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A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE FIGURE OF WANG XI ZHI REPUBLIC PERIOD The calligrapher sits, wearing a long green robe with a dense floral pattern, his head turned towards a goose to his left side, the base with two four character seal marks, one reading Ruan Jin Kai zao, the other Fu Jian hui guan, together with a stand, 16.5cm. (2) Wang Xi Zhi (303-361), a Chinese official from the Jin Dynasty (265-420) is one of the most celebrated calligraphers in Chinese history, and a master of many styles. Wang is also said to have reared geese and the legend has it, that he learned the technique of twisting his wrist whilst writing, from observing the birds turning their necks.

A CHINESE PAINTING ON PAPER BY CHEONG SOO PIENG (1917-1983) DATED 1960 Depicting a waterside village in ink and colour, signed and with a red seal, mounted on silk, framed and glazed, 43.5cm x 94.5cm. Cheong Soo Pieng was a Chinese artist and a graduate of the Xinghua Academy of Fine Arts in Shanghai. Shortly after the Second World War he moved to Singapore, where he spent the rest of his life working and lecturing at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts. 鐘泗濱（新加坡1917-1983）《溪：抽象》 設色紙本 作於1960

A PAIR OF CHINESE IMPERIAL YELLOW AND BLUE-GROUND 'DRAGON' DISHES SIX CHARACTER QIANLONG SEAL MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD 1736-95 Each with a shallow body rising to a slightly everted rim, the centres decorated with five-clawed dragons amidst clouds and flames in pursuit of flaming pearls of wisdom, the rims with further dragons, the exteriors mirroring the design, with a band of lappets around the feet, 25.3cm. (2) Dishes of this colour and pattern were produced for the use of a fifth rank Imperial concubine. Cf. A Special Exhibition of Dragon-Motif Porcelain in the National Palace Museum in Taiwan, Taipei in 1983, catalogue no.76 which included a dish of this design. Another from the Scheinman collection was featured in the exhibition Born of Earth and Fire in The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1992, catalogue no.90. 清乾隆御製藍地黃彩趕珠龍紋碟 一對 《大清乾隆年製》青花篆書款

A SMALL CHINESE 'DRAGON' CUP SIX CHARACTER DAOGUANG SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1821-50 The flared body painted in iron red with two dragons chasing sacred jewels above breaking waves, 4.7cm. Provenance: from the collection of Gordon Mortimer (d.2002). 清道光礬紅雙龍趕珠盃 來源：Gordon Mortimer收藏（逝于2002）

A CHINESE BRONZE INCENSE BURNER BY HU WEN MING LATE MING DYNASTY The rectangular body decorated to the sides with dragons chasing sacred jewels and phoenix amidst clouds, with two handles shaped as chilong dragons supported on four legs, with a four character seal mark to the base which reads Hu Wen Ming zhi, 13.5cm, 840g. 明晚期銅鎏金螭龍紋方爐 《胡文明製》款

A RARE CHINESE IMPERIAL BLUE AND WHITE 'BAJIXIANG' WINE CUP SIX CHARACTER QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1736-95 Decorated with the bajixiang (the Eight Buddhist Emblems) above stylised lotus flowerheads between double bands to the rim and the foot, 6.8cm. Provenance: formerly in an American private collection. Cf. Splendor of the Qing Dynasty, p.267, no.134 for a set of four related cups and stands. 清乾隆青花八吉祥小盃 《大清乾隆年製》青花篆書款 來源：美國私人收藏

A CHINESE INSCRIBED PEWTER-ENCASED 'BA BU ZHENG' YIXING TEAPOT AND COVER QING DYNASTY The pentagonal body set with a faceted jade spout, handle and knop, the ten triangular sides incised with blossoming prunus branches and poems about prunus blossom inscribed by You Zhu, a seal mark reading Shi De Tang to the interior, 15cm. (2) Provenance: from the collection of Christopher Blair-Myers Esq. 清紫砂包錫八不正壺 《世德堂》款 銘文：仙掌露，雀舌新，欲與梅花作早春，一泓水比玉壺清。友竹。 來源：Christopher Blair-Myers先生收藏

