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Chinese Jade Figure, of a female sitting lady with seal, light green jade with grey veins, 18/19th century, 24 cm high.

A Chinese blue and white dish, the centre field decorated with five toed dragon chasing a pearl, within a cloud decorated inward folding rim, the inset circular centre bearing Qianlong seal mark underglazed, 10.2 cm diameter x 2.5 cm high, on an associated wooden stand CONDITION REPORTS Very dirty to the inside. Has firing faults throughout. Otherwise general wear and tear conducive with age and use - see images for more details. The stand appears to be relatively modern. Some surface scratches, in need of a clean.

A Chinese turquoise glazed onion-shaped vase with narrow neck raised on a circular foot, 15 cm high, together with a modern blue and gilt decorated vase with bamboo and stripped decoration, bearing gilt seal mark to base, 16 cm high (2) CONDITION REPORTS The turquoise vase has several chips to the top rim and chips to the base. There is a large area of glaze missing/firing fault to the body. The blue vase has gilt missing/wearing in various places. There are a couple of heavier scratches and firing faults. Both have general wear and tear conducive with age and use - see images for more details.

A Chinese porcelain Republic period type vase, 20th century, bearing 'Qianlong Nian Zhi' seal mark, of rouleau form with flared rim, externally decorated in famille rose enamels depicting figures seated within a garden, signed, 19.5cm highCondition report; Overall appearance is good. Decoration appears bright with little colour or enamel fading. No obvious signs of restoration. Rim appears to be free from chips. Small glazing imperfection to the interior of body. Some light scratching to the surface throughout. Some smudging to decoration is visible however generally in rather good order.

A large Chinese porcelain blue and white baluster vase, 19th century, the baluster shaped temple jar decorated with a continuous frieze of figures, within borders of flora and fauna, bearing seal mark to the underside, 40cm high (at fault)Condition report; Rim extensively at fault and requires professional restoration. Rim with further hairline cracks and chips. Interior extensively stained. Exterior with pitting and surface scratches (please see additional images to follow). 

A pair of large Chinese porcelain cylindrical vases, Republic Period, each with two oval panels painted with Daoist mythical figures including Li Tieguai, Guanyin and Putai with inscriptions against an orange ground, and seal marks40.5cm highVase 1 - chip on rim Vase 2 - good stateThe tops - 22cm diam The bases - 17.5cm diam

A Chinese faux bois/marble porcelain bowl, of ogee outline, painted with a man in a punt near an island with tea pavilion, within mottled bands, seal mark of Qianlong but later 7.3 x 14.75cmvery good condition throughout but not of the period

A Chinese wucai porcelain cup, late Ming Dynasty, circa 1600, high footed, painted with three sprigs to the outside wall and one to the interior, blue parallel line borders, ruyi head mark to the base 6 x 8.6cm; a late Ming blue and white saucer dish, circa 1550-1600, painted with a fo dog roundel, debased seal mark 13.4cm diameter (2)Bowl - small niggles around the rim, small firing fault to the rim. Saucer dish - small area of black pitting to the rim, sea debris to the underside

A Chinese egg and spinach glazed deep bowl, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Emperor, circa 1700, with everted rim, hatched square seal mark in underglaze blue 19cm diameter; a Chinese pottery "leopard spot" glazed smaller bowl, 19th century 14cm diameter (2)Provenance: The Frank Herrmann collectionEgg n Spinach - large retored area below the rim. scratched. a.fLeopard spot - chip on inner foot rim. Small glaze losses on main rim.

A pair of Chinese Wu Shuang Pu porcelain hexagonal jardinieres, each painted with three historic figures including Tao Yuan Ming (365-427), Wen Tian Xiang (1236-1283) and Dong Xian (23-1 BC) alternating with extensive poetic inscriptions, apocryphal Daoguang seal mark in overglaze red23 x 16.5cmGood condition

A Chinese blue and white porcelain phoenix vase, late Qing Dynasty, the ovoid body applied on the rim with a dragon and a bat, over three phoenix medallions, bearing Qianlong blue seal mark but later17cm highGood condition

A pair of 20th-century Chinese famille rose rouleau vases, decorated with jays on blossomed branches, Nian Qian Zhilong seal marks in overglaze-red, 33.5cms. (2)

A PAIR OF CHINESE CRACKLE GLAZE VASES AND COVERS of inverted baluster form painted in underglaze blue with flowering shrubs and birds to brown borders incised with waves and flowers, incised brown seal mark to base, 25 1/2" high (Est. plus 24% premium inc. VAT)Condition Report: One cover lacks a large piece and a larger piece glued with loss, the other knop has a small chip to animal knop and chip to rim, one vase has a chip and flake to rim

