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A Chinese Jade roundel seal of mottled brown colour carved with scrolling dragon motif and geometric patterns to the verso. Measures 5.5cms diam

A Chinese porcelain plaque Worked with flowering blossom and a calligraphic colophon, signed with red seal marks, framed, with swing handle. 24 x 37 cm. CONDITION REPORTS: Generally good condition, expected wear, some slight rubbing.

A Contemporary Chinese Earthenware vase, of baluster form, with purple striated glaze, impressed seal mark to base, 52cm

A Chinese 19th century Tongzhi square porcelain dish painted in the famille rose palette, raised on spreading foot, bearing seal mark, 21cm wide

A Chinese blue and white porcelain ewer and cover, painted with an official seated at a tea table with a young boy, bearing text to the reverse, marked with a Qianlong mark in seal but probably 20th century, 25cm high

CHINESE HARDWOOD AND INLAID BRUSH POT (Bitong) of square form, the sides decorated in relief with various hardstones with blossoming branches and insects, apocryphal seal mark, 14.5cms high; A PAIR OF CHINESE CARVED WOOD 'EROTIC' BOXES, the circular boxes carved in low relief with figures engaged in amorous positions, the sides decorated with stylised ruyi bands (3)

REPUBLIC PERIOD CHINESE YIXING 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

LATE 20TH CENTURY CHINESE YIXING TEA POTof 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

20TH CENTURY CHINESE YIXING 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

LATE 19TH CENTURY CHINESE BULB BOWL painted with stylised fish on a white ground, red seal mark to base, 20cm long

Chinese pale green glazed porcelain bottle shaped vase decorated with archaic vessels, together with symbols of good luck and longevity, the ground with tight-knit finely painted stylised foliage and scroll work, base with four character seal mark, 36.5cm high Condition: Possible professional overpainting to interior of neck, otherwise appears sound - **General condition consistent with age

Chinese yixing teapot of rectangular form, decorated with calligraphy, the underside with impressed seal mark, 16cm high, together with a square circular shaped yixing teapot having blue enamelled decoration depicting a Kylin and stylised foliage, 11cm diameter Condition: Rectangular teapot has small flake loss to one corner of cover, and tiny 'flea-bite' to tip of spout, second item has similar tiny loss to spout - **General condition consistent with age

Chinese bronze rectangular vessel, the interior walls and base with a sixty five character inscription in Greater Seal script, the exterior decorated with creatures amongst waves in relief and having mask head handles, 18cm wide exclusive of handles, on a hardwood stand Condition: Some verdigris giving a 'distressed' appearance, otherwise sound - **General condition consistent with age

Chinese carved jade wedge shaped fitting 6.5cm long, a similar rectangular panel 5.5cm long, a similar seal 3cm high, a green hardstone figure of an animal 4.75cm long, a carved soapstone figure of a deer 4cm high and an Indian marble pestle/baton, the white metal band inset with turquoise 17.5cm long Condition: First five items all sound, sixth item (pestle/baton) has losses to turquoise band - **General condition consistent with age

Georgian ivory needle case with gold inset figure and inscription "amitie sincere" c1790, a gem pendant 9ct and a Chinese seal with pad, cased. (3) CONDITION REPORT: Pendant - all pearls present although perhaps a few replacements.Verdigris present to back of pendant.Seal - base has residue, otherwise ok.Case - wear to inscription at top and some missing gilt.

A PAIR OF CHINESE VASES relief decorated with polychrome enamels, stylised animal handles, impressed seal marks to base, 18cm high

A PAIR OF CHINESE PORCELAIN PLATES with enamelled decoration of birds and butterflies amongst foliage on a celadon ground, painted seal marks to reverse, 26cm diameter; together with a pair of famille verte plates 20cm diameter (4)

‡ A CHINESE PORCELAIN ‘BOY AND CHICKEN’ CUP, QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND PERIOD (1736-1795)the steep rounded sides resting on a countersunk base, famille rose painted with a continuous scene of a boy approaching a rooster in a garden with flowering peony issuing from rockwork, with an inscription of an Imperial poem by the Qianlong Emperor and dated with the bingshen year corresponding to 17765.5cm highProvenance: Christie’s, London, 19 June 2001, lot 97

TWO CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLES, 20TH CENTURYdouble gourd ovoid, each moulded in high relief with figures against a turquoise ground, apocryphal iron red Qianlong seal marks7cm high, rim chip to one

‡ A CHINESE DAYAZHAI ALMS BOWL, GUANGXU PERIOD (1875-1908)the rounded sides rising from a countersunk base, the sides painted en grisaille with leafy branches of peony, reserved on a yellow enamel ground, with an inscription in iron red, Dayazhai and a seal, Tiandi yijia chun (Springtime in Heaven and Earth, One Family), the base with the iron-red four-character mark, Yong qing chang chun (Eternal Prosperity and Enduring Spring)25cm diameterProvenance: Christie’s, London, 22nd May 1997, lot 515

Oriental Ceramics - a Chinese vase, painted in polychrome with a landscape, red seal mark to base; Japanese Satsuma; Imari; etc.

