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CHIANG CHING-KUO: (1910-1988) Taiwanese Politician and leader of the Kuomintang. Succeeded his father, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek, as Premier of the Republic of China 1972-78 and President 1878-88. Signed bold black ink piece, in Chinese characters, by Chiang Ching-Kuo, to a compliment printed card of the President of the Republic of China, also bearing to the front a blind embossed seal. Accompanied by the original envelope and typed letter from the Office of the President Republic of China, signed by the Director of First Bureau Chou Ying-Lung. EX £100-150

HESING: Also known as Xi Cheng. Mandarin who travelled in the Keying, first Chinese junk to ever sail from Hong Kong to New York and further to London. Signed 8vo portrait drawing of Hesing. Signed (`Hesing´) in bold black ink at the foot beneath his portrait, also adding the junk name `Keying´ and `Brooks´ to the head, all with their equivalent Chinese characters beneath. The drawing bears to the upper corner a red ink stamp with Chinese characters, being the seal of Prince Hui Rui. The document has been affixed to a slightly larger card. Few stains not affecting the signatures. Small folding and creasing. Together with a colourful visiting card, with Hesing signature, beneath his name in Chinese characters and alongside a Chinese ink red stamp, being the seal of Prince Hui Rui. The card has been affixed to a slightly larger card with a typed annotation `Signature of a Chinaman written on board the Chinese junk at Blackwall, June 20th, 1848.´. With heavy folding. F to G, 2 £100-120 The Keying was a three-masted Chinese trading junk that sailed from Hong Kong in December 1846 with a mixed crew of Chinese and British sailors. The vessel had been purchased surreptitiously by a conglomerate of enterprising English businessmen. It was placed under the command of Captain Kellett with the intention of carrying curiosities and merchandise to England and thereafter serving as a kind of floating museum. The Chinese crew members that they were embarking on such an extended journey were not aware of such plans. The Keying arrived in New York City on July 9, 1847, creating a sensation, with seven thousand visitors per day. In late March 1848, the Keying arrived in London to great fanfare, and several different medals were struck to commemorate its appearance, including one that had a bust of Madarin Hesing. It was visited by the Queen Victoria, whose right to be the first European woman to visit it was reserved, The Duke of Wellington and Charles Dickens. It has been suggested that the Chinese Emperor was aware of the project from the start and secretly kept informed about it, and that the mandarin served as an informer to report back in detail.

Chinese Soapstone Seal, Oriental Mirror, Two Erotic Perfume Bottles and Bone Perfume Bottle

A 20th century Chinese vase in the form of a scroll, decorated with a black glaze with green and gilt spots, the base with apocryphal Qianlong impressed mark, a Chinese 19th century turquoise glazed soft paste vase with bulbous body, a 19th century Chinese sang de boeuf baluster vase, a modern mottled red glazed vase of Cong form, a Chinese green cloisonne bowl, 20 by 6cm, and a Japanese metal bound dish decorated with cherry blossom, 19cm, a Chinese pottery bowl painted with a cockerel, 18cm diameter, a modern coffee pot moulded with prunus blossom on a green glaze, 18cm high, a 20th century Chinese bowl decorated with a pomegranate design against a blue ground, 25 by 12cm, together with a boxed Chinese seal. (10)

A large 20th Century Chinese blue and white crackleware decorated moon flask with dragon handles, bears seal mark to base

A Chinese blue and white Phoenix and floral decorated vase of square baluster form, bears seal mark to base CONDITION REPORTS Approx 34.5cm high. A large chunk missing from the rim. Overall wear scuffs and some scratches.

Mid 20thC Chinese School - a rural scene with figures on horseback, trees and buildings beyond watercolour bears a seal and characters 13.75'' x 20'' in a glazed, silvered frame

A Chinese black stone, possibly jade, seal carved with fighting lions, together with a similar animal carved seal.

A Chinese, almost black, quartz seal carved with a dog of Fo, height 11.5cm. Condition Report: There are chips and natural cracks to the base. The dog of foe is in good order.

Four Chinese Imperial Government (Kaiserlich Chinesische Staatsanleihe) £100 1898 gold bonds, brown printed in German and English, and with red Chinese seal marks. Issued by Deutsch-Asiatische Bank, each with coupons.

Carved Soapstone Style Chinese Seal.

A Chinese porcelain baluster vase, with everted rim, decorated in the famille rose palette with battle scenes, bears seal mark to base. H.28cm

A Chinese polychrome decorated porcelain pot, decorated with iron red dragons chasing pearl amongst stylised clouds, bears puce seal mark to base. H.10cm

Good quality 19th century Chinese famille noire vase of tapering diamond form, with moulded and reticulated figure, building and tree decoration - Kangxi impressed seal mark to base but later, 36cm high CONDITION REPORT Good original condition. Hairline crack to part of one side panel, dirty overall

19th century Chinese famille noire vase of square tapering form, with moulded and reticulated figure, animal, building and landscape decoration - Kangxi impressed seal mark to base but later, 35.5cm high CONDITION REPORT Good original condition, dirty overall

Pair antique Chinese yellow metal earrings, each hoop with a woven design, Chinese seal marks CONDITION REPORT Very good condition, 23mm long x 6.5mm wide. Total gross weight 7.7 grams

