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A CHINESE LANDSCAPE SCROLL PAINTING ON PAPER AFTER YUN SHOU PING PROBABLY 20TH CENTURY Depicting a temple and dwellings in a mountainous setting, mounted on silk, with two lines of calligraphy, two artist's seals and a seal of Chen Ren Tao (a 20th century Hong Kong collector), 164.5cm x 55cm. Provenance: an English private collection, acquired in 1980. 惲壽平（傳）《山水》 設色紙本 立軸 題識：竹塢山居，臨趙伯駒本，壽平 鈐印：壽平之印（朱）正叔（白）金匱寶藏陳氏仁濤（白） 來源：英國私人收藏，購於1980年代

A CHINESE SCROLL PAINTING ON PAPER BY GU QIAO (1614-1700?) 17TH CENTURY Depicting a romantic scene of figures living in small huts in an extensive landscape, inscribed as a birthday gift and with a poem and with three artist's seals, 174cm x 51cm. 顧樵（1614-1700） 《山居圖》 設色紙本 立軸 題識：喬木鶯啼春書長，新晴溪路綠陰涼。寨帷時有香風入，吹落松花滿石床。 甲子春寫并題為百生禪師壽。顧樵 鈐印：顧樵之印（白）樵水（朱）

A CHINESE SCROLL PAINTING ON SILK AFTER LENG MEI MID QING DYNASTY Depicting a beautiful young lady holding a staff, signed chen Leng Mei gong hui and with two artists' and five collectors' seals, 96cm x 42.5cm. Provenance: formerly the property of a lady of title. 清中期《仕女圖》設色絹本 立軸 款識：臣冷枚恭繪。 鈐印：臣（朱）枚（朱）八征耄念之寶（朱）心清聞妙香（白）惟精惟神（白）宜子孫（白）即事多所欣（朱） 來源：貴族夫人收藏

A CHINESE IMPERIAL EDICT DATED 1829 Written on silk, woven with a pattern of cranes and clouds, mounted as a hand scroll, the text arranged in standard form reading from right to left, opening with a character title feng tian gao ming flanked by a pair of dragons, 217cm x 30cm. Cf. Christie's London, 18th May 2012, lot 1088 for a related edict. 清道光道光八年聖旨

A CHINESE IMPERIAL EDICT DAOGUANG 1821-50 Written on silk, woven with a pattern of cranes and clouds, mounted as a hand scroll, the text arranged in Manchu script, reading from left to right, opening with a character title feng tian gao ming flanked by a pair of dragons, 175cm x 31cm. Cf. Christie's London, 18th May 2012, lot 1088 for a related edict. 清道光道光聖旨

A CHINESE SCROLL PAINTING ON PAPER BY XIE ZHI LIU 20TH CENTURY Depicting a large chrysanthemum spray, inscribed Fei Jia De xian sheng ya zheng and with three artist's seals, 79cm x 46cm. Provenance: an English private collection, given by the artist between c.1960 and 1980. 謝稚柳（1910-1997）《墨菊》設色紙本 立軸 題識：費嘉德先生雅正，謝稚柳 鈐印：稚柳（白）謝（朱）夕陽（朱） 來源：英國私人收藏，1960-1980獲贈畫家

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE TALL SLENDER BALUSTER VASE KANGXI 1662-1722 Painted with twelve large aster flowerheads amongst scrolling branches and leaves between two scroll bands and a further band of petals to the shoulder beneath the flared rim, a six character Xuande mark to the base, 45.3cm. Cf. C R Min, The Gu Gong Museum Collection of Qing Dynasty Blue and White Porcelain, Shunzhi and Kangxi Period Underglaze Blue, pp.143-146, nos.287 & 288 for vases of this form. 清康熙青花纏枝花卉紋瓶 來源：英國私人收藏

A late 19th Century carved Chinese Export wooden Desk, the plain top with blind fretwork border, and with a beaded edge, the front and back central friezes with a pierced dragon head and scroll design, and flanked each side by two carved and shaped drawers, with dragon, and carved side panels, over four profusely carved and decorated legs depicting dragons with inset eyes, approx. 100cms (39")w; 71cms (28")d; 67cms (30")h. (1) Provenance: The Bewley Family (Tea & Coffee Emporium) by direct family descent.

