*** | A petite deep blue Chinese tazza, probably Ming Dynasty, 15th century, the shallow form dish raised upon a spreading foot, glazed in deep blue throughout thinning to near white at the rim and to a fold on the stem, unglazed to the foot rim; underglaze… | *** | |
*** | A large famille verte porcelain brush pot, qing Dynasty, 1644-1912, the cylindrical pot in underglaze blue with a continuous courtly narrative scene with an Emperor in his Imperial yellow robe attended by servants and officials, in emerald, red and yellow… | *** | |
*** | A monumental Chinese earthenware garden basin, a rustic oval basin with a brown and yellow ochre fired glaze, beautifully relief decorated with horses to one long side and detailed birds in flight to the other, the shorter ends with bamboo decoration, a… | *** | |
*** | A pair of Chinese export polychrome-decorated porcelain vases, 19th century, baluster-shaped and applied with a pair of shishi to the neck and opposed pairs of chilongs at the shoulder, each neck and body decorated with panels between foliate borders, the… | *** | |
*** | A Chinese famille rose dragon plate, late Qing Dynasty, Guangxu mark, late 19th to early 20th century., the plate on a short foot rim, profusely hand decorated and gilded with two sporting dragons chasing a flaming pearl amidst ruyi and flame clouds, the… | *** | |
*** | A Chinese early Qing-style blue and white brush pot possibly, 19th century of cylindrical form, painted with figures in a garden and others on clouds in a landscape, with bands of lightly-incised geometric decoration to the rim and foot. Height 19.5 cm… | *** | |
*** | A Chinese sang de boeuf vase, late Qing, the flared rim above a bulbous body with ringed shoulder the underside with double blue underglazed rings. Height 40.5 cm | *** | |
*** | A fine pair of Chinese polychrome floral bowls, of ogee profile with a small circular foot, finely and continuously decorated with lotus flowers and foliage upon a vibrant tomato red ground, a striking and contrasting Robin's egg glaze to the interior;… | *** | |
*** | A Chinese famille jaune Meiping vase. Bearing Qianlong mark (1736-1795), the tall high shouldered form with short neck displays multiple floral motifs set within a mottled yellow ground. Stamped to base. Height 38 cm. | *** | |
*** | A large Chinese famille jaune charger, kuang Hsu mark and period (1875-1909), decorated to the interior with a central panel of birds among the flowers framed by scrolling vines against a yellow ground with cartouches of flowers, the exterior painted with… | *** | |
*** | A large Chinese covered jar. Jiajing period style (1522-1566), the squat bulbous base with small round cover and peaked finial decorated with scenes of goldfish and aquatic plants. Stamped to base. Height 50 cm diameter 39 cm. | *** | |
*** | A pair of Chinese porcelain Foo dogs. Late 19th century, the pair each depict a snarling foo dog glazed in a superb viridian green and with black mane and tail complete with later individual bronze trivets by Baccarat. Ex: collection of Lord Howard de… | *** | |
*** | A small Fencai moon flask. Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) Qianlong style. The small flattened ovoid body with enamelled scene of quail to one side and sparrows to verso with gilded decorative lugs to the side. Stamped to base. Height: 29 cm. Width 22 cm. Depth… | *** | |
*** | A Chinese charger with cherry blossoms. Bearing Guangxu mark (1875-1908), the large platter depicts an enamelled cherry blossom branch to the interior and with further floral decoration to the exterior. Stamped to base. Height 6 cm diameter 34 cm | *** | |
*** | A small Chinese Jun Ware vase, the high shouldered square section stoneware vase, covered purple flambe glaze suffused with blue, thinning over the corners and rim, unmarked, with an export-type seal and label with inscriptions to one side. Height 13 cm | *** | |
*** | A large Chinese famille rose bowl, 19th century, the interior richly decorated in polychrome and gilt with a floral and figural roundel, and with two panels of figures within a courtyard alternating with floral and bird panels, similarly decorated to the… | *** | |
