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A Chinese white jade 'abstinence' plaque, the pendant is carved and pierced on each side with two stylised confronting dragons, their bodies are formed by an archaistic scroll that frame a rectangular cartouche at the centre with two characters reading zhai jie, 'abstinence', 6.6cm x 4.3cm x 6mm 白玉斋戒牌

A Chinese jade mottled pale celadon and russet archaistic blade, well craved on each side with taotie masks below a further mask band, one side incised with a poem, in archaic style, 17.4cm high x 6.2cm wide x 1.7 deepest width, in hardwood box with sliding cover and fabric interior 青白玉饕餮纹玉刃

Y A Chinese lacquered wood and mother of pearl inlaid Qin, the reverse with Chinese script and with jade bridge pins, overall length 122.5cm long 黑漆嵌螺钿古琴

A CHINESE WHITE JADE FU LU SHOU MOUNTAIN CARVING 18TH CENTURY With Shoulao leaning on a staff, his attendant offering him a large peach and with a deer to his left, and a bat flying above, with lingzhi and bamboo sprays to the base and a pine tree to the reverse, together with a wood stand, 14.5cm. (2) Provenance: from the collection of Professor J Norman Collie, FRS (1859-1942) and thence by descent.

A CHINESE JADE BLADE SHANG DYNASTY OR LATER The greyish brown stone with a tapering hole to one side and a small hole for suspension, a paper label for the P H Plesch Collection, together with a fitted stand, 15cm. (2) Provenance: from the collection of Professor Peter H Plesch and Mrs Traudi Plesch OBE and thence by descent, collection no.Hw15, purchased from Spink & Son Ltd in April 1966.

A PAIR OF CHINESE GLASS BANGLES AND A GLASS NECKLACE PROBABLY HAN AND SONG DYNASTIES The bangles of even colour, the necklace consisting of thirty-two circular dark blue beads with twelve flattened beads to the front and a central jade bead in the form of a disc, together with a large globular dark blue glass bead, 8.3cm. (4) Provenance: from the collection of Professor Peter H Plesch and Mrs Traudi Plesch OBE and thence by descent, the bangles collection no.CGm8.5p purchased from Michael Gillingham, London, on 17th May 1994 for £580, the necklace collection no.CGm1.4/44, also purchased from Michael Gillingham, London, in February 1994 for £650. Cf. Oriental Works of Art, exhibition catalogue at the Oriental Art Gallery, London, no.44, 1992 for comparable bangles.

A CHINESE SILVER-GILT FILIGREE VASE 18TH CENTURY With a pear-shaped body decorated with four shou characters, inlaid with beads and raised on a short flared foot, the shoulder and rim with bands of ruyi-heads and further agate inlay, the top with fine filigree flowers, foliage and bats with further jade, agate and coral inlay and a single shou character, 19cm. (2)

*A LARGE CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE HU-SHAPED VASE QIANLONG 1736-95 The pear-shaped body with two dragon mask handles and loose rings to the waisted neck, carved in low relief with taotie masks above bands of lappets and key fret bands to the rim and flared foot, 18.5cm. Provenance: formerly in the estate of an American private collector.

A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE MOGHUL-STYLE EWER AND COVER 19TH CENTURY With a flattened ovoid body carved in low relief with flower patterns, with different flowers to the neck and cover, supported on a short oval flowerhead-shaped foot, 15cm. Provenance: formerly the collection of Hon. Evelina Rothschild and the Behrens family.

A SMALL CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE MOGHUL-STYLE VASE AND COVER 18TH/19TH CENTURY With a bulbous body carved in low relief with stylised petals beneath lappets, all supported on a flowerhead-shaped foot, the cover with a flower finial inset with a large ruby, 9cm. (2) Provenance: formerly the collection of Hon. Evelina Rothschild and the Behrens family. Cf. National Palace Museum, Exquisite Beauty- Islamic Jades. p.188, no.236 for a similar vase.

