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Chinese Yixing teapot of oval form with a handle modelled with a mythical creature, seal mark to the base, width 5in

Chinese Republic porcelain bowl the exterior decorated with four circular panels depicting exotic birds amongst floral sprays on incised blue floral ground, the interior decorated with a similar panel on yellow ground and greek key borders, with seal mark to base, D27cm Condition Report Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs

Chinese paste pot and cover, the lid decorated with butterflies, with underglaze seal mark to base and lid, D7cm Condition Report Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs

A Chinese porcelain vase with seal mark for Wang Bing Rong, circa 1900, decorated in relief with bamboo and flowers

A Chinese bronze twin handled tripod censer, Xuande four character seal mark in a line, 16cm diameter, 1544g' together with an Indian bronze figure of Ganesh, 19cm high; and another Thai bronze figure, 25cm high. (3)

A Chinese carved ivory snuff bottle and stopper, seal mark, 7.5cm high.

A Chinese 'Imperial' yellow Dowager Empress Cixi style dragon bowl, seal mark, 12.5cm diameter.

A Chinese blue ground bowl, Doaguang seal mark, of shaped circular outline, painted with chrysanthemums, 14.5cm diameter, on hardwood stand.

A Chinese doucai bowl and cover, seal marks, painted with bats above a band of flowers and a further band of waves, 14.5cm diameter.

A Chinese bronze and gilt bronze censer, seal mark, applied with two lingzhi dragons, 11cm wide. 295g; together with a small Chinese bronze wine pot, seal mark, relief decorated with gilt leaves, 9.5cm high. (2)

Four Chinese carved wooden puzzle balls, Chinese carved soapstone seal and three hardstone figures Condition:

A CHINESE APPLE GREEN DESK SEAL.

An early 20th century Chinese Famille Verte porcelain double cylindrical snuff bottle painted in enamels with a figure and table with vase to each side, with green and orange hardstone stoppers, with four character seal mark to base, height 5.5cm. CONDITION REPORT: Both spoons replaced, two small foot rim chips, surface wear and imperfections to glaze.

A 19th century Chinese porcelain cylindrical snuff bottle painted in underglaze blue with men and horse beside tree, with fragments of wax seal to the side and with six character mark to base, height 7.5cm. CONDITION REPORT: Pitting and surface marks but overall ok.

A 19th century Chinese porcelain snuff bottle of squat globular form, finely painted in enamels with grasshopper to one side and with grasshopper on basket to the other, with green jade stopper, bearing four zhuanshu script character mark to base and with fragments of wax seal to one side, height 6.5cm, and a further example painted with numerous figures surrounding a mythical beast, height 6.5cm, attached to a fitted wooden stand (2). CONDITION REPORT: Insect decorated bottle; very dirty with surface staining and scratches. Figural bottle; light surface wear.

A Chinese red glass snuff bottle of flat globular form, incised decorated with a stylised seal mark within a border of whirls to both sides, height 6cm, and a further octagonal floral decorated example (both lacking stoppers) (af) (2).

A small late 19th century Chinese bronze square four character seal, with a seated temple lion handle, height 2.8cm.

A Chinese porcelain cup with cover and saucer, each piece painted with Dogs of Fo amongst clouds and with brown glaze highlighted rims, the cup and cover decorated with longevity character seal mark to the inside, each piece with 'Jade' quality mark, diameter of saucer 10.5cm.Purchased in Bangkok. CONDITION REPORT: Generally in good condition with no obvious damage or restoration, only with some minor nibbles to the edge of the base of the cup, also a small chip to the edge of the cover under a layer of brown glazing which would indicate that it is a manufacturing imperfection, some surface dirt mainly to the saucer

A pair of Chinese porcelain circular bowls painted in underglaze blue with river landscape with boats and trees and with verses of character marks script and square seal mark to the top, unmarked to the base, diameter 14cm.Purchased at Sotheby's Chester in 1988. CONDITION REPORT: Both bowls with areas of fritting to the rims, one with chip (approx 0.7cm) with spreading hairline crack to the glaze inside, both with surface dirt to include residues of stickers, some manufacturing imperfections and vendors stock numbers to the base.

