starting to bud flowers. And here you have the ladies again. One of them looks a little older this time. Maybe not. Maybe it's just my perception. But again, beautifully done, lovely robes. And these are fairly good size, incidentally. These are 86 by 26 centimeters. So they are around. What is that? About four, three, hair under three feet in length and hair under of about 10 inches wide. So they shouldn't be too bad to ship as long as they're not in frames. That would be a good thing to buy. And they're very pretty. The colors are good. They stand out well and so forth. And then over to this, this caught my eye because this is a very rare box and it's only estimated at three to 500 pounds and it's absolutely a late 18th or early 19th century box. But what's unusual about it, this lacquer box has carvings of Westerners or foreigners on them as they were known here. And if you collect, and it's a lasagna shaped box, which is quite a desirable type. But here you have the classic foreigner with the big hat and the beard and so forth. And, um, uh, It looks to be in good shape. It looks like it's been kept somewhere where it didn't get much attention with a gentle toothbrush just to clean it out once in a while. It looks like there's a lot of dirt and dust built up on it, maybe on somebody's shelf somewhere, and they didn't do anything with it for years. It's got a little bit of damage down here in the bottom, but the top of it caught my eye. That may be why the estimate is so low, too. It's got some damage around the bottom. And some over here, this is from hitting things, people being, you know, not being careful with it, moving it around. So it looks like it has a little bit of a condition issue, but the top of it is fascinating to me. As you know, I'm not a big nut about condition all the time. I think people who focus too much on condition build pretty boring collections. Anyway, this is an interesting-looking thing, and it's got an unusual subject matter, and I think that makes it worth owning, certainly worth owning for the estimate of 300 to 500 pounds. And it's fairly good size. It's a little over—it's almost about 13 inches long, 33 centimeters. Oh, it's over that, 13 1⁄2 inches long. So it's a pretty good-sized box. It's a nice-looking thing. And then over to this. This is a very nice JB disc, and it's dated to the late Ming to early Qing dynasty, so, you know, 1670 to 1720, 1730, probably Kangxi period, but beautifully carved. Again, very dirty. When you see these... I always feel happy to see lots of dirt and cracks like this. What it means is it was in somebody's old drawer. They had it in the house for a long time. Somebody had it for a while and didn't pay any attention to it. They decided to sell it. And the auction house very wisely chose, we're not going to clean it. We want people to see that this is not some slick new thing. That's a nice old carving. Also, it's very well-rounded and smooth in places. It's had lots of handling. And the chimeras on here are beautifully done, the way the heads and the ears are done here. They almost look like leopards, but quite nice. And here's the hole, of course, and more of it down here. And again, the tail, the way the tail splits off, and it's got very nice detailed lines being incised into it. All those little touches really, really make it interesting and make it a better object. It would clean up beautifully. You could, you know, a soft toothbrush and a little bit of, you know, common gentle cleaner would make this thing look beautiful. That's wonderful. Nothing harsh, of course. It measures about three inches in diameter, two and a half, three inches in diameter. It's not terribly big, and it's estimated at 300 to 500 pounds, which I think is very reasonable. That's a nice jade, and it is an early one. It's a... Like I said, probably Kung Chi. And then there's this in the sale. This is a Chinese export piece. And I was kind of surprised to find this. It's one of these commode forms. They're done like French commodes that they made during the 18th century. It measures about seven, what is it, eight inches in length. It's fairly nice. The Moda had a family when they were doing things. They made this form very famous. Here we go. They even reproduced them with their own examples. But this is a nice one. And it looks, I'm checking the edges to make sure, but it looks like it's in quite good shape. Again, you want to get the condition report, but overall it looks pretty good. There's some wearing to the gilt, of course, which is very typical on these and so forth. So you want to look at that. The estimate on it is only 300 to 500 pounds. And I remember back in the 90s, these things were selling for 3,000 to 5,000. They were selling for a lot of money at times because they were fairly rare and they were made for the European market solely, mostly for the French market and then for the British market too, but beautifully done. And then there's this. Now, this is a mystery to me, and I don't know what's wrong with this bowl, if anything. It's 35 centimeters in diameter, so it's around 14, just about 14 inches wide. It's a Wanli bowl. All right. I looked at it before I did the video because I wanted to see, boy, what's wrong with this piece? Has it been heavily restored? What's going on with it? You want to find out because the estimates, there's a hairline in it. These pieces always have hairlines in them, nearly always. It's only estimated at 200 to 300 pounds, and I'm assuming it has to have been heavily restored. But if it hasn't, it's a potential bargain of the month. Because these big bulls typically sell for between $1,100 and $1,800 minimum. Sometimes they go for