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Pair of Chinese porcelain figures of seated children, one signed with seal mark to base

20th Century Chinese Canton famille rose octagonal pedestal dish, red seal mark to base, 5ins diameter

A Chinese soapstone seal, boxed

A pair of yellow-ground Chinese polychrome moon flasks with allegorical scenes and six-character seal marks to base, 30 x 23 cm

Late 19th/ early 20th century Chinese ivory seal & ink pad in case, pair agate dog of fo figures & 19th century Cantonese ivory brooch, without mount (4) Condition Report Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs

A Chinese soapstone seal, 8cm high

A Chinese white metal archers ring, a figurine of a hedgehog, a seal with turtle figurine and a Tibetan prayer stick

Chinese School, watercolour on paper, man holding an adze, signed with a seal, 10" x 7.5", and watercolour on rice paper, interior scene, 12" x 8" (2)

19th/20th Century Chinese silk painting of man standing beneath moon, artist's seal l.r., framed and glazed, 124.5cm by 38.5cm. Together with another depicting mountainous landscape with river, framed and glazed, 43cm by 27cm (2)

A heavy Chinese patinated bronze bottle-shaped vase; decorated in high-relief with Chilong dragons, each with a bifid tail amongst stylised Lingzhi fungus, impressed reign seal-mark to underside; 37.5cm high CONDITION REPORT: We think this piece is probably late 19th Century although the piece is quite darkly patinated. Generally reasonable condition (see images) with no major problems noted. It is lighter on the underside around the foot on the main body to the outside. The dragons appear to be reasonably well cast, there are some minor scratches and colour variations mostly to the outside of the piece commensurate with age. See images.

BRUSH WASHER IS 13CM DIAMETER AND NOT 30CM An Oriental group of three comprising a 20th century glazed pottery fruit bowl (probably Japanese) decorated in a flowing naive style with trees and shrubs etc., impressed seal mark to underside; a Chinese duck-egg-blue glazed ceramic bottle-vase having tapering neck and ovoid body; a 19th century Chinese porcelain brush-washer/small dish, brightly hand-decorated in enamels with mythical beasts, brocade balls and stylised flower heads etc., within a yellow border and base, on short circular foot (hairline and restorations to brush washer). (The bowl 19.5cm in diameter, the vase 15.5cm high and the brush washer 30cm in diameter.)

A small early 20th century Chinese Satsuma vase and cover; very finely gilded and decorated with a lappet border around the shoulder, the baluster-shaped body with two vignettes of courtesans and two vertical panels of chrysanthemum, flower heads etc.; gilded and painted seal mark to underside; circular wooden stand, 8cm high CONDITION REPORT: There is a little gilt rubbing at the top of the lip of the jar and some glaze crazing to be expected commensurate with age and there is some gilt rubbing to the edge of the lip of the cover. Everything else appears to be in good order with no cracks, chips or reparations noted.

An 18th century Chinese porcelain tankard, later fixed with a scrolling pewter handle (10cm high); together with a Chinese porcelain bowl, the exterior rim decorated with a ruyi-style band above bats, fruits and a central Shou character, four-character red seal mark to base (12.5cm) diameter (2) CONDITION REPORT: The bowl is quite dirty inside with some discolouration that mostly rubs away. Appears to be in good general overall original condition with no chips, cracks, hairlines or restoration noted. The outside of the body appears bright and well painted and the foot also looks in good order.

A CHINESE YIXING STONEWARE KETTLE AND COVER, WITH BRONZE HANDLE, 8CM H, SEAL MARK++Minute chip to tip of spout

A Chinese porcelain Famille Rose narrow necked vase, hand painted butterflies and blossom, painted seal mark under base, height 32cm.

A Chinese blue glazed porcelain circular box and cover, hand painted butterflies and blossom, painted seal mark under base, diameter 16.5cm.

A Chinese Sang de Boeuf porcelain stemmed bowl, painted seal marks under foot, diameter 15cm, height 10.5cm

A Chinese blue and white porcelain bowl, with hand painted deities and seal marks, diameter 17cm

A fine set of 4 Chinese Republic period porcelain plates, each finely decorated with hand painted exotic birds and flower and text inscriptions, seal mark of Xiaoyu Deng, diameter 18.5cm

A pair of Chinese porcelain famille jaune vases, each of shouldered outline, profusely decorated with animals, on a yellow ground, on circular feet, double ring red seal mark beneath, 10cm high. (boxed)

A Chinese blue ground Tibetan style ewer ( Pemba Hu ) with a globular body,raised on a circular footSurmounted by a elaborately formed knopped neck decorated in polychrome enamels with gilt dragon and Buddhist emblems with seal mark to the base 21 cm (condition the ewer is with no restoration or damage, the lid is broken in several places .)

