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Eight volumes on various Chinese porcelain collections, to include: the Ardebil Shrine, four Dutch Museums, the Percival David, a Dutch 'Selection...

Regina Krahl, 'Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum', three box sleeved volumes, limited edition number 856, edited by John Ayers, publish...

A watercolour portrait of Lai Xu by Ruan Tang, the bearded scholar smiling, his black hat with wings over his ears, 40 x 23cm (15.75 x 9 in) raw w...

A late 19th/early 20th century white marble head of Guanyin, her headdress centred by a rosette and the ribbon ties framing her serene face, 38cm ...

A pair of early 20th century watercolours painted with similarly dressed warriors bearing treasures in one and processing a man with a punishment ...

A pair of pewter figures, possibly late 19th/early 20th century, the standing men wearing red headdresses, their faces coloured brown, both hold s...

A pair of 20th century black ground cloisonne vases, the waisted necks enamelled with lotus, ruyi and stiff leaf bands above phoenix amongst flowe...

A two handled cupro bronze censer, the bellied sides above a short flared foot, six character mark of Xuande, 7cm (2.75 in) diameter ...[more]

A blue silk jacket embroidered in metal thread with three four clawed dragons amongst clouds, the sky blue cuffs with further dragons and phoenix,...

A turquoise green silk shawl, the tassel edge outside a band of alternating pink and white flower amongst their foliage enclosing nine further pin...

A carved wood cricket cage and stopper, the latter pierced and carved with two cash medallions in the mouth of a bat, the baluster sides in relief...

Two cinnabar lacquer boxes, the cinquefoil lift off lid worked in relief with two birds perched on a branch of flowering cherry, 14cm (5.5 in) wid...

A 19th century bronze clothes iron, the wavy rim peaked above the handle socket, the exterior cast with five shou characters, 13cm (5 in) diameter...

A bronze crane and tortoise pricket candlestick, the removable nozzle in the form of lotus held in the beak of the bird as it stands on the back o...

A pair of polygonal bronze vases, possibly 20th century Taiwanese, the sides with incised line castings of flowers alternating with phoenix, the s...

A pair and three other silk 'sleeve' panels, the pair embroidered with figures and flowers on turquoise damask grounds, two with figures in garden...

A 20th century flower arranging basket, pairs of phoenix flanking the base of the handle raised above the broad rim to the baluster basket on reli...

A 20th century cloisonne floral ground baluster vase, the flared rim to a cylindrical neck worked with flowers enclosed by ruyi bands, the broad s...

A late 19th/early 20th century blue dragon robe, machine woven in silver white thread with eight four clawed dragons amongst clouds above waves an...

A child's black trimmed red silk damask jacket, embroidered in blues and gold thread with floral roundels, the lining green, the brass buttons in ...

A red silk damask jacket, the black collar, openings and hem with crane roundels amongst flowers, the turquoise blue cuffs similarly embroidered, ...

A lady's black silk waistcoat bearing a civil 6th rank badge, embroidered with coloured birds above white dragons and the tasselled hem, the linin...

A paper book mounted with four watercolours on silk, each painted with a lady in various poses in interiors and outside, 20 x 11.5cm (8 x 4.5 in) ...

A red silk over lintel panel, embroidered in gold thread and coloured silks with a central caparisoned elephant flanked by peacocks and phoenix an...

A 19th century red silk over lintel embroidered with the eight Daoist immortals flanked by imperial figures probably representing Fu Xing and Lu X...

A set of four red silk panels and another, each of the set embroidered in gold thread with a caparisoned elephant with a bat and clouds above with...

A 1920's nephrite jade boat and pagoda cover, the pale grey green stone carved as a mandarin duck with loose ring handles either side of the pierc...

Three various nephrite jade pendants, the hollowed and flattened egg shape of the first pierced and carved with birds amongst blossoms and bamboo,...

A hardwood jewellery box inlaid with mother of pearl, the rectangular hinged lid with six children playing blind man's buff, the interior lined wi...