A Chinese porcelain miniature slab bottle painted to one side with three figures and plants, the reverse with a painted mark, perhaps a signature (height 8.8cm), and a blue and white Chinese porcelain plate decorated with flower and stylized leaves, the reverse with studio mark and a putty customs seal, diameter 17.5cm

Chinese Yixing style dark brown pottery tea pot with a lion finial lid, inscriptions to body and seal mark to base (height 12cm), together with a terracotta tea pot and lid with slip drawn inscriptions, landscape and seal mark (height 9.5cm); also a Chinese pottery figure A/F (7.5cm), and an 18th/19th century English tea bowl hand painted with flowers

Japanese or Chinese carved stone seal, octagonal, carved with dragons and landscape and a seal to each end (height 8cm), and a black stone square seal engraved with Chinese or Japanese characters (height 4.8cm)

A very large, superb quality, signed, 20th century, Chinese, hand-painted facsimile of an 11th century, Buddhist, Magao cave painting, watercolour and gouache on paper, depicting a proliferation of flowers including the centrally-placed lotus flower with turquoise centre, flaming pearls of wisdom and four, soaring angels with flowing robes in the upper-ground, professionally framed and glazed, Sight Size: 55.5 x 150 cm. Provenance: Commissioned and purchased in Dunhuang, China and painted by the local master painter for the client, signed vertically along the far left-hand side of the painting in black, Chinese characters and with three red seal marks.

A Chinese Celadon Bowl with central reserve decorated with houses in a mountainous landscape, seal mark to base, 28.5 cm

A Chinese Yixing Miniature Teapot, impressed seal mark to base

Chinese carved white jade seal dog of foe and Chinese silver small jade shaped box (2)

Two Chinese Yixing teapots, the first of square form enamel decorated with two figures in a garden, the second of cylindrical form enamel decorated with a stylised pattern, both with partially impressed seal marks, tallest 14cm

A Chinese Qing Dynasty 18th Century porcelain vase of compressed rectangular baluster form with lion mask handles, under glaze blue and red decorated with wild birds to a landscape with rocks and trees between celadon glazed borders with shallow relief moulded geometric decoration, bears a Qianlong seal mark, height 27cm. BR 1944/26

A 19th Century Chinese blue and white ovoid vase decorated with hand painted figures in conversation amidst floral panels with birds, insects and butterflies, the neck with a tessellate pattern with four cartouche panels, bears painted four character mark Zhuanshu script seal mark to the base, height 24cm

A Chinese Qing Dynasty, Qianlong period famille rose Buddhist Emblem alter vessel modelled in openwork with twin carp amongst foliate scrolls set within a broad ring decorated with scrolling lotus, supported on an elaborate pedestal formed of a large petalled lotus pod with a turquoise top detailed with seeds, above a central post with a multi-coloured herringbone motif flanked by feathery scrolls, resting on a domed circular base enameled on the white ground with pendant pink, yellow and blue petal lappets enclosing flames, the foot ring decorated with a pink, red and green key-fret border, the underside glazed turquoise and inscribed with an iron-red seal mark and period Qianlong within a central cartouche reserved in white, height 29cm. BR - 1944/55 Lot notes - Sets of eight Buddhist Emblems were produced to ornament altars, to see a complete set of famille rose stands of this type pictured in situ on the altar of the Fanzong Lou (Hall of Buddhism) in the Forbidden City, Beijing, illustrated in Cultural Relics of Tibetan Buddhism Collected in the Qing Palace, Beijing, 1992, pl. 99-1..

