Asian Art

ANONYMOUS (19TH CENTURY)Illustration of Epang PalaceInk and pigment on paper, bearing a long inscription with title, description of the scene, and...

ANONYMOUS (19TH CENTURY)Dwellings in the misty mountainsInk and colour on silk, inscribed, with three red seals, framed and glazed.122cm (48in) x ...

Liu Hui (b.1944)Scholar's retreatInk and pigment on paper, signed with two red seals, dated 1966, mounted as a hanging scroll. 73cm (28 3/4in) x 3...

ANONYMOUS (CIRCA 1840-1860)Manchu Hunting SceneInk and pigment on paper, framed and glazed. 63.5cm (25 3/4in) x 40cm (15 3/4in)For further informa...

WANG CHENGXUN (LATE QING DYNASTY)'Scholar gathering' Ink and pigment on silk, with a red seal of the artist, framed and glazed. 55cm (21 5/8in) x...

A SINO-TIBETAN STYLE PAINTING19th centuryGouache on paper, brightly painted with a scene of practitioners bringing offerings to altar tables withi...

YE DARONGStill LifesWatercolour on silk, set of three, each signed, inscribed with title and with red seals of the artist, each framed and glazed....

QIAN HUIAN (1833 – 1911)Ladies embroideringInk and pigment on paper, inscribed, signed, with red seal of the artist.26.5cm (10 3/8in) x 21cm (8 1/...

CHENG JIEZI (1910-1987)'Monkeys' and 'Cockerels'Each ink and colour on paper, inscribed and signed with three seals of the artist; 'Monkeys' dated...

WANG DAOSHENG (active 1840-1908)Mountain Landscape, dated to the Guangxu ReignInk and pigment on paper, fan painting, signed, with four seals of t...

SCHOOL OF LAMQUA (CIRCA 1830-1850)Portrait of a BeautyOil on canvas, framed. 68cm (26.3/4in x 47.5cm (18.3/4in).For further information on this lo...

AN 'EROTIC' REVERSE GLASS PAINTING18th/19th centuryFinely painted with the scene of a lady wearing a sheer blouse and reclining on a day bed on a ...

ANGLO-CHINESE SCHOOL (LATE 19TH CENTURY)CantonOil on canvas, framed.44.5cm x 77cm (17.1/2in x 30.1/4in).Footnotes:ProvenanceWith Paul Mason Galler...

CHINESE SCHOOL (19TH CENTURY)Composite AlbumGouache on paper, containing fourteen leaves, variously depicting studies of flowers, fish and a bird,...

ANONYMOUS, CANTON SCHOOL (19TH CENTURY)Daily customsGouache on pith paper, an album of twelve paintings in its original painted silk cover.Each pa...

A GROUP OF FOUR EROTIC PITH PAPER PAINTINGS19th centuryDepicting amorous couples in interior scenes and a pavilion garden, mounted.Each 13cm x 21....

AN ALBUM OF BODHI LEAF PAINTINGS19th centuryContaining ten leaves, with various depictions of luohans and Guanyin. The album 33.5cm x 24cm (13.1/8...

ANONYMOUS, CANTON SCHOOL (19TH CENTURY)Trades, birds, and flowersGouache on paper, sixty-one paintings of various sizes over fifty-five pages, mou...

ANONYMOUS, CHINESE COURT SCHOOL (19th CENTURY)Portraits a Court Lady and a Government OfficialEach watercolour on paper, framed. Each painting 211...

CHINESE SCHOOL (19TH CENTURY)Rice ProductionInk and colour on paper, a set of twelve paintings depicting the stages of rice production and harvest...

ANONYMOUS, CANTON SCHOOL (19TH CENTURY)PunishmentsGouache on pith paper, twelve leaves mounted as an album.The largest: 27cm (10 5/8in) x 19cm (7 ...

ANONYMOUS (19TH CENTURY)Domestic sceneGouache on paper, fan leaf, mounted, framed and glazed.45cm (17 3/4in) wideFor further information on this l...

ANONYMOUS (QING DYNASTY)Landscapes, ladies, and ducksWatercolour on silk, a set of six, mounted, framed and glazed.The largest: 26cm (10 1/4in) x ...

SU LIUPENG (1791-1862)Scholars gathering in gardensInk and pigment on paper, a set of four leaves, each inscribed with a colophon, signed and with...

YANG XINGCAN (Qing Dynasty)Buddhist talesInk and pigment on silk, a part-set of four paintings, one dated to the Gui Yi year (??), signed with red...

LÜ JI (18th/19th CENTURY)Swallows and prunusInk and pigment on silk, bearing signature and red seal, framed and glazed.25.5cm (10in) x 24cm (9 1/2...

FIVE VOLUMES ON PAINTINGS IN MUSEUM COLLECTIONSComprising: ed. Wenwu Chubanshe (Cultural Relics Publishing House), Anthology of famous paintings f...

'PAINTINGS OF THE SONG DYNASTY' VOLS 1-6Selected and reproduced by the Palace Museum, Peking, possibly 1957Distributed by: Guozi Shudian, Peking, ...

ANONYMOUS (18TH CENTURY)Magnolia and peoniesInk and pigment on silk, mounted as a hanging scroll. 108.5cm (42 3/4in) x 57.8cm (22 3/8in)For furthe...

