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Click here to subscribeA 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 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 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 cloisonné enamel seal paste box and cover, Late Ming or early Qing Dynasty, 17th-18th century, the top with stylised ho-o bird surrounded by a band of lotus flowers and foliage, the base similarly decorated, 7cm wide Provenance: Purchased by the current owner from Spink & Son Ltd, 20th May 1991, invoice no. CJ 11941. 17-18?? ??????????(??) ????: 1991? 5? 20???????? Spink & Son Ltd
A Chinese powder-blue circular seal box and cover, Qing Dynasty, with even mottled blue glaze, with Kangxi six-character mark in underglaze blue mark, 6cm diameter Provenance: Mr. Ko acquired this in Tsinan in 1928 and then by direct family descent. 'Mr Ko' worked for the Chinese Postal Service in China from 1904-1947. ?????(??) ????????(??) ????:?????????????(?????)? 1904-1947????????
A Chinese Famille Rose chicken cup, probably late Qing period, depicting Jia Chang stamping his foot to call the chickens, in a setting of blue rocks and peonies, Jia Chang is shown facing the rooster while the hen and four chicks are shown on the reverse below a lengthy poetic inscription dated Qianlong bingshen (corresponding to 1776) in black followed by two seals, qian and long , in iron-red enamel, with apocryphal Qianlong seal marks in underglaze blue to base, 6.5cm high Provenance: Mr. Ko who worked for the Chinese Postal Service from 1904-1947 and then by direct family descent. ??(??) ?????????? ????: ?????????????(?????)? 1904-1947????????
A Chinese Famille Rose polychrome seal box and cover , Qing Dynasty, with a Western Chamber scene, with Zhang Sheng playing the zither for Cui Yingying, in coloured enamels within underglaze blue floral borders with iron-red and gilt details, the interior and base in turquoise and with Qianlong four character seal mark in iron-red within square border, 5.5cm x 5.5cm square, on a fitted square wood stand Provenance: Mr. Ko who worked for the Chinese Postal Service from 1904-1947 and then by direct family descent. ?????????????(??) ????:??????????(?????)? 1904-1947????????
A CHINESE INSCRIBED PEWTER-ENCASED YIXING TEAPOT AND COVER QING DYNASTY The coin-shaped body, set with an angular jade handle, the flat pewter cover with a square jade knop, one side incised with a spray of blossoming orchid, and a poem about tea drinking to the reverse, inscribed by Zi Yun, a seal mark reading Shi De Tang to the interior, 14cm. (2) Provenance: from the collection of Christopher Blair-Myers Esq. 清紫砂包錫古幣型三鑲壺 《世德堂》款 銘文：茶味苦，水味甘，甘苦合生香。子雲刻。 來源：Christopher Blair-Myers先生收藏
A CHINESE INSCRIBED PEWTER-ENCASED YIXING TEAPOT AND COVER QING DYNASTY The square-section body, set with a jade spout, handle and knop, one side incised with bamboo, the reverse with a poem by Yun Yan, a seal mark to the interior which reads Chu Ru Da Ji, 14.5cm. (2) Provenance: from the collection of Christopher Blair-Myers Esq. 清紫砂包錫竹紋三鑲壺 《出入大吉》款 銘文：方山子，雲川子，君子之交淡如水，蕓岩。 來源：Christopher Blair-Myers先生收藏
A CHINESE INSCRIBED PEWTER-ENCASED HEXAGONAL YIXING TEAPOT AND COVER BY CHEN MAN SHENG QING DYNASTY Set with a jade spout, handle and knop, one side incised with blossoming prunus branch, the reverse with a poem by Yun Po, a four character seal to the interior Man Sheng Zheng Ji, 14cm. (2) Provenance: from the collection of Christopher Blair-Myers Esq. 清紫砂包錫梅花紋三鑲壺 《蔓生正記》款 銘文：蕓坡 來源：Christopher Blair-Myers先生收藏