A 19th Century Chinese carved hardwood Table Screen, with jade inset depicting noble figures in landscape, the overall body carved with pierced decoration on scroll legs, approx. overall height 28cms (11") jade 9cms x 12cms (3 1/2" x 5"). (1)Provenance: Private Irish Collection, Co. Wexford.

Two Chinese Export circular bowls, circa 1900, with scroll decorated upper friezes on a textured ground, 11.5 & 12cm diameter respectively, 8ozs.

A carved wooden figural table lamp, Chinese wise man with scroll and crane, height including light fitting 40cm

A Chinese redwood scroll end vase stand, the frieze carved with landscape and foliage, the top with a geometric and foliate border, height 22cm, width 75cm, depth 28cm

C19th Chinese silver wire-inlaid white metal scroll weight, 6cm diam. Provenance: From the Collection of Seward Kennedy. Please check condition before bidding

Chinese wooden square scroll weight inlaid with a jade 'dragon' disc, 8.5cm wide. Please check condition before bidding

C17th Chinese soapstone figure of a Luohan, shown seated and holding a scroll above his raised right leg, wearing long robes with incised decoration to the hem, 6.5cm high, wood stand. Please check condition before bidding

A CHINESE ARCHAIC STYLE BRONZE VASE, Qing dynasty of baluster form with twin ring handles applied with thunder scroll and 'Taotie' mask strap work motif. 41cm high

A CHINESE CARVED IVORY BRUSH POT, Canton, 19th century, of cylindrical form, carved in deep relief with continuous scene of court figures, scholars and pagodas on a pierced scroll work base. 15cm high, 10cm diameterPLEASE NOTE: THIS ITEM CONTAINS OR IS MADE OF IVORYBidders should be advised that importation regulations of several countries, including the US, prohibits the importation of ivory, or any goods containing ivory. Therefore Adams advises prospective purchasers who intend to ship this lot to another country to familiarise themselves with the relevant importation regulations prior to bidding. Adams will not be responsible for shipping items herein and the onus will be on the buyer to organise shipping at their own behest.

Four various modern Chinese scroll pictures, to include flowering bamboo

A Chinese style blue and white punch bowl, 20th CenturyThe 'U' shaped bowl, adorned in under glazed cobalt depicting two dragons in pursuit of the flaming pearl, within scroll and ruyi clouds, set within gilt line borders, 16cm high, 37cm diameter, unmarked. CONDITION REPORT: Split on rim 3cm long underglaze,Otherwise good condition.

A collection of blue and white Chinese ceramicsTo include a large baluster form vase with traditional scroll handles decorated with snarling dragons in pursuit of the Flaming Pearl, 45cm high, together with a Chinese blue and white Kangxi style teapot, two porcelain plates and a fan shaped panel depicting boys at play (5). CONDITION REPORT: Plates - both in good condition, very minor glazing faults only,Vase - heavily restored,Teapot - good condition,Panel - good condition.

A Chinese Qing Dynasty 18th Century Blanc de Chine porcelain censer of shallow compressed circular form with an everted rim, raised to three spread spru feet, unmarked, width 9.5cm, together with a similar period cylindrical example with relief moulded ring and incised geometric detail, raised to three scroll feet, unmarked, height 7cm, both S/D. (2)BR - 1944/16BR - 1944/31

A late 19th to early 20th Century Chinese famille rose footed bowl decorated to the exterior with enamel cartouche scenes of children and ladies in a garden setting framed with blue scroll borders and flanked by floral spray panels, unmarked, diameter 25.5cm

A 19th Century Chinese part stained ivory snuff bottle carved in deep relief with figures between prunus trees with scroll work to the foot, the stopper decorated with stained oval panels, height 9cm, bears label Mrs H Johnston's Collection and character marks to base.

A late 19th Century Chinese part stained ivory double snuff bottle carved as two standing figures holding a part open scroll, the stoppers modelled as domed hats, height 8cm, bears label Mrs H Johnston's Collection and character marks to base. S.D.

A Chinese Qing Dynasty 18th Century porcelain vase of baluster form hand painted in underglaze blue and red with dragons amongst clouds chasing flaming pearls above wave scroll borders, unmarked, height 12.5cm. BR - 1944/48

Chinese scroll painting depicting prunus blossom, with calligraphy and red seal mark, framed, 146cm x 59cm,.