A CHINESE PORCELAIN SMALL COFFEE POT AND COVER of baluster form with ear shaped handle, the domed cover with ball finial, painted in pastel enamels with figures in mountainous landscapes, unmarked, 7" high, together with a vase of flared rounded cylindrical form, similarly painted with two roundels enclosing houses in landscape on a burnt orange scattered flower ground, orange seal mark to turquoise glazed base, 5 1/2" high, wIth pierced hardwood cover (2) (Est. plus 24% premium inc. VAT)Condition Report: Pot in remarkably good condition, no restoration, a minute flake to rim and just minor wear to gilding. Vase has the neck reduced, no restoration but quite a few obvious surface scratches.

A CHINESE SANG DE BOEUF GLAZED VASE of baluster form with two fixed ring and tassel 'handles', with violet, lavender and celadon shading to the rim, thickly glazed over seal mark to base, 9 1/4" high (Est. plus 24% premium inc. VAT)Condition Report: No chips or restoration, large extended firing crack to base, firing cracks and extended hairline cracks to foot rim

Two Chinese figures one polychrome decorated sat in chair height 34cm (bearing damage) and a gilt ground buddha, impressed seal mark to base, height 27cm 

A two Chinese dishes one with polychrome decoration of butterflies with seal mark to base, 24.5cm and another dish with fruit to centre orange underside with bat and Chinese characters to the base, diameter 26cm

A pair of Chinese famille rose wine cups decorated with deities to the outside, seal mark to base height 5cm 

A Chinese porcelain baluster shaped vase decorated in under glaze blue with battle scene, bronzed effect frieze and handles, seal mark to base, 41cm

A Chinese crackle glaze bottle shaped vase in white, ht. 27cm, seal mark to base

A Chinese porcelain vase of globular form with elongated neck and everted rim, decorated in underglaze blue with dragons on yellow ground, seal mark to base, 38cm

A Chinese bowl with pink ground, circular panels of vases and objects, seal mark to base, diameter 15cm

A Chinese famille vert bowl decorated with traditional house with fishing in the river, seal mark to base, diameter 16.5cm 

A Chinese blue and white dish with figures and trees, seal mark to base, di. 18.5cm

A modern Chinese dragon decorated vase with seal mark to base, height 23cm and a Chinese blue and white vase, height 25cm

A large Chinese Republic period Imperial yellow heavily carved soapstone seal depicting mythical animal to top scrolling dragon decoration to sides height 12cm

TWO MODERN CHINESE FOLDING BOOKS OPENING TO REVEAL A TOTAL OF EIGHTEEN WATERCOLOURS ON PAPER OF LOHAN (Buddhist Disciples) each with calligraphy and a red seal, together with ANOTHER ENCLOSING FIVE FLORAL IMAGES, each with silk boards, when closed each 12" x 7 ¼" (30.5cm x 18.5cm) (3)

A Chinese bone inro, three sectional, flower and butterfly decorated, another Chinese three sectional inro, relief decorated, a soapstone seal and terracotta warriors no 1 boxed

Bearing the name of Jiao Bingzhen (焦秉贞）(active 1689-1726)'Yichou Yuexia Xuanyuchuang' (A Noble Lady Painting in a Garden)signed Jiao Bingzhen, a traditional Chinese ink painting, Qing dynasty, 129cm x 66cm (the image only), with seal 'Bingzhen', also other various seals, eg. 'Qianlong Chenhan'（乾隆宸翰), 'Jiaqing Yulan Zhibao'（嘉庆御览之宝), ‘Xianfeng Yulan Zhibao’（咸丰御览之宝), 'Xuantong Yulan Zhibao'（宣统御览之宝), etc. Note: Jiao Bingzhen was one of the best and the most influential royal court painters during Emperor Kangxi reign (1662-1722)

A late 19th or early 20th century Chinese Yixing 'tree-trunk' teapot, the flat cover and body with moulded prunus decoration, impressed 'mouse' mark to base and two-character signature under the cover 'Rong Qing' 9 cm high to/w another Yixing globular teapot with domed cover and moulded relief 'dragon and phoenix' design, also with impressed seal mark and signature, 11 cm high (2) Tree trunk teapot with chips to underside of cover and foot, the globular example with sticky tape residue 