A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE 'RAFT GROUP' CARVING QIANLONG 1736-95 Carved as the Immortal Magu holding a peach and with a young boy clutching a lingzhi oar in a log raft, together with a wood stand carved with rolling waves, 17cm. (2) Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 2nd May 1991 lot 324 and Sotheby's Hong Kong 27th April 2003 lot 101. Cf. M Knight, H Lee and T Bartholomew, Later Chinese Jades from the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, p.288, nos.321 and 322, and The Woolf Collection of Chinese Jade, p.263, no.133, for comparable carvings of Immortals on rafts.

A CHINESE SPINACH-GREEN JADE VASE 18TH CENTURY With a slender neck and a cylindrical body carved with panels containing stylised lotus flowerheads, all raised on a short circular flared foot, 13cm. Provenance: from the collection of Professor J Norman Collie, FRS (1859-1942) and thence by descent.

A CHINESE WHITE JADE HAT FINIAL MING DYNASTY Carved as a reticulated dome, decorated with birds and lotus and with a single bird surmount, 4.5cm.

TWO CHINESE CELADON JADE HAT FINIALS MING DYNASTY OR LATER Each carved as a group of egrets amongst lotus flowerheads and leaves, one in white jade, the other in a greyish stone with brown inclusions, 5.2cm. (2)

A CHINESE SPINACH-GREEN JADE 'THREE FRIENDS OF WINTER' VASE 18TH CENTURY Carved as the trunk of a prunus tree with a blossoming branch, a gnarled pine tree and sprays of bamboo and lingzhi, together with a wood stand, 15.5cm. Provenance: from the collection H R Parfitt Esq., then purchased Sotheby's London, 9th November 1954, lot 147 for £48, and later the collection of Mr Arthur Crick (1890-1956).

A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE ARCHAISTIC VASE AND COVER 18TH CENTURY The flattened pear-shaped body decorated with taotie masks and with lappets and key fret to the neck mounted by two archaistic phoenix handles, together with a wood stand, 19.5cm. (3) Provenance: from the collection of Professor J Norman Collie, F R S, then purchased Sotheby's London, 9th April 1943, lot 308, and later the collection of Mr Arthur Crick (1890-1956).

A CHINESE SPINACH-GREEN JADE RETICULATED VASE 18TH CENTURY With a quatrefoil body carved with stylised lotus flowerheads and foliage and bands of lappets to the shoulder and foot, with two tall handles raising from the rim, together with a wood stand, 12cm. (2) Provenance: from the collection of Mr Arthur Crick (1890-1956).

A PAIR OF SMALL CHINESE GREEN JADE GU-SHAPED VASES 19TH/20TH CENTURY Each with a taotie mask carved to the body and a ruyi-head border, with pairs of dragon-head handles with loose rings to the shoulders, all supported on dragon-shaped bases, together with reticulated fitted wood stands, 11cm. (4) Provenance: from the collection of Mr Arthur Crick (1890-1956).

A CHINESE SPINACH-GREEN JADE DOUBLE VASE 19TH CENTURY Carved as a hollowed prunus tree trunk with a flowering branch entangled with a spray of bamboo, lingzhi and a small pine tree, with a small gu-shaped vase with a taotie mask to the side, flanked by a small qilin, 15cm. Provenance: from the collection of Mr Arthur Crick (1890-1956).

A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE MODEL OF AN ARCHAISTIC BLADE 18TH/19TH CENTURY Of triangular form with a taotie mask to the centre and a lion dog finial, together with a small cup carved in the shape of a blossom, 6.2cm. (2) Provenance: from the collection of Professor J Norman Collie, FRS (1859-1942) and thence by descent.

A CHINESE WHITE JADE 'LOTUS' SNUFF BOTTLE 18TH/19TH CENTURY With a tapering body carved in shallow relief with stylised lotus flowerheads and foliage, 6.5cm. Provenance: from the collection of Professor J Norman Collie, FRS (1859-1942) and thence by descent.

A CHINESE WHITE JADE BELT HOOK 18TH/19TH CENTURY Carved with a dragon head terminal and a smaller sinuous dragon to the body in high relief, 11.6cm.

