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A richly decorated Chinese vase (Zhaunshu) with seal script - 14cm high

A pair of full length gouache Chinese figure studies of a lady and gentleman both with red seal marks to lower right, 35x24cm together with a framed eastern ceramic panel with painted bird and peony detail, a pair of framed coloured prints relating to the Siamese Horoscope - The Cock and the Rat, a watercolour of a coastal scene, a black and white map of the Minchinhampton area, etc

A Chinese pewter cylindrical tea caddy with engraved floral pattern with seal mark to the base, 16cm high

A Chinese Porcelain Bottle Vase, Qianlong reign mark, painted in underglaze blue, iron red and gilt with dragons amongst scrolling lotus within formal borders, six character seal mark in underglaze blue, 26cm high See illustration

A Chinese soapstone seal together with a soapstone carving of a monkey

A 19th century Chinese carved ivory visiting card case, 9cm tall, together with a 19th century bone handled desk seal (2)

A Chinese jade and gilt painted seal, in the form of a dog of Fo, 11cm high

A Chinese porcelain Hu vase, Qianlong seal mark, decorated in relief with scrolling peony branches with a peacock and perched birds against a sgraffito blue ground, with twin mask handles, 32cm high

Antique Chinese carved ivory seal carved dragon decoration. In fitted box. Export not permitted without CITES approval. L7.5cms approx.

Chinese Black Lacquer Seal Paste Box and Black Soapstone Censer, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), box with incised Shou character, dia. 2 in.; censer with brass and glass cover, body incised with bats amid clouds, h. 2 1/2 in., dia. 2 7/8 in. Provenance: The Sturm Collection

TWO EARLY 20TH CENTURY CHINESE BRONZE OPEN CENSERSthe larger cast in relief with s-scrolls and symmetric loop designs, stamped seal mark to underside, 14cm diameter; the smaller censer with twin loop handles, 10cm diameter

EARLY 20TH CENTURY CHINESE CYLINDRICAL VASE painted with Chinese character writing, and with warrior figures, on a white ground, painted red seal mark to underside, 28cm high

PAIR OF 20TH CENTURY CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE VASES painted with reserves of figures, pants four character seal mark to underside, 59cm high

EARLY 20TH CHINESE VASE with fruiting vines in relief around the body, on a turquoise ground, blue seal stamp to base, 32cm high

20TH CENTURY CHINESE SQUARED VASE AND ROUNDED VASE the square vase with figure in landscape setting and with script, red mark to base, 12.5cm high, the rounded vase decorated with a winter landscape scene and with script, red seal mark to base, 8.5cm high (2)

20TH CENTURY CHINESE SQUARE SHAPED DOUBLE HANDLED VASEwith circular neck, the handles formed as elephant head and rings, decorated with birds and foliage in gold leaf, seal mark to base, 26.5cm high

20TH CENTURY CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE CYLINDRICAL BRUSH POTthe pot painted with vases and other ornamentation, 13.5cm high; along with a Chinese rice bowl, painted with a bird, butterfly and foliage, red seal mark to base, 10.5cm diameter (2)

LARGE 20TH CENTURY CHINESE OCTAGONAL LONGQUAN STYLE CELADON VASEwith underglaze stylised decoration and elephant head handles, blue seal mark to base, 38cm high

CHINESE PORCELAIN SEALof tapered circular form with loop hole, with Chenghua seal mark to underside, though probably later, painted with flowers and Chinese character mark, 8cm high

Nine Chinese enamel plates decorated with figures in a garden, on a terrace and on horseback, each with apocryphal Qianlong seal mark, 19cm diameter Condition: Several plates have scratching to the surface, whilst some have minor hairline cracks - **General condition consistent with age

A Chinese bamboo brush pot, carved with a scholar on a boat and another figure in rocks above enclosed by willow trees, seal mark and calligraphy, 16.4cm high x 10.2cm diameter

A small well carved Shoushan soapstone of an immortal , Qing Dynasty, of orange-brown colour, standing beside a lion, 5.3cm high; a Chinese Shoushan stone Buddhist lion seal , Qing Dynasty, of caramel colour, well carved with the beast looking to one side, blank seal, 3.5cm high x 2.7cm long x 1.9cm wide and another Chinese Shoushan stone , off white in colour with brown inclusions, four characters to the seal, 4.3cm high x 2.9cm wide x 1.5cm deep (3)