A CHINESE INSCRIBED PEWTER TEAPOT AND COVER BY FAN SHU ZENG QING DYNASTY The coin-shaped body, set with an angular C-shaped jade handle, a jade knop and spout, one side incised with a spray of blossoming wild orchid and a spade coin pattern with the characters huo pu to the reverse, a four character seal mark reading Fan Shu Zeng Zhi to the inerior, 12.5cm. (2) Provenance: from the collection of Christopher Blair-Myers Esq. 清范述曾款包錫蘭花紋壺 《范述曾製》款 銘文：蘭為王者香 來源：Christopher Blair-Myers先生收藏
A CHINESE INSCRIBED PEWTER-ENCASED YIXING TEAPOT AND COVER BY YANG PENG NIAN QING DYNASTY The coin-shaped body, set with an angular C-shaped jade handle, the cover with a round white glass replacement knop, the sides incised with poems about tea drinking inscribed by Wang Qia, a four character seal mark reading Yang Peng Nian Zhi to the interior, 16cm. (2) Provenance: from the collection of Christopher Blair-Myers Esq. 清楊彭年款古幣型壺 《楊彭年製》款 銘文：王洽 來源：Christopher Blair-Myers先生收藏
A CHINESE INSCRIBED PEWTER-ENCASED YIXING TEAPOT AND COVER BY YANG PENG NIAN QING DYNASTY The bamboo-shaped body set with a jade spout and an angular C-shaped jade handle, the cover with a cylindrical jade knop, one side incised with bamboo, the reverse with a poem about tea drinking, inscribed by Guang Dou, a seal mark to the interior reading Yang Peng Nian Zhi, 15.5cm. (2) Provenance: from the collection of Christopher Blair-Myers Esq. 清楊彭年款紫砂包錫竹節壺 《楊彭年製》款 銘文: 光斗 來源：Christopher Blair-Myers先生收藏
A CHINESE INSCRIBED PEWTER-ENCASED YIXING TEAPOT AND COVER QING DYNASTY Set with a jade spout, handle and knop, one side incised with a figure seated on the trunk of a willow tree, the reverse with a longevity poem, inscribed by and signed Fu Sheng, applied seal mark to the interior which reads Qi Yuan Chang zhi, 14cm. (2) Provenance: from the collection of Christopher Blair-Myers Esq, previously in the Arthur J Harris collection. 清祁元昌款紫砂包錫壺 《祁元昌製》款 銘文：為碑為璡日月遐齡中有醴泉金石長春，符生刻。 來源：Christopher Blair-Myers先生收藏
A CHINESE INSCRIBED PEWTER-ENCASED YIXING TEAPOT AND COVER QING DYNASTY Set with a jade spout, handle and knop, one side incised with a blossoming prunus branch and a poem by Shao Yun, the reverse with a poem by Qiu Ting, a four character seal to the interior reading Fan Shu Zeng Zhi, 12cm. (2) Provenance: from the collection of Christopher Blair-Myers Esq. 清范述曾款紫砂包錫詩文壺 《范述曾製》款 銘文：秋汀、少雲 來源：Christopher Blair-Myers先生收藏
FOUR CHINESE INSCRIBED PEWTER-ENCASED YIXING TEAPOTS AND COVERS QING DYNASTY Each set with a jade spout, handle and knop, one plain, three inscribed with poems and engraved with blossoms and landscapes, one with a seal to the interior, one with a cover inlaid with hardstones, 18cm. (8) Provenance: from the collection of Christopher Blair-Myers Esq. 清紫砂包錫三鑲壺一組四件 來源：Christopher Blair-Myers先生收藏
FOUR CHINESE INSCRIBED PEWTER-ENCASED YIXING TEAPOTS AND COVERS QING DYNASTY Each with a ruyi-head-shaped body, set with faceted jade spouts and angular C-shaped jade handles and jade knops and one side incised with plants or landscapes and with poems to the reverse, all with seal marks to the interior, 18cm. (8) Provenance: from the collection of Christopher Blair-Myers Esq. 清紫砂包錫如意壺 一組四件 來源：Christopher Blair-Myers先生收藏
