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A SMALL CHINESE METAL ALLOY CUP TANG DYNASTY OR LATER The U-shaped body supported on a spread foot decorated with a band of lappets, with a continuous foliate scroll encircling the flaring rim, 8.6cm, 82g.

A CHINESE HARDWOOD KANG TABLE 19TH/20TH CENTURY The panelled top supported on curved legs joined by stretchers and terminating in scroll feet, carved with raised ribs to the sides, 28.3cm x 91.5cm x 46.5cm.

A CHINESE KESI SCROLL LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY Depicting Magu standing carrying a peach spray over her shoulders and holding lingzhi in her left hand, with an attendant carrying a jar before her, both set beneath a pine tree and flowering prunus and magnolia branches, the figures flanked by rockwork, with two seals, 75cm x 41.5cm. Provenance: by repute, purchased in Singapore c.1940s.

AFTER SHEN ZHOU (19TH CENTURY) LANDSCAPE A long Chinese hand scroll painting, ink and colour on paper, signed Chang Zhou Shen Zhou with a seal mark which reads Shi Tian, 26cm x 357cm.

WU QIZHONG (1944- ) CHICKENS AND CHICKS A Chinese scroll painting, ink and colour on paper, dated ren xu year (1982), signed Qizhong with one artist's seal, 66.5cm x 45.5cm.

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE BARBER'S BOWL AND A 'PHEASANTS' PLATE 18TH CENTURY The barber's bowl brightly decorated with peony, daisies, pinks and lotus, the plate painted with a pair of pheasants perching amidst rockwork and peony, with floral sprays and a gilt scroll surrounding them, 27.2cm and 22.5cm. (2)

A SMALL CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE MING-STYLE JAR PROBABLY QING DYNASTY Decorated with a continuous flower scroll beween bands of formal lappets, the base lacking, together with a metal mount and lamp fitting, 10cm. (2) Provenance: by repute, formerly in a private collection, Guernsey. Cf. Sotheby's Hong Kong, 25th November 1980, lot 1 for a Xuande mark and period example from the Edward T Chow Collection.

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE RETICULATED SCROLL WEIGHT 19TH CENTURY Painted in green and yellow enamels with a dragon and precious objects amidst flowers and stylised foliage, all reserved on a rich pink ground, the four sides glazed turquoise and with openwork trellis, the underside with a six character Daoguang mark, 13cm. To be offered without reserve.

A CHINESE CELADON TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER 19TH CENTURY Carved with a scroll of flowering peony beneath bands of ruyi-heads and key fret, 26cm.

TWO CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE FIGURES OF GUANYIN 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY One a group depicting Guanyin seated upon a rocky throne with two attendants by her side, supporting a child in her right arm, the other modelled as the Bodhisattva holding a scroll in her right hand, she stands tall upon a raised pedestal decorated in relief with lotus, 24.5cm and 39cm. (2) Provenance: from the estate of Anne Marie Wood, Warwickshire, acquired no later than the 1990s.

A Chinese scroll painting

Chinese Scroll - Tigers

A JAPANESE SCROLL PAINTING BY NAKABAYASHI CHIKUTO (1776-1853), KAKEMONO EDO PERIOD, 18TH/19TH CENTURY Depicting an autumnal scene with a small fishing boat sailing on a lake, with tall reeds bending in the breeze and the silhouettes of mountains in the distance, two lines of calligraphy to the side including a poem describing the 'tranquil autumn scene with the shadow of a boat cast on a lake', signed Chikuto and with two red artist's seals, 55.5cm x 37.5cm. Provenance: a Spanish private collection, Madrid. Purchased from Sydney L. Moss Ltd, London, on 20th June 1997. A copy of the original invoice is available. Works by Nakabayashi Chikuto often depict quiet landscapes in the Nanga style imitating Chinese literati painting. He was also acclaimed during his career as a designer of illustrated books. PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED AT NO RESERVE.

