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Chinese bronze censor with black lacquer finish, impressed seal, D12cm Condition Report Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs

An archaic style Chinese soapstone seal. Approx. 10.5cm tall x 7cm wide.

A CHINESE BOTTLE VASE PAINTED ON ONE SIDE WITH A PEACOCK AND TWO CRANES AMONGST FLOWERS AND WITH BLACK SCRIPT ON THE OTHER, SEAL MARK IN RED. H 35.5cms.

A CHINESE FIGURE OF A MEDITATING MONK SEATED CROSS LEGGED AND WITH HIS HANDS CLASPED IN THE LAP OF HIS WHITE ROBES EDGED IN GILT LINES, THE DETAILS OF HIS FACE PICKED OUT IN PINK, SEAL MARK IMPRESSED ON THE BASE. H 54cms.

KINKOZAN, A SATSUMA KORO AND COVER, THE SIDES PAINTED WITH LADIES AND CHILDREN AGAINST A GILT BLUE GROUND, SIGNED. H 10cms. TOGETHER WITH TWO CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE SAUCERS, SEAL MARKS

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BALUSTER VASE PAINTED WITH LADIES ON A TERRACE BACKED BY A SCREEN BELOW PINE AND WILLOW TREES, SEAL MARK. H 46cms.

A CHINESE TEA DUST GLAZED BOTTLE VASE, SEAL MARK WITHIN THE FOOT RIM INSIDE AN ORMOLU MOUNT WITH A LAUREL LEAF BAND. H 44cms.

A PAIR OF CHINESE WATERCOLOURS OF KITTENS SEATED BY FLOWERS, INSCRIBED AND WITH RED SEAL MARKS, WITHIN PATTERNED SILK MOUNTS AND WOODEN FRAME. 24 x 30cms.

Chinese Art A white glazed cizhou head rest decorated with tigerChina, Song, 12th century. . Cm 28,00 x 10,00. Quadrangular headrest with an elegant depiction of a tiger among tufts of grass. Impressed seal hall mark on the bottom.

Chinese Art A pair of poychrome porcelain vases painted with characters and bearing a Chenghua four character seal mark at the base China, Qing dynasty, 19th century . . Cm 24,00 x 62,00.

Chinese Art A famille rose enamelled porcelain plaque painted with Shulao with peaches China, Republic Period . . Cm 25,00 x 38,50. Long inscription up right with seal and hand written label at the back.

Chinese Art Pair of large tianqiuping porcelain vases with a light blue ground decorated with peaches, flowers and batsChina, early 20th century. . Cm 43,00 x 58,00. An elegant pair of globular vases with auspicious decoration of bats among flowering branches of two twin peach trees on which, as symbol of immortality, the nine fruits hang.The bottom presents an apocryphal Qianlong underglaze blue seal mark (zhuanshu).Provenance: private Roman collection.

Chinese Art A famille rose vase with pomegranates and butterfliesChina, Qing, Daoguang, first half of the 19th century. . Cm 17,00 x 28,00. A fine porcelain baluster vase in lively polychromy. The ovoid body resting on the low cylindrical foot presents the entire surface decorated with pomegranate shrubs, peony bushes and butterflies, while the slender neck shows a classic decoration of blossoming scrolls and bats on a lime green ground. The turquoise bottom with a six characters Daoguang underglaze blue seal mark (zuanshu). Similar vases have been sold by Sotheby's (Sotheby's HK, 04 avril 2012, lot 3186), Christie's (Christie's London, 10 May 2011, lot 296) and Bonhams (Bonhams London, 12 May 2011, lot 335).Provenance: Italian private collection, purchased on the French antique market in the 1950s.

Chinese Art A Cizhou headrest with hareChina, Yuan / Ming, 13th/16th century. . Cm 30,00 x 9,00. Of quadrangular shape with lively engraved decoration depicting hare and tufts of grass within lobed reserve. Impressed seal hall mark on the bottomProvenance: ancient private collection, Milan.