A Chinese porcelain tapering cup painted in underglaze blue with birds amongst blossoming branches, bearing Kangxi four character mark with double ring, diameter 9cm, and a further bell shaped example on cylindrical foot, painted with square seal character marks to the base, diameter 10cm (2).Both items purchased in Singapore. CONDITION REPORT: Very small area of fritting to rim and foot, small firing imperfection to glaze.

A pair of late 19th century Chinese porcelain circular bowls painted in underglaze blue with longevity circular seal mark to the centre, surrounded by four lucky bats within border of tassel and bead ornaments to the inside, with powder blue glazed outside, with square six character seal mark to the bases, diameter 13cm, on modern fitted hardwood stands (2).Purchased at Sotheby's Chester in 1990. CONDITION REPORT: One bowl with area of two chips to the outside of the rim and with few areas of nibbles/shallow chips to the inside of the rim, the other bowl with two chips to the outside and one area of fritting to the inside close to one of the chips with restoration to the base - the raised base has been broken off in approximately three pieces and reglued. Both with minor firing imperfections and surface wear commensurate with age.

A Chinese porcelain circular plate painted in underglaze blue with basket of flowers within border of clouds on blue ground, marked with square seal mark within double ring to the base, possibly early 18th century, diameter 20.5cm (af).Purchased at Parkinson & Hamer, Bury, in 1987. CONDITION REPORT: A major chip to the rim, approx 1.2cm long, numerous shallow chips to underneath of the rim and two areas of loss to the glaze/shallow chips, one hairline spreading from the rim, length approx 2.5cm, area of manufacturing imperfections to the base, no traces of major damage or restoration, rings true.

A Chinese porcelain circular plate painted in underglaze blue with birds perched on rocks amongst blossoming branches within ornamental border of floral motifs, whorls and fish scale to the rim, with square seal mark within double ring to the base, possibly Kangxi, diameter 27.5cm.Purchased at Sotheby's Chester in 1988. CONDITION REPORT: Numerous areas of nibbles to underneath of the rim, rubbing to the glaze of the edge, few chips/nibbles visible to the upper part of the rim, chips, nibbles and firing imperfections to the edge of the foot, surface wear and minor dirt, also an area of large bubble burst which has been later overpainted to the right side of the scene, rings true, with vendors stock number to the base.

A Chinese porcelain fluted rectangular tea caddy with domed top and cylindrical neck with cover (af) painted in underglaze blue with architectural landscape, with gilt heightened edges, height 13cm, and a further similarly decorated container with blossoming prunus to the top (af), with import wax seal to the base, and a square floral and ornamental decorated paste box, also a circular coaster with dome painted with figural garden scene (4).

A Chinese porcelain bell shaped jar and cover painted with two opposing panels of blossoming branches and floral sprays, each with character seal marks to two corners, on geometric ornamental ground, with two character marks to base, height 14cm.Purchased in Singapore. CONDITION REPORT: The cover with several areas of firing imperfections and some fritting to the edge, the jar with dirt and wear to surface and the base, rings true.

Four various Chinese blue and white porcelain plates to include a Swatow ware example, diameter 17cm, and a trapezoid shaped example painted with two men at a table in a garden, with import wax seal to the base (two af) (4).

A Chinese porcelain rice bowl and cover painted in enamels with butterflies and floral motifs, with circular seal mark to the base, height 9cm, a further dragon decorated bowl with iron red six character mark to base, diameter 10.5cm, and another (3).

A Chinese Ngan Ki Heung Swatow pewter cylindrical box, incised with chasing dragons to the sides and bamboo to the detachable lid, height 9cm, and a small metal bowl with two oval character seal marks to the base (2).

A Chinese lac burgaute circular dish with inlaid mother of pearl and yellow metal sheet highlighted figural scene in garden, with mother of pearl inlaid seal mark to the base, diameter 12.5cm (af), and a Phillips Auctioneers 'The Museum of East Asian Art' journal, volume VI (2). CONDITION REPORT: There are two major cracks spreading from the rim towards the base, large area of bruises and crazing to the lacquer both on the base and top. A few areas of losses along the crack lines and some areas to the rim.

A group of various Chinese ceramic items including a Yixing teapot with squirrel shaped supports and finial, length 20cm, a porcelain teapot painted in enamels with rocks, flowers and birds, unmarked, a pair of 18th century bowls (af), and a Chinese Canton Export circular plate with underglaze blue seal mark to base, height 19cm (af).