ATTRIBUTED TO REN YI (REN BONIAN 1840-1895)White lotus and leavesInk on paper, bearing signature and two seals of the artist, dated to the Gengxu ...

A PALE JADE BOWLQing DynastyCarved with deep tapering sides rising from a crisply-cut foot ring to a gently everted rim, the semi-translucent ston...

FOUR VARIOUSLY WHITE AND PALE GREEN JADE PENDANTS19th/20th centuryComprising: a rectangular pendant plaque carved with a 'double happiness' charac...

A PALE JADE FLATTENED PEAR-SHAPED VASEQing DynastyWith paired chilong handles, carved in shallow relief with a roundel of calligraphy and respecti...

A WHITE JADE 'LI BAI' PENDANT PLAQUE19th/20th century Carved to one side with a young attendant serving wine to Li Bai reclining under a pine tree...

A PALE CELADON JADE MUSICAL STONEQing DynastyThe very pale stone of almost white hue, suffused with cloudy inclusions and carved to either side wi...

A TWO PART JADE BUCKLE, A JADEITE DRAGON BELTHOOK AND A GLASS DRAGON BELTHOOK19th centuryThe buckle carved in high openwork relief to each section...

TWO PALE GREEN JADE DRAGON BELT HOOKS18th/19th centuryEach carved with a twin horned dragon head terminal, the gently curving shaft with a stridin...

A WHITE JADE BELT HOOKQing DynastyCarved in high relief with a sinuous chilong holding a lingzhi in its mouth, and confronting dragon head hook, w...

A GROUP OF FIVE JADE AND ONE ROCK CRYSTAL CARVINGIncluding: a small white jade pendant plaque carved with a peach and auspicious characters; a whi...

THREE VARIOUSLY JADE AND JADEITE CARVINGSLate Qing DynastyComprising: a translucent green jadeite figure of a standing lady holding a vase; a whit...

A GROUP OF JADE AND JADEITE WARESComprising: a goose form waterpot; a thumb ring; a bat and turtle carving; a reticulated dragon and phoenix penda...

TWO PALE GREEN JADE RUYI PLAQUES AND A SERPENTINE CARVED DISH19th centuryOne carved with two bats flanking a vase of lotus sprays, the other with ...

THREE WHITE JADE PENDANT PLAQUESThe first, of rectangular form, decorated with a luohan to one side and a poem to the other; the second with a lan...

A WHITE JADE PENDANT PLAQUEQing DynastyThe pale even stone carved in shallow relief with a gentleman meeting a lady, chaperoned by a boy attendant...

A WHITE AND RUSSET JADE 'MELON VINE' CARVING18th/19th centuryFinely carved in openwork with a trailing melon vine bearing five fruits amidst leafy...

A PALE GREEN AND RUSSET JADE 'MONKEY AND PEACH' GROUP18th centuryCarved to one end with a monkey clambering on a leafy branch and clinging to the ...

A PALE GREEN AND RUSSET JADE 'MANDARIN DUCK' FINIALMing DynastyThe wings tucked against the body, with incised detailing, the head turned to the r...

THREE PALE GREEN JADE ANIMALS19th/20th centuryComprising: a recumbent ram with vapour supporting a taijitu symbol issuing from its mouth; a recumb...

A PALE GREEN AND RUSSET JADE 'MANDARIN DUCKS' CARVING17th/18th century Each bird facing each other, grasping a flowering lotus stem in their beak,...

A SELECTION OF FOUR JADE AND JADEITE CARVINGSLate Qing Dynasty and laterComprising: a green and russet jade thumb ring, with shallow relief archai...

A JADE-INSET HONGMU BOX AND COVERThe box, late Qing dynasty, the jade probably 17th centuryThe box carved in shallow relief with a design of bloss...

A JADE SQUARE SEAL AND A VARIED GROUP OF SCHOLARS' OBJECTSQing DynastyComprising: a jade seal paste box and cover, incised Qianlong four-character...

A SELECTION OF JADE AND JADEITE CARVINGS AND TWO SNUFF BOTTLES19th and 20th centuryComprising: a mushroom and pale green jade pendant plaque; a gr...

A WHITE JADE CHILONG PENDANTCarved in openwork with a sinuous coiled chilong, with curled bifurcated tail, its head turned to the reverse. 6.5cm (...

A GROUP OF JADE AND CARNELIAN CARVED ITEMSQing DynastyComprising: a carnelian double brushwasher, carved in the form of a lingzhi and gnarled trun...

A PALE GREEN JADE 'FINGER CITRON' CARVING18th centuryThe finely carved fruit issuing from a leafy branch, some russet inclusions to the tips of th...

A PALE GREEN JADE FIGURE OF A BODHISATTVA18th/19th centurySeated in dhyanasana with the hands clasped together and face with serene meditative exp...

A PALE GREEN JADE 'SHOULAO AND DEER' GROUPLate Qing DynastyThe figure modelled holding a peach in his left hand and flowering stem in his right, w...

A JADE BOULDER CARVING19th/20th centuryCarved in relief with a gentleman tending his horse, a further horse standing behind a large overhanging pa...

A JADE 'CORMORANT' PLAQUE AND A JADE 'GOOSE' PENDANTWestern Zhou Dynasty or laterThe cormorant carved from creamy jade with russet and black encru...