*** | A Chinese elm opium bed coffee table, the waisted table with a woven rattan surface, 52 cm high, 211 cm wide, 121 cm deep | *** | |
*** | Three thangkas, Tibet, late 19th/20th century, mounted and framed, 87.7 cm x 67.5 cm, 93.5 cm x 73 cm and 76.5 cm x 58 cm | *** | |
*** | A set of twelve famille verte month cups, 20th century, the base of each inscribed with an apocryphal six-character mark of Kangxi, each 6.4 cm diameter | *** | |
*** | A Peking blue glass vase, the octagonally fluted sides surmounted by a tall narrow neck, Qianlong mark, 19 cm high | *** | |
*** | A Korean elm chest with iron lock plates 98 cm high, 96 cm wide, 41 cm deep | *** | |
*** | A pair of polychrome covered vases, 20th century, each painted with flowering lotus and inscriptions, 42 cm high | *** | |
*** | A large pair of Chinese baluster form blue and white porcelain table lamps, with broad rimmed shades, 95 cm with shade | *** | |
*** | Two small celadon jade carvings, one of a figure reclining in a tree raft, a small lion at this feet; the other of a boy standing on one leg holding a lion mask in his raised right hand, the details carved from bright russet markings in the pale stone, 5… | *** | |
*** | Three Longquan celadon bowls Yuan/Ming dynasty each with carved decoration beneath the sea-green glaze 16.4 cm, 15.7 cm and 15 cm diameter | *** | |
*** | Four celadon-glazed wares comprising two tripod censers with upright strap handles and a pair of joss-stick holders of barrel form 13 cm diameter, 8 cm high | *** | |
*** | Two famille-rose covered jars, 19th/20th century almost forming a pair, one with a butterfly, the other with crane and a deer beside flowering peony 32.5 cm and 32 cm high | *** | |
*** | A pair of Imari vases decorated with rocks and flowering cherry trees, Meiji period, 19th century, 36 cm high | *** | |
*** | A Satsuma earthenware vase, late Meiji period the tapering shouldered body decorated with cranes standing in crested waves, between formal borders at the base and shoulders, signed 31.5 cm high | *** | |
*** | A richly carved hardwood stand, of square section, the corner legs supporting a shelf and joined by openwork aprons, 81 cm high, 46.5 cm wide, 46.5 cm deep | *** | |
*** | Y a Japanese inlaid lacquer wall plaque, 19th/20th century, decorated in gold and coloured lacquer relief with figures in a lakeside setting, the details inlaid in mother of pearl and ivory within the shaped mons border, 74 cm wide | *** | |
*** | A Chinese embroidered purse, the embroidered rank badges with silvered metal mounts and chain, 30 x 28 cm | *** | |
*** | A Chinese pale celadon jade snuff bottle, 19th century of ovoid form with a carved coral stopper 8.5 cm high | *** | |
*** | An unusual 'Guan'-type vase, of globular form, the interior with an inner cylindrical compartment, covered with a crackled grey-blue glaze, Yongzheng mark, 11 cm diameter, note, a similar vase with a Yongzheng mark and of the period, from J.T. Tai & Co,… | *** | |
*** | A Tibetan gilt copper alloy figure of Vajrapani and Consort heavily cast in multiple parts, modeled as the fierce protector of Buddhism, holding attributes below a flaming mandorla 24 cm high | *** | |
*** | An unusual pair of blue and white Chinese export plates Qing dynasty, 18th century, each of octagonal form, painted with a central scene of two dogs in a Dutch landscape, within a floral border around the everted rim, 22.5 cm diameter,. Provenance: W. Van… | *** | |
*** | Kraak porselein dish Ming dynasty, Wanli period A blue and white Kraak porselein dish late Ming dynasty, Wanli period, painted in the centre with a maiden in a garden medallion within a frieze of vignettes, barbed rim, wood stand, 20.8 cm diameter.… | *** | |
*** | A Chinese hardstone inlaid lacquer six-fold screen, late 19th century each panel 182 cm high, 41 cm wide | *** | |
*** | Mazarin blue monochrome vase, late 18th century a Chinese mazarine blue monocrome vase, late 18th century of baluster form with a flared rim in a deep blue glaze, the base with a Joshua McClelland print room label inscribed 'Baluster shaped vase in… | *** | |
*** | A Chinese scroll attributed to Zhang Shuqi (1899-1956) Hens and Flowers 1946 watercolour, ink, colour/paper | *** | |
*** | A Chinese hanging scroll attributed to Wu Changshuo (1844-1927) Lychee ink, colour/paper | *** | |
*** | A pair of Gu form painted porcelain vases, decorated with floral sprigs and insects, 54 cm high, 26 cm diameter | *** | |
*** | A Chinese bronze censer, probably 18th/19th century of circular form with loop handles on a tripod base 15.5 cm across the handles, 12 cm high | *** | |
*** | A large and varied group of glass and porcelain snuff bottles comprising bottles painted with floral and figural scenes, (17) | *** | |
*** | A