Pair of Chinese blue and white bowls, Qing Dynasty, early 19th Century, the interior decorated with flying bats, the exterior decorated with flying amidst carrying double scrolls above foaming waves, Qianlong seal mark, 19cm diameter

A pair of Chinese calligraphic scrollsRepublic periodWritten in seal script and translating as 'To understand thoroughly things both near and far is the way to avoid giving untrue information' and 'To study hard from morn til eve, is the way a teacher prepares himself to answer his pupils questions', ink on paper.130cm x 32cm (2)PROVENANCE:Presented to Norman Scowcroft, a teacher of English in Shanghai, on the completion of his tenure in 1928.

A Chinese hanging scroll20th CenturyA girl seated contemplating flowers before working on a scroll, ink and watercolour on paper, cursive inscription and artist seal.136cm x 65cm

A Chinese' Dehua' Guanyin group, the seated bodhisattva holding a ruyi sceptre, accompanied by a standing child acolyte, all supported on a pierced rockwork base, the back impressed with square bordered seal marks, 37cm high

A pair of Chinese turquoise-ground porcelain vases, with moulded animals and birds highlighted in gold and ring handles, apocryphal Qianlong moulded six character seal marks to bases, 13.3cm high (2)

A Chinese Yixing teapot, signed by Shi Liansheng, who was active during the Republican period, with an image of a 'Han Dynasty' inscribed brick, the inside cover with impressed seal mark, 11.5cm high and a Yixing circular box and cover, signed by Shao Yunru (1879-1930) with the artist's seal mark 'yan', 20cm diameter (2)

A Chinese celadon and russet jade cicarda, 6.5cm long; a Chinese celadon and russet carved jade chilong, 4.6cm diameter; a Chinese white jade carved roundel, 5.5cm together with three hardstone roundels; a bronze archaic style pendant and a central Asian bronze intaglio seal; a Chinese celadon and russet jade pendant, in archaic style, 9.5cm diameter; a Chinese celadon and brown jade 'dragon' plaque, in archaic style,15cm long; two Chinese calcified jade archaic type carvings, each depicting stylised dragons, 16.7cm long and 13.5cm long: Provenance: Property from a deceased estate.

A Chinese blue and white brush pot, bitong, painted in underglaze blue with calligraphy, iron red seal, 15.5cm high x 20cm wide

A Chinese lavender glazed dish, with barbed rim and supported on three feet, the base with apocryphal Yongzheng incised six character seal mark, approximately 25cm diameter

A Chinese blue lavender-ground vase, decorated in blue and white and copper-red with monkeys seated on a rock before a pine tree, apocryphal Qianlong six character seal mark in underglaze blue, 26cm high

A Chinese Famille Rose Mille Fleurs box and cover, naturalistically enamelled with a mixed flowers, apocryphal Qianlong six-character seal mark in underglaze blue, possibly Guangxu,12cm diameter; a Chinese 'dragon' water pot, the ovoid body painted in brown with two dragons amongst clouds, with iron-red seal marks to the side, 5.5cm high (2)

A Chinese bronze censorWith twin mythical beast mask handles and opposing panels, each decorated with a dragon chasing a flaming pearl, the underside with cast four character seal mark. 11.5 cm high. CONDITION REPORTS: Generally in good condition, some general wear.

A Chinese bronze brush potCast in the round with figures in various pursuits amongst a pagoda and tree filled landscapes, the underside with cast four character seal mark. 13.5 cm high. CONDITION REPORTS: Generally in good condition, some general wear.

A antique Chinese patinated bronze censerOf squat circular form, with twin pierced dragon form handles, the underside with cast seal mark. 29.5 cm wide. CONDITION REPORTS: Generally in good condition, some patination wear, general wear.

A 19th century Chinese porcelain millefleurs decorated wine pot Of calligraphic form, red painted four character Qianlong seal mark to base. 22 cm high.