A Chinese Shoushan stone chained double seal, each with inscription to one side, width of each seal 3.5cm.

A set of four Chinese painted silks depicting birds perched on branches, three with seal mark, 29.5 x 7cm, a further example and a watercolour on rice paper depicting a seated woman, also an architectural and figural landscape embroidered panel, all framed and glazed (7).

A set of three Chinese watercolours depicting various birds, with scripts of character marks and with seal marks, 19.5 x 26.5cm, all framed and glazed (3).

A large Chinese 19th Century, late Qing Dynasty, 1644-1912 twin handled hexagonal waisted "Wu Shuang Pu" vase decorated with past Chinese ceromonial historical figures surrounded by poetic scriptures, bearing a six character Daoguang Zhaunshu seal mark to the base. Height 46.5cms. Diameter at widest point 19.5cms.

A LEMON YELLOW-GALZED CUP YONGZHENG FOUR-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1722-1735) The steep rounded sides raised on a circular foot ring, the exterior glazed with a lemon-yellow glaze, the interior reserved in plain white.A commonly-seen reign mark of the YongZheng period (1722-1735) generally followed a set format, which comprises four or six Chinese characters in a seal square or within double circles. A four-character mark of YongZheng within double circles is rarely seen while the style was utilized in his early period. A similar mark underneath this exquisite lemon-yellow glaze cup can also be discovered in the Palace Museum of Beijing from a faience porcelain piece of YongZhen collection. From a French family private collection 9 cm. (D) 5.7 cm. (H)For a similar example; lemon yellow glazed cup, Yongzhen seal mark and period, in Baur’s Collection of the prestigious Swiss collector of Chinese porcelain. Refer to Chinese Ceramics in the Baur Collection, Geneva 1999,P 224

A RED-GROUND FAMILLE ROSE ‘BAJIXIANG’ VASE, GU QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) Modelled after an archaic ritual wine vessel, the bulbous central section raised on a bell-shaped foot rising to a flaring trumpet neck, exquisitely decorated in vivid enamels with lotus flower heads borne on scrolling foliage interspersed with the Eight Buddhist Emblems, all reserved on a deep oxblood-red ground beneath a continuous band of ruyi-heads to the rim and key-fret to the foot.A similar item, see Treasures of Imperial Porcelain: Qing Imperial porcelains in Hangzhou Tu Huo Zhai Ancient Ceramics Museum, Zhejiang Provincial Museum, Hangzhou, 2001, image 130. Also Qing Imperial Porcelain of the Kangxi, Yuzheng and Qianlong regions, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1995, image. 95. A pair of Qianlong bajixiang vase sold at Hongkong Sotheby 7th Apr 2015, lot 3707From a British private collection 26.6 cm. (H) 15.2 cm. (D)

A CELADON-GLAZED DOUBLE-GOURD VASE QIANLONG SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) Elegantly proportioned, the lower globular section rising to a narrow waist and upper pear-shaped section, gently tapering to a narrow neck, covered overall with an attractive translucent glaze of pale sea-green tone.A similar item see, Qing imperial porcelain of the Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong by the Chinese University of Hongkong, Art Gallery, 1995, No.69; Chinese porcelain, the S.C.Ko Tianminlou Collection, Hongkong: Urban Council 1987, pic 106; Qing imperial monochromes, the Zande Lou Collection, by the Chinese University of Hongkong, Art Museum, 2005, vol.1,pic 118,No.42; The Tsui Museum of Art, vol.4,pic 37BLUETT&SONS 36.5 cm. (H)

MING STYLE BLUE & WHITE YU HU CHUN PING QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736 - 1795) The globular body painted in blue tones with plantain and bamboo growing beside rocks on grassy mounds, below a band of classic scroll between upright leaves and a pendant ruyi collar, the base with a band of lotus lappets encircling the splayed foot, with a band of demi-florettes decorating the foot.For a similar example, see a Qianlong blue and white Yu Hu Chun Ethereal Elegance: porcelain vases of the Imperial Qing, the Huaihaitang collection, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2007, pp. 304-305. Also see Blue-and-White Porcelain of the Ming Dynasty in The Palace Museum (Part 1), Forbidden City Publication, 2003, pp. 44-45, image 18. National Palace Museum, 1968/12, pp/ 44-45. Great porcelain of QING KANG YONG GAN, National Palace Museum, 1980, image 72. Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Ceramics, National Museum of History, 1982, p. 119. For a very similar example see Sotheby’s (Hong Kong), 7th Oct 2015, lot 3630From a Singaporean private collection: 26 cm. (H) 15 cm. (W)