A Chinese yangcai double walled vase, the lotus scroll blue and white cylindrical inner vase partially revealed by a pale green archaistic reticulated exterior with four double fish roundels, the neck, shoulder and foot painted in famille rose palette polychrome enamels with lotus scroll on yellow cell ground, bearing Qianlong six-character seal mark but not of the period, 40 cm high Multiple hairlines, small losses and areas of repair to reticulated exterior, some wear to enamels and gilding

A Chinese bronze circular basket-weave design box and cover, the top with two gilded high relief dragons and stylised clouds, seal script mark to centre of the base, 12 cm diameter x 6 cm high

Three 20th century Chinese monochrome vases; a copper red yao-bian flambe glazed bottle vase, 23 cm high; a royal blue double gourd vase with Qianlong seal mark 26.5 cm and a twin-handled celadon vase with light green glaze and moulded floral decoration, 23 cm post Qing dynasty (3) Celadon vase with hairline to body, otherwise all in good condition

After Wang Xuetao - A 20th century Chinese scroll painting of roosters and flowers, calligraphic inscription and red artists seal, ink and colour on paper within silk brocade mount, image size 136 cm x 68 cm

A 20th century Chinese watercolour on fabric painting of birds and prunus with calligraphy inscription and seal marks, mounted framed and glazed, 68 cm x 40 cm (image size)

A Chinese doucai pear-shaped vase, painted in underglaze blue and polychrome enamels with interlinking lappets and ruyi-shaped cartouches incorporating stylised floral and foliate designs, the base with six-character Qianlong seal mark in underglaze blue but post Qing dynasty, 31 cm high Good condition without damage, light surface wear only

Two 19th century Chinese famille rose cylindrical hat stands painted with figures on a garden terrace and interior scenes in polychrome enamels below black calligraphic inscriptions, gilt banding below the rim and red four-character seal mark to each base, late Qing dynasty, 28 cm high Both with wear to enamels and gilding, the stand painted with a garden terrace has a large hairline and repaired chip to rim with sellotape around the top and 'm464' in black marker pen 

Five antique and later ginger jars including a 19th century Chinese famille rose ginger jar with pierced wooden cover painted with a lotus pond landscape, late Qing, 19 cm o/a; smaller famille rose jar and cover painted with a songbird perched amongst prunus, Tongzhi seal mark to base (1862-74) 11 cm high; a large green glazed jar decorated with shou symbols with hardwood cover, 20 cm; a Nanking famille rose jar and cover painted with a battle scene, 15 cm and a later blue and white example (5)

After Zhao Boju - A 20th century Chinese hand-scroll painting of a Xiangshan mountain landscape view, ink and colour on silk, 84 cm x 40 cm to/w another silk scroll painting after Feng Shu depicting a wading bird below overhanging autumnal leaves with inscription and red seal, 84 cm x 38 cm and a calligraphy scroll, black ink on paper, 66 cm x 33 cm (3)

After Xu Beihong (1895-1953) A Chinese hand scroll study of a horse, ink and colour on paper, 96 cm x 44 cm to/w a 20th century Tang Yin print of a maiden mounted as a scroll, 72 cm x 37 cm and another scroll painting of a bird perching over flowers, ink and colour on paper with inscription and seal, 96 cm x 52 cm (3)

A late 19th or early 20th century Chinese (possibly Shiwan) polychrome pottery rooster standing on naturalistic base, impressed seal mark c/w hardwood stand Several chips, losses, three loose 'feathers' present but detached

A Chinese monochrome cylindrical brush pot, bitong, the exterior decorated in high relief with a fierce dragon in pursuit of the flaming pearl amongst stylised clouds with crashing waves at the base, impressed Wang Bingrong seal mark to the centre of base, 4 cm high  Firing cracks and some small losses

A large late 19th or early 20th century Chinese 'Assembly of Gods' picture signed 'Qian Hui An' (1833-1911) painted and printed with Buddhist, Daoist and Confucian deities as well as various mythical beasts and other iconography, lower left calligraphy inscription and red artist seal, 142 cm x 78 cm silk mounted within a decorative gilt frame

A Chinese yangcai double walled vase, the lotus scroll blue and white cylindrical inner vase partially revealed by a pale green archaistic reticulated exterior with four double fish roundels, the neck, shoulder and foot painted in famille rose palette polychrome enamels with lotus scroll on yellow cell ground, bearing Qianlong six-character seal mark but not of the period, 40 cm high Some light wear to gilding and enamels 