A pair of Chinese Qing Dynasty 18th Century porcelain dishes of shallow circular form hand painted in underglaze blue heighted with enamel colours with peony flowers to the central well within double line borders, the reverse with matched decoration, seal mark and period of Qianlong, width 20cm, S/D (2)

An 18th Century red ware tea-pot and cover, the cylindrical body engine turned with chevrons and the cover with wavy reeded bands, the handle basket moulded, pseudo Chinese seal mark - end of spout damaged, chips to cover, crack to top of handle

A Pair of Chinese Porcelain Bowls, each decorated with serpents amongst foliage upon a blue ground, red seal mark to base, 17 cms diameter

A 19th Century Chinese Bowl, decorated in coloured enamels with Bats amongst Foliage, blue seal mark to base, together with a matching dish, 14 and 13 cms diameter

A 19th Century Chinese Porcelain Bowl with a foliate decoration upon a blue ground, red seal mark to base, 14.5 cms diameter

A 19th Century Chinese Porcelain Small Bowl, decorated in coloured enamels with figures incised with waves, red seal mark to base, 11 cms diameter

A 19th Century Chinese Porcelain Jeune Bowl, decorated with a continuous band depicting serpents amongst foliage, red seal mark to base, 12 cms diameter

A Chinese Porcelain Bowl, decorated in underglaze blue and iron red, with Daoguang seal mark to base, 21 cms diameter

Chinese porcelain plaque in the style of He Xuren, depicting a winter scene with a figure and a boat in a landscape, with calligraphy and two red seal marks, in hardwood frame, visible plaque size 23.5cm x 12.5cm. not been out of the frameappears light crazing to the glaze and scratching

Chinese blue glazed bowl with a band of floral decoration, blue seal mark to base, 24cm diameter,.

Chinese doucai dish, with scrolling decoration, blue seal mark to base, 20.5cm diameter,.

Chinese pale celadon glazed vase of lobed form with crackle glaze, blue seal mark to base, 6.5cm high,. Crackling stained to varying degrees.Two small areas on rim where glaze has not taken.

Chinese pale celadon crackle glazed vase, blue seal mark to base, 20cm high,.

Chinese sang de boeuf glazed saucer dish, blue seal mark to base, 15cm diameter,. Glaze scratches.Crack from rim approximately 1-1.5cm long.

20th century Chinese porcelain plate decorated with a figure sweeping in a winter landscape, with calligraphy and two red seal marks, stamped four character mark to base, 25cm diameter,.

Chinese white and brown mottled uncut jade seal, carved with dragons, 7cm wide, and an oval uncut spinach jade seal carved with a dragon in low relief and geometric pattern, 6cm wide, (2),. Spinach jade seal - Small frits around base and top rim. Has been drilled across top.Dragon seal - Frits and nibbles to exposed edges.Both with light wear and tear.

Chinese scroll painting depicting prunus blossom, with calligraphy and red seal mark, framed, 146cm x 59cm,.

Chinese scroll painting depicting a lady seated on a rock in a garden, with calligraphy and two red seal marks, framed, 132cm x 61cm,.

Chinese scroll painting depicting three ladies in a garden, one with a rui sceptre, another with a vase, the other with peaches and a cup, with calligraphy and red seal mark, framed, 110cm x 56cm .

Chinese scroll painting depicting figures in a landscape with buildings, with calligraphy and red seal mark, image size 95cm x 46cm,.

An unusual Chinese carved hardstone snuff bottle seal, early 20th century, H. 5.5cm.

An early 20th century Chinese carved soapstone seal, H. 8cm.

A mid 20th century Chinese pink hardstone seal mounted with a young dragon, 4.5 x 4 x 4cm.

CHEN WEN HSI (1906-1991) FINGER PAINTING ink and colour on paper, depicting two magpies perched upon a flowering white magnolia tree, signed 'Wen Xi Zhi Mo' (Wen Hsi's finger painting', with one seal of the artist, framed and glazed 40x30cm (sight) Provenance: Gifted by the artist to Mrs Valerie Stevenson, a New Zealand-born painter and art teacher who studied Chinese painting with Chen Wen Hsi in 1975 whilst living in Singapore. This lot is accompanied by a newspaper clipping dated 31st August 1975, which features a photograph of Chen Wen Hsi with the present painting, surrounded by his Western and Chinese students (Valerie is the second from the right).