A small Chinese porcelain bottle vase With allover lavender glaze, the underside with applied hand written paper label; together with a small Chinese porcelain red glazed vase, the underside with six character blue painted seal mark. The former 12 cm high. (2) CONDITION REPORTS: Generally in good condition.

A Chinese blue and white pottery figure Modelled as a robed male seated cross legged on a rocky outcrop with his shoes below, the reverse with blue painted six character seal mark. 41 cm high. CONDITION REPORTS: Some crazing, some base rim chips, general wear.

A Chinese porcelain vaseThe elongated neck above the bulbous body, decorated in the round with Asiatic pheasants and butterflies amongst prunus blossoms, the underside with six character iron red seal mark. 38 cm high. CONDITION REPORTS: Generally in good condition, some glaze wear/pitting, general wear.

A pair of Chinese Ding ware bowlsEach with lotus flower moulded interiors and housed in a fitted hardwood box inscribed with calligraphic text and red seal marks. The bowls 9.5 cm diameter. (2) CONDITION REPORTS: Generally good, expected wear.

A pair of Chinese porcelain erotic vasesWell painted with figures paying each other intimate attention, opposing calligraphic text, blue painted six character Qianlong seal mark to base. 16.5 cm high. (2) CONDITION REPORTS: Both generally good condition, expected wear, some slight rubbing.

A pair of Chinese porcelain vasesWell painted with figures in a continuous garden landscape opposing calligraphic script, red painted four character Qianlong seal mark to base. 39 cm high overall. (2) CONDITION REPORTS: Both generally good, expected wear, now with lamp attachments, unexamined under mounts.

A Chinese Peking cameo glass bowl Decorated with fish amongst lily pads, the underside with four character seal mark. 12.5 cm diameter. CONDITION REPORTS: Generally in good condition, some general wear.

Chinese watercolour of a cockerel, signed with seal marks and character marks, 19ins square, framed

Chen Banding (Chinese, 1876-1970): Birds and Flowers, the birds sitting in a wisteria tree, a peony flowering beneath, a hanging scroll of ink and colour on paper, stamped with the artist's seal and signed, the characters translate as 'painted by the old man Banding, in the autumn of the year of bingxu', believed to be referring to 1946, 91 by 214cm.Provenance: Given to the vendor by a great aunt who spent two years in China and travelled extensively.

A Chinese porcelain baluster vase, of shouldered form, with iron red scroll handles, bands of lappet, Greek Key and ruyi, the body with scrolling lotus, underglaze blue seal mark (the rim extensively damaged). 31cm

A Chinese seal, cased, a Sunderland lustre mug, Woodford clock, onyx goblet, two commemorative coins, a studio pottery jug and vase

A Chinese bronzed desk seal, surmounted by a bison

A reproduction resin three-section inro, carved with lizards; together with a reproduction carved boxwood netsuke, another inro, a Japanese Meiji period shallow bowl, a netsuke in the form of a bird and fish, small Chinese blue and white jar and cover of oval form, and a boxed carved soapstone desk seal, etc

A large Chinese scroll painting depicting Chinese character marks, with seal mark

A large Chinese scroll painting depicting birds amongst foliage, signed and with seal marks

A large Chinese scroll painting depicting Chinese character marks, with seal mark

A Chinese scroll painting depicting birds amongst flowering tree, with seal mark

A Chinese scroll painting depicting mountain landscape, signed and with seal mark

A Chinese watercolour scroll painting depicting a cockerel amongst foliage, signed and with seal mark, together with two others (3)

A CHINESE PORCELAIN SHALLOW BOWL, decorated in a cobalt blue mountain landscape, 23.5cm diameter, character seal mark to base, together with a porcelain BOWL, bearing character marks to base, 12cm diameter, and one other shallow BOWL (3)

Chinese pale blue glazed cylindrical vase with incised cloud decoration, Qianlong six-character seal mark to base, H13cm x D4.5cm

Chinese tea-dust green glazed brush washer, impressed six figure seal mark to base, D18cm x H6.5cm

A Chinese Late 19th Century Demi-Lune Console Table, Chinese Camphor wood, with a highly decorative carved frieze, the demi-lune top crafted from a single piece, approx 62 x 122 x 88 cms, origins Fujian Province. Bears the Shanghai Antiquities Approval Export Seal

A Late 19th Century Chinese Teak Hall Stand, the hall stand with intricate carving depicting mythical and figural characters, small oval mirror to back, single drawer and cupboards beneath, approx 69 x 45 x 176 cms, origins Whenshou Province. Bears the Shanghai Wax Antiquities Approval Export Seal.