*** | A Chinese Ming Dynasty Binh Thuan shipwreck dish, circa 1608, Wanli period, the large Swatow low form bowl with underglaze blue decoration with a phoenix in a garden setting to the centre, the cavetto embellished with panels of flora and bamboo and having… | *** | |
*** | A pair of Chinese porcelain wall plaques, Republic era, 1912-1949, well decorated in famille rose enamels with scenes of scholars or learned figures in auspicious landscape settings and enclosed within iron red key fret and patterned borders; with script… | *** | |
*** | A fine Chinese famille rose porcelain baluster vase, possibly Republic era, 1937, with Studio mark of Cheng Yiting, finely enamel decorated in pinks, yellow, muted turquoise greens and browns, depicting a bird on a branch amidst peonies in full bloom;… | *** | |
*** | A large pair of Chinese framed blue and white porcelain plaques, late 19th early 20th century. Depicting mounted soldiers riding among the misty mountains each plaque set in a hard wood frame with brass hangers. Height 120 cm. Width 39 cm | *** | |
*** | A pair of Chinese polychrome enamel bowls, possibly Qing Dynasty, late 19th to early 20th century, the rice bowls on raised circular feet, decorated with bats, peaches, shou medallions and ribboned ruyi fungus motifs in famille rose colours upon a mustard… | *** | |
*** | A blue and white Chinese bowl, probably Ming Dynasty, the bowl featuring three freely decorated lion dogs within trailing floral tendrils, a key fret border to the rim and concentric rings to the lower register, centred with a floral roundel, four… | *** | |
*** | A fine Yixing teapot. Republic Era (early 20th century). Reputedly by master potter Guo Jing Zhou, the compressed round teapot in russet and of lightly textured form with a low domed lid and knob finial, with a double maker's seal to the base and a… | *** | |
*** | A large Chinese export punch bowl, 20th century, the punch bowl of typical shape, hand decorated in polychrome enamels with birds in a rocky garden surrounded with peony, chrysanthemum and prunus flowers, the interior also decorated with bird over flower… | *** | |
*** | A Chinese sang de boeuf bottle neck vase, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), the fluted neck above a banded shoulder and bulbous body with red and spotted blue glaze. Height 34 cm | *** | |
*** | A Chinese dragon soup bowl, bearing Kang Hsi mark (1662-1722), the interior set with a central medallion encompassing a single dragon, the exterior painted with matching blue and yellow dragons contesting flaming pearls above a lotus leaf border. Height 7… | *** | |
*** | A pair of a Cantonese export famille rose vases, late Qing, late 19th century the large pair of baluster vases with everted rims, adorned with gilt lug handles to the neck and chilongs to the shoulder, hand painted overall in bright coloured enamels with… | *** | |
*** | A Chinese baluster shaped vase, bearing Ch'ien Lung mark (1736-1795), the exterior set with delicately incised blue ground of scrolls painted with birds on a branch surrounded by flowers, the interior and foot with a sea foam green glaze. Height 24.5 cm | *** | |
*** | A pair of Chinese polychrome enamel octagonal plates, early 20th century, with floral borders and figural narrative scenes, one with ladies taking tea in a fenced garden, the other depicting two ladies with young children in an auspicious garden setting,… | *** | |
*** | A pair of Chinese polychrome bowls, of ogee shaped rice bowl form and each raised on a small circular foot, decorated externally with magnolia and chrysanthemum blooms within peach shaped reserves, in vibrant raspberry pink and red with emerald upon a… | *** | |
*** | A matching pair of Chinese polychrome bottle vases, of globular form with flaring rims, each decorated with a pair of woodland birds amidst a peony and rockwork garden; with script and seals to the reverse; each with a bordered four character seal… | *** | |
*** | A Chinese export famille rose bowl in the Mandarin palette, Qing Dynasty, in the 18th century manner featuring two large figural narrative cartouches in garden settings between iron red trellis decoration