JIANG ZHAOHE (1904-1986)PORTRAIT OF IVAN TITKOV, 1956 ink on paper, signed 'Zhao He' with one seal of the artist 'Zhao He', dated 1956, with dedication to 'Comrade Ivan Titkov visiting Beijing', framed and glazed50x40cm (sight)Provenance:Gifted by Jiang Zhaohe to the Russian artist Ivan Titkov (1905-1993), thence by direct family descent.Note:The painting is accompanied by a note written by Ivan Titkov: 'Jiang Zhaohe - a world renowned artist and the author of many paintings about the struggle for peace, the struggle against the militarists. In 1956, while I was on a business trip with comrade M. Mochalov, I. Sevastyanov and M. Menshikov, Jiang Zhaohe painted my portrait and presented it to me in memory of our friendship. Here it is in front of you.' Token of Friendship - Jiang Zhaohe's Portrait of Ivan TitkovWith the enormous volume of economic and cultural transfers between China and the West today, it has almost become forgotten that only decades ago, China was all but completely shut to the Western world. Between the founding of the Communist Republic in 1949 and the economic reforms in the late 1970s, China's only contact with the 'West' was with countries of the Eastern Block, in particular the Soviet Union. For Chinese artists, encounter with Russian and Eastern European artists was their only window to the art of the outside world. Many friendships were forged in the 1950s, when state-organised mutual visits between Chinese and Soviet artists were especially frequent. The friendship between Ivan Titkov (1905-1993), 'People's Artist of Siberia' and Jiang Zhaohe (1904-1986), the 'Chinese Rembrandt', is a good example. When Titkov visited Beijing in 1956, heading a delegation of Novosibirsk artists, and met with Jiang, then a member of the Chinese Artists' Association, they immediately recognised how much they had in common: both came from humble circumstances and turned as young men to art as their calling; both endured the hardships of war which informed their art; both shared in their paintings a deep sympathy for the human condition. Jiang's portrait of Titkov was completed during this visit. From Jiang's favourite three-quarter angle, it shows an artist at the height of his accomplishment looking determinedly into the distance. Confident, full of entrepreneurial energy, whilst exuding a deep humanity and compassion, the subtleties of this painting show how well Jiang understood his sitter and friend. Almost fifty years later, on Titkov's 100th birthday in 2005, this portrait would occupy a central place in his retrospective in Novosibirsk, reminding people of the great socialist-humanist artist as seen through the eyes of a Chinese painter. Jiang Zhaohe is called the father of modern Chinese figure painting for introducing Western pictorial realism, notably three-dimensionality and modelled form, into traditional Chinese brushwork. His paintings, which at a distance look like pencil drawings, are actually carried out in fine washes of ink on Chinese xuan paper, a highly unforgiving medium. Apart from reforming the traditional technique, Jiang is most celebrated for his commitment to recording the suffering of the deprived and oppressed. His masterpiece 'Refugees', portraying men, women and children displaced by the Sino-Japanese war, upset the Japanese occupiers so much that it was confiscated from exhibition twice.Ivan Titkov's paintings, similar to Jiang Zhaohe's, are characterised by the love for his people and ancestral land, in his case Siberia. In a career that spanned nearly seven decades, he devoted himself to depicting the diverse ethnicities, cultures and landscapes of this vast territory. His works, suffused with poeticism and romanticism, are painted hymns to the land of Siberia. Titkov was also a committed art teacher and initiator of the creation of regional art galleries in Siberia, the reason why he was called 'the patriarch of Siberian culture' by one art critic. Interestingly, after meeting Jiang Zhaohe in Beijing, Titkov would sometimes turn to Chinese subjects, painting actors of Peking Opera and immortals from Chinese legends.The portrait of Ivan Titkov by Jiang Zhaohe is a token of their friendship. Kept in Titkov's family until now, it will be offered for sale at the present auction.

A 19TH CENTURY CHINESE YIXING FLUTED POTTERY TEAPOT, LINER & COVER, the cover moulded with a Buddhistic lion finial, the base with a seal mark, 7.6in long including handle and spout & 3.9in high overall.