A CHINESE TURQUOISE GLAZED YIXING TEAPOT QING DYNASTY With a plain rectangular-section body, a faceted spout and an angular handle, with seal marks to the underside of the cover reading Zhi Yuan and a four character seal to the base, 19cm. (2) Provenance: from the collection of Christopher Blair-Myers Esq. 清宜興爐鈞釉紫砂壺 來源：Christopher Blair-Myers先生收藏
A CHINESE INSCRIBED PEWTER-ENCASED YIXING TEAPOT AND COVER QING DYNASTY The coin-shaped body set with an angular C-shaped jade handle, a jade spout and knop, the sides incised with a blossoming prunus branch and a poem about prunus blossom and the moon, inscribed Er Quan, the interior with a seal mark which reads Fan Shu Zeng Zhi, 10.5cm. (2) Provenance: from the collection of Christopher Blair-Myers Esq. 清范述曾款古幣型壺 《范述曾製》款 銘文：愛敬古梅如宿士，招呼明月到方尊， 二泉 來源：Christopher Blair-Myers先生收藏
A CHINESE INSCRIBED AND DATED PEWTER-ENCASED 'WANING MOON' YIXING TEAPOT AND COVER 1830 The moon-shaped body, set with a jade handle, spout and knop, one side incised with a fisherman, the reverse with a poem describing an autumnal night scene, signed Xi Liu, a four character seal to the interior Yang Peng Nian Zhi, 15.5cm. (2) Provenance: from the collection of Christopher Blair-Myers Esq. 清楊彭年款紫砂包錫卻月壺 《楊彭年製》款 銘文：唐寅秋日，西柳。 來源：Christopher Blair-Myers先生收藏
A CHINESE INSCRIBED PEWTER-ENCASED YIXING TEAPOT AND COVER QING DYNASTY The square-section body, set with a jade handle, knop and spout, one side incised with a blossoming prunus branch, the reverse with a poem about tea, inscribed by Qiu Ting, a four character seal to the interior which reads Fan Shu Zeng Zhi, 14cm. (2) Provenance: from the collection of Christopher Blair-Myers Esq. 清范述曾款紫砂包錫梅花紋壺 《范述曾製》款 銘文：秋汀 來源：Christopher Blair-Myers先生收藏
TWO CHINESE HEXAGONAL PEWTER-ENCASED YIXING TEAPOTS AND COVERS QING DYNASTY Set with jade faceted spouts and angular C-shaped handles and cylindrical jade knops, one with calligraphy inscribed on three sides and a flower spray to the reverse, the other with calligraphy to each face, both with moulded seal marks to the interiors, 17cm. (4) Provenance: from the collection of Christopher Blair-Myers Esq. 清紫砂包錫詩文壺 一組兩件 來源：Christopher Blair-Myers先生收藏
A CHINESE INSCRIBED PEWTER-ENCASED YIXING TEAPOT AND COVER QING DYNASTY With a half moon-shaped body, set with a jade handle, spout and knop, one side incised with bamboo, the reverse with a poem about a mountain stream amongst pine trees, signed by Yong Mao, a four character seal to the interior, 15.5cm. (2) Provenance: from the collection of Christopher Blair-Myers Esq. 清紫砂包錫卻月壺 銘文：壽盆，明月松間照，清泉石上流，永茂 來源：Christopher Blair-Myers先生收藏
A CHINESE INSCRIBED PEWTER-ENCASED YIXING TEAPOT AND COVER QING DYNASTY The body shaped as a qin, set with a jade spout, handle and knop, one side incised with a mountainous landscape, the reverse with a poem about the qin, engraved by Run Sheng, a single Wei character seal to the interior, 12.5cm. (2) Provenance: from the collection of Christopher Blair-Myers Esq. 清紫砂包錫琴式壺 《韋》 銘文：潤生 來源：Christopher Blair-Myers先生收藏
TWO CHINESE INSCRIBED PEWTER-ENCASED YIXING TEAPOTS AND COVERS QING DYNASTY Each set with a jade handle, spout and knop, both inscribed with poems and flowering branches, one with a two character seal moulded to the interior, 14cm. (4) Provenance: from the collection of Christopher Blair-Myers Esq. 清紫砂包錫詩文壺 一組兩件 來源：Christopher Blair-Myers先生收藏