and smaller cartouches with landscape sketches,… | *** | |
*** | A Chinese blue and white bottle vase, bearing Chengua mark, the vase of bottle form with a globular body and long slender neck, decorated to the body with a dragon chasing a pearl and flame clouds to the collar and neck, with apocryphal Ming (Chengua)… | *** | |
*** | A Chinese blue and white fish vase. A large ovoid tapering vase with a short broad neck, with a continuous underwater scene with vegetation and fish between lappet borders to the base and a diaper patterned collar and birds to cloud shaped reserves;… | *** | |
*** | A Chinese export painted porcelain vase, qing Dynasty (latter half 18th century), of slender fang hu form, with a paired of squared chilong handles to the neck, the body and neck finely painted with vases of flowers and floral sprays within under-glaze… | *** | |
*** | A small Chinese export blue and white vase, qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period, late 17th century, probably salvaged from the Vung Tau cargo of square yen-yen shape, the sides of the neck and body alternately painted with landscapes and flowering foliage, a… | *** | |
*** | A Chinese Ge-Type bowl, possibly late Qing, early 20th century the everted bowl raised on a short circular foot, covered in grey-green glaze with a double crackle, pooling slightly on the exterior with pale celadon tones, unmarked. Height 7 cm, diameter:… | *** | |
*** | A Chinese globular vase. Bearing Guangxu mark (1875-1908), the vase with bulbous squat base rising to a tall tubular neck all decorated with famille rose enamelled chrysanthemum on a white ground. Stamped to base. Height 37 cm | *** | |
*** | A pair of large Chinese export chrysanthemum vases, circa 1920s, the pair of Jingdezhen Ware vases of traditional beaker form with trumpet necks and recessed bases, decorated with large cartouches depicting bird on pink chrysanthemum branch in landscape,… | *** | |
*** | An opposite pair of Chinese Hu-style vases, both continuously decorated with wintry scenes of figures travelling in a sublime snowy landscape, in muted grey, tan and white enamel colours upon a white ground, with powder blue key fret and Qianlong style… | *** | |
*** | A Chinese floor vase, a baluster shaped vase with broad flared neck, pairs of applied twin lion dog lug handles and decorated to the celadon body with blue and white figural narrative scenes, auspicious objects and vases on stands, height 61 cm | *** | |
*** | A pair of Cantonese rose medallion vases, late Qing Dynasty, 19th century, the baluster vases with scalloped trumpet necks having pairs of applied chilongs to the collars and twin animal lug handles to the necks, decorated with alternating panels of… | *** | |
*** | A Chinese double gourd vase, the vase well decorated throughout with scrolling tendrils, passiflora and other fantastic blooms in colours upon a lemon crackle ground, between lappet and ruyi fungus borders and fret style bands; bearing a Qianlong seal… | *** | |
*** | An antique Chinese blue and white kendi vase Qing Dynasty, late 18th century, of typical bulbous form with a slender neck, flattened spout and mammary spout, decorated with freely executed floral and arabesque bands to the body between lappet borders and… | *** | |
*** | A large blue and white Shuangxi jar, 20th century, a baluster wedding jar with a domed lid and floral finial, three double happiness symbols and freely executed scrolling sweet pea motifs throughout below a key fret border, four character mark underside,… | *** | |
*** | A blanc-de-chine guanyin riding an elephant, Qing Dynasty, the guanyin seated in 'Royal ease' and holding a scroll, positioned sideways upon a well modelled caparisoned elephant standing four square with raised trunk. Provenance: Christie's Australia, lot… | *** | |
*** | A pair of large Chinese Straits Baba Nonya baluster vases, Qing Dynasty, late 19th century, the vases in famille rose enamel colours and typically decorated with a profusion of flora and butterflies on an aqua ground, bordered red seal reign marks… | *** | |
*** | A pair of miniature Doucai cups, the petite cups decorated with branch sprigs embellished