Chinese Art: Day Two

A Chinese imitation-qingbai carved moonflask20th century, apocryphal Qianlong seal markEach face carved with a design of double fish among billowi...

A Chinese famille rose garlic mouth vaseRepublic period, apocryphal  four-character Qianlong markStanding on a splayed foot, rising to a bulbous b...

A large Chinese famille rose 'Magu' baluster vaseRepublic period, apocryphal Qianlong seal markFinely enamelled with the female Immortal and three...

A famille rose square cylindrical vase, congMid-20th centuryMounted as a lamp, enamelled on each face respectively with peony, chrysanthemum, hibi...

A Chinese carved and painted Yixing 'bird and flower' baluster vase20th centuryThe body finely incised and painted with a bird perching on leafy f...

A Chinese porcelain inset plaqueCirca 1975The wood plaque inset with three porcelain panels, depicting butterfly with stemmed flowers, a lady carr...

A Chinese olive green-glazed square box and coverEarly 20th century, apocryphal Wang Bingrong impressed seal markThe interior glazed turquoise, Wa...

A large Chinese famille rose 'dragon and phoenix' bowl and coverRepublic period, apocryphal Guangxu six-character marksBrightly enamelled en-suite...

A Chinese slip-decorated clair-de-lune-glazed brush pot, bitong20th centuryOf gently waisted form, painted in slip with a pair of butterflies and ...

A Chinese imitation-Jun pear-shaped vase, yuhuchun ping20th centuryThe thickly-potted vessel covered overall in a sky-blue glaze pooling around th...

A Chinese celadon twin-handled dragon vaseRepublic periodOf flattened form with moulded panels containing a front facing dragon amidst scrolling c...

A Chinese faux-bois trompe l'oeil basin20th century, apocryphal Qianlong impressed seal markThickly potted and naturalistically enamelled as a woo...

A Chinese famille noire 'dragon' plateRepublic period, apocryphal Kangxi six-character markIncised and painted to the interior with two dragons ch...

A Chinese Yaozhou-style celadon-glazed shallow bowl20th centuryCarved to the centre with twin lotus, the exterior with trailing leaf pattern above...

A Chinese famille rose eggshell bowlRepublic period, apocryphal Qianlong four-character markDelicately potted and enamelled to the exterior with D...

A Chinese white-glazed moulded vaseRepublic period, impressed apocryphal Qianlong markDecorated with bats amidst clouds on a dimpled ground beneat...

A Chinese commemorative 'return of Hong Kong' vaseCirca1997Decorated with a photograph of Deng Xiaoping and Margaret Thatcher during her 1982 visi...

A set of twenty-five Chinese bisque porcelain busts of Mao Zedongcirca 1966-67Each inscribed 'Long Live Chairman Mao' in cursive script,18cm high,...

A set of twenty-five Chinese bisque porcelain busts of Mao Zedongcirca 1966-67Each inscribed 'Long Live Chairman Mao' in cursive script,18cm high,...

Two Chinese carnelian agate snuff bottlesLate Qing dynasty/Republic period, early 20th centuryOne of urn-form with floral branches in relief, matc...

Two Chinese snuff bottlesQing dynasty, 19th centuryComprising: a 'golden hair' crystal snuff bottle, one side carved in shallow relief with birds ...

Five Chinese hardstone snuff bottlesLate Qing dynasty, 19th/20th centuryComprising: two carved agate snuff bottles; one dark agate snuff bottle; o...

Three Chinese overlay glass snuff bottlesLate Qing dynasty, 19th/20th centuryOne of spherical form, the blue overlay carved with a stylised winged...

Three Chinese glass snuff bottlesLate Qing dynastyThe first of amber hue, with paired mask and ring handles in shallow relief, hardstone stopper, ...

Two Chinese enamelled snuff bottlesLate Qing dynasty, one with Tongzhi iron-red four-character seal mark and of the periodComprising: an enamelled...

A Chinese turquoise miniature vase and two glass snuff bottlesLate Qing dynasty- RepublicComprising: a turquoise miniature vase of archaistic flat...

A group of eight Chinese snuff bottlesQing dynasty and later, 18th to 20th centuryComprising: a gilt and rouge-de-fer snuff bottle with appliquéd ...

A Chinese red-glazed snuff bottleRepublic period, apocryphal four-character Qianlong markThe flattened bottle of ovoid form standing on a short st...

A Chinese green beryl carved snuff bottle and matching stopper20th centuryThe tapering bottle carved in shallow relief with a lady and a long-tail...

A Chinese rose quartz snuff bottleLate Qing dynasty, 19th centuryCarved in shallow relief with a bird amongst peonies and magnolias issuing from c...