A Chinese famille rose blue ground vase decorated in high-relief with a dragon flying over various Daoist immortals upon clouds (one riding a tiger) painted in bright polychrome enamels surrounded by gilt painted stylised bats, shou symbols and clouds and three various gilt Qianlong seals, with decorative key-fret, ruyi-head and plantain leaf banding, the interior and underside of the spreading foot with light a turquoise centered by an impressed gilt Qianlong six-character seal mark but probably post Qing dynasty/20th century, 41 cm high

Four Chinese Yixing teapots; a lobed teapot and cover with guardian lion finial 10 cm; a 'dragon' design example with moulded decoration and moving dragons head within the cover in the manner of Huang Yulin, impressed mark to base 9.5 cm high; a smaller example moulded with ducks, flowers and seal script inscription, 8 cm and the fourth with writhing dragon design with conforming cover, 10 cm (4)

A Chinese Song dynasty (960-1279) brown glazed globular pot with museum label and lead seal, 9 cm high  Rim chips and wear commensurate with age 

CONDITION REPORT AMENDMENT A late 19th or early 20th century Chinese famille rose vase, probably late Qing or Republic period, painted in bright polychrome enamels with figures, small dwellings and tall pine trees in an idyllic mountainous landscape, turquoise glazed interior and base with six-character Qianlong seal script mark in underglaze blue, 41 cm high Some losses to enamels and surface wear, small foot rim chip, very small rim chips and a 1 cm (approx) hairline at the rim, brown dressed rim possibly refinished 

A Chinese variegated green stone seal, carved as a horse and with cylindrical base, measuring 12cm tall

A large Chinese blue and white pottery charger, of dishes circular form decorated with stylised clematis flowers against a dense foliate ground, all within a repeating border, hand-painted four character mark to underside 47cm, sold along with a transfer printed blue and white dish, a Japanese blue and white porcelain teabowl with six character mark to base and a modern Chinese bowl with blue and iron red decoration, seal mark to base good condition.

Chinese 'thousand flowers' gilt ground circular bowl, four-character seal mark to base (approx 26cm diameter), together with a Famille Rose ceramic figure of a recumbent cat

Chinese School, figure by a tree with mountains above, watercolour, signature marks and red character seal upper right, 41 x 30cm, Chinese School, boats with figures on the water, watercolou, signature marks and red character seals upper right, 33.5 x 45cm together with Chinese School, view from a hill to the water, watercolour, signature marks and red character seal upper left, 21 x 24cm, each mounted onto Chinese silk fabric, each framed and glazed

Four Chinese porcelain trinket boxes with white metal mounts depicting dragons, birds & butterflies, and a small famille verte teapot & cover with white metal mounts (approx 12.5cm), each with seal marks to bases

Chinese School, landscape scene with sailing boats, mountains beyond, signature marks and red character seal upper left, 46.5 x 43.5cm, Chinese School, waterfalls, with hut below, signature marks and red character seal upper left, 47 x 43.5cm, Chinese School, study of greenery, wheelbarrow and corn on the cob in the foreground, print heightened with watercolour, signature marks and red character seal lower left, with further red character seal upper right, 66.5 x 66.5cm, each framed and glazed

Chinese School, landscape scene, watercolour, with character marks and red character seal upper left, 128cm x 63cm, mounted and rolled as a scroll, Chinese School, figures in a village flying kites, 51 x 102cm, mounted and rolled as a scroll, boxed, another painting rolled as a scroll, Chinese School, female nude, watercolour, black character marks and red character seal middle right and further red seal upper left, 66cm x 131cm and a Chinese embroidered scroll, cased

Chinese polychrome glazed jar / vase of bottle neck form with bulbous body, painted with birds and flowers to an apple green ground, iron red seal backstamp, 15 x 22cm.

A collection of five Chinese porcelain plates, 18th century, including undergalze blue and famille rose decorated examples, largest dia.23cm, together with a Chinese porcelain lotus dish, enamel decorated with insects amongst chrysanthemums and prunus, red enamel zhuanshu seal mark to the underside, dia.22cm (6)Blue and white with shaped rim – hairline crack and nibbles to the rim.Blue and white circular – minute nibbles to the rim but generally good overall.Octagonal polychrome – light rubbing to enamel and minute nibbles to the rim, otherwise generally good.Circular with green border – light enamel rubbing but in good order.Gilt spearhead border – enamel rubbing and some chips to the rim.Flowerhead shape – enamel rubbing and tiny nibbles to rim, but generally good.