A mid 20th Century Chinese carved soapstone scholar's seal mounted with a figure of Putai, the Happy Buddha. H. 12cms. Condition good.

A Chinese carved horn scholars seal mounted with a bird resting on the back of a lion dog. H. 7cms. Condition good.

A 1920's Chinese carved hardstone scholars seal in the form of a river barge, L. 8cm. Condition - Good.

A mid 20th Century Chinese carved black soapstone scholars seal, H. 8.5cm. Condition - Excellent, no visible damage or repair.

A Chinese Yixing stoneware teapot, the cover with a Dog of Fo finial and with tapered sides, modelled with phoenix and with dragon handle, impressed seal mark to base and cover, 14 cm high

AN ANTIQUE CHINESE SIGNIATURE SEAL DECORATED WITH SCRIPT AND HORSES 5 cm SQUARE.

A 20th Century Chinese Cylindrical Vase in the Famille Rose Style, Peaches and Double Happiness Symbols, 27cms High, Seal Mark to Base

A Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Bowl, Daoguang, enamelled in colours with water lilies, symbols and bats, the rim of indented form, 3.25ins (8.3cm) diameter, with blue seal mark to underside of base

A Pair of Chinese Porcelain Underglaze Blue and Copper Red "Peach" Bowls, 7.75ins (19.5cm) diameter x 3.5ins (8.9cm) high, Qianlong seal mark and of the period Provenance: The Canterbury Auction Galleries - The Evans Collection - Tuesday 22nd May 2012 - Lot 68

A Chinese Bronze Two-Handled Censer, of cylindrical form on three short feet, 3.5ins (8.9cm) diameter x 3.25ins (8.3cm) high, with seal mark to base

A Chinese porcelain moon flask snuff bottle, painted in polychrome enamels and wash with a courtship, to verso with black calligraphic script and red seal marks, flared neck and twin handles, square base, 8cm high, four-character mark in underglaze blue, 20th century

A Chinese porcelain plate, decorated in silver lustre with dragons, bats and a fretted roundel, on a cinnabar ground, 21.5cm diam, seal mark, early 20th century

A large Japanese dish, in the Chinese taste, painted in tones of underglaze blue and picked out in iron red, green and gilt with fishermen in a landscape, 37cm diam, seal mark, Edo Period

A Chinese ovoid vase, moulded with lotus, lappets and trellis, glazed in mottled tones of dark blue and turquoise, 33cm high, c.1900; a Chinese monochrome vase, incised with lotus, turquoise glaze, 35.5cm high, seal mark drilled for a lamp, c.1900 (2)

Chinese soapstone desk seal modelled as a standing male figure, 10.5cm high, together with two small bronze animals, Indian ivory figure of a peddler, Mauchline ware box with printed view of 'Hythe, Kent from the beach', etc (6)

Blue glazed figure of Guanyin Chinese in a recumbent position, with a ruyi sceptre under one arm, the other resting on a dragon's head, with impressed four character oval seal mark to base 13cm high x 12cm across

Famille rose saucer shaped porcelain bowl Chinese decorated with a large peach framed within foliated branches, the fruit bearing a Zhuanshu seal character in gilt, exterior of rim with five bats in rouge-de-fer, foot with six character Yongzheng mark 20.8cm x 4.5cm

Chinese School Guanyin, framed circular scroll, ink on paper with artists seal marks 30cm x 30.5cm Provenance: By direct descent of Katy Talati. Born in 1922 in Beijing Katy received private painting lessons with Prince Pu Quan from 1945 until her departure to London in 1948. Her painting are evidence of her fully accomplished technical skills in Chinese painting after having studied with various teachers in Beijing prior to her departure

Pair of fan studies Chinese, 20th Century signed Sun Chen Ke, ink on paper, depicting flowers, with red artists seal mark 21cm x 50cm (2) Provenance: By direct descent of Katy Talati. Born in 1922 in Beijing Katy received private painting lessons with Prince Pu Quan from 1945 until her departure to London in 1948. Her painting are evidence of her fully accomplished technical skills in Chinese painting after having studied with various teachers in Beijing prior to her departure

