Asian Art

A MASSIVE CHINESE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL VASE. Qing Dynasty. The rounded body sweeping from a spreading foot to a tall cylindrical neck rising to an eve...

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BOWL. Qing Dynasty, six character Jiaqing mark and of the period. The deep sides and a flared rim, decorated with four ro...

A PAIR OF CHINESE LIME GREEN-GROUND 'LOTUS' ALTAR VASES, GU. Qing Dynasty, six character Jiaqing mark and of the period. Each with a bell-shaped f...

A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE 'BAJIXIANG' CUPS. Qing Dynasty, six character Jiaqing marks and of the period. Each with a flared body finely paint...

A CHINESE PINK- ENAMELLED 'DRAGON AND PHOENIX' VASE. With an ovoid body painted in pink enamels with two mythical beasts lurking among branches of...

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'DRAGON' VASE. The ovoid body leading to a cylindrical neck painted with five ferocious-looking scaly dragons in pursuit ...

A NEAR PAIR OF CHINESE YELLOW-GROUND GREEN AND AUBERGINE 'DRAGON' DISHES. Qing Dynasty, Guangxu mark and of the period. With shallow rounded sides...

A RARE CHINESE IMPERIAL BLUE AND WHITE 'DRAGON' DISH. Qing Dynasty, 18th Century. With rounded sides rising from a slightly tapered foot, the inte...

A MASSIVE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE REVOLVING VASE AND STAND. Qing Dynasty, 18th / 19th Century. With an ovoid body painted in gilt with floral scrolls...

A LARGE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE VASE, TIANQIUPING. Qing Dynasty, Qianlong mark and of the period. With a globular body rising to a waisted cylindrica...

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE TURQUOISE-GROUND BOWL. The flared body painted in enamels and gilt with stylized bats between large lotus blossoms, a band ...

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE TURQUOISE-GROUND VASE. Qing Dynasty. With a compressed body and a tall neck divided into sections by plain gilt bands, each...

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'TRIGRAMS' BOWL. Qing Dynasty, six character Guangxu mark and possibly of the period. The rounded body painted with eight...

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE YELLOW-GROUND 'BUTTERFLY' ZHADOU. Qing Dynasty. The ovoid body and a tall flared rim painted with butterflies and gilt shua...

A MASSIVE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE CHARGER. Qing Dynasty, Guangxu period. Decorated with an enlarged central shou character heightened in gilt encircl...

A CHINESE YELLOW-GROUND 'BOYS' BOWL. Qing Dynasty, six character Kangxi mark and of the period. With exterior incised with figures of eight childr...

A PAIR OF CHINESE YELLOW AND GREEN-GLAZED 'DRAGON' BOWLS. Qing Dynasty, six character Kangxi mark and probably of the period. Each with a rounded ...

AN IMPERIAL CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE 'BATS AND PEACHES' DISH. Qing Dynasty, six character Daoguang mark and of the period. The rounded sides supported...

A CHINESE WUCAI HONEYSUCKLE PATTERN DISH. Qing Dynasty, six character Daoguang mark and of the period. Painted with a central roundel of stylised ...

LIU SHU TONG [The Learned Exegesis of Six-Category Chinese Characters]. 1795. Compiled by Min Qiji, edited by Bi Hongshu, Min Zhang and Cehng Chan...

YU LI CHAO ZHUAN JINGSHI [Buddhist compilation, chiefly on the Underworld]. Qing Dynasty, circa 1820. Guangzhou, woodblock printed, fifty double p...

YU ZHI BI SHU SHAN ZHUANG YUAN MING YUAN TU YONG. Qing Dynasty, Guangxu period. Xiangshan: Da tong shu ju, two volumes, lithographic edition, illu...

YU ZHI BI SHU SHAN ZHUANG SHI. Modern edition containing thirty six poems and views of the Summer Mountain Retreat, two volumes, woodblock printed...

A CHINESE ALBUM OF TWELVE PITH PAINTINGS OF FIGURES IN COSTUMES. Late Qing Dynasty. The album concertina-bound, the boards mounted in hand coloure...

QIANTI XINLUN [A New Theory of the Body]. 1851. [Ningbo] : Zhenshentang, by Benjamin Hobson (1816-1873) and Chen Xiutang, lithographic printing, 7...

GAILIANG HUITU XIN LIAOZHAI CHU JI [Improved Illustrated edition of the Strange Stories from the Chinese Studio]. Circa Republic period. Volume 2 ...

LI RU TANG SI SHU ZENGWEN. By Chen Zigao, five volumes, traditionally bound, 23.5 x 14cm. 《裏如堂四書正文》 裏如堂較正監韻分章分節四書正文 / 陳豸校

SI SHU ZHENGWEN [Commentary of the Four Books, Daxue and Zhongyong only]. Mid Qing Dynasty. Ten double pages, followed by nineteen double pages, t...

XIUXIANG HONGLOUMENG [Dream of the Red Chamber]. 1859. Woodblock printed edition of the first thirty chapters of the Chinese Classic Dream of the ...

NIAO SHOU TULU. Late Ming Dynasty. Eight volumes traditionally bound, in a blue cloth cover, woodblock printed in colour in malachite and azurite ...

SHAN HAI JING GUANG ZHU [An Expanded and Illustrated Edition of the Guideways through Mountains and Seas with Extensive Commentaries]. 1786. Jinch...