CHEN BANDING (1876-1970) CHRYSANTHEMUM AND DOUBLE GOURDS A Chinese scroll painting, ink and colour on paper, inscribed and signed by Chen Banding, with three artist's seals and one illegible seal, dated beginning of autumn of the din you year (1957), 93cm x 42cm. Provenance: an English private collection, presented by the Chinese Medical Association on 13th August 1957. A visit had previously been paid by the visiting medical party to the artist's studio.陳半丁 傲菊葫蘆 設色紙本 镜面 一九五七年作款識：菊花能傲霜，葫蘆賣何藥。丁酉立秋，半丁老人八十有二。鈐印：陳年之印、年八十後作、不執一法。來源：英國私人收藏，畫家本人交予中華醫學會，由其轉送於現藏家。

A LARGE CHINESE SPINACH-GREEN JADE MARRIAGE BOWL 18TH/19TH CENTURY The rounded sides carved to the exterior with a continuous lotus scroll, the two handles formed as pierced butterflies with their open wings resting on the slightly incurved mouthrim, each handle suspending a loose ring, the interior decorated in relief with a spray of peony and lingzhi, all raised on six short ruyi-head shaped feet, the green stone with black inclusions and areas of lighter and darker mottling, with a paper label for Spink & Son Ltd to the base, 30cm. Cf. Christie's New York, 18th September 2003, lot 114 for a marriage bowl with similar decoration. 十八/十九世紀 碧玉雕蝶戀花大筆洗

A LARGE CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE 'LION DOG' DISH KANGXI 1662-1722 Painted to the centre with a lion dog playing with a brocade ball, the beast encircled by birds and butterflies in flight amidst lotus and panels enclosing stylised flowerheads, the rim decorated with cartouches containing floral sprays against a band of diaper, with some areas highlighted in gilt, the underside with a continuous lotus scroll, with a lingzhi mark to the base, 34.9cm.清康熙  五彩太獅少獅盤

ANONYMOUS (QING DYNASTY) PORTRAIT OF MAGU A Chinese scroll painting, ink and colour on paper, 88cm x 50cm.佚名（清）  麻姑獻壽  設色紙本  立軸

CHENG TINGLU (1796-1858) LANDSCAPE A Chinese scroll painting, ink and colour on paper, inscribed and dated geng yin year, signed Xubo with two artist's seals, 132cm x 39cm.程庭鷺（1796-1858） 山水 設色紙本 立軸款識：青尊紅燭共論文，磊落豪懷策酒軍，欲話前塵還問我，但看明月便思君，鶯花隋苑吟春鬢，楊柳蘇臺悵夕曛，禁淂三年一相見，別來搔首望吳雲。不晤問秋仁兄久已，玉峯道上重一把手屬畫是幀因成一詩奉贈並話別寰時庚寅秋九月，序伯弟庭鷺。鈐印：序伯、序伯書畫。 

ATTRIBUTED TO LAN YING LANDSCAPE A Chinese scroll painting, ink and colour on silk, inscribed and dated xin mao year, signed Lan Ying, with two artist's seals and six collectors' seals, 183cm x 91.5cm. Provenance: a German private collection, acquired between the 1930s and 1950s in China and East Asia, and thence by descent. 藍瑛（傳） 山水 設色絹本 立軸款識：辛卯年清和畫於禾城之鴛湖，蝶叟藍瑛。鈐印：田叔、藍瑛之印、宋氏雪帆珍藏、惕存、項篤敬、耕石山房。來源：德國私人收藏，1930年代至1950年代購於中國及東亞。

AFTER MA YUANYU (19TH CENTURY) LANDSCAPE A Chinese scroll painting, ink and colour on paper, inscribed and signed Ma Yuanyu, with one artist's seal and three collectors' seals, 112cm x 39cm.馬元馭（傳） 山水 水墨紙本 立軸署簽：馬元馭山水，姚江邵氏珍藏。款識：不做好景，不使雋筆。清微淡遠，幽香沉深。端畫品經畫學術，畫道余聞斯語，未見其人澁見陸日為立幅。偶一效之，終嫌生澀，愧愧。棲霞馬元馭寫。 鈐印：姚江邵氏珍藏、馬元馭印、見大堂、柏林歡喜。

LU XIAOMAN (1903-1965) LANDSCAPE A Chinese scroll painting, ink and colour on paper, inscribed and dated the summer of the ding hai year (1947), signed Xiaoman with one artist's seal, 123cm x 41cm.陸小曼（1903-1965）山水 設色紙本 立軸款識：歲在丁亥初夏月，小曼陸眉畫於曼盧。鈐印：陸小曼。

ATTRIBUTED TO FENG ZIKAI BLESSINGS ON CHINESE NEW YEAR A Chinese scroll painting, ink and colour on paper, inscribed and dated the Chinese New Year's eve of 1960, signed Feng Zikai and with two artist's seals, 129cm x 61cm. Provenance: a Southern French private collection, purchased in Hong Kong in the 1980s.豐子愷（傳）喜迎春 設色紙本 立軸款識：喜迎春，紅燭青尊，艷花一束，歌三遍五風十兩遂人願。祝大有杯頻獻要，鞏固農耕戰線，且喜得多方支援，會看曉手此日大辦豐收宴，迎春樂。六零年春節，豐子愷醉後畫。鈐印：石門豐氏、子愷。來源：法國私人收藏，1980年代購於香港。

