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Three soapstone seals, the two similar seals of mottled toffee colour, of square section, with domed tops and the seals cut, the uncut black seal ...

Rice paper paintings and a book of photographic scenes, of the former a mandarin and his wife are framed, 28 x 18cm (11 x 7 in), two are loose, tw...

A civil rank badge folder, a purse and an embroidered silk table frontal, the 8th civil rank badge sewn with a gold thread bird flying through blu...

A collection of fifteen postage stamp collage post cards, the blank sides printed 'Union Postale Universelle' and 'Made in China', the post marks ...

Five of six copies of drawings by George Chinnery, the cardboard boxed set from the collections of Sir John Keswick and Matheson & Co. 'Printed by...

Six volumes on China by Williams, Davis, Medhurst and Lane-Poole, the two volumes 'The Middle Kingdom' by S Wells Williams published in 1883, the ...

Four rice paper paintings, three post card views and a set of magic lantern slides of Japanese views, the rice paper paintings, 8.5 x 5.5cm (3.25 ...

Edited by L T Wu, 'China as She is, a Comprehensive Album', 1934, second impression, a photographic record of China, province by province, publish...

A mandarin's necklace, the main set of beads to imitate amber, interspaced with larger beads to imitate jadeite, the side strings 'coral' with 'am...

A black silk robe bearing the civil third rank badge, the plain black robe with blue lining, the rank badges front and back sewn with peacocks fly...

A brocade boxed Canton ivory hand mirror bearing the initials of May Elles, the latter borne on an oval within a deep relief band of flowers carve...

Two brocade boxed carved mother of pearl shells, one carved overall with foliage and the other with a band of figures in village pursuits, 25.5cm ...

An 18th/19th century elm stool, the rectangular seat criss-crossed with leather straps, the cluster column rectangular legs joined by apron rails,...

A 19th century black lacquer tea caddy, the rectangular hinged lid gilt with lotus scrolls, the interior with two pewter canisters, stoppers and c...

A 19th century red and white bone chess set, each piece ring turned with gadroons and flutes, the kings 12.5cm (5 in) high ...[more]

An early 20th century coopered hardwood water bucket, the handle raised above the barrel shaped sides on two staves, iron bands around the girth a...

A pair of painted wood equestrian figures, possibly late Ming, the figures supported on small horses and rectangular bases, once lacquered red, bl...

Four volumes of Chinese ceramics, Nigel Wood, 'Chinese Glazes', 1999, Anthony du Boulay, 'Chinese Ceramics', 1984, Stacey Pierson editor, 'Qingbai...

Two similar marble topped hardwood vase stands, beaded rims to the octagonal tops above gadrooned bands, aprons pierced and carved with foliage an...

An early 20th century watercoloured scroll depicting a poetess seated at the window of a pavilion, poetry in black script above, the red seal read...

An early 20th century black ground silk shawl embroidered in white with large blooms at each corner and with further flowers amongst their tendril...

A late 19th/early 20th century turquoise silk jacket, embroidered with butterflies amongst scattered coloured flower stems, the collar of white si...

A black silk robe together with a pair of culottes, both embroidered with flowers and fruit, the blue lined jacket with white collar and hem bands...

A mid 19th century Chinese black lacquer and gilt work table, with typical decoration, the hinged top revealing compartments and ivory fittings, o...

Wang Hing, a reticulated silver bowl, the lobed side with panels of dragons, irises and chrysanthemums above the three dragon legs, 15cm (6 in) di...

An early 20th century silver double cigarette box, the rectangular hinged lid and sides cast in relief with dragons, the interior with wooden lini...

A pair of early 20th century silver cup stands, the petal rims cast with figures alternating with precious objects, four character marks within th...

Two similar late 18th/early 19th century enamel wine ewers and covers, both with handles raised over the rounded rectangular sectioned bodies pain...

A late 19th century nickel bowl, centrally cast with figures outside a pavilion, the deep cavetto with flowers, a gallery raised above the flat br...

A 19th century scribe's cabinet, an iron handle to the hinged rectangular lid opening onto a compartment, an arrangement of four drawers below, 22...

Two 19th century ivory brise fans, both pierced and carved with flowers and birds around central shields, one bearing the initials 'SH', 25.5cm (1...