famille rose 'boys' vase, 20th century the ovoid body painted with a continuous scene of boys at play beside a pine tree and bamboo growing in a garden setting, with cloud collar borders on the shoulders and base, the tall slender neck with floral… | *** | |
*** | A painted porcelain dragon lamp, Japanese, circa 1900 with gilt mounts and an ivory silk shade 67 cm high | *** | |
*** | A blue and white vase Qing dynasty, 18th century, the pear-shaped body supported on a high foot, painted with two sages in a continuous landscape below the narrow waisted neck with flared mouth and brown-edged rim, 23 cm high | *** | |
*** | A thangka, Tibet,19th/20th century, painted in colours on paper depicting the 21 Taras, brocade mounts, 52 x 40.5 cm. Provenance: acquired in Tibet during the mid 1990's | *** | |
*** | A Duan inkstone, of vase shape with shallow raised edge, a shaped recess at one end and a disc in relief towards the lower part, the reverse with a five-character inscription reading Yu Huai and date, box, 18.5 cm long | *** | |
*** | A Canton enamel snuff bottle, 20th century, painted with a continuous scene of birds perched on branches of flowering magnolia and other trees beside peony and bamboo, the base inscribed with an apocryphal four-character mark of Qianlong, stopper en suite… | *** | |
*** | A pair of hardstone applied ancestral portrait panels, each 83 x 52.5 cm | *** | |
*** | A silk kesi 'Shou character' panel, woven in bright colours with Shou Lao and other legendary figures, some supported on clouds and others in a landscape of rocks, pine and peach trees, with bats and cranes, within the gold ground shou character, reserved… | *** | |
*** | A bronze censer, 19th/20th century, of squat bombe form, the sides set with two lion head handles, the base with an apocryphal eight-character mark reading Xuande Wu Bangzuo, 17.5 cm diameter | *** | |
*** | An Indian presentation silver goblet with British Regimental provenance, in the Kutch style, circa 1879, richly decorated throughout and raised on a knopped stem, with sentiment engraved to the footrim, "PRESENTED TO THE OFFICERS 1st BATTLN 6th ROYAL REGT… | *** | |
*** | A Chinese bamboo and lacquered wood altar table, 20th century, the rectangular black lacquered top over a brown painted bamboo openwork lattice apron and supports, 91 cm high, 246 cm long, 45 cm deep. Provenance: Gifted to the present vendor by Stuart… | *** | |
*** | A Chinese pillar rug, early 20th century, woven with a blue dragon among clouds between a band of rocks and waves and a lion mask, all against a saffron yellow ground, 216 x 90 cm | *** | |
*** | A carved and lacquered hard wood cabinet, the front with a pair of central doors and two side doors, decorated with black lacquer panels carved with plants and trees and a central frieze of carved figural panels, the doors opening to reveal four drawers… | *** | |
*** | Two Chinese ivory brush pots, 20th century, each carved on the exterior with dragons chasing flaming pearls in relief, wood stands, 11 cm and 12.5 cm high | *** | |
*** | A pair of painted tea jars, Chinese, 19th century, 40 cm high | *** | |
*** | A bronze censer late Qing dynasty, of squat bombe form, the sides set with two lion head handles, the base with an apocryphal six-character mark of Qianlong, 18.5 cm wide | *** | |
*** | A famille verte baluster jar, 19th century, decorated with shaped panels of landscapes and mythical beasts reserved on a floral decorated black ground, 45 cm high | *** | |
*** | Two wrist rests, 19th/20th century, comprising one of dark hardwood probably zitan, carved in relief with flowering prunus branches over the arched surface, the other of bamboo incised with bamboo and rockwork, 27.5 cm and 25.5 cm long | *** | |
*** | A jade carving of a chilong, Qing dynasty, the recumbent animal's head turned to bite its sinuous coiled tail, carved from a whitish stone with brown and russet suffusions, 6.5 cm long | *** | |
*** | Two celadon-glazed vessels comprising a Ming-style censer on tripod feet and a bowl 14.5 cm and 15.5 cm diameter | *** | |
*** | A famille verte brush pot Qing dynasty, 19th century, of square section standing on corner bracket feet, each side painted with a panel depicting a sage in a landscape setting or riding on a dragon, within a raised rectangular border, 11.7 cm high | *** | |
*** | An unusual famille-rose wall vase, Qing dynasty of cornucopia form, the ribbed sides painted with flowering sprays below floral scrolls around the shaped and flared mouth, a small landscape vignette at the narrow base 20 cm long | *** | |
*** | A pair of Chinese elm stools 47 cm high, 47 cm wide, 29 cm deep | *** | |
*** | Two reticulated jade carvings, late 19th/20th century, comprising one carved in pierced relief with a