A LARGE CHINESE HARDWOOD SCROLL TABLE C.1900 The frieze decorated in low relief with shou characters, melons, and various flowers including lotus, the spandrels carved in openwork with archaistic dragons, with four square-section legs terminating in ruyi-heads, 102cm x 254.5cm x 52.5cm. Provenance: from the collection of Sir Thomas Jackson, 1st Baronet (1841-1915) and thence by descent. Sir Thomas Jackson, 1st Baronet (1841-1915) was the third Chief Manager of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation and his influence on the company was so notable that he became known as the bank's 'Great Architect'. He was also one of the founding members of the Hong Kong Jockey Club. Born in County Leitrim, Ireland, Jackson joined the Belfast branch of the Bank of Ireland at age nineteen before accepting a position in East Asia with Agra and Masterman's Bank five years later. In 1866, he joined HSBC, which had only been established the previous year. Jackson was quickly promoted to the position of an accountant in Shanghai, and he later spent several years working in Japan as the manager of the bank's Yokohama office. At the early age of 35, he was appointed as Chief Manager of HSBC and, under his direction, the company became the leading bank in Asia. After a successful career in Hong Kong, Jackson returned to the UK in 1891, taking charge of the company's office in London. He was knighted in 1899 and three years later he retired and received the additional title of Baronet. In 1906, a statue of Sir Thomas Jackson was unveiled in recognition of his services both to HSBC and Hong Kong. His statue still stands in Statue Square in front of the bank's Hong Kong headquarters. Jackson Road in Hong Kong was also named after him. His collection comes from Gilford Castle in County Down, Northern Ireland, which was purchased by James Wright, husband of Sir Thomas Jackson's niece Mary Menary.1900年代 硬木雕条案來源：Sir Thomas Jackson（1841-1915）收藏

A CHINESE HARDWOOD SCROLL TABLE C.1900 The frieze carved in openwork with archaistic scrolls, 52cm x 182cm x 26.5cm Provenance: from the collection of Sir Thomas Jackson, 1st Baronet (1841-1915) and thence by descent. Sir Thomas Jackson, 1st Baronet (1841-1915) was the third Chief Manager of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation and his influence on the company was so notable that he became known as the bank's 'Great Architect'. He was also one of the founding members of the Hong Kong Jockey Club. Born in County Leitrim, Ireland, Jackson joined the Belfast branch of the Bank of Ireland at age nineteen before accepting a position in East Asia with Agra and Masterman's Bank five years later. In 1866, he joined HSBC, which had only been established the previous year. Jackson was quickly promoted to the position of an accountant in Shanghai, and he later spent several years working in Japan as the manager of the bank's Yokohama office. At the early age of 35, he was appointed as Chief Manager of HSBC and, under his direction, the company became the leading bank in Asia. After a successful career in Hong Kong, Jackson returned to the UK in 1891, taking charge of the company's office in London. He was knighted in 1899 and three years later he retired and received the additional title of Baronet. In 1906, a statue of Sir Thomas Jackson was unveiled in recognition of his services both to HSBC and Hong Kong. His statue still stands in Statue Square in front of the bank's Hong Kong headquarters. Jackson Road in Hong Kong was also named after him. His collection comes from Gilford Castle in County Down, Northern Ireland, which was purchased by James Wright, husband of Sir Thomas Jackson's niece Mary Menary.1900年代 硬木雕条案來源：Sir Thomas Jackson（1841-1915）收藏

A Chinese print of birds amongst bamboo trees, with Chinese inscription, in wall hanging scroll, 112 x 69cm

A Chinese bronze 'Dragon' censer, Qing Dynasty, the sides cast in low relief with two confronting dragons above stylised waves and reserved on a cloud scroll and stipple ground, 31cm diameter in excess of 5000 grams Provenance: Purchased by current owner between circa 1985-1995 清 铜龙纹洗 拍品来源：现藏家购自1985-1995年间

A Chinese Dehua model of Guanyin, Qing Dynasty, 18th-19th century, with downcast eyes, wearing long flowing robes open at the chest to reveal a necklace, her left hand resting on her knee, her right hand holding a scroll, 18.5cm high Provenance: From a private English collection formed by the current owners father circa 1960-1980.清18-19世纪 德化窑观音 拍品来源：英国私人家族收藏