FIVE CHINESE INSCRIBED PEWTER-ENCASED YIXING TEAPOTS AND COVERS QING DYNASTY Each with a ruyi-head-shaped body, four set with jade spouts, handles and knops, one with a wood handle with a moulded seal to the interior, 18cm. (8) Provenance: from the collection of Christopher Blair-Myers Esq. 清紫砂包錫如意三鑲壺一組五件 來源：Christopher Blair-Myers先生收藏
THREE CHINESE YIXING TEAPOTS AND COVERS 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY One with a ribbed body, another with the spout, handle and knop formed as bamboo branches, the third with a plain body decorated with calligraphy and the lid formed as a lotus seed pod, each with seal marks to the base and underside of the lids, 19cm max. (6) 十九世紀/二十世紀宜興紫砂壺 一組三件
A CHINESE CYLINDRICAL PEWTER TEA CANISTER BY SHEN CUN ZHOU EARLY QING DYNASTY With a yin-yang symbol to the cover, the base with a four character seal mark which reads Shen Cun Zhou Zhi, 12cm. (2) Provenance: from the collection of Christopher Blair-Myers Esq. Shen Cun Zhou (17th-18th century) was born in Jiaxing in Zhejiang province, he was a pupil of the poet Sheng Yuan (1630-1710), and as well as an esteemed metal worker, was a talented calligrapher. 清早期沈存周製八卦小罐 《沈存周製》款 來源：Christopher Blair-Myers先生收藏
A SMALL CHINESE YIXING TEAPOT AND COVER FOUR CHARACTER JIAQING MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1796-1820 The compressed pear-shaped body with a loop handle and slender spout, the base impressed with a seal mark reading Jiaqing nian zhi, 9.2cm. (2) Cf. W Janhua, Yixing Zisha Wares in the Palace Museum, p.111, no.51 for a teapot in a similar shape with the same mark. 清嘉慶宜興紫砂壺 《嘉慶年製》款
A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE 'CATS' SNUFF BOTTLE FOUR CHARACTER DAOGUANG SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1821-1850 With a flattened ovoid body painted with a white cat with a spotted tail gazing towards a butterfly on one side and with a brown and white cat to the reverse, 5.8cm. 清道光粉彩貓鼻煙壺 《道光年製》礬紅篆書款
A CHINESE MILKY-WHITE GLASS INCISED SNUFF BOTTLE 19TH/20TH CENTURY With a flattened ovoid body incised to one side with a scholar leaning against a trunk of a pine tree and a poem to the reverse reading Liu qi zai jia xu chu, Wu Shuai yi zi sun and dated ping wu nian, with a seal, raised on an oval foot, 5cm. 十九/二十世紀白料詩文鼻煙壺
A CHINESE BROWN-OVERLAY GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE, YANGZHOU SCHOOL 19TH CENTURY Carved with a cat gazing at butterflies amongst rockwork and prunus, the reverse with a boy before a table with precious objects, with a seal reading da ji, together with a bottle of slender form with lion head handles and a qin on each side, with four characters around the neck reading Da Zheng Yi Yun, 9cm. (2) 清揚州製白地套褐料博古圖紋鼻煙壺 一組兩件
A CHINESE COPPER SNUFF BOTTLE FOUR CHARACTER TONGZHI SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1862-74 With a pear-shaped body, cast with roundels to each side with a scholar in a landscape within a key fret border, a mother of pearl inset to the original stopper, all raised on an oval foot, 5.6cm. Cf. Sotheby's New York, 17th September 2016, lot 1054 for a comparable bottle. 清同治銅製高士圖鼻煙壺 《同治年製》楷書款
A CHINESE SCROLL PAINTING ON PAPER ATTRIBUTED TO XU BEI HONG 20TH CENTURY Depicting a horse standing with his head lowered, signed and with the cyclical date gui wei, with one artist's seal and one collector's seal, 104cm x 60cm. Provenance: purchased in Singapore in 1966 by the present owner.