A Tibetan needlework tankha, the white Tara enthroned centrally within a pink halo and flowers, three figures above and two below all on a pale bl...

A jade pendant together with a snuff bottle and stopper, the first a roundel pierced and carved with a monkey amongst foliage, 5cm (2 in) diameter...

A yoke back arm chair, possibly late Ming, the vertical back panel pierced and carved with a spreadeagle roundel above a rectangle of a horse amon...

A silver brush pot and Wang Hing, a silver lotus leaf dish, the cylindrical sides of the first chased with cranes, deer and peonies, marks for sil...

A jade qilin with wood stand, the pale green stone 'mud cracked' in brown and with black mossy inclusions, the beast reclining and looking upwards...

An ivory figure of Lu Dong Bin and another of fishermen, the Daoist immortal stands with his sword on his back, a basket of flowers in one hand an...

A 19th century red lacquer box, the lift off lid gilt with a roundel of two butterflies within flowers and a rounded square frame, the rounded edg...

A Qing jade three legged toad incense burner, the pale green mottled brown stone pierced and carved as Liu Hai's familiar with cash in its open mo...

An 18th/19th century ivory cylindrical box seal, the screw top pierced and carved with two Buddhist lions playing with a brocade ball, the foot ca...

A pale nephrite jade Budai mask toggle, a third eye carved centrally to his forehead as he laughs, long ear lobes flanking his rounded cheeks, the...

An oval horn pendant carved in relief on both sides with two figures below pine trees within thunder scroll bands, on one side an attendant presen...

A shadow agate pendant, the grey sides of the hollowed oval body pierced and carved as stylised clouds, a black dragon in relief on one side, 5cm ...

A jadeite cong, the white exterior of the cylindrical shape carved in relief with two dragons amongst clouds chasing emerald green pearls, 5cm (2 ...

A Mughal taste nephrite bowl, possibly 18th century, the crests of the bird's head handles to each point of the oval rim with half cylindrical gro...

An agate bi pendant, the black stone with a white band running from the bat crest across the rounded bi to a pair of dragons meeting head to head ...

A nephrite and a bowenite two handled censor, the flat handle tops of the first incised with four double scroll tendrils growing from diamond hatc...

A clear rock crystal pendant, the flattened ovoid sides of the hollowed form pierced and carved with a dragon amongst lingzhih fungus, the cord ho...

A 19th century carved wood figure of the Buddha, possibly Burmese, seated with his legs crossed, clasping a bowl with both hands, his open robes t...

Three cupro-bronze censers, all supported on three feet, those with bamboo and mask handles bearing four character marks of Xuande, that with a co...

A nephrite jade cicada pendant carved from an evenly pale green stone, the suspension loop drilled through the mouth, 4.5cm (1.75 in) wide ...[...

A spinach green jade eagle pendant, probably Shang dynasty, carved in flight, the suspension holes beneath its beak, 5cm (2 in) wide ...[more]

Two Neolithic jade tubular beads together with a later dragon pendant, the beads of oatmeal and dark green stone, 5cm (2 in) wide, the green stone...

A jade temple bell (bianzhong), probably Han dynasty, the suspension to the flattened shape pierced and carved as two dragons above bosses flankin...

Four watercolours of flowers, one with a bird and another with a butterfly, each with black script and a red seal, 31 x 36cm (12.25 x 14.25 in) wi...

The Baur collection and five auction catalogues of snuff bottles, the first complied by Verene Nicollier, Geneva, 2007, with dust jacket (6) .....

Three books on jade, three on art and another on Japanese prints by Kaverne, Lin, Wilson, Hobson, Illing and others (7) ...[more]

Six hat finials together with four ink sticks, the opaque pink glass finial for the 2nd rank, the two blue for the 4th rank, the two clear glass f...

An ivory puzzle box, two counter boxes with counters, the boxes carved in relief with village scenes, the geometric pieces within the puzzle box p...

An amber thimble shaped finial and a plaque, the domed top of the finial carved with a toad, its rim with key fret band, 4cm (1.5 in) high, the ov...

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