Two Chinese hardstone square seals, flecked in green and white, the tops carved with chilong and key-fret design and one seal with the signs of the zodiac and the other carved as nine calligraphy squares, each 7.5cm x 7.5cm Provenance: Collected in the 1930's by Lieutenant-Commander Ninian Scott-Elliot, 1911-1998 and by descent. After an education at Eton, Scott-Elliot joined the Royal Navy and was soon serving on gunboats patrolling the Upper Yangtze River. He won a distinguished Service Cross as well as being mentioned in Dispatches when serving in the Royal Navy in the Second World War. Subsequently he settled on an island in the Solomon group where he developed a large estate and behaved like a benevolent nineteenth-century laird.

Two Chinese hardwood seals , 4cm and 4.5cm high; a glass seal , 6cm high, boxed and a horn (?) seal , 5.5cm high, boxed; a wood carving of prunus , 7cm high and a carved walnut, 3.5cm long (6) Provenance: Property from a deceased estate.

A Chinese celadon-glazed double-gourd vase, elegantly potted with a globular lower bulb supporting a slightly smaller upper bulb with a narrow mouth, covered overall in a lustrous glaze thinning at the rim to reveal the white body, the recessed base encircled by an unglazed foot ring, the base with a apocryphal six-character Qianlong archaistic seal mark in underglaze blue, 20th century, 32cm high

A Chinese Famille Verte 'dragon' bowl, possibly Guangxu, the exterior with eight ribbed panels painted with green and black five-clawed dragons with iron-red flaming pearls and clouds above a wave band in green and white enamels, the interior with dragon roundel, apocryphal Qianlong seal mark in underglaze blue, 16.5cm diameter -1???(??) ??????????

A Chinese celadon glazed bitong , in the manner of Chen Guozhi , pierced and carved with a profusion of lotus leaves and fronds and covered in the thick celadon glaze, the glazed base with impressed seal 'Chen Guozhi', 27.2cm high

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 gilt-metal and porcelain pomander, 10.7cm high .; a Qingbai type circular box and cover, 6.6cm diameter and another circular box and cover , 8.3cm diameter and a Chinese porcelain bamboo shaped brush rest , glazed in brown, with apocryphal Qianlong seal mark, 25cm long (4)

A Chinese claire-de-lune 'dragon' vase, the ovoid body applied with a dragon to the neck rim, square seal mark to base in underglaze blue, 17.5cm high

A Chinese Dehua figure of Guandi, Qing Dynasty, 19th century or early 20th century, the figure shown seated, wearing a long capacious robe, the face with a stern countenance beneath a well-fitted official s cap, impressed square seal mark to back, 29.5cm high

A Chinese blue and white ginger jar and cover, late Qing Dynasty, painted with a castellated wall, pagodas and junks, with underglaze blue six character seal mark, 25cm high Provenance: Previously sold in these rooms 22nd January 1986, lot 347.

A Chinese copper red vase, of ovoid form with flared neck, Qianlong seal mark in underglaze blue to base, probably 19th century, 21cm high

A Chinese iron-red 'poem' cup, potted with deep rounded sides rising from a short straight foot to an everted rim, the exterior inscribed in iron red with an Imperial poem Sanqing Cha ('Three Purities Tea'), between two ruyi bands, apocryphal Qianlong seal mark in underglaze blue, 11cm wide

A Chinese porcelain celadon vase, of canted square section, raised apocryphal Qianlong six character seal mark to base, 30cm high

A pair of Chinese gold-ground Famille Rose bowls and covers, painted in pink, white, green and black enamels with lotus leaves and flowers, the covers and bases with apocryphal Qianlong seal marks in blue, 12cm diameter (2)

A small Chinese Famille Rose Buddhistic Lion bowl , the exterior painted with playful Buddhistic lions and brocade balls, the base with seal mark in iron red, 9.3cm diameter; Two pairs of Famille Rose Dishes , Tongzhi Mark and period, painted with pendant fruit, bats and Xi characters, 23.5cm diameter and a Chinese Famille Rose bowl , painted with a seated lady with a peach and lingzhi fungus and with characters in black referring to the gift of this bowl to a lady in 1873, 12.5cm diameter; Five Chinese Famille Rose dishes , Daoguang, variously painted with birds precious objects, flowers and insects, some with six character Daoguang red seal marks, 17.5cm to 18.5cm diameter (11) Provenance: John Wallace Ord Davidson, C.M.G., O.B.E, British Consul-General in Shanghai, circa 1936-1939, then by family descent and to the current owner.