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN BUTTERFLY VASE, the sides decorated with a profusion of butterflies and floral sprays, the moulded handles of ruyi sceptre form, the base with a Qianlong seal mark, 7.25in wide at widest point & 9.2in high.

A 19TH CENTURY CHINESE YIXING POTTERY TEAPOT & COVER, the sides and cover moulded with sprigs of plum blossom, the underside of the cover and the base each with a seal mark, 7in long including handle and spout & 4in high overall.

A GOOD QUALITY CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN VASE, painted with a cockerel and hen in a garden setting of bamboo, rockwork and peony, the base with a Yongzheng seal mark in blue enamel, 8in high.

A FINE QUALITY CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE MONTH CUP, painted with prunus blossom representing the first month, the reverse with a poem and a seal mark, the base with a six-character Kangxi mark, 2.6in diameter & 1.8in high.

A 19TH/20TH CENTURY FRAMED CHINESE CREAM GROUND EMBROIDERED SILK PANEL, decorated with bamboo and blossom beneath calligraphy and seal marks, the frame 38.3in x 9.1in

A GOOD LARGE 19TH/20TH CENTURY CHINESE IVORY CARVING OF A SCHOLAR, standing and holding a folded book, some of the details stained in black, the base with a Qianlong seal mark, 13.75in high.

A SMALL CHINESE TURQUOISE GLAZED PORCELAIN BOTTLE VASE, decorated beneath the glaze with formal lotus, the unglazed base moulded with an indistinct seal mark, 5.1in high.

A 20TH CENTURY CHINESE MOULDED CELADON PORCELAIN VASE, decorated with meandering lotus, the drilled base with part of a seal mark, 12.5in high.

A GOOD QUALITY CHINESE CELADON GLAZED PORCELAIN JAR, the shoulders moulded beneath the glaze with repeated studs, the base with a Yongzheng seal mark, 8.4in wide at widest point & 8.1in high

A LARGE GOOD QUALITY CHINESE BLUE & WHITE PORCELAIN HU VASE, decorated with formal scrolling lotus, the base with a Qianlong seal mark, 13.9in high.

A CHINESE TEA DUST PORCELAIN ARROW VASE, the base with a Qianlong seal mark, 8.6in high.

A CHINESE PORCELAIN FIGURE, of a seated female liuqin player, the base with impressed seal mark and calligraphy, 9.75in high.

A CHINESE COPPER RED PORCELAIN VASE, the sides decorated with scrolling leaf-stemmed peony, the base with a Qianlong seal mark, 12.5in high.

A LATE 19TH CENTURY CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN TEABOWL & SAUCER, each painted with butterflies and foliage, each base with a seal mark in iron-red, the teabowl 4.2in diameter & 1.8in high, the saucer 5.25in diameter.

AN 18TH CENTURY CHINESE YONGZHENG PERIOD BLUE & WHITE PORCELAIN SAUCER DISH, circa 1730, the interior painted with a dragon about to grasp a flaming pearl amidst cloud scrolls, the base with a seal mark, 6.1in diameter.

A SMALL CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE SQUARE SECTION PORCELAIN BOX & COVER, the domed cover decorated with a river landscape scene, the base with a Qianlong seal mark, 2.4in square & 1.6in high overall.

A CHINESE MING STYLE COPPER RED PORCELAIN VASE, decorated with a design of scrolling lotus and ribboned emblems between formal borders, the base with a Qianlong seal mark, 14.75in high.

A 19TH/20TH CENTURY CHINESE MING STYLE GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF A SEATED BODHISATTVA, seated on a double lotus plinth and bearing an attribute in his hands, the hems of his robes with classic scroll borders, the reverse with a wax export seal, 6.9in high.