PAINTINGS & DISCOURSES ON CHINESE ART BY PROFESSOR CHANG DA-CHIEN [Zhang Daqian]. 1961. Hong Kong: Yee Tin Tong Printing Press, Ltd., Chinese silk...

YU ZHIZHI TU [Silk Culture and Manufacture]. Qing Dynasty, Guangxu wunian, 1879. Shanghai, Dianshizhai Press, photolithographically printed, two v...

A SECTION OF A CHINESE IMPERIAL EDICT. Late Qing Dynasty. Woven in silk and inscribed with ink in Manchurian script, 140 x 31cm. 清晚期 滿文織錦緞

A CHINESE MOTHER OF PEARL-INLAID LACQUER BOX AND COVER. Yuan Dynasty. The rectangular body and cover coated with black lacquer, the cover inlaid w...

A CHINESE CINNABAR LACQUER COSMETIC BOX AND COVER. Probably Song Dynasty. The cylindrical body painted in green black and red lacquer and gilt wit...

A KOREAN MOTHER OF PEARL-INLAID LACQUER TABLE SCREEN. Probably Koryo Dynasty, 12th Century. With a rectangular panel painted to imitate striated d...

A PAIR OF CHINESE CINNABAR LACQUER BOXES AND COVERS. Late Qing Dynasty. The cylindrical bodies with wide lobed rims painted with red and green lac...

A CHINESE CINNABAR AND GREEN LACQUER FIGURATIVE PANEL. Early 20th Century. Finely carved in high relief in red lacquer with figures beneath trees ...

A CHINESE JADE-INLAID ROSEWOOD BOX AND COVER. Qing Dynasty. With a rectangular-section dark body raised on short bracket feet, the cover set with ...

A CHINESE JADE-INLAID HARDWOOD BOX AND COVER. Qing Dynasty. With a plain body and cover set with a pale celadon dragon belt hook forming a handle,...

A CHINESE WHITE JADE CARVING OF A DEER. Qing Dynasty. The recumbent fawn with legs tucked underneath the plump body, with a spray of lingzhi in he...

A CHINESE JADE CARVING OF A GOOSE. Qing Dynasty. Carved seated with the legs tucked beneath and the head turned backwards, a branch of fruit held ...

THREE CHINESE JADE AND JADEITE CARVINGS. Qing Dynasty. Including an elephant with a raised trunk and two lion dogs, two with wood stands, 6cm long...

TWO CHINESE WHITE JADE SNUFF BOTTLES. Qing Dynasty. The first with a tapered body carved with a pine tree, a deer and bat, the second with a flatt...

A CHINESE OCTAGONAL LOBED DISH. Song Dynasty. The circular body with rim divided into eight lobes, all under an olive-green glaze with darker incl...

A KOREAN SANGGAM SLIP-INLAID CELADON STAND. Koryo Dynasty, cup: Song - Yuan Dynasty. With a wide flared body and splayed foot divided into lobes, ...

A CHINESE BRONZE 'SQUIRREL' INCENSE BURNER. Qing Dynasty. The compressed circular body cast to the shoulder with two handles formed as squirrels w...

A CHINESE BRONZE INCENSE BURNER WITH A BRONZE STAND. Qing Dynasty. The vessel with a compressed circular body and a waisted short neck cast with t...

A CHINESE BRONZE RECTANGULAR-SECTION INCENSE BURNER. Qing Dynasty. With a rounded body, a stepped shoulder and a waisted neck with two U-shaped ha...

A PAIR OF 'TIEHUA' PANELS. Qing Dynasty. Each of circular form, one enclosing a boy riding a buffalo and playing a flute beneath a tree, the other...

A CHINESE UNDERGLAZE RED 'BLOSSOMS' BOWL. Probably Qing Dynasty. With an ovoid, gently tapered body painted with blossoms and fruit, the foot with...

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'ZHONG KUI' BRUSH POT, BITONG. Probably Transitional period, circa 1640. The gently waisted body painted with an encounte...

λ A CHINESE IVORY 'IMMORTALS' TABLE SCREEN. Qing Dynasty. The rectangular plaque finely incised with a group of figures observing a combat between...

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE BURLWOOD FOUR-FOLD SCREEN. Qing Dynasty. Set with two rows of rectangular plaques, the top row decorated with mountainous l...

λ A CHINESE EIGHT PANEL IVORY-INSET LACQUER SCREEN. Qing Dyansty, 19th Century. The screen lacquered with bats in flight among scrolling clouds ag...

λ A CHINESE CINNABAR LACQUER SIX-FOLD SCREEN. Early 20th Century, encorporating earlier elements. With each panel divided into three sections, the...

A PAIR OF CHINESE CARVED WOOD 'QILIN' PANELS MOUNTED AS A MIRROR. Qing Dynasty, 17th Century. The rectangular mirror flanked by two reticulated pa...

λ AN EXCEPTIONALLY LONG CARVED RHINOCEROS HORN WALKING STICK. 19th Century. Carved from a single horn, the long slender slightly tapering shaft te...

λ A CHINESE RHINOCEROS HORN WALKING STICK. Late Qing Dynasty. The circular-section tapered shaft with a white metal tip and a silver handle cast w...