with peaches and other fruit and flowers, bearing apocryphal Yongzheng marks underside, height 4 cm, diameter 5.5 cm | *** | |
*** | A pair of Chinese blue and white porcelain panels, early 20th century, an opposite pair of panels with long tailed birds perched in a branch of pomegranate in a rockwork and peony garden, with script and housed in traditional timber frames, length 62 cm,… | *** | |
*** | A Chinese polychrome brush pot. Qing Dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Decorated with a continuous scene of scholars and their attendants and having a Studio commendation mark underside, Wen Zhang Shan Dou, translating as 'Scholarship High As the… | *** | |
*** | A famille rose bowl, possibly Qing Dynasty (early 19th century), of oval lobed form raised on an oval splayed floral base painted overall with thirteen immortals and notables in a continuous landscape, the interior with carp amongst water reeds, the base… | *** | |
*** | A large Chinese polychrome vase, late Qing Dynasty (1909-1912), of tapering ovoid form with a short neck and rolled rim, decorated in underglaze blue and enamels in a wucai palette, with key fret and lappet borders to the collar, neck and foot, the body… | *** | |
*** | A large Chinese famille verte charger, Kangxi period (1662-1722), the foliate rimmed charger, painted in overglaze famille verte palette to the interior with a swallow perched on a tree within a garden of chrysanthemums, peonies and prunus issuing from… | *** | |
*** | A Chinese shipwreck charger, Ming Dynasty (1368-1643), the large white charger with flared sides decorated remnants of polychrome floral designs,. Diameter 43 cm | *** | |
*** | A Chinese framed polychrome porcelain plaque, 20th century, the yellow-ground porcelain circular plaque, relief moulded with birds on blossoming branches and polychrome painted, housed in a wooden frame. In good condition as catalogued, length: 39.5 cm… | *** | |
*** | A Chinese yellow ground dragon dish. Qing Dynasty, 19th century, of low dish form with an everted rim and raised upon a small circular foot, with a lightly incised writhing dragon motif centrally amidst ruyi clouds, enclosed by concentric incised rings;… | *** | |
*** | A lotus shaped teal ground famille rose comport, Qing Dynasty, bearing Tonghzi (1862-1874) period seal mark, the dish of lobed form raised on a broad waisted base, decorated with lotus flowers, shou characters and bats in colours, auspicious Daoist… | *** | |
*** | A Chinese blue and white charger, the shallow bowl profusely and freely decorated with peony, tendrils and other vegetal forms, height 5.5 cm, diameter 35 cm | *** | |
*** | An export ware famille rose meat platter, Qing Dynasty, 19th century, the octagonal platter with notched edges depicting a figural narrative set within a lakeside pavilion enclosed by a purple diaper border with iron red cartouches with flowers and scenes… | *** | |
*** | A fine Chinese bottle vase, probably Republic era, mid 20th century, well decorated in the 18th century manner with an asymmetric arrangement of peony blooms and branches in a famille rose palette of pink, vermilion, apple and emerald green upon a white… | *** | |
*** | A monochrome glazed double gourd vase, late Qing Dynasty, late 19th to 20th century, in a near black Prussian blue glaze, with Guangxu character mark underside; with a carved timber lotus stand, height 23.5 cm | *** | |
*** | A fine Chinese eggshell porcelain famille rose bowl, people's Republic of China era, 1970, an octagonal bowl continuously enamel decorated to the exterior with figures engaged in traditional narratives in landscape and pavilion settings, the interior… | *** | |
*** | A small Chinese export blue and white vase, qing Dynasty, Kangxi period (late 17th century), probably salvaged from the Vung Tau cargo, of hexagonal baluster shape with a knopped neck, the facets of the body alternately painted with landscapes and… | *** | |
*** | A small Chinese export blue and white vase and cover, qing Dynasty, Kangxi period (late 17th century), probably salvaged from the Vung Tau cargo, of hexagonal baluster shape with a knopped neck, the facets of the body alternately