Famille rose enamelled porcelain bowl Chinese, Hongxian period decorated with flowering and fruiting peach with a trailing branch of flowers and foliage trailing over into the interior with three flying bats in rouge de fer, foot with four character Zhuanshu seal mark, Huai Ren Tang Zhi "Hall where benevolence is cherished" 6cm x 14cm

Yixing teapot and two cups and saucers Chinese, 20th Century the teapot with inscription and Zhuanshu seal mark, the cups each with square seal

Four scrolls Chinese variously painted with lotus flowers, hawks and calligraphy, one bears the seal of Chen Shi

Wu Xianzeng 1908-1970 scholars under a tree, hand fan, ink on paper, seal in white Wu Xianzeng, seal in red Guang Yu 19cm high x 44cm across Provenance: By direct descent of Katherine Talati. Born in 1922 in Beijing Katherine received private painting lessons with Prince Pu Quan, (great grandson of the Emperor Daoguang) from 1945 until her departure to London in 1948. Her paintings are evidence of her fully accomplished technical skills in Chinese painting after having studied with Pu Quan and various teachers in Beijing prior to her departure

Bronze censer Chinese, 18th/19th Century engraved with a dragon around the side with key border and with Zhuanshu six character seal mark,1708 grams 17cm diameter x 14cm high

Pair of etchings Chinese, 20th Century depicting two elderly figures, with artists seal mark, numbered 1/50 26.5cm x 17cm Provenance: By direct descent of Katy Talati. Born in 1922 in Beijing Katy received private painting lessons with Prince Pu Quan from 1945 until her departure to London in 1948. Her painting are evidence of her fully accomplished technical skills in Chinese painting after having studied with various teachers in Beijing prior to her departure

Xu Zonghao (1880-1957) orchids growing on rocks, scroll, ink on paper with artists seal mark 92cm x 27cm Provenance: By direct descent of Katherine Talati. Born in 1922 in Beijing Katherine received private painting lessons with Prince Pu Quan,(great grandson of the emperor Daoguang) from 1945 until her departure to London in 1948. Her paintings are evidence of her fully accomplished technical skills in Chinese painting after having studied with Pu Quan and various teachers in Beijing prior to her departure

Pierced and carved wood seal style carving Chinese, 19th Century depicting a landscape in miniature showing a pine tree over a temple and pagodas upon a rock below which is a lake view with figures in boats, base with a five lined inscription 4.5cm

Brown soapstone ovoid seal Chinese, 18th Century engraved with a mountain and pine tree landscape, the top carved with recumbent Buddhist lion and cub, base with a four Zhuanshu character seal 6.2cm high and a plain ivory archers ring, 18th Century, 2.2cm high x 3.2cm diameter

Porcelain moon flask shaped snuff bottle Chinese, late 19th Century decorated with circular panels decorated figures of children set in garden landscapes playing, some with symbolic objects or playing musical instruments, sides moulded with flower and foliage in gilt on green ground, foot with four character Qianlong Zhuanshu seal marks in red and with aventurine stopper and two stoppers pink glass and mottled green jade

Chinese School Xu Tian Shui Yue charting of a donkey, hanging scroll, ink on paper, seal in red Jiang Shang Wai Shi 110cm x 30cm

Two soapstone seals Chinese one carved as a mountain scene with Zhuanshu seal characters, the second of rectangular form with Buddhist lion carving

Small group of pieces Chinese including an inside painted snuff bottle 9cm a water dropper for ink slates of peach form, 5.5cm, a Republic miniature vase, 6cm, a square dragon dish, 8cm ,a soapstone seal, 6.75 cm and an ivory Republic roundel, 6cm.