Chinese school, early 20th century, four landscapes, watercolour on paper, each signed with a seal, 128 x 27cm

~ A Chinese Celadon Jade Inscribed “Luohan” Boulder, Qianlong, carved with Ańgaja in a grotto, seated cross-legged in loose flowing robes, his left hand holding a sutra and walking stick, the right counting prayer beads, flanked by the Imperial eulogy and seal marks 20cm highWith original receipt from Trollope & Sons (London) Ltd, West Halkin Street, London dated 25 November 1955 for £85, as well as a transcription of the eulogy The inscription can be translated as “Wearing a hundred-patch robe and leaning on a proper bamboo staff, his Vedic ritual texts in a bookcase, he stares at his akshamalika straight across his chest. What he has remembered is not nothing, although there are no words for it.”The iconography of this depiction of Ańgaja is derived from the portrait series of the sixteen Luohans painted in 891 by the Tang dynasty painter-poet-monk, Guanxiu for the Shengyinsi or 'Temple of Sage Reason'; the temple was later destroyed during the Taiping Rebellion. In this series the artist depicted the enlightened disciples with grotesque bodies, hunched backs, bushy eyebrows, and pronounced foreheads, as they had allegedly appeared to him in a dream.In 1757, the Qianlong Emperor visited the Shengyin Temple during his Southern inspection tour to study these images of the Luohan as an act of religious devotion. He recorded that, having seen the masterpieces, he was inspired to personally write a eulogy comprising two colophons for each painting. The Emperor believed the paintings to be the same set that had been recorded in the Xuanhe Huapu [The Xuande catalogue of paintings], the inventory of the Song dynasty emperor Huizong.Subsequently, Qianlong commanded the palace painting master, Ding Guanpeng (act.1708-ca.1771) to copy the paintings and to include new inscriptions of the eulogies. Ding’s copies are now in the collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei and were widely copied in various media.In 1764, the abbot at Shengyin Temple, Master Mingshui, instructed local stone engravers to copy Guanxiu’s paintings and the Emperor’s colophons and seals. The sixteen engraved stone panels were installed on the sixteen sides of the Miaoxiang Pagoda in Hangzhou. Almost immediately rubbings of the panels were being produced. Knowing the Emperor’s fondness for them, in 1778, the military governor of Shandong province, Guotai (d.ca.1782), presented the Qianlong Emperor with a magnificent zitan folding screen set with black lacquer panels inlaid with white jade in imitation of the rubbings.A similar jade boulder, depicting the second Luohan, Kanakavasta, was recorded in the collection of the Wou Lien-Pai Museum as published in Rose Kerr et al., Chinese Antiquities from the Wou Kiuan Collection, Surrey, 2011, pl. 177 (fig. 2).Another example depicting Kanaka is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession number 02.18.640 and a further example as Cudapanthaka is in the National Palace Museum, Taipei.A sixteen-fold screen with inlaid jade plaques portraying the sixteen luohans, including a depiction of Angaja derived from the same source as the present jade, dated to the forty-second year of the Qianlong reign (1777) is in the Palace Museum, Beijing, exhibited at the Hong Kong Museum of Art (22 June 2012 - 14 October 2012), and illustrated in A Lofty Retreat from the Red Dust: The Secret Garden of Emperor Qianlong, Hong Kong, 2012, pp.216-233, no.53.A Qianlong Imperial jade screen with the same image of Ańgaja and inscribed with the same script and seals as the present examples was offered by Bonhams Hong Kong, 24 November 2012, lot 307 and Christie’s Hong Kong, 29 November 2022, lot 3049.Please note that there will be no internet bidding on this lot. All bidders on lots 1-10 will be required to provide identification and a deposit of £1,000. Registration for commission and telephone bidding on these lots will close on Wednesday 13th March at 12 noon. To register please email enquiry@tennants-ltd.co.uk A natural internal small crack towards the top section of the staff. Sutra with tiny corner flakes. Other minimal small imperfections to the stone, none detrimental. Slight wear to the gilt inscrpitions.

A Pair of Chinese Porcelain Saucers, Kangxi, painted in famille verte enamels with baskets of flowers within a panelled border, marks in underglaze blue 15.5cm diameter One with a hair crack to the rim, some fritting to the foot.Second with a star shaped crack to the base. V-shaped chip to the rim with an associated hair crack. Another tight hair crack to the rim. Another flat chip to the underside of the rim. Some fritting to rim and foot.Both free from. Glaze and enamels in good order.Body, glaze and seal mark all appear to match well although the enamels on the two pieces differ slightly in tone.