A Chinese blue and white stem cup, Qianlong seal mark and of the period, decoracted to the exterior below the flaring rim with eight lanca characters, each within a dense large-headed lotus scroll, the tall spreading foot witha continuous jewelled pearl string, 9.5cm high x 9.1cm diameter Provenance: private Italian collection, sold at Bonham's Lonodn, Knightsbridge on 5 September, 2012.清乾隆 青花梵文高足杯 拍品来源：2012年伦敦邦瀚斯所售意大利私人收藏

A Chinese Cloisonné 'Dragon' gilt-bronze scroll weight, Qing Dynasty, the five-clawed dragon looking forward and on a black ground with a bat to each corner and a central flaming pearl, 11.4cm high x 7.5cm wide x 12mm deep 清19世纪 掐丝珐琅龙纹镇

A Chinese blue and white garlic-head vase, 19th-20th century, the pear-shaped body painted with the 'three abundances', peach, pomegranate and persimmon, the bulbous head with a continuous camellia scroll below a key-pattern border, the base inscribed with an apocryphal qianlong mark, 29cm high 19-20世纪 青花三多纹蒜头瓶

A Chinese parcel-gilt bronze 'huwenming zhi' bombe censer, 17th-18th century, the sides decorated with a band of mythical sea creatures amidst wind-tossed waves, above a band of ruyi patterns encircling the slightly flared foot and below a band of confronting phoenixes on the waisted neck, both reserved on a finely stippled ground, the pair of C-scroll handles cast as a dragon body issuing from the mouth of a dragon mask, the base inscribed with a six-character mark yujian huwenming zhi in a gilt rectangle, 13cm diameter, handle to handle 18cm long, censer weight 718g Provenance: Property of a Gentleman 17-18世纪 铜鎏金“云间胡文明制”双耳炉 拍品来源：伦敦私人收藏

A Chinese bronze scroll weight, Ming Dynasty, moulded as a gentleman holding a wine cup and sitting next to a jar, possibly Li Bai, 4.4cm high x 4.8cm wide Provenance: Private UK collection, predominantly assembled in the UK in the 1990s until the purchased by the current owner at Christies South Kensington 明 “太白醉酒”铜镇 拍品来源：英国私人收藏

A Chinese blue and white bowl, the exterior decorated in with a composite floral scroll, and the slightly flared foot encircled by a band of classic scroll, the based inscribed with an apocryphal six-character yongzheng mark, 17cm diameter 青花“大清雍正年制”款缠枝莲纹碗

A Chinese silk embroidered aubergine satin-silk young girl's hat, Qing Dynasty, circa 1880, with silver and gold couched thread, overlaid with coloured threads, with symbols of happiness and joy with butterflies and bats, around a peony a symbol of famine beauty, with ruyi scroll border edge with a plaid ribbon, hanging tassel fastener, slightly padded with a pink cotton lining, 62cm high 约清1880年 缎绣织金女帽

Four Chinese scroll paintings depicting landscapes,each 92 x 24.5 overall.

LARGE YAOZHOU 'PEONY-SCROLL' CARVED BOWL, NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY, of gently-rounded form covered in a glassy olive-toned glaze, the interior carved with a fluid design of peony blossom and leafy tendrils, the exterior sparsely decorated with spontaneous lively arced motifs, 24 cm diamProvenance: Bluett & Sons Ltd., London, 15th February 1985.Exhibited: Iron in the Fire, Ashmolean Museum 1988, no.21. Oriental Green Wares, Oriental Ceramic Society / British Museum, 1997, no.71. The World in Monochromes, Oriental Ceramic Society Exhibition 2009, no.30. Literature: M. Medley in the Fifth Hills Gold Medal Lecture, 24th May 1988, Transactions of the Oriental Ceramics Society (1987-88 vol. 52) plate A and page 67Note: this bowl is unusually large when compared with other examples from within the group of related Yaozhou bowls, which are normally around 20cm diameter. For similar bowls of the standard size see The Complete Collection of Treasures from the Palace Museum: Porcelain of the Song Dynasty, Hong Kong, 1996, p.133, no.119; and Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, Vol.I, by Regina Krahl, London 1994, no.431. For comparable example see - a large bowl from the Feng Wen Tang Collection sold by Bonhams Hong Kong, 9th October 2014, lot 110; and a standard-sized example sold by Bonhams London, 16th May 2013, lot 6.