A SMALL PAIR OF CHINESE TONGZHI MARK & PERIOD BLUE GROUND PORCELAIN BOWLS, each painted with scrolling lotus, bats and Shou characters, each base with a Tongzhi seal mark, 4.2in diameter & 2in high.

A CHINESE BLUE & WHITE PORCELAIN EWER, painted with calligraphy and with a scene of figures conversing in a garden terrace, the base with a Qianlong seal mark, 7.5in long including handle and spout & 8.4in high.

A GOOD QUALITY CHINESE TONGZHI MARK & PERIOD FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN VASE, together with a fitted wood stand, the sides painted with butterflies, birds and peony, the base with a Tongzhi seal mark, 12in high overall, the vase itself 4.9in diameter at base & 11.25in high.

A CHINESE CLAIRE-DE-LUNE PORCELAIN VASE, of bulbous form with a frilled-edge neck, the base with a Qianlong seal mark, 6.75in wide at widest point & 7.5in high.

A CHINESE TEA DUST PORCELAIN TRIPOD CENSER, the base moulded with a Qianlong seal mark, 5in wide at widest point & 2.2in high.

A PAIR OF CHINESE CANTON ENAMEL JARS & COVERS, each decorated with quatrefoil figural panels, each base with a Qianlong seal mark, 5.8in wide at widest point & 7.2in high overall.

A GOOD QUALITY LATE 19TH CENTURY CHINESE MILLEFLEUR PORCELAIN VASE, the base with a Qianlong seal mark, 7in high.

A 19TH CENTURY CHINESE TONGZHI MARK & PERIOD TURQUOISE GROUND FAMILLE ROSE CUBE FORM PORCELAIN WATER POT, painted with bats and lotus, the base with a Tongzhi seal mark, 2.5in square & also 2.5in high.

ANOTHER 19TH CENTURY CHINESE TONGZHI MARK & PERIOD FAMILLE ROSE CUBE FORM PORCELAIN WATER POT, painted with scenes of birds, foliage and rockwork, the base with a Tongzhi seal mark, 2.6in square & 2.5in high.

A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE FLUTED PORCELAIN JARS, each base with a Tongzhi seal mark, 6.2in wide at widest point & 4.3in high.

A 19TH CENTURY CHINESE YIXING POTTERY TEAPOT & COVER, the cover moulded with ribboned emblems, the sides incised with calligraphy, the base with an impressed seal mark, 6.2in long including handle and spout & 4in high.

ANOTHER 19TH CENTURY CHINESE YIXING POTTERY TEAPOT & COVER, of hexagonal section ribbed form, the base with an impressed seal mark, 6.7in long including handle and spout & 4in high overall.

ANOTHER 19TH CENTURY CHINESE YIXING POTTERY TEAPOT & COVER, the irregularly shaped body moulded in relief with sprigs of plum blossom, the base with an impressed seal mark, 7.3in long including handle and spout & 3.75in high overall.

A GOOD QUALITY CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE MILLEFLEUR DOUBLE GOURD PORCELAIN VASE, the shoulders and neck moulded in relief with a bat and a chilong peering over the rim, the base with a Qianlong seal mark, 9.5in high.

A LARGE GOOD QUALITY CHINESE MING STYLE BLUE & WHITE PORCELAIN SQUARE SECTION VASE, decorated with formal foliate grounds and borders, the base with a Qianlong seal mark, 18.1in high.

A CHINESE MING STYLE MALLET FORM BLUE & WHITE PORCELAIN VASE, the base with a Qianlong seal mark, 7.9in high.

A GOOD QUALITY CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN BRUSHPOT, decorated with calligraphy and with a ruyi bearing Immortal seated on a water buffalo, the base with a stylised seal mark, 2.3in diameter at base & 4.7in high.

A GOOD QUALITY CHINESE CELADON PORCELAIN BOWL, the sides moulded in relief beneath the glaze with a band of formal scrolling flowerheads, the base with a Daoguang seal mark, 9.3in diameter & 3.8in high.

A CHINESE REPUBLIC STYLE SNOWSCAPE PORCELAIN VASE, the base with a maker’s seal mark, 7.6in high.

A CHINESE BLUE & WHITE PORCELAIN DRAGON BOTTLE VASE, the base with a Qianlong seal mark, 11.2in high.