painted with landscapes… | *** | |
*** | A Chinese export rectangular porcelain vase, Republic period (1912-1949), the tapering rectangular sectioned body vase, hand painted with figural narrative in landscape, poetry and symbols in green, blue and brown tones on a white ground, with mask ring… | *** | |
*** | A Chinese Ming Dynasty Binh Thuan shipwreck dish, circa 1608, Wanli period, the Swatow low form bowl with underglaze blue decoration with a double phoenix in a garden setting to the centre, the cavetto embellished with scale like patterns interspersed… | *** | |
*** | A Chinese famille jaune moon flask. Bearing Qianlong mark (1736-1795), the flattened spherical form with relief dragon lugs to each side and displaying figurative cartouches to front and verso. Stamped to base. Height 37 cm. | *** | |
*** | A pair of Chinese elm Two-Door display cabinets, circa 1960s, each with a shaped pediment over twin glazed doors encasing three shelves, above two drawers, with traditional cast metal hardware, and raised on stile feet. Height 180 cm, width 98 cm, depth… | *** | |
*** | A Chinese sang-de-boeuf vase, the ovoid vase raised on a broad foot rim and having a gently waisted neck, with three applied figural lug handles to the collar and concentric rims to the body, decorated with a blood red flambe glaze modulating from white… | *** | |
*** | A pair of Chinese floral polychrome porcelain dishes possibly later Qing to early Republic period, early 20th century, the flaring bowls with convex centres decorated in puce, turquoise and apple green colours with chrysanthemum flowers, the rims with a… | *** | |
*** | A Cantonese famille rose charger, late Qing Dynasty, 19th-20th century, delightfully decorated with fifteen children and a teacher, and engaged in various outdoor pursuits, carrying objects, teasing, climbing trees, in raised enamel colours with a pink… | *** | |
*** | A famille rose bowl, the rice bowl of ogee profile raised upon a foot rim, continuously decorated with female figures in a fenced garden and pavilion setting, bearing Guangxu marks underside. Height 7 cm. Diameter 14 cm | *** | |
*** | A Cantonese rose medallion vase, late Qing Dynasty, second half 19th century, the baluster vase with a waisted neck and lobed rim with pairs of gilded chilongs to the neck and zoomorphic lug handles, embellished throughout with alternating panels of… | *** | |
*** | A set of four clobbered Chinese Dutch plates, possibly mid Qing Dynasty, late 18th century, the naively decorated plates, Chinese decorated in underglaze blue and each depicting a harlequin type dancing character to the centre bordered by concentric blue… | *** | |
*** | A pair of emerald glazed earthenware temple dogs, Qing Dynasty, 19th century. the dogs of fo with tightly coiled hair sitting proudly upon square plinths, each with a moving ball in its mouth, in modulating green glaze with splashes of brown and cream… | *** | |
*** | A blue and white porcelain plate, Qing Dynasty, Xianfeng mark, 1851-1861, a gently lobed plate centred with a figural narrative scene within a pavilion and garden setting enclosed by a main border with arrangements of plum blossom and peony, and narrow… | *** | |
*** | An antique dragon dish, decorated with two dragons in iron and gilt colours chasing twin flaming pearls amidst fiery and coloured ruyi clouds, a roundel in emerald and white to the centre enclosed by a lingzhi fungus border in lemon and raspberry colours,… | *** | |
*** | A Chinese polychrome enamel bottle vase, Republic era, early 20th century, in the 18th century manner with birds in a brightly coloured peony and rockwork landscape below a blue lappet collar, with script to the reverse describing the peony flowers;… | *** | |
*** | A matching pair of famille rose plates, Republic era, early to mid 20th century, each with an asymmetric arrangement of flowering peony amidst flowering twisted blossom in enamel colours in the 18th century manner; bearing a Qianlong red stamp seal… | *** | |
*** | A Chinese Qing style yellow glazed porcelain vase, of squat baluster shape with a wide mouth, the yellow glaze over incised decoration of dragons and flaming pearls, an