PAIR OF CHINESE ARCHAIC BRONZE BELT HOOKS, WARRING STATES, CIRCA 400BC, with inlaid scroll decoration in silver on a brown lacquer ground, with dragon head finials, 11.5cm

CHINESE BRONZE SCROLL WEIGHT, PROBABLY SONG DYNASTY, in the form of a chimera, the lion-like animal with wings and bifurcated tail, the dark patina with lighter highlights, 6.5cm long

CHINESE SCHOOL, MING DYNASTY OR LATER A Northern Barbarian hunting party, showing four horsemen engaged in the chase in a mountain landscape, with six seals of the Ming collector Xiang Yuanbian (1525-1590),ink and colour on silk, 40.5cm x 127cm now framed but original jade-mounted scroll still extant. Provenance: Christie's London, 2nd December 1969, part of lot 20; from the Collection of the Hon. Theodore Francis Green.

PAIR OF CHINESE ELM SCROLL TABLES, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY, with rectangular tops, 114cm x 33cm, (2)

RARE KINRANDE PEAR-SHAPED EWER, JIAJING PERIOD, the slender cup-mouthed flared neck decorated with a lappet band, above the rounded body with peach-shaped panels on each side, reserved on a diaper ground, above a spreading foot, later metal spout and scroll handle, 23.5cm high Provenance: The Collection of William Gronow Davis. Duke's, 14th November 2014, lot 118. Note: the form of Kinrande ewers such as this example derives from Middle-Eastern metalwork. They have been highly-prized by Japanese collectors since the 16th century. For published examples see: Fujio Koyama, Kinrande Porcelains in Japanese Collections, 1968, pl.7; Ayers, J., The Baur Collection, Geneva 1969, pls. A177 & A178; Selected Masterpieces of the Matsuoka Museum of Art, Tokyo, 1975, pls.75-76; Mayuyama, Seventy Years, Tokyo 1976, vol.1, pl.IX; Chinese Ceramics in the Idemitsu Collection, Tokyo 1987, pl.673; and Krahl, R., Chinese Ceramics from the Topkapi Saray Museum, vol.II, London 1986, pls.1648 & 1649. For examples sold at auction see: London, 8-9th July 1974, lot 266; Sotheby's London, 9th June 1987, lot 252; Christie's London, 21st June 2001, lot 84; and Christie's Hong Kong, 27th October 2003, lot 606

CHINESE SCHOOL SCROLL PAINTING OF MOUNTAINS, 20TH CENTURY, 66cm wide, 134cm high

DEHUA OCTAGONAL 'MARCO POLO' CENSER AND STAND,KANGXI PERIOD, the foliate-moulded and pierced cover surmounted with nine relief flower-head bosses, the censer body with four scroll handles, each facet moulded with foliate patterns, the conforming stand with ruyi-head feet, the censer 13.3cm wide, the stand 14.6cm wide Provenance: Lawrences Crewkerne, 22nd April 2004, lot 419. Note: a similar 'Marco Polo' censer is extant in the British Museum (Franks.17). For others see Pierson, S., Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, London 2004, pl.78 p.80; and Donnelly, P.J., Blanc de Chine, London 1969, pl.16. For a market example see Bonhams London, 13th May 2010, lot 305. Two similar censers are also illustrated in Ayers, The Royal Collection, 2016, Vol. 1, nos 79 & 81. Furthermore, another is illustrated by Patricia Ferguson's text, pg.36, where she also mentions an example in the Philippe d'Orleans inventory of 1724

GREEN-GLAZED POTTERY LEATHER-FORM 'PILGRIM' FLASK, LIAO DYNASTY, the top with a cylindrical neck and two pierced suspension holes, the spreading saddle-shaped body incised on each side with a foliate-scroll motif, the foot unglazed, 20cm high Provenance: The Oriental Art Fund, London, 26th February 1999. Note: for similar examples see - Ceramics from the Kwan Collection, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1994, no.176. Another flask from the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco is illustrated in Chinese Ceramics by He Li, 2011, no.216. See also Christies King Street, 17th June 2003, lot 10.