A small Chinese porcelain 'praying mantis' vase, of baluster form painted in green, brown, blue and aubergine enamels with the long legged insect suspended from a stem, black painted calligraphy and red seal, signed Li Ming Liang , 8.2cm high

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Chinese School. Butterfly and flowers and another similar, red seal mark, 18cm x 12cm. (2)

Five late 19th/early 20th century gilt brass vestas:, two with Chinese style decoration, another with seal base,(5)

Chinese carved red stone seal

Pair of Japanese Satsuma vases, together with a lidded pair of Chinese vases with seal mark to the base, (4)

Ω A Chinese carved ivory Buddhist lion seal or carving, possibly Yuan or Ming Dynasty with a wood stand, the base with old collector's labels, 4cm high x 4cm long x 2.7cm wide, fitted wood stand Provenance: Mr. Ko who worked for the Chinese Postal Service from 1904-1947 and then by direct family descent. ? 17?? ????? ????:?????????????(?????)? 1904-1947???????? Cites Regulations Please note that this lot (lots marked with the symbol Ω in the printed catalogue) may be subject to CITES regulations when exported from the EU. The CITES regulations may be found at www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites

Ω A large Cantonese ivory two-handled vase, early 19th century, intricately carved in two parts, in a high-relief with a continuous panorama of warriors on horseback, standing figures, pine trees and pagodas, lion mask and ring handles, Qianlong mark carved four character seal mark within double line border, 38cm high x 14.5cm wide x 11.5cm deep Provenance: Mr. Ko who worked for the Chinese Postal Service from 1904-1947 and then by direct family descent. ? 19???? ???????????? ????:?????????????(?????)? 1904-1947???????? Cites Regulations Please note that this lot (lots marked with the symbol Ω in the printed catalogue) may be subject to CITES regulations when exported from the EU. The CITES regulations may be found at www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites

A Chinese Shoushan stone 'Buddhistic Lion' seal, seated on square seal base, the stone of veined caramel colour, 84g, approximately 5.7cm high x 3.2cm x 3.2cm, with fabric box Provenance: Estate Collection from a renowned Taiwanese Diplomatic Family - Cai Wanjun (? - 2011), Xu Shaochang (1913-1999), and Ye Gongchao (1904 - 1981) and to the current owner. -1??????????

Two Chinese Shoushan soapstone seals, the larger mottled caramel stone in the form of a mountain, carved one side with scholars under a pine tree, the reverse side with a buffalo and a figure with a buildings on the mountains above, signed 'Luqiao' Zhang Dayong in the year of jiwei (1919), the seal reds something akin to 'Within one inkstone, rain upon pear blossoms', 8.5 cm high x 10.7 cm wide x 1.5cm deep and the other of oval section, carved with buildings and trees in a mountainous landscape, signed, the seal reading something akin to 'Xi hua chang shi zun chou' 'Loving flowers, I always seek the sorrow of blossoms', 8.5 cm high x 5cm wide x 2.4cm deep (2) -1??????

Ω A Chinese rectangular bronze censer, with Arabic script to the two long sides and Buddhist lion handles, on fitted hardwood stand and the pierced cover with coral finial, seal mark ???? to base, the censer approximately 16cm long x 8.4cm high x 7.5cm deep, the censer 1,683g ???? ???? ??? Cites Regulations Please note that this lot (lots marked with the symbol Ω in the printed catalogue) may be subject to CITES regulations when exported from the EU. The CITES regulations may be found at www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites

An Chinese celadon jade ruyi sceptre, Qing Dynasty, of even tone, the ruyi terminal carved in relief with a fruiting peach, surmounted with a bat, the curved handle carved with 'Buddha's hand' finger citrus and peaches, the reverse with Zen Buddhism script from ???? ('the Diamond Sutra'), and the seal itself is ???? ('getting great freedom of mind'), which also refers to the sutra, 38.5cm long, with yellow tassle 清 青白玉刻《金刚经》如意Please note: The catalogue description for this lot should read Qing Dynasty or later：清代或晚Please note: should read Qing Dynasty of later 清代或晚

A Chinese white jade circular box and cover , of circular form, incised with a chilong, 5.5cm wide, wood stand; a Chinese celadon jade Tortoise seal , with seal ??? (Being respectful and obedient), 4.5cm x 4.7cm square and 4.3cm high, wood stand and a Chinese celadon and russet jade feline carving, 9.5cm long, wood stand (3) ???????

A small Chinese Famille Rose brush vase, painted with two panels of figures on pagoda terraces, between underglaze blue, iron-red and gilt floral borders, supported on four feet, the interior and base turquoise and the base with iron-red Qianlong four character seal mark and probably of the period, 8cm high ???????????

A Chinese Famille Rose saucer dish, Qianlong mark and period, painted with three flower sprays around and central small flower, the reserve with sgraffito waves and painted with bats in iron-red, Qianlong seal mark in underglaze blue, 18cm diameter, fabric covered box ??? ???????????

A Chinese celadon ground and underglaze blue ginger jar, Qianlong mark and period, the blue painted 'good fortune' characters edged in white slip, Qianlong Minyao six character seal mark in underglaze blue, 22cm high, wood stand Comparable examples are illustrated in John Ayers, Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Royal Collection of Her Majesty the Queen , published 2016 by Royal Collection Trust, Volume II, page 508 , #1281-2. ??? ????????

A Chinese Famille Rose and underglaze blue 'Longevity' dish, enamelled in pink with five bats surrounding a shou symbol, within ruyi head border, the underside enamelled in pink and underglaze blue with bats and flowers and qin symbol, six character seal mark in underglaze blue and possibly of the period, 16.3cm diameter; and two Chinese export 'Mandarin' plates, late 18th century, 22.3cm diameter (3) ??????????? 3?

A Chinese yellow glazed bowl, Qing Dynasty, of flared form and the interior white, with Qianlong underglaze blue six character seal mark and probably of the period, 15.6cm diameter ? ?????

A pair of Chinese Famille Rose jars and covers, late 19th or early 20th century, painted with pendant baskets of flowers between flowering peony trees, with apocryphal Qianlong seal marks to bases in underglaze blue, 31cm high, wood stands (2) 19????? 20???? ?????????

A good Chinese Famille Rose vase , Republican Period, the shoulder and foot decorated with foliate scrolls against a magenta sgraffito ground, the body enamelled with a continuous scene of a single figure looked from a pavilion within a walled garden and a single seated dog waiting at the gate, with turquoise rocks, green pine trees, further pavilions and distant mountains, with turquoise glazed interior and base with six-character seal mark in gilt, 28cm high, wood stand Provenance: From a private Swedish Collection acquired before 1988. ?? ????????????? ????:??????,?? 1988???

A Chinese pewter and jade mounted Yixing tea pot and cover, of flared square section and with characters including the signature Zhu Shimei , seal mark to base, 9.6cm high ??????

A Chinese bronze 'gold splash' censer, Qing Dynasty, the ovoid body with branch handles and supported on three fruit and leaf feet, Xuande two character seal mark to base, 19cm wide handle to handle and 12.5cm high, 1543g Provenance: Collected in the 1930's by Lieutenant-Commander Ninian Scott-Elliot, 1911-1998 and by descent. After an education at Eton, Scott-Elliot joined the Royal Navy and was soon serving on gunboats patrolling the Upper Yangtze River. He won a distinguished Service Cross as well as being mentioned in Dispatches when serving in the Royal Navy in the Second World War. Subsequently he settled on an island in the Solomon group where he developed a large estate and behaved like a benevolent nineteenth-century laird. ? 19?? ????????? ????:???????? Ninian Scott-Elliot( 1911-1998)??????????

A Chinese Canton enamel bowl, the exterior painted with Shou roundels on a yellow ground painted with flowers, the interior with central roundel surrounded by the Eight Buddhist Treasures, base with blue enamel Qianlong seal mark, 18.6cm diameter ??????????????