Antiquities, Coins & Collectables

Song Dynasty, 960-1127 AD. A shallow carinated tea bowl with 'hare's fur' glaze, basal ring. See Lili, F. Chinese Ceramics, Cambridge, 2011 for di...

Song Dynasty, 960-1127 AD. A shallow carinated tea bowl with 'hare's fur' glaze, basal ring. See Lili, F. Chinese Ceramics, Cambridge, 2011 for di...

Song Dynasty, 960-1127 AD. A shallow carinated tea bowl with 'hare's fur' glaze, basal ring. See Lili, F. Chinese Ceramics, Cambridge, 2011 for di...

20th century AD. A group of seven Chinese carved openwork discs in various patterns, cut from various agates. 175 grams, 53mm (2"). Private coll...

20th century AD. A brass scroll weight in the form of a reclining lion with head resting on forepaws. 157 grams, 79mm (3 1/4"). Private collecti...

20th century AD. A rectangular paper panel with bold calligraphic text in Sino-Arabic brushpaint (zhong-kai style) with block of Chinese calligrap...

20th century Ad. A composition snuff bottle with scenes to both sides of Buddha Maitreya with groups of children and panels of Chinese text; narro...

20th century AD. A ceramic snuff bottle with a phoenix to one side and dragon to the other; flower petals to the neck and Chinese characyers to th...

20th century AD. A paper scroll with bar to each end and silk panels to the back; to the front painted panel with figure of a standing horse with ...

Early 20th century AD. A silk scroll on paper backing with bar to each end, painted with a group of nine couples engaged in coitus and with three ...

20th century AD. A paper scroll with bar to each end and silk panels to the back; to the fron a panel painted with large central figure of Mahakal...

20th century AD. A paper scroll with silk panel to the back, wooden bars to the ends; the front painted with a mountain with streams and trees, ca...

20th century AD. A silk scroll on a paper backing with embroidered silk scene of two white turkeys with a large bamboo plant to the side, two line...

20th century AD. A paper scroll with bar to each end and silk panels to the back; the front painted with a whilte horse, left foreleg raised, larg...

20th century AD. A paper scroll with bar to each end and silk panels to the back; to the front painted with a Mandala to the top with sitting figu...

20th century AD. A rectangular card panel with fabric bold calligraphic text in Sino-Arabic brushpaint (zhong-kai style) forming a cinquefoil, lat...

Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644 AD. A pair of tin-glazed ceramic bowls each with a basal ring, band of blue foliage to the outer face, pecked character to...

Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644 AD. A pair of tin-glazed ceramic bowls each with a basal ring, band of blue foliage to the outer face, character to the ce...

Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644 AD. A pair of tin-glazed ceramic bowls each with a basal ring, band of blue foliage to the outer face, character to the ce...

Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644 AD. A pair of tin-glazed ceramic bowls each with a basal ring, band of blue foliage to the outer face, character to the ce...

Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644 AD. A pair of tin-glazed ceramic bowls each with a basal ring, character to the centre of the inner face. 285 grams tota...

Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644 AD. A pair of tin-glazed ceramic bowls each with a basal ring, one with band of blue foliage to the outer face, character ...

An undated archaistic bronze square stamp seal with rectangular handle, upper surface of stamp with Chinese characters to the sides; to the unders...

20th century AD. A ceramic snuff bottle with a scene to both sides of two aquatic birds in a lake with lotus flowers and lilly pads; flower petals...

An undated archaistic silver-coloured metal round and omed ingot with the falt surface with three panels of Chinese characters. 308 grams, 60mm ...

20th century AD. A ceramic snuff bottle with famille rose pattern to the shoulder and neck; panels to each side of the body, one with a lady holdi...

20th century AD. A carved horn libation cup with carved scenes to the outer faces including robed figures, mountains, trees, a building, birds in ...

19th century AD. A group of knife money fused together, Chinese characters to both sides. 175 grams, 57mm (2 1/4"). Property of a London gentlem...

20th century AD. A group of five bronze coins with square hole to the centre and Chinese characters to both sides. 26 grams total, 26mm (1"). Pr...

20th century AD. A composition snuff bottle with flat body with relief desoration to both sides, one with a scholar at a table with three students...

20th century AD. A ceramic snuff bottle with flattened globular body painted on both sides with flowers and birds, petal decoration to the neck an...

Early 20th century AD. A silk scroll on a paper backing with bar to each end; painted with nine panels depicting ladies conversing in a a garden a...

20th century AD. A paper scroll with bar to each end and silk panels to the back; to the front a painted panel with the standing figure of a horse...

20th century AD. A paper scroll with bar at each end, silk panels to the back and the front painted with a standing female figure in long robes, u...

20th century AD. A paper scroll with bar to each end and panels of silk to the back; the front painted with the image of a standing horse with tre...

20th century AD. A paper scroll with wooden bar to each end, painted with the Mandala of Manjushri to the centre, to the top three manifestations ...

19th century AD. A group of knife money fused together, Chinese characters to both sides. 181 grams, 75mm (3"). London private collection, acqui...

An undated archaistic saddled camel in Ming Dynasty style, with head raised on a rectangular base, bearing a standing figure and four seated music...

20th century AD. A rectangular paper pane3l with silk border, six lines of bold calligraphic text in Sino-Arabic brushpaint (zhong-kai style) with...

20th century AD. A rectangular paper panel with silk border, bold calligraphic text in Sino-Arabic brushpaint (zhong-kai style) with five red chop...

20th century AD. A rectangular paper panel with fabric backing, bold calligraphic text in Sino-Arabic brushpaint (zhong-kai style) with lateral bl...

20th century AD. A rectangular paper panel with bold calligraphic text in Sino-Arabic brushpaint (zhong-kai style) with lateral blocks of Chinese ...

20th century AD. A rectangular paper panel with bold calligraphic text in Sino-Arabic brushpaint (zhong-kai style) with lateral blocks of Chinese ...

A large glazed buff ceramic undated archaistic figurine of a court official, in Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644 AD style, on a hexagonal-section stand; th...

A part-glazed buff ceramic undated archaistic figurine of a horseman, in Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644 AD style, on a rectangular base; the horse with h...

20th century AD. A rectangular paper panel on a textile backing with wooden roller, brush image of a robed luohan ('arhat' or person having attain...

early 20th century AD. A silk scroll on paper backing with woven pattern to the silk decorated with geometric pattern and roundels of dragons and ...

20th century AD. A paper scroll with silk panels to the back and wooden bars to the ends; the front painted with the figure of a horse with rocks ...

20th century AD. A paper scroll with bars to each end, silk panels to the back, the front painted with a horse in a landscape with tree behind; pa...

20th century AD. A paper scroll with silk backing and bar to each end, painted with a horse with red and white coat, standing on a hill with tree ...

19th-20th century AD. A smoky quartz snuff bottle carved as a standing mandarin figure in cap and long-sleeved gown, modelled in the round. 65 g...