A CHINESE WHITE JADE BELT BUCKLE QING DYNASTY OR LATER In three sections, carved with geometric motifs, 14cm overall. (3)

A CHINESE GREEN JADE OVAL SEAL QING DYNASTY OR LATER Surmounted by a chilong, the seal face with five characters between two dragons which read yu ci He Hui Yuan, 4cm.

A CHINESE WHITE JADE 'SQUIRREL AND VINE' PENDANT QING DYNASTY Formed as a squirrel feasting on a bunch of large grapes, the reverse carved as two leaves with yellow skin, 5cm.

A FINE CHINESE WHITE JADE CARVING OF LONG MA 18TH CENTURY Transforming into a qilin and emerging from crashing waves with the bao gua on its back, 9.5cm. Provenance: from the collection of Professor J Norman Collie, FRS (1859-1942) and thence by descent.

A CHINESE WHITE JADE 'DRAGONS' WEIGHT QING DYNASTY OR LATER The pebble entirely carved with dragons amidst swirling waves, 10cm.

A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE CIRCULAR 'DRAGON' PLAQUE 19TH/20TH CENTURY Crisply carved with a single scaly confronting five-clawed dragon in a circular panel to one side, and with an eight character inscription to the reverse reading zong guang di dian yu mei jin zhang, the square surmount pierced with a suspension hole, the base with finely pierced fretwork, 13.1cm. Provenance: formerly a private collection, London.

THREE CHINESE INSCRIBED PEWTER-ENCASED YIXING TEAPOTS AND COVERS QING DYNASTY One shaped as conjoined cylinders, two bamboo-shaped, each set with a jade spout, knop and handle, with exteriors inscribed with poems, two with seals to the interiors, 16.5cm. (6) Provenance: from the collection of Christopher Blair-Myers Esq.

THREE CHINESE INSCRIBED PEWTER-ENCASED YIXING TEAPOTS AND COVERS QING DYNASTY One coin-shaped, two moon-shaped, all set with jade handles, knops and spouts, inscribed with calligraphy, and with seals to the interiors, 16cm. (6) Provenance: from the collection of Christopher Blair-Myers Esq.

THREE CHINESE INSCRIBED PEWTER-ENCASED YIXING BELL-SHAPED TEAPOTS AND COVERS QING DYNASTY Set with jade handles, knops and spouts, inscribed with calligraphy, landscapes and foliage, all with seals to the interiors, 14cm. (6) Provenance: from the collection of Christopher Blair-Myers Esq.

ONE CHINESE PEWTER AND TWO PEWTER-ENCASED YIXING TEAPOTS AND COVERS QING DYNASTY All set with C-shaped jade handles, jade knops and faceted jade spouts, inscribed with poems and incised with blossoms, the two Yixing teapots with seals to the interiors, 13.5cm. (6) Provenance: from the collection of Christopher Blair-Myers Esq.

A CHINESE PEWTER AND THREE PEWTER-ENCASED YIXING SQUARE-SECTION TEAPOTS AND COVERS QING DYNASTY Three with jade handles and spouts, each with a jade knop, the exteriors inscribed with poems, two of the Yixing teapots with seals to the interiors, 17.5cm. (8) Provenance: from the collection of Christopher Blair-Myers Esq.

FOUR CHINESE INSCRIBED PEWTER-ENCASED YIXING TEAPOTS AND COVERS QING DYNASTY Each set with a jade spout, knop and handle and inscribed with poems and incised with blossoms and bamboo, the stoneware bodies with seals to the interiors, 16.5cm. (8) Provenance: from the collection of Christopher Blair-Myers Esq.

FOUR CHINESE INSCRIBED PEWTER-ENCASED YIXING TEAPOTS AND COVERS QING DYNASTY Three with jade handles, spouts and knops, the exteriors inscribed with poems, two with seals to the interiors, one with a pewter liner, 17.5cm. (9) Provenance: from the collection of Christopher Blair-Myers Esq.

ONE CHINESE PEWTER AND THREE PEWTER-ENCASED YIXING TEAPOTS AND COVERS QING DYNASTY Two of cylindrical form, two square-section, each set with jade handles, knops and spouts, inscribed with poems and incised with blossoms, two with seals to the interiors, 16.5cm. (8) Provenance: from the collection of Christopher Blair-Myers Esq.