A Chinese terracotta hexagonal teapot with pierced sides with conforming lid seal mark to the base and two other unmarked terracotta teapots

A 19th century Chinese crackle ware celadon bowl 26 cm seal mark to the base

Three Chinese folding 'Pang Tao' books, each with text in Chinese and English, hand-painted illustrations and seal-impressed wooden boards, including 'Story of Eight Fairies Festival', 'Biographies of Great Scholars' and 'A Book of Famous and Beautiful Chinese Ladies from all Antiquity'

Fine Chinese Tianqiuping nine Peaches foliate decorated vase with bright gilded ground, Qianlong seal mark to base, 28cm in Height

Three early 20th century Chinese blue and white pieces, to include a square seal, the sides comically painted with dragons, 6cm x 7cm, a scroll weight with calligraphy and foliate decoration, 5.5cm high and a tapered weight with spurious Ming marks, 12.5cm high. (3)

A Victorian scent bottle, a Chinese bronze seal, etc

19th Century Chinese Bronze Planter with seal mark to base, swing carry handles in the form of Dragons and Animal & Dragon decoration

A Chinese archaistic bottle vase, bearing Qianglong seal mark

Chinese Kang Xi scroll of a cat and a vase, ink on paper and with seal mark and script 114cm x 28cm - Roger Soame Jenyns Collection Condition Report & Further Details The following lots came from the collection of Roger Soame Jenyns (1904- 1976) and are being sold by order of the executors of his younger son, the late John Jenyns. Soame Jenyns was Assistant Keeper of Oriental Antiquities at The British Museum from 1931-1967. He published several books including: "A Background to Chinese Painting" published 1935, "Chinese Archaic Jades in the British Museum" 1951, "Ming Pottery & Porcelain" 1953 etc. Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs

Chinese hanging scroll with a flower vase, flowers and a Ruyi Sceptre ink on silk 77cm x 37ccmwith seal mark - Roger Soame Jenyns Collection Condition Report & Further Details Some creasing. The following lots came from the collection of Roger Soame Jenyns (1904- 1976) and are being sold by order of the executors of his younger son, the late John Jenyns. Soame Jenyns was Assistant Keeper of Oriental Antiquities at The British Museum from 1931-1967. He published several books including: "A Background to Chinese Painting" published 1935, "Chinese Archaic Jades in the British Museum" 1951, "Ming Pottery & Porcelain" 1953 etc. Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs

Manner of Kawanabe Kyosaio (1831-1889) Women seated astride crane with attendants, signature and seal mark, pen ink and watercolour on silk, 20cm x 23cm (unframed) - Roger Soame Jenyns Collection Condition Report & Further Details The following lots came from the collection of Roger Soame Jenyns (1904- 1976) and are being sold by order of the executors of his younger son, the late John Jenyns. Soame Jenyns was Assistant Keeper of Oriental Antiquities at The British Museum from 1931-1967. He published several books including: "A Background to Chinese Painting" published 1935, "Chinese Archaic Jades in the British Museum" 1951, "Ming Pottery & Porcelain" 1953 etc. Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs

Japanese School (late 19th century) Seated figure at prayer with two further figures watercolour with signature 25cm x 36cm, Japanese drawing of figure holding umbrella, seal mark 32cm x 23cm and two other Japanese drawings (all unframed) - Roger Soame Jenyns Collection Condition Report & Further Details The following lots came from the collection of Roger Soame Jenyns (1904- 1976) and are being sold by order of the executors of his younger son, the late John Jenyns. Soame Jenyns was Assistant Keeper of Oriental Antiquities at The British Museum from 1931-1967. He published several books including: "A Background to Chinese Painting" published 1935, "Chinese Archaic Jades in the British Museum" 1951, "Ming Pottery & Porcelain" 1953 etc. Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs

A Chinese blue and white foliate and flower head decorated flattened baluster shaped vase, flanked by rope slots, bears faux Qianlong seal mark to base CONDITION REPORTS Underglaze crack to the surface of the rim. Dirty to the rim of the base. Otherwise appears in good condition.