underglaze blue four character mark underside, height 13.5 cm | *** | |
*** | A matching pair of Chinese porcelain bowls, late Qing Dynasty, late 19th to early 20th century, the deep sided bowls each raised on a small circular foot, decorated with concentric blue rings to the inner and outer rims and four roundels of flora in… | *** | |
*** | A Chinese Jun bowl in the song manner, the tapering bowl raised on a small circular foot, of typical decoration with a purple and ruby splash to an olive flowing to teal crackle ground, similarly glazed to the exterior, coagulating shy of the base. Height… | *** | |
*** | A large Chinese jardiniere or fish bowl, the deep ovoid bowl with a bulbous rim in a five colour or wucai palette with continuous underglaze blue and enamel decoration of immortals and attendants in a symbolic landscape between lappet and patterned… | *** | |
*** | A Chinese Ming Dynasty Binh Thuan shipwreck dish, circa 1608, Wanli period, the large Swatow low form bowl with underglaze blue decoration with a phoenix in a garden setting to the centre, the cavetto embellished with panels of flora and bamboo and having… | *** | |
*** | A Chinese Imperial famille rose dish, late Qing Dynasty (late 19th century), of low bowl form and decorated centrally and to the cavetto with an iron red and gold dragon in contest with a coloured phoenix below a key fret border in pink, blue and green… | *** | |
*** | A collection of six Chinese Ming Dynasty Binh Thuan shipwreck items, five bowls and a petite jar, circa 1608, Wanli period, the Swatow bowls and jar with underglaze blue decoration, the bowls with central and external designs, the petite jar with animal… | *** | |
*** | A Straits Chinese famille rose turquoise ground floor vase, 20th century the baluster form vase with applied pierced handles to the waisted neck, hand decorated with reserved scholar scenes between dense borders of birds on fruiting branches and… | *** | |
*** | A Chinese blue and white cylindrical vase, 20th century, the slightly flared lip above a cylindrical body decorated with sages in a field watching a deity descending from the heavens on a crane. Height 44 cm | *** | |
*** | A Chinese late Qing blue and white moon flask, bearing Ch'ien Lung mark 1736-1795, the shoulder set with elegant dragon handles above a slightly bulbous body painted with birds among reeds. Standing on a circular rimmed foot. Height 32 cm | *** | |
*** | A Chinese blue and white Pipa wall hanging, bearing Hsuan Te' mark (1426-1435), the rounded body tapering to a slender neck decorated with a mythical winged creature amongst turbulent seas with panels of crustaceans fish and chillies. Length 39 cm. Depth… | *** | |
*** | A large Chinese polychrome vase, bearing Wan Li mark 1573-1619, the baluster shape decorated with the hunted deer pattern against a plain ground. Height 33.5 cm | *** | |
*** | A large Chinese mid-Ming-style blue and white dish, 20th century. Circular with rounded sides, the centre with blossoming prunus branches and bamboo, the border and the exterior with trailing foliage. Height 6 cm. Diameter 33 cm. | *** | |
*** | A Chinese Straits charger, Qing Dynasty, later 19th century, the famille rose charger with key fret and ruyi borders enclosing a shaped roundel and three cloud shaped reserves decorated with Buddhist objects upon a navy ground with teal tendrils and white… | *** | |
*** | A Kangxi shipwreck blue and white teapot, Qing Dynasty, circa 1,700, from an unknown shipwreck, the teapot of lobed pear shape, with a domed lid and finial, having an upturned spout and a 'C' form handle, decorated throughout with a prunus blossom and… | *** | |
*** | An antique monochrome vase, Qing Dynasty, 1800, with wooden display stand, the baluster vase with a flaring neck, finely glazed in rich mottled cobalt, concentric rings underside. Provenance: Private Collection, Melbourne, height 25.5 cm | *** | |
*** | A Chinese famille rose dragon and phoenix plate, probably late Qing Dynasty, late 19th to early 20th century, the scallop edged plate profusely decorated with two sporting dragons chasing a flaming pearl amidst ruyi and flame clouds, bordered with clouds,… | *** | |