Chinese scroll painting depicting a lady seated on a rock in a garden, with calligraphy and two red seal marks, framed, 132cm x 61cm,.

Chinese scroll painting depicting three ladies in a garden, one with a rui sceptre, another with a vase, the other with peaches and a cup, with calligraphy and red seal mark, framed, 110cm x 56cm .

Chinese scroll painting depicting an elderly bearded man in a long robe, 160cm x 82cm,.

Chinese scroll painting depicting figures in a landscape with buildings, with calligraphy and red seal mark, image size 95cm x 46cm,.

A collection of 3 Chinese terracotta yi-xing teapots. Each of varying design with scroll handles and spouts, each with lids. Highest measures 10 cm, widest measures 11 cm and deepest measures 18 cm.

A SIGNED CHINESE SCROLL PAINTING ON PAPER, with calligraphy and artist's seals, depicting two huts in an extensive mountainous river landscape scene, mounted with a patterned green silk surround, the painting itself 50.5in x 15.75in.

A PAIR OF WIDE CHINESE EROTIC SCROLL PICTURES, each approx. 106in x 11.25in. (2)

A CHINESE GREEN GROUND UNDERGLAZE-BLUE PORCELAIN SAUCER DISH, the interior centre and exterior sides decorated with a formal design of leaf and scroll stemmed lotus, the base with a six-character Yongzheng mark, 8.25in diameter.

A CHINESE MING STYLE SCROLL PAINTING ON PAPER, depicting a mountainous river landscape setting and with calligraphy and artist's seals, the painting itself 42.5in x 15.5in.

A SET OF FOUR GOOD QUALITY CHINESE TANG STYLE SILVER-METAL WINE CUPS, weighing 190gm in total, each cast and chased with panels of scroll work against a ring punched ground, the handles possibly later additions, the cups themselves 2.3in wide.

A SIGNED CHINESE SCROLL PAINTING ON PAPER, with calligraphy and artist's seals, depicting a parrot perched on a blossoming branch, the painting itself approx. 35.75in x 15.75in.

A 19TH/20TH CENTURY CHINESE MING STYLE GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF A SEATED BODHISATTVA, seated on a double lotus plinth and bearing an attribute in his hands, the hems of his robes with classic scroll borders, the reverse with a wax export seal, 6.9in high.

A CHINESE HANGING SCROLL PAINTING ON PAPER, depicting an Immortal in the company of a tiger, the painting itself approx. 36in x 16.5in.

A PAIR OF EARLY 20TH CENTURY JAPANESE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN OCTAGONAL PLATES, with frilled rims, each decorated in a Chinese style with three ladies examining a scroll, 10.2in wide.

A WIDE CHINESE EROTIC SCROLL PICTURE, approx. 97in wide x 9.75in high.

A PAIR OF CHINESE BRONZE SCROLL WEIGHTS, forming when placed side by side a scene of a bird perched on a vertically extended blossoming bough, each scroll weight 9.75in x 1.2in.

A 19TH CENTURY CHINESE CARVED HARDWOOD RECTANGULAR STAND, supported on floral scroll feet, the pierced frieze decorated with formal scrolling lotus, 15.75in x 11.75in x 6.2in high.

A SET OF FOUR LARGE CHINESE WOOD FRAMED FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN PANELS, decorated with scenes of sages and calligraphy, each wood frame with pierced scroll work and key-fret, each frame 47.1in x 14.3in, each porcelain panel 28.5in x 8.25in. (4)

A VICTORIAN TRIPLE-NECK CUT-GLASS DECANTER AND STOPPER; a cut-glass claret jug and stopper, as is; and a pair of Chinese cloisonne vases, each of hexagonal tapering form, decorated with panels of flowers and all over scroll pattern, 5.25" (13cm). (4)

A Chinese purple flambe glazed pottery squat globular shaped vase, on hardwood stand with four scroll feet, 7 1/4" high

A Chinese hardstone inlaid and stained hardwood Bitong (brushpot), late Qing Dynasty/Republic, Apocryphal Qianlong four character signed tablet, of cylindrical form on three integral low feet, decorated in coloured stones and mother of pearl with a vase of flowers beside a scroll, a censer, a chess board and a string of cash, 5 ½ in. H.

