Asian Art

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Two pale green jade snuff bottles and one glass snuff bottle19th century and laterComprising a green jade baluster bottle with incised bats, coral...

A pale and mushroom jade square 'dragon' seal20th centuryCarved from a creamy, pale stone with streaked brown and mushroom inclusions, the square ...

Two court necklaces, chaozhu20th centuryThe first comprising one-hundred and eight aloeswood beads, spaced by four rose-quartz beads, with additio...

Two turquoise glass hairpinsSong DynastyEach of double-pronged U-form, modelled from gold prototypes, the larger of translucent glass and the smal...

A group of Chinese filigree jewellery and hair ornamentsLate Qing DynastyComprising: nine pairs of hairpins, a pair of jadeite mounted earrings, a...

A group of seven gilt-metal bucklesLate Qing Dynasty/Early 20th centuryVariously decorated with brocade, wicker and floral designs, dragons, shou ...

A rare chequerboard velvet fragment15th century Finely woven as alternating squares of rich blue, mustard, olive and brown, each variously enclosi...

A bolt of blue cut silk velvet18th centuryCut with a repeating design of butterflies amongst undulating leafy peony stems.243cm x 104cm (95.5/8in ...

A bolt of black silk cut velvet for a woman's jacketCirca 1900The bolt finely woven in a rich, black hue, with cut motifs of figures crossing lotu...

A small collection of women's bound feet shoesEarly-late 19th century Comprising four pairs of embroidered silk shoes, variously of cream, turquoi...

A Chinese official's summer travelling hatLate Qing DynastyThe conical hat mounted with red-died horse hair issuing from a translucent blue glass ...

Two pairs of sleeve bands and a single sleeve bandLate Qing DynastyComprising: a pair of gauze 'Buddhist lion' bands; a cream silk band with elega...

Four pairs of sleeve bandsLate Qing DynastyComprising: a pair of turquoise ground silk bands woven in part Peking knot with auspicious emblems, fr...

A white egret rank badge18th/19th centuryMade for a civil official of the sixth rank, the bird facing the sun, alighting on rockwork emerging from...

A 'paradise flycatcher' civil rank badgeEarly 19th centuryMade for a civil official of the ninth rank, embroidered with the long-tailed bird lianq...

A set of uncut kesi dragon robe trimmings19th centuryComprising a collar, cuffs and robe trim, each woven with dragons and bats amongst blue and g...

A pair of kesi silk panels18th centuryOne depicting courtiers and attendants on a pavilion terrace, the other with a lady and gentleman kneeling b...

A set of four kesi 'landscape' panels, from a screenCirca 1900Woven with scenes of figures in boats and at leisure, in mountainous river landscape...

A kesi pictorial 'narrative scene' scrollLate Qing DynastyDepicting a drunken figure, possibly Li Bai, with five attendants.103cm x 42cm (40.1/2in...

A Manchu woman's 'Gege' hatLate Qing DynastyWith small circular cap with iron wire structure, surmounted by a wide horizontal flap with two wings,...

Three embroidered purses and an elongated case or sheath19th centuryThe purses variously woven with butterflies amongst flowers, bats amongst gour...

A woven 'Three star Gods' roundel17th centuryThe Daoist figures depicted before the sanduo, against a dark blue ground, framed and glazed.The pane...

A kesi 'dragon' robe fragment19th centuryWoven with a five-clawed, forward-facing dragon amongst auspicious emblems, above crashing waves and lish...

A group of silk jackets and two skirtsLate Qing Dynasty and laterComprising: a purple silk Han-Chinese woman's jacket; a black silk jacket; a turq...

An embroidered silk 'Shoulao' scrollLate Qing DynastyThe burnt orange ground embroidered in satin stitch with a large figure of Shoulao holding a ...

Two woven silk rank badgesKorea, Joseon DynastyEach with a central roundel of two white leopards amongst pine and rockwork, within a border of fiv...

A yellow-ground silk brocade 'dragon' panel19th centuryWoven in gold thread with two confronting dragons chasing the flaming pearl within a shaped...

A pair of embroidered silk 'birds and flowers' scrollsRepublic PeriodEach embroidered on the red satin silk ground in brightly coloured and gilt t...

A silk embroidered scroll of a peacockRepublic PeriodThe red satin silk ground embroidered in brightly-coloured satin stitch with a peacock perche...

Two silk embroidered scrolls of mandarin ducksRepublic PeriodEach similarly embroidered in bright coloured threads on the red satin silk ground wi...