A late 19th/early 20th century framed relief panel carved in deep relief as Kinko sennin riding his glass eyed horned carp as it leaps from the wa...

Anraku, a 19th century marine ivory netsuke together with a wood netsuke depicting Fukurokuju, the first carved as a quail with inlaid eyes and a ...

Utugawa Kunihisa (1832-1891), a framed triptych woodblock print depicting Miura Yoshiaki and Kazusa Hirotsune killing the Nine tailed Fox, oban ...

Mizuno Toshikata (1866-1908) and Migita Toshihide (1862-1925), two wood block triptychs, the Sino-Japanese war, the first depicting five Japanese ...

Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), 'Rich Harvest' from one hundred views of Mount Fuji, porters processing through rice fields towards a Shinto arch ...

Two late 19th/early 20th century watercolours, one depicting Shoki standing with his sword raised and the other of a scholar seated amongst writin...

Nishiyama Hoen (1804-1867), a woodblock print of turtles on a rock warmed by the rising sun, dai-oban, within moulded gilt frame ...[more]

Yoshisada, two 19th century woodblock prints and another of a mountain scene, the first of two ladies spinning silk, the second of a lady washing ...

Toyokuni III and Hiroshige II, a woodblock print together with another by Yoshitsuya (1822-1866), the first of Shitsuji Ko No Moronao (d. 1351) an...

Shunsho, a woodblock print together with another of the Chushingura, the first of a samurai on horseback by waves, the second of a snow scene with...

A pair of late 19th/early 20th century bronze rats, one seated with a sweet chestnut in its forepaws and the other crouched looking up, 8.5cm (3.2...

A pair of early 20th century bronze elephants, both pachyderms walking, the smaller bellowing as she does, 24cm (9.5 in) high, the male with the l...

Three early 20th century cloisonne vases, the two blue ground vases enamelled with birds and flowers, 22cm (8.75 in) and 19cm (7.5 in) high, the g...

An 18th century wooden netsuke carved as a hare, the animal carved in reclining position, the himotoshi through its stomach, 5.5cm (2.25 in) wide ...

A Samurai warrior's folding stool, the copper capped bamboo X-frame folding out the gilt leather edged green lacquered textile seat, 39.5cm (15.5 ...

A pair of 17th/18th century stirrups, the crest curved toes running down from buckle attachments before red lacquer inset foot rests, the iron etc...

A bamboo basket work ikebana ship, the rustic boom raised before a canopy over the bow, the seat at the rounded stern backed by two further gnarle...

A bamboo recorder style whistle, the open ends red lacquered, four finger stops pierced into its length, 59.5cm (23.5 in) long ...[more]

A 20th century scroll painting of two cranes on a pine branch by the light of a wintery sun, signed, 104 x 40cm (41 x 15.75 in) ...[more]

A 20th century scroll painting depicting a bird perched amongst peonies, inscription in black and red seal mark, 24 x 33cm (9.5 x 13 in) ...[mo...

A 20th century watercolour scroll painted with a tiger climbing a prominence amongst reeds with a roar, signed in black and with red seal mark, 12...

Two scroll paintings featuring Hotei, the first with him looking upwards forlorn, a fan in his hand, signed and with seal marks, 32.5 x 45cm (12.7...

Eisen, a scroll mounted with a woodblock print of a bijin, she walks holding a fan decorated with pine trees, the two sheets 69.5 x 23.5cm (27.25 ...

A 20th century scroll painting depicting a dragon and two carp rising from the sea into a stormy sky by a rock, signed and with seal, 102 x 41cm (...

Two scroll paintings of a waterfall and a landscape, both predominately in black, the first 125 x 30cm (49.25 x 11.75 in), the second with a beare...

A set of five 20th century watercoloured landscape panels, painted with shore scenes on textile reinforced paper, each scroll unframed, 180 x 96cm...

Yukako Shibata (born 1972), five mounted prints together with another by Katakuto, the former all artist's proofs, with titles 'Water Lilies', 'Li...

A mid 19th century woodblock triptych and another three prints, unframed, the first depicting daimyos seated around the Tokugawa shogun, within th...

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