[Chapbook] The Irish Assassin

divided into ten bracket-shaped lobes forming radiating ribs and flaring towards the rim, a slightly convex centre with a dragon coiling amid flames and clouds, the exterior with ten roundels of drago

14 cm. diameter; 5 cm. high

PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE CHICKEN CUPS with retrospective six-character Chenghua reign marks, Kangxi period (1662- Dimensions:14 cm. high; 8.1 cm. diameter and 14 cm. high; 8.2 cm. diameter

with tubular lug handles. Mark of YongZheng to base 47 cm. high

For E. and J. Burke, featuring New York Yankee baseball players 57 x 40 cm.

PAIR OF EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY BRONZE CANNONS each raised on a cast iron carriage Provenance: Malahide Castle Dimensions: 60 x 83

LATE MING PERIOD GILT BRONZE BUDDHA seated in vajrasana on a double-lotus base Dimensions:38 cm. high; 30 cm. wide; 21 cm. deep

18 carat white gold. Colour H/I, Clarity SI2. Diamond weight: 5.03 ct.

of rectangular shape, with a domed roof. 450 cm. high; 710 cm. wide; 500 cm. deep

with raised moulded decoration and scroll handles, seal mark of Qianlong. Provenance: The Carlow Collection 28 cm. high

with five claw dragon decoration. Six character mark of Wanli to base 10.5 cm. high; 29 cm. wide; 23 cm. deep

Figure of a horse. 215 cm. high; 300 cm. wide; 90 cm. deep

holding a sword aloft, seated on a double lotus cushion, possibly Ming 19 cm. high

LARGE CHINESE GUAN-TYPE HU-FORM VASE sturdily potted with an ovoid body rising from a splayed foot to a gently flaring mouth, moulded with a ‘straps and rivets’ design, the handles shaped as mythi

of circular form, with a staged moulded ribbed body, raised on tripod supports 10 cm. high; 14 cm. diameter

with all over chrysanthemum decoration. Mark of Jiaqing 57 cm. high

mahogany and parcel gilt marble and brass inset top with serpentine front, above three satinwood cross-banded panels, fronted by a brass foot rest Provenance: Castlehyde House, Co. Cork, Ireland 106 c

Kingsale hounds, supported on a rectangular base. Limited edition 80/100, Triton stone, 2001. 185 cm. high; 180 cm. wide; 78 cm. deep

CHINESE FLAMBE-GLAZED VASE Daoguang incised seal mark to base 1821- 1850 and of the period 22 cm. high

LARGE NINETEENTH-CENTURY GILT FRAMED OVER MANTLE MIRROR the central oval plate framed by glazed quadrants within a moulded frame, below a serpentine top centred by a jasperware plaque, 190 cm. high; 1

CHARLES FRANCIS ANNESLEY (1857-1941) DONEGAL RUG, CIRCA 1940 340 x 271 cm.

Figure of stag, standing on a rocky mound. 230 cm. high; 160 cm. wide; 85 cm. deep

Half length portrait of Lady Frances Maxwell wearing a red velvet coat Oil on canvas (unlined) Signed indistinctly lower-right Enclosed in the original Watts frame Provenance: By family descent from t

with painted quail decoration, inscribed, four character seal mark on underside 16 cm. high