TWO CHINESE PAINTED PAPER FAN PANELS QING DYNASTY One depicting a mountainous landscape with a village by the water's edge, with six lines of calligraphy in the centre, dated Guangxu and signed with three artist's seals, the other of a traveller on a donkey, signed and with seven lines of calligraphy to the left and one seal, both framed and glazed, 51cm across. (2)
TWO CHINESE SCROLL PAINTINGS ON PAPER 20TH CENTURY One depicting five running horses, the other with eight donkeys, the former inscribed Xu Bei Hong, the latter Huang Zhou and with two red seal marks 91cm x 51cm. (2) Provenance: an English private collection, acquired in Hong Kong between c.1960 and 1980.
A CHINESE BRONZE INCENSE BURNER QING DYNASTY With a compressed circular body and lion mask handles all raised on a flared foot, a six character Xuande seal mark to the base, 16cm, 1.3kg. Cf. Zhong Ding Ming Xiang: Rong Zhai Xuan Lu Qing Shang, the collection of Mr Liu Xi Rong, p.210 for a closely related incense burner.
TWO CHINESE BRONZE INCENSE BURNERS QING DYNASTY The larger with a flattened circular body engraved with Buddhist lion dogs, phoenix, blossoms and clouds, an inscription and bamboo leaves running along the mouth, the smaller with a plain body, each with four character seal marks which read yu tang qing wan, 22.5cm. (2)
λ A COLLECTION OF TWELVE CHINESE ITEMS QING DYNASTY AND EARLIER Comprising: two bronze buckles, a bronze lion-shaped tally, a bronze seal, an ivory archer's ring, a jade archer's ring and six hardstone animal carvings, 9cm max. (13) Provenance: from the collection of Dr J S Gordon, eight original invoices are available.
A PAIR OF CHINESE CLOSONNe CUPS FOUR CHARACTER QIANLONG MARKS AND PROBABLY OF THE PERIOD Each decorated with stylised lotus flowerheads and foliage against a turquoise ground, with ruyi-head bands to the rims, the feet and the bases of the cups with four character seal marks, 7cm. (2) Provenance: formerly an English private collection, purchased from Batemans Auctioneers.
A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ENAMEL BOXES AND COVERS LATE QING DYNASTY Each with a compressed circular body raised on a flared waisted foot, painted with cartouches containing various figures in landscapes against a blue ground with dense decoration of flowers, fruit, fans and scrolls, six character Qianlong seal marks to the bases, 22.5cm. (4) Provenance: formerly in the collection of Henry Cahill Sheridan, Assistant Director General of the Indian Post Service, acquired c.1900.
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 FAMILLE ROSE LADLE AND A BOWL 19TH /20TH CENTURY The ladle painted with four flowerheads and scrolling foliage on a bright yellow ground, with four characters which read wan shou wu jiang, a six character Guangxu mark to the base, the bowl decorated to the exterior with four Buddhist emblems between key fret bands and a four character Hongxian seal mark to the base, 22cm. (2)
A CHINESE BLUE AND RED 'DRAGON' DISH SIX CHARACTER QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1736-95 With a shallow S-shaped body with an everted rim, supported on a short foot, painted to the well with a red five-clawed dragon against blue crashing waves within two concentric bands, the exterior with nine further red dragons against waves and a floral band to the rim, 17.5cm. Cf. Tian Wu Guan Cang Ci, Vol I, pp.220-221 for plates of the same design.
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