LATE 19TH CENTURY CHINESE POLISHED BRONZE SEAL BOX, with wooden seal, the seal carved on six sides, the seal box signed to the interior, 4.5cm high

CHINESE SCHOOL (20TH CENTURY), PROCESSION OF FIGURES ON HORSEBACK, watercolour, signed and seal stamped, 28cm x 111cm, mounted, framed and under glass; along with a red fabric panel embroidered with characters in yellow and a late 20th century Chinese relief carving (3)

20TH CENTURY CHINESE PAINTING ON SILK, depicting a group of females on a veranda and a group in an interior setting, bearing red seal stamp, framed and under glass, 74cm x 100cm

EARLY 20TH CENTURY CHINESE PORCELAIN LIDDED BOWL, painted with figures in a garden setting, painted red character seal mark to base, 13cm high

20TH CENTURY CHINESE GILT METAL SEAL, of large proportions, modelled in relief with a dragon holding a pearl, the square base cast in relief with character symbols and dragons, the underside carved with character markings, 17cm high

20TH CENTURY CHINESE SOAPSTONE SEAL, of square form, the top section carved in relief with mythical bird and figure, carved to the underside, 5.5cm wide

20TH CENTURY CHINESE SCREEN, of four panels, painted with cranes perched on a tree,,with script and red seal mark, 91cm x 184cm overall; along with a similar screen painted with bamboo shoots, 91cm x 184cm overall (2)

20TH CENTURY CHINESE BRONZE OPEN CENSER, of flaring circular form, engraved with dragons amongst clouds over a continuous border of waves, with three mask supports, incised seal mark to base, 18cm diameter

CHINESE REPUBLIC PERIOD PLANTER, of rectangular form, painted with a winter scene, and with script and red seal marks to two sides, 19cm long

MID 20TH CENTURY/REPUBLIC PERIOD CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE VASE, painted with panels of figures and deities, seal mark to base, 25cm high

LATE 20TH CENTURY CHINESE YI XING TEA POT, of rectangular form and in black, decorated with one hundred Fu characters (happiness), text reading Made in Yi Xing New Village, maker Chen Guoliang, seal mark present, another artist's seal to base (Zhao Yu'e), cyclical date Jen Shen (1992), 12.5cm high, 16cm wide

REPUBLIC PERIOD CHINESE YI XING TEA POT, decorated to one side with a portrait bust of Mao in a sunburst with inscription Hua Ren Min Gong He Guo Wan (Chinese People's Republic), and to the other side with three inscriptions (Serving for the People, copy of Mao's signature and proclamation date 1.10.1949), maker Xu Xie Bao, seal mark to base, 13cm high, 15.5cm wide

20TH CENTURY CHINESE YI XING TEA POT, of flattened sphere shape with lotus-bud knop, circular seal to base and signed to handle and cover, 9.5cm high, 16cm wide

EARLY 20TH CENTURY CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE VASE, likely Republic Period, of square baluster form, painted with panels of flowers in vases and script, Ju Ren Tang Zhi, red seal mark to base, 53cm high

20TH CENTURY CHINESE PAINTED SCROLL, depicting a mountain bridge scene, signed and seal stamped, 101cm long overall

CHINESE BRONZE CENSER, Yuan impressed mark but probably Qing, of two handled, bombe rectangular form with chased, scrolling dragon decoration, on four legs, impressed seal mark, length 14.5cm, weight 1770 grms approx

CHINESE ROCK CRYSTAL UNCUT SEAL, of cylindrical form surmounted by a guardian lion,the suspension cord with a coral bead, height 4cm

CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE VASE, Kangxi marks but later, of bottle form, enamelled with birds amongst rock and flowering prunus, reduced, blue six character mark, height 21cm; together with another, similar, but smaller, with two birds amongst flowers, iron red Qianlong style seal mark, height 19cm (2)

CHINESE YIXING RED STONEWARE TEAPOT AND COVER, of octagonal form, applied with bamboo, bat and and prunus decoration, twisted bamboo handle and prunus branch finial, impressed seal marks to base and cover, height 10cm, length 19cm (2)

CHINESE YIXING BROWN STONEWARE TEAPOT AND COVER, of ovoid form with twig handle and spout, the cover with flower bud finial, impressed seal marks to base and cover, length 15cm (2)

A 19th century Chinese jade brush washer with incised decoration, a small Chinese blanc de chine model of Guanyin, a Chinese soapstone seal mounted mythical creature and various oriental items

An oriental writing set, with soapstone seal etc. and a Chinese redware teapot, impressed mark to underside

A CHINESE GREEN MATT "TEA DUST" GLAZE VASE, cylindrical everted collar, impressed seal mark, 24cm high

A Chinese porcelain bowl and cover: the exterior decorated in famille rose enamels with figures floating to a waterside pavilion, Guangxu seal marks, 10.5 cm diameter.

A pair of Chinese famille rose baluster vases: each painted with panels of auspicious objects, bats, insects, flowers and foliage on a lotus scroll green ground, apocryphal iron red six-character Jiaqing seal marks, late 19th century, 35 cm.

A Chinese painting, mountain landscape with fir trees in the foreground:, bears the seal of Wu Hang, the other seal reads "shisa ziran" (Nature is the Master of the Law), 92 x 85cm.