dragon among flowers and lingzhi stems, the pale celadon stone with slight russet suffusions; the other with two birds perched among flowering lotus, the… | *** | |
*** | A white jade hairpin, late 19th/20th century, the long tapering shaft surmounted by a bird perched on a flowering prunus branch in pierced relief, inscribed fitted wood box, 14 cm long | *** | |
*** | Two celadon jade carvings late Qing dynasty, 19th/20th century, each of flattened pebble form, comprising one in the form of a phoenix holding a branch of fruiting peach in its beak, the coiled tail plumes in pierced relief, the stone with slight russet… | *** | |
*** | A boxed set of two carvings, late 19th/20th century, comprising a horn archaistic abstinence plaque, inscribed with the two characters zhai jie flanked by stylised dragons, and a bamboo thumb ring carved with sages, bamboo and pine, inscribed fitted wood… | *** | |
*** | A Chinese under glaze blue and red porcelain bowl, 18th century decorated with a continuous frieze of a pendant grapevine, underglaze mark to the base 15 cm diameter | *** | |
*** | A Chinese carved hardstone brush rest, Republic period (1912-1949) 6 cm high, 12 cm wide | *** | |
*** | Pale blue ground enamelled pierced vases a pair of Chinese polychrome enamelled pierced vases 28 cm high | *** | |
*** | Longquan celadon peony vase, possibly 14th century a Longquan celadon peony vase, possibly 14th century of baluster form with a stepped foot, the body decorated with shaped cartouches enclosing scrolling peony within lappet borders, rising to a scalloped… | *** | |
*** | A Chinese celadon jade bi-disc carved with phoenix and dragons 8 cm diameter | *** | |
*** | Kraak porcelain bowl Ming dynasty, Wanli period A blue and white Kraak porselein bowl late Ming dynasty, Wanli period, of deep form with barbed rim, painted on the exterior with alternate flower and bird panels, the interior with a central bird medallion,… | *** | |
*** | A flambe-glazed meiping Qing dynasty, 19th century, the finely streaked crimson glaze with lavender flecks around the base of the short narrow mouth with lipped rim, 19 cm high | *** | |
*** | A bronze figure of Buddha, seated on a lotus base, with hands held in vitarkamudra and holding the stems of lotus sprays rising to either shoulder, wearing a loosely draped robe leaving the right shoulder bare, the head with downcast gaze and with tight… | *** | |
*** | A large gilt bronze censer and cover, 20th century, supported on three mask and paw feet and set on the sides with two animal head handles, the domed cover pierced with cash and surmounted by a Buddhist lion knop, Qianlong mark, 70 cm high | *** | |
*** | A pair of Meiji period gilded red lacquer boxes, Japanese, with a carved pattern of peaches, 16 cm high, 23 cm wide, 21 cm deep | *** | |
*** | An ormolu-mounted Imari bowl, 19th century, the deep rounded sides decorated with stylized foliate and floral motifs interspersed with iron-red and turquoise-ground panels, the mounts with tripod elephant head feet and double scroll handles, 42 cm… | *** | |
*** | A 'Guan'-type mallow-shaped washer, 19th/20th century, covered overall with a pale bluish crackled glaze, the foot rim applied with a brown wash, inscribed fitted wood box, 21 cm diameter | *** | |
*** | A small yellow-glazed vase, zhadou, Shende Tang Zhi mark, the squat globular body surmounted by a wide flared mouth, covered on the exterior with a lemon yellow glaze, the base inscribed in iron-red with a four-character mark, 8.5 cm high | *** | |
*** | A Japanese Noh theatre mask, Meiji period, of Hannya, the jealous female demon, seal marks to reverse, 27 cm high | *** | |
*** | An unusual painted enamel archer's ring, 19th/20th century, decorated with a maiden attending two young boys, one playing a flute, in a continuous lakeside scene, two-character Qianlong mark, wood stand with jade inset cover, 2.6 cm high | *** | |
*** | A turquoise ground famille rose dish, 19th/20th century, with shallow lobed sides, decorated on the interior with flower and peach sprigs and two pink bats, Daoguang seal mark, fitted box, 15 cm wide | *** | |
*** | A Korean elm cabinet 64 cm high, 104 cm wide, 40 cm deep | *** | |
*** | A northern Indian hanging or screen, Rajasthan, late 19th/20th century, block-printed and hand painted on heavy cotton with scenes from ceremony, hunting and courtly life, drawn from the repertoire of illustrated manuscripts that circulated in the… | *** | |
*** | A Chinese ancestor portrait, late Qing Dynasty, ink and colour on paper, depicting a matriarch and attendants in formal court robes, image 165 x 85 cm, frame 205 x 104 cm | *** | |
*** | Two bronze and cloisonne enamel covered censers, 20th century, one with floral decoration; the other with a frieze of