FOUR CHINESE INSCRIBED PEWTER-ENCASED YIXING SQUARE-SECTION TEAPOTS AND COVERS QING DYNASTY Three set with jade spouts and two with jade handles, one with a wood handle, each with the exterior inscribed with poems and incised with foliage, two with seals to the interiors, 16.5cm. (8) Provenance: from the collection of Christopher Blair-Myers Esq.

FOUR CHINESE INSCRIBED PEWTER-ENCASED YIXING TEAPOTS AND COVERS QING DYNASTY Each set with a jade spout, handle and knop, and inscribed with poems, foliage and blossoms, three teapots with seals to the interiors, 16.5cm. (8) Provenance: from the collection of Christopher Blair-Myers Esq.

THREE CHINESE INSCRIBED PEWTER-ENCASED YIXING TEAPOTS AND COVERS AND A TEA CANISTER AND COVER QING DYNASTY Each teapot set with a jade spout and handle, two with jade knops, all with ribbed exteriors inscribed with poems, two with seals to the interiors, the canister incised with calligraphy to one side and a bamboo spray to the reverse, with two seals impressed to the base, 16.5cm. (8) Provenance: from the collection of Christopher Blair-Myers Esq.

FOUR CHINESE INSCRIBED PEWTER-ENCASED YIXING TEAPOTS AND COVERS QING DYNASTY Each set with a jade spout, knop and handle, with stoneware bodies and pewter exteriors inscribed with poems, three with seals to the interiors, 17.5cm. (8) Provenance: from the collection of Christopher Blair-Myers Esq.

A CHINESE INSCRIBED PEWTER-ENCASED YIXING TEAPOT AND FIVE PEWTER TEAPOTS AND COVERS 20TH CENTURY Two set with jade spouts, handles and knops, four inscribed with poems, one undecorated and shaped as a ruyi-head, one square-section with a liner, one inlaid with hardstones, the square-section Yixing teapot with a seal to the interior, 22cm. (13) Provenance: from the collection of Christopher Blair-Myers Esq.

ONE CHINESE INSCRIBED PEWTER AND THREE PEWTER-ENCASED YIXING TEAPOTS AND COVERS QING DYNASTY Two ovoid, two bell-shaped, two set with jade spouts, handles and knops, two with wood handles, each inscribed with a poem, one with a seal to the interior, 19cm. (8) Provenance: from the collection of Christopher Blair-Myers Esq.

ONE CHINESE PEWTER AND THREE PEWTER-ENCASED YIXING TEAPOTS AND COVERS QING DYNASTY Of circular form, inscribed with poems, two set with jade handles, knops and faceted spouts, one with a wood handle, three with seals to the interiors, 17.5cm. (8) Provenance: from the collection of Christopher Blair-Myers Esq.

EIGHT CHINESE INSCRIBED YIXING AND PEWTER CUPS LATE QING DYNASTY Decorated with blue and turquoise enamel, encased with pewter and inscribed with poems, all set with jade handles, 9.7cm. (8) Provenance: from the collection of Christopher Blair-Myers Esq.

THREE CHINESE INSCRIBED PEWTER-ENCASED YIXING TEAPOTS AND COVERS QING DYNASTY One rectangular-section with a wood cover, two quatrefoil, each set with a jade spout, knop and handle, with exteriors inscribed with poems, two with seals to the interiors, 19.5cm. (6) Provenance: from the collection of Christopher Blair-Myers Esq.

A CHINESE INSCRIBED PEWTER-ENCASED YIXING TEAPOT AND COVER BY FAN SHU ZENG QING DYNASTY The coin-shaped body set with an angular C-shaped jade handle, a jade spout and knop, the sides incised with a blossoming prunus branch and a poem about prunus blossom and the moon, inscribed Er Quan, the interior with a seal mark which reads Fan Shu Zeng Zhi, 10.5cm. (2) Provenance: from the collection of Christopher Blair-Myers Esq.