Wang Xuetao (1903-1982) vegetables and fruit, scroll, ink on paper with artists seal marks 99cm x 46.5cm Provenance: By direct descent of Katherine Talati. Born in 1922 in Beijing Katherine received private painting lessons with Prince Pu Quan, (great grandson of the Emperor Daoguang) from 1945 until her departure to London in 1948. Her paintings are evidence of her fully accomplished technical skills in Chinese painting after having studied with Pu Quan and various teachers in Beijing prior to her departure

Large blue and white ovoid vase Chinese, 19th Century on stepped form with Indian lotus to the rim and panels of birds and peonies to the outer rim above a wave moulded base, mark Kangxi in Zhuanshu seal script 24cm high x 27cm diameter

Katherine Talati (1922-2015) Da Shunming (Chinese name) river scene, mounted scroll, ink on paper with artists seal mark 98cm x 28cm Provenance: By direct descent of KatherineTalati. Born in 1922 in Beijing Katherine received private painting lessons with Prince Pu Quan, (great grandson of the emperor Daoguang) from 1945 until her departure to London in 1948. Her paintings are evidence of her fully accomplished technical skills in Chinese painting after having studied with Pu Quan and various teachers in Beijing prior to her departure Bibliography: Shelagh Vainker and James C.S Lin,'Pu Quan and his Generation. Imperial painters of Twentieth-century China,Oxford' : The Ashmolean Museum 2005; Fans from the East,London:Debretts Peerage Ltd and the Victoria and Albert Museum 1978,chapter 5: Katy Talati,pp 73-84

Katherine Talati (1922-2015) Da Shunming (Chinese name) flowers, mounted scroll, ink on paper with artists seal marks 36cm x 54cm Provenance: By direct descent of Katy Talati. Born in 1922 in Beijing Katy received private painting lessons with Prince Pu Quan from 1945 until her departure to London in 1948. Her painting are evidence of her fully accomplished technical skills in Chinese painting after having studied with various teachers in Beijing prior to her departure

Katherine Talati (1922-2015) Da Shunming (Chinese name) figures on a rocky outcrop, mounted scroll, ink on paper with artists seal mark 34cm x 44cm Provenance: By direct descent of Katy Talati. Born in 1922 in Beijing Katy received private painting lessons with Prince Pu Quan from 1945 until her departure to London in 1948. Her painting are evidence of her fully accomplished technical skills in Chinese painting after having studied with various teachers in Beijing prior to her departure

Blue and white South East Asian export porcelain bowl Chinese, 17th Century decorated with two bands of seal characters symbolising longevity, interior with a floral medallion encircling a single Chinese character and a two ring border 12cm x 25cm

A circa 1920 Chinese porcelain Republic style vase decorated with female figures,bears seal mark to base approx 26 cm

A circa 1900 Chinese Qing Dynasty Meiping style vase depicting flying bats and symbols of happiness, bearing seal mark to base, approx 22 cm high

A circa 1900 Chinese Qing Dynasty porcelain Meiping style vase decorated with fruits, bears seal mark to base approx 22.5 cm high

A circa 1900 Chinese porcelain Qing Dynasty bottle vase decorated with painted red dragon motif bearing seal mark to base, approx 25.5 cm high

CHER YUAN (Chinese 20th Century) "House in the Woods" ink and gouache red seal mark lower right approx. 65cm x 66cm, together with a pair of early 20th Century Japanese watercolours on silk of coastal mountain scenes, approximately 33 cm x 42 cm

3rd-6th century AD. A rock crystal stamp seal with domed body; underside engraved with Pegasus standing and wings spread; Parsi script to the edge. 6.7 grams, 19mm (3/4"). Property of a Chinese collector; acquired on the European art market; formerly acquired in the 1970s. [No Reserve] Fine condition.

A 20th Century Chinese brass censor, decorated with character marks and symbols, two handles, seal marks to the base, height (handles up) approx 12cm, diameter 13.5cm

A quantity of Oriental collectables to include a Yixing type teapot, the bisque body in beige, terracotta and blue hues, with raised bamboo and blossom decoration and seal mark to base, 17.5cm x 9cm, a 20th Century Chinese vase with decoration of a peacock, with seal mark to base, calligraphy and ruyi head border, 19cm, Hang Seng Bank desk weight and others (10+)