CHINESE SCHOOL, LANDSCAPE SCENE, HAND SCROLL, 560cm long approx., in fitted hardwood box

CHINESE SCHOOL, WATERBIRDS, HAND SCROLL, in fitted wood box, 418cm long (not including end papers)

A Chinese Canton famille rose bowl, 18th century, decorated with scroll shaped reserves enclosing scenes of figures within a landscaped garden beside extensive mountainous and lake land landscape, 26cm diameterFor condition information please view this lot on our website HERE

Chinese School, (20th century) watercolour on paper, depicting a Guanyin arriving on a lotus, signed, 80cm x 44cm, within scroll mountFor condition information please view this lot on our website HERE

A Chinese export porcelain Scottish Armorial charger, of circular form and centrally decorated with a marriage Coat of Arms for the Dundas and Baillie families, with corresponding family motto's, 'Essayez' and 'Quid Clarius Astris', within a gilt highlighted spearhead border, cavetto decorated with three vignettes within scroll borders, 30.6cm diameter

A Chinese hanging scroll, painted with a blossoming magnolia tree above peony and rocks, dated Tongzhi, Year of Renshen, signature of Ren Bonian (1840-1895) , ink and colour on paper, 130 x 69cm 任伯年款 玉兰牡丹山石图 设色纸本 立轴

A Chinese ivory scroll weight, 19th century, incised with literati seated by a rock under a pine tree in a rocky landscape, 21.5cm long 清十九世纪 象牙雕高士图纸镇

A Chinese famille rose vase and cover, 19th century, of ovoid form on a slightly splayed foot with scroll handles, painted with Hua Mulan disguised as a man retiring to her home from the battle, the other side with Jiang Ziya fishing by a river, and King Wen of Zhou coming to meet him following a guide, the domed cover painted with Hehe Er Xian and a literatus with attendant, Buddhist lion knop, 64cm high (2) 清十九世纪 粉彩人物故事图连盖瓶

A Chinese porcelain vase, possibly 18th century, of hexagonal form with ribbed decoration to the neck, scroll handles, all under an opaque glaze, 15.6cm high 清十八世纪(可能) 白釉六方瓶

A pair of Chinese famille rose jardinières and stands, Republic period (1912-1949), each of cylindrical form on an inverted circular foot, painted with a continuous scene of five boys in a garden, all holding objects symbolic of scholarly success and good fortune, two with ruyi sceptres, one carrying a spear tied with a ribbon suspending a chime, one with a vase with a stalk of grain and a lantern, and another holding a lantern in the shape of a fish, all between a dense floral scroll and a false gadroon and key fret border, the lobed flared rim enamelled with scrolling flowers in blue, the base with a four-character mark lingzhi chengxiang (the qilin's footprints foretell good fortune) in iron red, 19.2cm diameter, the stands similarly decorated with branches of peaches, pomegranates and finger citrons to the undersides, which represent the 'Three Abundances' of longevity, blessings and abundance of sons, 17.9cm diameter (4) The decoration on these jardinières is filled with symbols of posterity. The five boys represent the sons of Dou Yujun, all of whom achieved exceptional success and were known as the 'five dragons'. The mark lingzhi chengxiang is an ancient greeting used to wish couples the birth of a son and often found on pieces decorated with boys and qilin . For a similar pair of jars and covers with the same decoration, see Sotheby's, New York, 17-18 September 2013, lot 367. 民国 粉彩婴戏图花盆连底座 《麟趾呈祥》矾红楷书款 一对

A Chinese famille rose Budai, Republic period (1912-1949), wearing a garment painted with brickwork and florets against a turquoise ground with scroll borders, his right hand with a rosary and his left hand with a sack, impressed square seal mark 'Zhu Mao Ji zao' , 27cm high 民国 粉彩布袋坐像 《朱茂记造》篆书模款

Chinese Blue and White Pottery Ginger Jar and Lid, 23cm high, bulbous vase with elongated yellow and floral neck, 41.5cm high, a boxed scroll. (3)

Antique Chinese Hardstone Agate Snuff Bottle, Stylised Double Gourd Form With Scroll Engraving, Orange/Red Agate Stopper. Height 60mm.

A 20th Century Chinese figure in the form of a scholar having a blue glazed robes with black scroll decoration. The scholar shown holding a book raised on a green base. Measures 26cm tall. 

A set of six Chinese export porcelain armorial plates, of circular form, set with a gilt coloured crown and dragon motif, with a polychrome floral scroll surround, predominately in pink, blue and orange with gilt highlights, 25cm Dia. (6)

Border Regiment Militia or Volunteer Battalion Officer’s Pouch.A fine example, of glazed black leather with plated fittings. The flap edged with infantry pattern silver lace with crimson stripe, and mounted with a large silvered Maltese cross badge, its centre bearing the Chinese Dragon on a red and white enamel ground, regimental title scroll beneath. A small chip to the white enamel of the badge centre, otherwise GC.