A Chinese green overlay glass 'bats and cash' snuff bottleLate Qing dynasty, 19th/20th centuryOf flattened baluster form, the white ground decorat...

A Chinese 'shadow agate' agate snuff bottleLate Qing dynastyCarved from a toffee brown stone, the black shadowy inclusions suggesting a sunny land...

A Chinese rock crystal snuff bottleRepublic period, apocryphal Qianlong seal markCarved with a crane amid lotus to one side and a fish amid lotus ...

A Chinese famille rose snuff bottle,Qing dynasty, 19th century, four-character seal markEnamelled with a man training two boys to fight, iron-red ...

A Chinese red overlay glass bowl and a carved boxwood stand20th century, apocryphal Qianlong seal markThe bowl decorated in relief with ducks in a...

A Chinese Peking glass 'chrysanthemum' bowl and plateQing dynasty, 19th centuryThe bowl with deep rounded sides rising from short cylindrical foot...

A Chinese pale celadon glass imitation-jade octagonal bottle vaseLate Qing dynastyRising from a tall, straight foot to a gently rounded lower body...

Two Chinese jade and one agate 'silhouette' snuff bottleQing dynasty, 18th/19th centuryComprising: a white jade snuff bottle in the form of Shoula...

A Chinese carved lapis lazuli snuff bottleLate Qing dynastyOf baluster form, standing on an oval protruding foot ring, the sides finely carved wit...

A Chinese agate 'melon' water pot20th centuryCarved as a hollowed melon accentuated with further smaller melons borne on a leafy stem, 17.5cm long...

A Chinese carnelian agate carving of Liu HaiLate Qing dynasty, 19th/20th centuryThe Immortal holding a string of cash and standing beside a rock w...

A Chinese agate tripod incense burnerLate Qing dynasty/Republic periodOn tripod feet, with taotie and loop handles and Buddhist lion finial, the b...

A Chinese smoky quartz 'lingzhi' tripod incense burnerLate Qing dynastyCarved and pierced around the shoulder with a meander of lingzhi, fitted ha...

A Chinese rock crystal 'animals' groupQing dynasty, 19th centuryThe larger animal recumbent with its tail tucked under the body, head turned back ...

A Chinese agate 'finger citron' washerQing dynasty, 19th centuryCarved with deep sides, the exterior with leafy branch to one end, the tip of the ...

A Chinese turquoise carved 'lotus' washer, bixiLate Qing dynasty, 19th/early 20th centuryCarved from a single piece of stone with a lotus leaf and...

A Chinese turquoise 'flower' miniature vase and cover20th centuryOf flattened form with splayed foot, the body carved from a single piece of stone...

A Chinese soapstone figure of Li BaiQing dynasty, 17th/18th century, Finely carved from an orange-russet stone as a portly, bearded figure reclini...

A Chinese soapstone cupQing dynasty, 19th centuryFormed as a large leaf, carved with flowering branch handle, 13cm long.清十九世紀 壽山石雕折枝花卉紋杯

A Chinese Lapis Lazuli carving of Śākyamuni BuddhaLate Qing dynasty, later apocryphal Qianlong four-character mark The Buddha carved in the Sino-T...

A Chinese agate 'lotus' brush washerQing dynasty, late 19th centuryFormed as a lotus leaf carved to the sides and underside with seed pods and lea...

A large collection of Chinese ornamental jade carvingsQing dynasty, 19th centuryPierced and carved with various subjects including vase, bird, bi ...

A Chinese jadeite carving of a double gourd20th centuryCarved with the top bulb as cover, decorated with two birds perching on leafy branches with...

A Chinese coral and malachite carving of ladiesRepublic periodCarved from a single piece of coral with two celestial ladies wearing flowing shawls...

A Chinese miniature scholar's rock, lingbiQing dynasty/Republic period first half of 20th centuryOf dark craggy and dimpled formation, on fixed cu...

A Chinese archaistic jade fishLate Qing dynasty, late 19th/early 20th centuryCarved with a flat elongated body, both sides incised depicting the e...

A small selection of Chinese jade carvingsLate Qing dynasty-20th centuryComprising: an archaistic green and black jade sword slide with 'chilong',...

A Chinese archaistic jade axe bladeMing dynastyCarved from a stone of spinach green hue with central, mottled inclusion, incised to either side wi...

A pale green jade carved 'toad' box and coverLate Qing DynastyOf oval section, standing on a short foot, the cover finial carved as a toad, fitted...

A Chinese pale jade carving of a standing beautyRepublic periodCarved from a pale stone, standing holding a fan and a ruyi sceptre, hardwood stand...