animals amidst cloud scrolls, the covers with lion and qilin knops, the tallest 46 cm high | *** | |
*** | A blue and white supper set late Qing dynasty comprising a central octagonal dish and eight petal-shaped dishes, each painted with a landscape panel 15.5 cm diameter and 11.5 cm long | *** | |
*** | A pair of famille-rose ginger jars, 19th/20th century each painted on the exterior with figures in a garden setting, below a turquoise ground pink and yellow cloud collar border around the shoulders 23 cm high | *** | |
*** | A cloisonne enamel tripod censer, 19th/20th century, the sides decorated with floral sprays on a turquoise ground below the mouth set with double upright loop handles, Xuande mark, 15 cm diameter | *** | |
*** | A large Chinese famille rose bowl 13 cm high, 40 cm diameter | *** | |
*** | Three celadon jade figural carvings Qing dynasty, late 19th/20th century, each standing, one beside a jardiniere of lingzhi, another holding a ribonned box beside a recumbent lion, and the third holding the stem of a large lotus leaf, 6.5 cm, 5.7 cm and 6… | *** | |
*** | A celadon jade archaistic 'Bi' disc, either side carved with an overall 'Grain' pattern, the green stone with paler striations, wood stand, 19 cm diameter | *** | |
*** | Two Chinese blue and white dishes, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722) one dish decorated with panels of flowers within diaper borders, the second deeper dish decorated with fish and sea creatures the largest 23.5 cm diameter | *** | |
*** | A Chinese jade handle magnifying glass, 19th century the handle formed from a white jade belt hook 19.5 cm long | *** | |
*** | A pair of Chinese blue and white vases, Chien Luing mark, 20th century 29 cm high | *** | |
*** | A Chinese carved jade bowl and cover on stand, 20th century finely pierced and reticulated with scroll handles 14 cm high, 18.5 cm across the handles (including cover) | *** | |
*** | Qing dynasty An unusual pair of blue and white dishes marks and period of Kangxi, each finely painted with radiating bands of shaped floral vignettes interspersed with sprigs, the base inscribed with a six-character reign mark, wood stands, 25.5 cm… | *** | |
*** | A pair of blue and white dishes Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, each painted on the interior with detached flower sprays within the spirally radiating fluted sides decorated with flowering plants and birds, seal marks, wood stands, 21.5 cm diameter.… | *** | |
*** | Four small blue and white dishes Qing dynasty, 18th/19th century, comprising one petal moulded and painted with flowers; another with pine trees in the centre; and a pair painted with a maiden and boy in a central medallion, inscribed with apocryphal… | *** | |
*** | A rare blue and white figure of a laughing boy Qing dynasty, Qianlong period, seated facing forward with both hands raised in front and legs apart, wearing a short blue tunic tied at the waist, the head with well defined features and two top knots, 12.5… | *** | |
*** | A small 'Dreamstone' marble-inset hardwood table screen, 20th century, the rectangular marble panel with an inscription in the upper corner, set in a hardwood frame with fitted stand, 29 cm high | *** | |
*** | Two glazed pottery figures, Ming dynasty, almost forming a pair, each standing on an hexagonal base with one arm held to his chest, the other lowered to his side, the robe glazed in green and chestnut, the head removable, 39 cm high. Provenance, Tomlinson… | *** | |
*** | A famille rose vase, 20th century the ovoid body finely painted with an insect on a pumpkin beside a radish, chillies and mushroom, the reverse with a long inscription in black and with an oval and a rectangular gilt ground seal to either side, the base… | *** | |
*** | An iron-red 'Hundred Boys' vase, 20th century, the sides painted in iron-red, grisaille and gilding with numerous boys at play in a continuous pavilion garden of terraces among pine trees, the base with an apocryphal four-character mark of Qianlong in… | *** | |
*** | A famille rose 'Prunus and bamboo' dish mark of Yongzheng, 20th century, of saucer shape, painted with blossoming branches extending from the underside over the interior, an inscription and seals to one side, the base inscribed with an apocryphal… | *** | |
*** | Two ivory figures, first half 20th century, comprising one of an old man holding a staff and chrysanthemum branch, the other of a dignitary with small boy attendant beside a pine tree, wood stands, 23.5 cm and 22 cm | *** | |
*** | A carved gilt wood rectangular panel, intricately carved in high and pierced relief with dignitaries on horseback and attendants on foot, variously occupied on pavilion terraces and rocky paths among maple and pine trees, 43.5 x 30 cm | *** | |