A CHINESE INSCRIBED PEWTER TEAPOT AND COVER QING DYNASTY The body shaped as a qin, set with a jade spout, handle and knop, one side incised with bamboo and pine trees by a rock formation, the reverse with a poem, signed Bai Shi, 14cm. (2) Provenance: from the collection of Christopher Blair-Myers Esq.

FOUR CHINESE INSCRIBED PEWTER-ENCASED YIXING TEAPOTS AND COVERS QING DYNASTY Each with a stoneware body encased with pewter and set with a jade spout and handle, a pewter cover with a cylindrical jade knop, each with one side inscribed with a poem, the other with blossoms and landscapes, 18cm. (8) Provenance: from the collection of Christopher Blair-Myers Esq.

A CHINESE INSCRIBED PEWTER-ENCASED YIXING TEAPOT AND COVER BY FAN SHU ZENG QING DYNASTY Set with a jade spout, handle and knop, one side incised with blossoming prunus branch and a poem by Shao Yun, the reverse with a poem by Qiu Ting, a four character seal to the interior reading Fan Shu Zeng Zhi, 12cm. (2) Provenance: from the collection of Christopher Blair-Myers Esq.

A CHINESE INSCRIBED PEWTER-ENCASED YIXING TEAPOT AND COVER QING DYNASTY With a half moon-shaped body, set with a jade handle, spout and knop, one side incised with bamboo, the reverse with a nocturnal poem about a mountainous stream amongst pine trees, signed by Yong Mao, a four character seal to the interior, 15.5cm. (2) Provenance: from the collection of Christopher Blair-Myers Esq.

SEVEN CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES 19TH CENTURY One jadeite, another in white jade, two in agate, one malachite, one laque burgaute and one rock crystal, carved as a Spanish coin, two with wood stands, 7cm. (9) Provenance: the Benveniste collection, Montreal, purchased in the 1960s and '70s.

TWENTY-FOUR SNUFF BOTTLES 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY In glass, jade, hardstone, metal and other materials, variously decorated with flowers, figures, and animals, together with a small Chinese jade hanging vase and cover, 12cm. (26) Provenance: the Benveniste collection, Montreal, purchased in the 1960s and '70s.

FOUR CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES 19TH CENTURY One jade, depicting Liu Hai, another rock crystal, a third in moss agate and one in bamboo, 7.5cm. (4)

FIVE CHINESE MOGHUL-STYLE JADE RECTANGULAR PLAQUES 18TH CENTURY With a reticulated design of stylised flowerheads, the stone with black speckles, together with a group of Chinese mother of pearl counters: one oval, four fish-shaped, fourteen circular and thirty rectangular, 5.4cm. (54)

NINE CHINESE CELADON AND BROWN JADE CARVINGS 19TH/20TH CENTURY Depicting figures, animals and fruit, 5.5cm. (9)

THREE CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE CUPS QING DYNASTY Two with S-shaped bodies and dragon-shaped handles, the third with a square-section body carved with scrolls and key fret and with a single handle carved with stylised lingzhi to the top, each with a wood stand, 13cm. (6)

FIVE CHINESE CELADON JADE CARVINGS 19TH/20TH CENTURY One carved as three gourds, another as peapods, one as a mushroom, one an animal scroll and one a lingzhi, 6.3cm. (5) Provenance: from an English private collection.

THREE CHINESE CELADON JADE CARVINGS 19TH/20TH CENTURY One formed as a fish, another a leaf, the third a belt hook, together with a hardstone carving of two mythical beasts, 8cm. (4) Provenance: from an English private collection.

FIVE CHINESE CELADON JADE PLAQUES 19TH/20TH CENTURY One carved with a dragon, another as a vase of flowers, one a butterfly, one as a flowerhead and one as a lock, 9cm. (5) Provenance: from an English private collection.

FOUR CHINESE WHITE JADE SMALL PENDANTS QING DYNASTY OR LATER One carved as a cockerel, another a rat, another of two felines, the fourth a pig, mounted together on a single cord, 3cm.