over. But that's a very, very nice example. Like I said, 200 to 300-pound estimate, typically painted with pandas. There's no mention of condition. You have to call them. Even here, they ask you, request a condition report. And then over to this, this very nice, this is also a transitional early piece, transitional period, garlic neck vase, very, very well known. And again, this one is a very low estimate too. These may have come from the same collector. They just want to encourage participation in the piece. This one is only estimated at 300 to 400 pounds. I haven't seen one of these sell for 300 or 400 pounds since the early 1980s. It does have some damage around the top, and that may be it. It's got a damage through the middle. But it's a lovely example. And if you're not in a position to buy a perfect one for 5,000 to 7,000, this looks like somebody dropped it. There's a staple in it. It's not in great shape, I guess, but it's still an example. And it isn't going to break the bank. And it's a very, very nicely done example. The decoration quality on this is very, very good. It's in rough shape, I guess, but I didn't notice how bad it was before. But it still isn't a big estimate for this. Because these in the past, we've had them, they sell for $8,000 to $14,000. Thank Sometimes a blurry example that isn't crisply drawn will sell for $5,000 to $7,000. But there are different types of these. you They all look the same from a distance. When you get up close to them, there are wide variations in the quality of the decoration. very But the ones that have the best decoration on them that are crisp, you can really see them very, very well defined. They do go very well. much. And this one is 39 centimeters in height, so it's quite large. But it's only estimated at 300 to 400 pounds. So take a shot at it. You might get it at that price. Given the damage to it, and I wouldn't bother getting it restored. I know some of you would, but I'd just wipe it down and clean it up and enjoy it for what it is. All right, and then over to this. Now, this is a nice thing. This is a late Qing, possibly early Republic. They did them then, too, and had them over the years. But it's a very nice lavender blue. Sometimes they refer to this as clear to loon. It measures 16 1⁄2 centimeters or about 7 inches in height. This is a very nice example. It has a Yongchen mark, I believe, on the bottom, but very nicely glazed. They're dating. It is late Qing. There's the Ryongshan mark on it. It's a later mark. But it's beautifully done, and it's a decent size. And I don't know if there's something wrong with this, but they've only estimated at 200 to 300 pounds. And as a late-chain example, with a rain mark, even if it's remarkable, they often sell from, you know, these in the past we've seen somewhat similar examples sell for 8 to 1,200. So I'm going to be very curious to see how this does. I suspect it goes over it. And then there's this hookah base, it's Kanshi period, very nicely done. It measures about nine inches, almost 10 inches in height. It's being sold without reserve with a five to 1100 pound estimate or a thousand pound estimate. And that is an absolute great buy. You can buy it for that range, but it's unreserved. But very nicely done. It's a well-known, the panel, the decoration is pretty standard. But the form is interesting because hookah bases in porcelain, not a lot of them survived because they were used. They were not merely for decoration. And, you know, using them and putting the rod in and smoking them and doing all the fitting because there's a fitting that goes into the top of that thing. And they cause damage to them. They wear the pieces out. They get bumped, they get knocked over, and they shatter. And this one is 24.2 centimeters, estimated at just 500 to 1,000 pounds. Very, very nice. And that sort of wraps that part of that sale up. There's other things in there. There's loads of things in there. But then you get to the Japanese works of art part of the series, and there's some very good ceramics in this sale. If you're going to read it, there's also a lot of good Japanese prints, too. I should point that out, of course, and some paintings. But there are... There are a lot of Japanese early Arita pieces, 18th and 17th century pieces of Arita and Amari and so forth. And you've got to go through it. If you're a Japanese Arita collector, you've got to see this. There's some very, very good examples in here. You even have an Arita beer tankard over here, which are very rare and so forth. And then you have some Kutani ware, of course. There's other bits, Celadons, Nabashima Celadons, and on and on and on. Satsuki. Satsuma. But I just want to go through a few of the pieces, just for the fun of it. The pieces that caught my eye. One of them is this nice Arita polychrome dish. And it's very, very finely done. It's a lausanne-shaped dish. It's got a fuku mark on the bottom. It's 17 centimeters in length, or about 7 or 8 inches, 7 inches or so long. 7 inches long, I guess. And they're dating it as late 17th century, which I tend to agree with. But it's very nicely enameled. There we go. Let it clear up. There we are. With the good underglaze blue, overglaze green enamels and red enamels and so forth. And almost done like abstract art in a way. It's very attractive. And very unusual. It looks like it's in very nice condition. I don't see any damage to the edges. There might be a little tiny nick off the end there. You want to check that out. But things like that, a ceramicist can patch that up for you. You have to realize this plate is only six or so inches. So that's a very, very tiny little nibble off the end. I wouldn't worry about that at