The Parry Collection of Chinese Art

A JUNYAO BOWLYuan DynastyWell potted with rounded flared sides, raised on a short foot, the vessel irregularly covered with a sky-blue glaze thinn...

A CELADON-GLAZED RETICULATED 'FLORAL' TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER18th/19th centuryOf cylindrical form raised on three bracket feet, pierced around the e...

A 'CHICKEN BONE' JADE TWO-HANDLED CUP16th/17th centuryThe vessel expertly hollowed and flanked by a pair of everted handles carved with scrollwork...

A 'CHICKEN BONE' JADE HANDLED CUPMing DynastyExpertly hollowed with deep sides rising from a short tapering foot to an everted rim, a mythical bea...

A STRIATED JADE VESSEL, CONGMing/Qing DynastyThe square-sectioned archaistic vessel with plain sides and indented corners, with a short circular n...

A RARE PALE GREEN AND BLACK JADE 'LINGZHI' AUSPICIOUS EMBLEM17th centurySkillfully carved in openwork as an auspicious lingzhi fungus issuing four...

A RARE PALE GREEN AND RUSSET JADE INSCRIBED ARCHAISTIC CUPMing DynastyThe deep oval vessel set on a short foot with spreading rim, carved with thr...

A FINE BAMBOO CARVED INCENSE TOOL VASE17th/18th centuryThe hollowed vessel naturalistically carved as a craggy cliff with gnarled pine trees shelt...

A RARE IVORY SEALQing Dynasty or earlierCrisply carved as a Buddhist wheel supported on a lotus-petal pedestal, and square seal, the seal face car...

A VERY RARE GILT AND BROWN LACQUER 'PHOENIX AND CHILONG' STEM BOWL15th/16th centuryThe broad vessel rising to a slightly everted rim and supported...

A PAIR OF CARVED TIXI LACQUER STEM CUPS16th centuryEach deeply carved around the exterior through layers of brown and red lacquer with guri scroll...

A CINNABAR LACQUER CARVED BOWL16th/17th centuryExpertly carved with deep rounded sides rising from a ribbed foot ring to a gently everted rim, the...

A RARE CINNABAR LACQUER CARVED 'DRAGON' TRAY16th/17th centuryThe well of the rectangular tray carved through layers of cinnabar lacquer with a wri...

A RARE CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER 'HUNTING SCENE' BOWL16th/17th centuryThe rounded sides rising from a short foot to a flared rim, deeply carved with...

A SMALL CINNABAR LACQUER CIRCULAR CARVED BOX AND COVER AND AN INK CAKEThe box and cover 17th century; the ink cake 18th centuryCarved to the domed...

A FINE AND RARE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL SCREEN AND STANDThe screen first half 17th century, the hardwood frame and stand 18th/19th centuryThe rectangular...

A RARE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL BOWL19th centuryOf rounded form inverted towards the top, raised on short foot, the exterior colourfully enamelled with f...

A VERY FINE GOLD AND SILVER-INLAID BRONZE TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER, LIDING17th/18th centuryThe tri-lobed body decorated with crisp silver and gold wi...

A VERY RARE CARVED AMBER MELON-SHAPED 'DRAGON' BOX AND COVER18th centuryThe lobed vessel of warm honey tone, crisply carved to the cover with a fr...

TWO EXCEPTIONALLY RARE REALGAR CUPS18th centuryOne of rounded square form, the other of stylised peach form, set on raised feet, the vessels displ...

A VERY RARE FAMILLE VERTE 'LOTUS' MONTH CUPKangxi six-character mark and of the periodThe finely potted vessel rising to a gently flaring rim, dec...

A PAIR OF FAMILLE VERTE 'LI BAI' WINE CUPSKangxi/early YongzhengEach of conical form rising from a short foot to the flared sides, delicately enam...

A RARE FAMILLE VERTE 'PEONY BLOSSOM' MONTH CUPKangxi six-character mark and of the periodThe delicately-potted vessel rising to a gently flaring r...

A RARE MUGHAL GREEN JADE LEAF-SHAPED SEGMENTED BOX AND COVERIndia, 18th centuryThe semi-translucent dark-green stone exquisitely carved as a six-l...

A FINE PAIR OF MUGHAL PALE GREEN JADE BOWLSIndia 18th/early 19th centuryBoth elegantly modelled with steep and gently flaring sides rising from a ...

A FINE AND RARE MUGHAL WHITE JADE QUATRELOBED SPICE BOX AND COVERIndia, 18th centuryThe box expertly carved and hollowed with four cylindrical com...

A MUGHAL WHITE JADE BOWLIndia, 18th centuryThe translucent thin rounded sides flaring gently at the rim, finely carved with a meander of pendent f...

A MUGHAL GREYISH-WHITE JADE BOWLIndia, 18th centuryThe deep vessel set on a short tapering foot, finely carved to the exterior with narrow chrysan...

A MUGHAL-STYLE PALE GREEN JADE 'CHRYSANTHEMUM' DISH18th/19th centuryThe thin semi-translucent vessel delicately carved with radiating bands of pet...

A MUGHAL-STYLE JADEITE 'CHRYSANTHEMUM' TRAY19th centuryOf oval form, exquisitely carved with radiating bands of chrysanthemum petals, flanked at e...

A SUPERB IMPERIAL CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL, LACQUER AND ZITAN EMBELLISHED DOUBLE-SIDED SCREEN AND STANDQianlongThe central moon-shaped circular panel fram...

A CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER PRUNUS-SHAPED BOWL AND COVER, ZHADOUQianlongThe five-lobed vessel rising to a wide everted rim, deeply carved with panel...

A RARE CINNABAR LACQUER CARVED TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER, DINGQianlongOf archaistic form, carved around the exterior with taotie masks and archaic sty...

A PAIR OF CINNABAR LACQUER CARVED PEACH-SHAPED 'DAOIST IMMORTALS' BOXES AND COVERSQianlongThe covers variously depicting Shoulao and Han Xiangzi, ...

AN EXTREMELY RARE IMPERIAL CINNABAR AND TIANQI LACQUER CARVED 'PLUM BLOSSOM' 'PICNIC' BOX SET, COVER AND STANDQianlongThe elaborate set comprising...

A PALE GREEN JADE 'LOTUS POD' WATER POT18th centuryFinely hollowed in the form of an open lotus pod with lotus seeds around the mouth rim, with fl...

A VERY PALE GREEN JADE 'LEAPING CARP' VASEQianlongCrisply carved as a mythical fish with whiskers and incised scales leaping out from the tempestu...

A RARE WHITE JADE CUP18th centuryThe undecorated vessel with tall sides rising from a short foot, the stone of attractive lustrous white tone, wit...

A FINE AND RARE WHITE JADE 'DRAGON AND YOUNG' POURING VESSEL, YIQianlongThe deep rounded sides carved with a pouring lip to one end and a chilong ...

AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE AND IMPORTANT IMPERIAL BEIJING ENAMEL MELON-SHAPED TEAPOT AND COVERQianlong blue enamel four-character mark and of the perio...

A VERY RARE IMPERIAL-TRIBUTE PAINTED ENAMEL YELLOW-GROUND SNUFF BOTTLEYongzheng four-character mark and of the periodExquisitely painted to one si...

A FINE AND RARE PAINTED ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE SQUARE VASEQianlongOf slender square section tapering form, delicately enamelled with cusped panels...

A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE 'DRAGON' BOWLS AND COVERSYongzheng six-character marks and of the period, with probably later covers and enamelsThe flaring...

A RARE PAIR OF CINNABAR LACQUER CARVED BOAT-SHAPED DISHESQianlongEach decorated to the interior with a dense profusion of leafy flowering stems be...

A RARE PAIR OF QIANGJIN AND TIANQI LACQUER QUATRELOBED TRAYSQianlongEach tray finely incised and painted in the qiangjin and tianqi technique rese...

A VERY RARE PAIR OF IMPERIAL INSCRIBED CINNABAR LACQUER CARVED TEA BOWLSQianlong seal marks and of the period, the inscription dated Bingyin year,...

A FINE GOLD-SPLASHED BRONZE INCENSE BURNER, GUIXuande six-character mark, 17th centuryFinely cast on a short foot, with a raised band of crisp ove...

A VERY RARE LARGE GOLD-SPLASHED BRONZE INCENSE BURNER FOR THE ISLAMIC MARKET, GUIXuande mark, 17th/18th centuryThe deep vessel with rounded sided ...

A MAGNIFICENT AND VERY RARE PAIR OF ZITAN-FRAMED KINGFISHER FEATHER-INLAID 'LANDSCAPE' SCREENSQianlongEach exquisitely decorated with lavish use o...

A PAIR OF PALE GREEN JADE BOWLS18th centuryEach carved with deep rounded sides rising from a crisply-cut foot ring to a gently everted rim, the se...

A VERY PALE GREEN JADE 'DRAGON AND TIGER' PLAQUE18th/19th centurySkillfully carved with a writhing dragon flying above a crouching tiger, the reve...

A RARE VERY PALE GREEN JADE 'DRAGON' KNOT-LOOSENER, XI18th/19th centuryOf elegantly curving C-form, the fang-shaped tool terminating with a dragon...

A FINE WHITE JADE RETICULATED INCENSE BURNER AND COVERQianlongExquisitely carved and pierced in openwork with a dense profusion of undulating leaf...

A SMALL JADEITE 'BUDDHIST LION' SEAL AND A WHITE JADE OPENWORK PENDANTThe seal 19th/early 20th century; the pendant 19th centuryThe seal of square...

A VERY FINE AND RARE JADEITE RETICULATED THUMB RING19th centuryOf cylindrical form with the top rim of rounded slanted form and the lower rim beve...

A SUPERB JADEITE ARCHAISTIC INCENSE BURNER AND COVER, FANGDINGQianlong seal mark, late Qing DynastyOf archaistic form, crisply carved with taotie ...

A FINE AND RARE PAIR OF THREE-COLOUR CINNABAR LACQUER CARVED PRUNUS-SHAPED BOWLS AND COVERS, ZHADOUQianlongEach with an everted foliated rim, carv...

A PAIR OF CINNABAR LACQUER CARVED QUATRELOBED 'DRAGON' BOXES AND COVERSQianlongEach four-lobed box and cover with straight sides rising to a flat ...

AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE IMPERIAL RED LACQUER INSCRIBED CHRYSANTHEMUM-SHAPED BOWL AND COVERQianlong seal marks and of the period, the inscription dat...

A SPINACH-GREEN JADE CIRCULAR BOX AND COVERQianlongThe box with gently rounded sides, set on a crisply carved foot, the rounded cover skillfully c...