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Click here to subscribeA SMALL COLLECTION OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN MOSTLY 18TH CENTURY Comprising: a bottle vase decorated with a dragon chasing a flaming pearl, a small bottle vase with grasses and insects, a hexagonal teapot and cover with stylised floral sprays, a small incense burner, and two small jars, 24cm. (7)
A CHINESE YELLOW AND GREEN 'DRAGON' BOWL LATE QING DYNASTY Decorated with two incised dragons chasing pearls above waves in green against a yellow ground, the base with a four character mark in underglaze blue which reads qing huan zhenpin (precious object of splendour) indicating it was made for the use of a first rank concubine, 16.2cm. Provenance: Orchardleigh Park, Christie's 21-22 Sep 1987, lot 516, £320. Cf. R E Scott, Elegant Form and Harmonious Decoration, Four Dynasties of Jingdezhen Porcelain, figure 199, p.172 and also G Avitabile, From the Dragon's Treasure, pp.88-89, no.121 for similar examples.
A CHINESE PORCELAIN INCENSE STICK HOLDER PROBABLY LATE QING Moulded in relief with boys and water buffaloes in a rocky river landscape and with a four character inscription, the base inscribed Dao guang si you chen guo zhi zuo, together with a small blue and white seal paste box and cover decorated with a figure in a mountainous landscape, the base with a six character Kangxi mark, 11.6cm max. (3)
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BAXIAN INCENSE BURNER KANGXI 1662-1722 The cylindrical body painted with a continuous scene of the Eight Immortals celebrating Shoulao's birthday, all with their various attributes, Shoulao sits on a rock with an attendant and a deer, all between chevron borders and raised on three rectangular feet, a reticulated wood stand, 19.8cm. (2) Provenance: a Scottish private collection. Cf. M Butler and Wang Qingzheng, Seventeenth Century Jingdezhen Porcelain from the Shanghai Museum and the Butler Collections, p.64 and 65 for another blue and white 'Eight Immortals' incense burner.
A LARGE GROUP OF CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN 18TH CENTURY Comprising: four plates, two teapots, two large mugs, a set of four Compagnie des Indes bowls, two tea canisters and a plate decorated with a pomegranate spray, 28.8cm. (19) Provenance: from the collection of Lady Ottoline and Philip Morrell, and thence by descent.
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'THREE FRIENDS OF WINTER' JAR LATE MING DYNASTY The lobed ovoid body painted with a flock of sparrows among bamboo, pine and prunus, the shoulder with lappet decoration and the rim with key fret pattern, 14.7cm. Cf. M Butler, M Medley and S Little, Seventeenth Century Chinese Porcelain from the Butler Family Collection, p.37 for a similar jar.
A CHINESE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN ALTAR VASE QIANLONG 1736-95 With an ovoid body and cylindrical knopped neck raised on a wide domed foot, finely enamelled in iron-red with lotus sprays above a band of stiff leaves, the neck with a key fret border, 22.2cm. Cf. An identical altar vase can be seen in the painting by Giuseppe Castiglione in The National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrating the Emperor Qianlong beneath trees and beside a table with a number of other treasures; see Palastmuseum Peking Schätze aus der Verbotenen Stadt, Berlin, 1985, no.41, pl.24. For another example presented to Cheltenham College, England, by Yuan Shikai in 1914, and now in the Weishaupt Collection, see G. Avitabile, From The Dragon's Treasure, London, 1987, no.176, p.127. See also P. Lam, Qing Imperial Porcelain, Hong Kong, 1995, no.83. Another example can be found in the British Museum, London.
A CHINESE PORCELAIN 'RECLINING LADY' SNUFF BOTTLE QING DYNASTY With her legs crossed, brightly enamelled and gilded, wearing turquoise trousers and an iron-red jacket, touching her cheek and holding a kerchief, the stopper formed as her foot, 11cm. Provenance: Robert Kleiner & Co. Ltd, the Bellis Collection and the Bentley Collection.
A MASSIVE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE DISH LATE QING DYNASTY / REPUBLIC PERIOD Painted on the interior with two intertwining prunus branches which extend from the reverse, one branch with white flowers with a greeny-yellow tinge, the other branch with flowers with a pink tinge, two large lingzhi sprays sprout from the base of one branch and are balanced by a flowering peony to the left, the reverse with an apocryphal six character Yongzheng mark, 52.8cm. Provenance: from the estate of Mr Klaus Henrich, purchased in the 1970s. Cf. Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong, Qing Porcelain from the Palace Museum Collection, p.222 no.51 for the Yongzheng prototype of this dish.
A PAIR OF CHINESE ARMORIAL PLATES C.1772 Decorated with the arms of Pitt impaling Grenville, flanked by a lion and a stag with the motto Benigno Numine (By the Favour of the Heavens), the rims with flower sprays, coronetted initials and further crests of storks and anchors, 22.5cm. (2) Cf. D S Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, vol.1, p.404 for more information about the history of this service. For a plate from this service, see the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, accession no.C.71-1932.
A CHINESE PORCELAIN 'LANDSCAPE' PLAQUE REPUBLIC PERIOD Painted in colourful enamels with a weeping willow, a group of pine trees and a small farmhouse by the riverside in a mountainous landscape beneath a poem describing the scene, 27.3cm x 20cm. Provenance: from the collection of Mr Robert Bigio (1913-2003).
A blue and white porcelain Kamcheng for the Peranakan Market, with domed cover decorated with floral and foliage designs, 18cm diameter; together with a Chinese small blue and white vase, decorated with a fisherman, 18.5cm high (2) Condition Report Please note that the areas of deterioration include: a crack to the small vase, and a star crack and chip to the kamcheng.
A group of mixed Chinese porcelain items, comprising: a green-glazed dragon-boat-shaped water pot, 11.6cm long; a green-glazed octagonal water pot; a Kangxi sancai leaf-shaped cup; a green-glazed cup; and a crackle blue-glazed water pot and a wooden cover PLEASE ALWAYS CHECK CONDITION PRIOR TO BIDDING
A group of five Chinese porcelain items, comprising: a white-glazed archaistic libation cup with openwork chilong handle, 11.2cm high; a flambe bottle vase; a coral-red-glazed bottle vase; a red-glazed double gourd vase; and a flambe water pot; 18th/19th PLEASE ALWAYS CHECK CONDITION PRIOR TO BIDDING
A group of five Chinese celadon glazed porcelain items, comprising: a bowl decorated with scrolling lotus and foliage, Yongzheng six-character mark but 19th century, 26cm diam; a tripod censer and cover with twin fish handles, Qianlong incised six-charact PLEASE ALWAYS CHECK CONDITION PRIOR TO BIDDING
An early 20th century Chinese cloisonne bowl of circular scalloped form decorated with various birds in flight together with a Chinese style porcelain plate, pierced brass disc etc. Condition Report / Extra Information Cloisonné dish - significant loss to enamel work near border, metalwork rusted, no signs of repair, requires cleaning.
A small late 19th century Chinese Canton famille rose porcelain vase, of hexagonal form; together with one other Chinese Canton vase, largest h.18cm (2) Condition Report / Extra Information Smaller vase - has been restored to top.Larger example - no restoration.Chips and losses to top edges.Both bright examples with losses to gilt areas.Wear as expected for age.
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