all. This is a rare form. And there's the fuku mark on the bottom. Estimate 300 to 500 pounds. Very reasonable. As we know, Japanese things are still way under the money. And now this is an extremely rare thing. Um, and... And an emphasis on extreme. This is a sansai, using Chinese description, a decorated box. All right? Now it's shaped. It's also shaped. It's done very, the Chinese influence on this is incredible. But it's not a surprise because the Japanese were modeling their early ceramics, in porcelain in particular, off of what they'd been seeing from China for so many years because they didn't learn to make porcelain and didn't go into any serious production of porcelain until the mid-1650s, and they only learned how to make any of it from a green potter around 1610, 1600. And this example here is Sansai-decorated Japanese areta. Peach form, which is a very traditional form in Chinese art, not very traditional in Japanese, Bye. box with the phoenix on the top here, beautifully done. And it's got those fabled Sansai decorations and this very nice stippled ground on it. And this is a box. It's two parts. There's the top, there's the side. This is a very rare, oh, an aubergine to boot. So they've got the entire Sansai color palette on here that you find on Tang and later Mingwares and so forth. And they've added these colors onto a piece of early Arita in the form of a peach-form box, which, of course, is very symbolic of the Emperor Qinlong, for the Emperor Qinlong, because you see all those peach faces out there floating around. And Yongshan, too, but more for Qinlong, I think. But very, very attractive. Thank Probably done in the 1680s or so, you know, well before Chidlong became a fan of them. you But the peach, you see peaches in decoration in Chinese art anyway. very With this really unusual glaze. Estimate 5,000 to 8,000 pounds. Is it worth it? Yeah, it's worth it. much. It's a rare bird. And it's not terribly big. It's only 8 centimeters long. It's about 3 inches long. It's about that big. But extremely rare and very delicate and appears to be in great shape. So do check that out. And then over here, there's just a lot. If you're a dealer, you deal in Japanese things. Here you have a lot of eight Japanese 17th and early 18th century plates. Thanks, Mitch. Beautifully done. And they look to be in pretty good shape. Nice decoration. This one with calligraphy on it. They do a good job with their photography at this place. I have to say, William Wallace always has good photos. Nice and crisp and clean. Easy to see. No hot spots. Thank And this one I love. I love the way the herons, they're dancing with their beaks up in the air and so forth in between pine trees. you It's very attractive. I think that's a nifty scene. I mean... very What's the estimate? Four to 600 pounds for the whole lot. Again, very, very, very reasonable. Popping over here, there's another set, much. 17th century Japanese blue and white dishes. Again, modestly estimated three to 500. Japanese stuff is still such a great buy. And there's some Korean ceramics also in the sale. I should point out there's some Goyo pieces. There is a very rare late Joseon period water dropper. And then you have this large jardiniere, 17th to early 18th century. This is a fairly big thing, though. It's not a little tiny cup or something. It measures 39 centimeters in height, so it's about 16 or 17 inches tall. This is a big piece. And the estimate, I think, is very fair, 1,000 to 1,500 pounds. And, oh, here it is. Here's the Celadon Lion Dog Water Dropper, Korean. Now, obviously, the Celadon-Glazon is somewhat reminiscent here of examples we saw from the Goyo period. You know, you would be inclined to think that's what it most likely is, but they believe this was done during the late Choson era, very, very attractive. And very rare. And if you like scholars' objects and you like Korean works of art, and I know there's a few out there because I hear from you, you might want to take a look at this. And there's also a couple of things. There's a very nice cup in this cell. It's got a big kintsugi repair on the edge, too. It's Korean goyo. But it's a rather unusual form, very nicely painted. It's got very delicate decoration on it. So you might want to check those out. Anyway, that sort of covers the Woolly and Wallace sale. I think it's an interesting auction. And it's the kind of sale that collectors and fans and people who specialize in things could go really go and spend. You can spend a day or so easily previewing this thing to really get a good look at everything. There's lots of paintings. There's quite a few jades. There are snuff bottles. As I said, there are Japanese woodblock prints, which we don't focus a lot on because that's It's a very specialized area, and it's hard to tell too much about the dating of Japanese prints all the time from photographs, but they do have some good ones. So if you're a Japanese print collector, you want to go over and look there, and a lot of paintings. So there's a lot to look at. There's a lot of eye candy in this auction, and I just wanted to let you all know. But in particular, I love the wood carvings because I collect wood carvings, as some of you know, and there were some really lovely examples in there. Thank you, Eric. It's very tempting. At any rate, that's it. Have a great rest of your day, and we'll see you on the next day. We're going to be doing the sale coming up at Revere Auctions, of course, at the Hudroff Collection. And Drew Weitz has a very nice Chinese sale that popped up, too, and we're going to do something on that. So stick around. All right, thank you for watching. Subscribe. See you next time. Bye-bye.