A pair of embroidered silk 'Eight Immortals' scrollsRepublic PeriodThe red satin silk grounds embroidered in bright colours with four Immortals ea...

A red silk embroidered scroll of XiwangmuLate Qing Dynasty/RepublicThe bright red ground embroidered with a scene of Xiwangmu standing beside a de...

A silk embroidered 'Book of Songs' scrollRepublic PeriodThe red satin silk embroidered in bright colours with bats and flowers forming characters ...

A pair of embroidered silk 'dragon' temple wall hangingsLate Qing DynastyEach embroidered in polychrome and gilt threads on the apricot silk groun...

An Imperial yellow-ground embroidered silk kang cushion coverQianlongOf rectangular shape with rounded corners, finely embroidered in shades of bl...

A PAIR OF EMBROIDERED SILK 'DEER' FRAGMENTS18th centuryEach embroidered on the apricot ground in mirror image with a pair of deer amongst clouds, ...

A Satsuma tea serviceMeiji periodComprising: six cups and saucers, a sugar bowl and cover, a milk jug and cover and a teapot and cover, finely and...

A Satsuma globular vaseMeiji PeriodDecorated with a continuous scene of ladies and gentlemen in procession towards a shrine, nestled amongst pine ...

A Satsuma square-section vaseMeiji PeriodDecorated with panels of a cockerel and chicks and cranes on riverbanks, and families in garden and river...

A silver, enamel and Shibayama koro, liner and coverMeiji PeriodRaised on three flaring feet, the body inset with six lobed gold lacquer panels ri...

A pair of enamel vasesMeiji PeriodOf slender baluster form, decorated in the style of Namikawa Sosuke with large iris blooms issuing from leafy st...

A sawasa box with hinged coverJapan, 18th/19th centuryThe cover decorated in shallow relief with two figures in a luxuriant garden, the sides inci...

A silver-inlaid iron box and coverKorea, 18th/19th centuryRaised on four brass feet and with a brass handle fitting to one end, the sides decorate...

An iron inlaid rectangular box and hinged coverMeiji PeriodWorked in the Komai style of gold overlay with a pine-strewn, mountainous riverside vil...

A gilt-damascened Komai box and hinged coverMeiji PeriodOf rectangular form, set on four bracket feet, decorated with a dense profusion of maple l...

Two Komai iron inlaid cases and a Komai style caseMeiji PeriodOf rounded rectangular form, the first with a group of egrets amongst reeds, the rev...

A bronze and copper alloy figural okimonoMeiji PeriodThe animated figure holding a fan and large gourd flask over his left shoulder, the robes inc...

A pair of gilt-inlaid iron vasesMeiji PeriodOf baluster form with broad cylindrical necks and flaring rims, decorated with birds in flight amongst...

A Japanese bronze figural okimono and standMeiji PeriodThe figure standing with right arm outstretched and a string of rosary beads held over his ...

A bronze oviform vaseMeiji Period, signed KominRising from a splayed foot to sharply tapering sides and a high rounded shoulder applied with a toa...

A large bronze koro modelled as an eagleMeiji PeriodPowerfully cast in sections as an eagle perched on a tree branch, the wings outstretched and h...

A bronze okimono group of an owl and monkeyMeiji PeriodThe detachable owl perched on the top of a gnarled trunk, with an open hollow at the front,...

A pair of iron jizai okimono of crabsProbably early 20th centuryNaturalistically rendered, of riveted construction with engraved detail and fully ...

A pair of Arita blue and white dishesEdo Period, 17th/18th centuryEach delicately painted with gambolling deer amongst clusters of maple leaves, ...

A blue and white Arita jar17th century, signed KodoThe oviform vessel painted in washes of underglaze blue with a bird perched on the branches of ...

A blue and white and underglaze red teapot and coverMakuzu Kozan (1869-1912)Of compressed ovoid form, moulded with carp leaping from turbulent foa...

A large blue and white 'flower basket' Kraak chargerWanli Painted in deep washes of blue with a central medallion of a basket of flowers, the cave...

A blue and white jarLate Ming DynastyDecorated with playful Buddhist lions amongst scrolling leafy peony stems, the shoulder with a lingzhi and fo...

A blue and white vase and a jar and coverShunzhiThe first decorated with birds and insects amongst flowering peony stems, beneath a formal leaf ba...

A blue and white vase and cover, meipingLate 16th centuryDecorated with a broad band of scrolling lotus within borders of formal lappets to the fo...

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