From the Curious to the Extraordinary

AN 18TH CENTURY OR EARLIER TIBETAN GILT COPPER HAND OF BUDDHA 27cm long  ...[more]

A 19TH CENTURY BRONZE HAND BELL FROM THE 1837 ELECTION INSCRIBED 'CONSERVATIVE 1837' with turned wood handle, the bell with ringed decoration and ...

A LATE QING DYNASTY CHINESE CRYSTAL BALL. With a plain body carved from a transparent stone, supported on a carved wood stand. 9cm diameter. (2) ...

AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY PAPIER MACHE MODEL OF A WW1 SOLDIER'S LEG wearing a puttee or gaiter, hollow on the inside and with a wooden support bracket...

A CHINESE SCHOLAR’S ROCK. With a black porous body balanced on a wood stand. 27.5cm high. (2) The scholar’s rock is perhaps the ultimate symbol ...

A PAIR OF TANG DYNASTY CHINESE SANCAI EARTH SPIRITS. Each formed as a mythical creature with a horned ferocious face, lion paws and wings, decora...

A LATE QING DYNASTY SET OF TWELVE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN ZODIAC FIGURES. Each formed as a standing figure in brightly coloured robes with ...

A PAIR OF LARGE CHINESE SPINACH-GREEN HORSES. Each skillfully carved from a massive block of rich and even green colour, shown standing four-squar...

A PAIR OF 20TH CENTURY CHINESE TURQUOISE-GLAZED DEER. Each recumbent and decorated with an even bright turquoise glaze, the doe with a fawn seated...

A LARGE CHINESE GREY AND RUSSET JADE BOULDER. Carved as a mountain with the creator of the earth Pangu emerging from a cave with whirls of smoke ...

A CHINESE GREY JADE 'LION DOG AND CUB' CARVING. Formed as two mythical beasts on a large leaf, the mother turning towards the young reaching for a...

A CHINESE CELADON JADE 'ELEPHANT' CARVING. The recumbent pachyderm with legs tucked underneath the body and the trunk to the side, the stone with ...

A CHINESE CELADON JADE ARCHAISTIC 'MANDARIN DUCKS' CARVING. Carved as two birds turning their heads towards each other, the larger with a spray of...

A CHINESE JADEITE ARCHAISTIC 'PHOENIX' VASE AND COVER. Carved with the long tail feathers wrapped underneath the body, with a vase mounted on his ...

A MASSIVE CHINESE HARDSTONE ‘PEACH TREE’ JARDINIERE. With carved and stained peaches and jadeite leaves issuing from a gnarled clay trunk. 121 x 4...

A MASSIVE PALE CELADON JADE 'DRAGON’ BOULDER. Carved as two scaly beasts wrapped around a rock amidst clouds, contesting the sacred pearl and belc...

A MASSIVE CHINESE STONE FIGURE OF A BODHISATTVA. Standing, wearing long robes with fainted polychrome decoration, beaded jewellery and a tall hea...

A MASSIVE CHINESE  STONE FIGURE OF A MEDITATING BUDDHA. Seated cross-legged, wearing monk’s robes, his right hand raised in a gesture of blessing...

A MASSIVE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE VASE. With a slightly tapered body rising to a flared neck decorated with ladies in a chrysanthemums garden bet...

A MASSIVE CHINESE SPINACH JADE 'DRAGON' VASE AND COVER. The tapered cylindrical body carved with panels of archaistic scrolls and taotie masks, wi...

A LARGE CHINESE STONE FIGURE OF A BUDDHA. Standing on a double lotus base, wearing long robes, with the right hand raised in abhayamudra, the lef...

A LARGE CHINESE STONE FIGURE OF A STANDING BODHISATTVA. Standing with the right arm raised supported on a lotus lappet base, together with a stan...

A MASSIVE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE VASE. The ovoid body painted with ladies in a fenced garden, the flared neck with a raised band and borders of ...

A PAIR OF LARGE CHINESE GILT-SILVER LIONS AND STANDS. each seated, baring their fangs in a fierce expression, with a curly mane and a bell around ...

A PAIR OF BURMESE LACQUER-WOOD FIGURES OF MONKS. each seated in a relaxed pose, their faces with gentle smiles and elongated earlobes, wearing a ...

A 19TH CENTURY HORSE SADDLE, OF A TYPE USED IN CHINA, MONGOLIA AND TIBET wood in various sections, maker’s signature on underside, 470 x 300mm. ...

A CHINESE LAVENDER JADEITE ‘DRAGON BOAT’ CARVING. Carved and pierced, the dragon’s horned and maned head forming the prow, with a flaming pearl i...