Fourteen Chinese export porcelain Plates, Qianlong, comprising a set of four blue and white flower and scroll plates, two sets of three blue and white landscape plates, three other single blue and white plates and a famille rose and underglaze blue plate, all 9 in. D. (14)

A pair of Chinese blue and white double gourd Vases painted reserve of figures on lake and deer in landscape, floral scroll all-over surround, 17in

A Chinese hardwood cupboard bookcase, the outswept pediment over four doors enclosing glass shelves, over four frieze drawers with cupboard below, raised on scroll feet, 183cm x 48cm x 203cm.

A Christian's Liverpool flared oval sauceboat, circa 1765, painted in a famille-rose palette with Chinese figures, stands and tables beneath a scroll-moulded rim, the interior painted with a single flower beneath an iron-red loop and dot border, 15.5cm wide. IllustratedProvenance: Roderick Jellicoe, London.

A large Chinese blue and white dish in Ming style, probably 18th century, painted in the centre with a tied lotus bouquet, beneath a border of flowerheads and classic scroll, (a.f), 52cm. diameter. Illustrated

SET OF THREE LATE 19th CENTURY CHINESE CANTON DECORATED BARREL SHAPED COVERED JARS, autour with figural and floriated panels in famille rose enamels divided by floriated scroll work borders, 4 3/4" (12cm) and smaller (3)

LATE 19th CENTURY CHINESE CANTON DECORATED SHALLOW DISH with figural and floriated panels in famille rose enamels divided y floriated and scroll work border, 13 1/2" (34.5cm) diameter

A Chinese faux-marble enamelled porcelain brush pot,Qianlong (1736-1795), in the shape of two partially unrolled scrolls of different heights tied together with a turquoise ribbon, one scroll painted with flowers and a landscape in famille rose within shaped panels, against swirling washes imitating marble, the other scroll with gilt bats amongst clouds against an iron-red ground, four character mark of Qianlong,9cm清乾隆 仿石釉流云百蝠纹书卷式笔筒 《乾隆年制》矾红篆书款

Lots 265 to 292The Collection of Mary Ann Frederica HarrisonMary Ann Frederica Harrison was born in London on 13 April 1838, the seventh of eight children. After her marriage in 1876 to thriving tea merchant, Thomas Thomas, Mary went to live in Canton, China and gave birth to two children there. In the late 1800s, Mary and her husband returned permanently to London, where Thomas died in 1892. Mary had a keen interest in painting, particularly using oils and pastels, and her artistic nature is evident in the attractive items from her collection now offered here for sale.A Chinese cloisonné brush pot,Qianlong/Jiaqing, in the form of a scroll, the exterior enamelled with Kuixing, the God of Literature standing with his right leg on the head of a huge legendary turtle above spuming waves, his right hand with a brush pen to announce the name of the scholar who was first in an exam, the other side with a carp turning into a dragon, all amongst bats and clouds against a blue ground, 14.2cm, wood stand (2)For a similar lot, see Sotheby's Hong Kong, 'Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art', 8 October 2008 - lot 2600.Literature: For a similar example, see 'The Complete Collection of Treasure of the Palace Museum, Metal-bodied Enamel Ware', Hong Kong Commercial Press, 2002, p.178.清乾隆/嘉庆 掐丝珐琅魁星点斗图书卷式笔筒 连木底座

A Chinese bronze incense burner, moulded with dragon chasing a flaming pearl with other mythical beasts between scroll borders, mask and tongue handles, four character mark Yutang Shi Sou, 28cm from handle to handle

A Chinese famille rose tray,late 19th century, of shaped quatrefoil form, painted with three literati seated by a desk studying a scroll, servant boys alongside,27.3cm清十九世纪末 粉彩人物故事图花口托盘

A Chinese blue and white export tea caddy, Qianlong, painted with a watery landscape with pavilions, 11.3cm, a crystal cup on an oval foot, 11.7cm, and a wooden brush washer, carved with two bats holding a scroll in their mouths, 22.5cm

A Chinese famille rose Budai,Republic (1912-1949), his garment painted with brickwork and florets with scroll borders, impressed square seal mark,26cm民国 粉彩布袋坐像