Chinese yellow metal chain with three pierced brooch panels, Chinese seal marks, 29.5cm CONDITION REPORT Total gross weight 12.7 grams

Collection of 19th century Chinese famille rose porcelain dinnerware with polychrome enamel floral decoration on incised blue ground, comprising five bowls of square form, with Qianlong seal marks, pair saucer dishes with Guangxu six character marks and pickle tray with nine porcelain dishes contained in red and gilt lacquer circular box CONDITION REPORT Hors d'oevres dish - perfect Square dishes - 1 perfect, 4 damaged Pair of circular dishes - both broken

19th century Chinese porcelain ink box and cover with moulded shore view and boat to lid - Qianlong seal mark to base, 12cm x 8cm, together with a Chinese celadon dish and export tea bowl (3) CONDITION REPORT Paint box - perfect Tea bowl - slight fritting Plate - slight fritting to rim

Chinese white glazed porcelain snuff bottle, relief carved with mischievous monkey in a fruit tree, 8cm high, together with two other white glazed porcelain snuffs, each with seal mark to the underside

Chinese famille rose charger decorated with temple dogs and auspicious symbols, seal mark to the base, 30cm, together with a Japanese Kutani charger decorated with figural and garden reserves

Pair of late 19th / early 20th century Chinese enamelled rouleau vases, each with moulded gilt Dog-of-Fo marks to the shoulder and shaped reserves printed with garden scenes on a green ground with all-over polychrome painted arabesque ornament, seal mark to base, 23.5cm high

A Pair of Late 19th Century Chinese Gouache Paintings: Full length portraits of an eminent man & wife dressed in elaborate costume and sat on carved chairs, with stamped red seal marks, 43¾ ins x 23 ins (111 cms x 58 cms), in later black lacquered frames with incised silvered bands decorating the corners, 54½ ins x 30½ ins (138.5 cms x 77.5 cms).

A Chinese Waisted Brush Pot enamelled with a figural scene and having a red seal mark to the turquoise glazed base, 5 ins (13 cms) high, 6 ins (15 cms) in diameter.

A Chinese Blue & White Moon Flask decorated with dragons chasing a flaming peal amidst wisps of scrolling clouds, and having a seal mark to the base 12 ins (31 cms) high.

Five antique Chinese jade carvings comprising a celadon jade disc with russet inclusions, both sides inscribed with archaistic characters, 5.2cm. diameter; a pale grey shaped pendant plaque with whitish inclusions engraved with flowers and a seal mark, 4.8cm. long; a grey-green pierced circular pendant plaque carved a bat (wufu) atop a character engraved disc, with old collector's label, 4cm. diameter; a pierced pendant plaque in greyish-yellow jade; and a small transluscent whitish jade pendant in the form of a curling beast, 4.2cm. long. -5 * Part of an old collection of jade carvings purchased at auction in Jersey approx. 30 years ago, some with old collectors' labels.

A Chinese watercolour scroll painting 20th century, depicting bamboo growing below a rocky outcrop, four character signature and red seal marks, overall 85 x 27½in. (216 x 70cm.), the painting 55 x 22in. (139.7 x 56cm.).

A Chinese watercolour scroll painting 20th century, depicting a misty mountainous wooded landscape, signed, with red seal mark, overall 78 x 32½in. (198 x 82.5cm), the painting 46½ x 27in. (118 x 68.5cm.).

A Chinese Blanc de Chine figure of a seated deity with rosary beads, impressed seal mark to back, and another similar Blanc de Chine standing figure (2)

A Chinese famille rose hexagonal section twin handled baluster vase, probably 19th century, decorated with deity figures viewing a tournament, red seal mark to underside,40cm high

An early 20th century Chinese carved grey soapstone seal, H 5.8cm

A Chinese carved celadon coloured hardstone seal c. 1920 mounted with a dragon, H 6cm

A Chinese carved ivory seal, in the form of a Dog of Fo (chipped), 10 cm high See illustration

A pair of circular plaster wall plaques, one depicting Nike and Eros, the other depicting Athena with Nike as her owl, diameter 23cm and a Chinese hardstone seal surmounted with carved figure of a dog of Fo seated on a puzzle ball, height 11.1cm (3).

A GOOD CHINESE BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER, weighing 1.7Kg, probably 16th/17th Century, of shallow form and with good unpolished patination, the base with an unusual nine-character seal mark, 6.25in wide at widest point & 5in diameter at outer rim & 4.3in diameter at inner rim & 2.2in high.

A CHINESE BLUE & WHITE PORCELAIN STEM BOWL, the interior decorated with formal designs of scroll and leaf stemmed peony, the inside of the foot with a Qianlong extended seal mark, 6.5in diameter & 3in high.

A CHINESE BLUE & WHITE PORCELAIN PHOENIX BOWL, decorated with a formal design of phoenix amidst scroll-stemmed foliage, the base with a Qianlong seal mark, 9.4in diameter & 3.4in high.

A CHINESE BLUE & WHITE PORCELAIN VASE, the sides decorated with a bird perched on a twisting bough, the base with a seal mark.

A LARGE CHINESE POLISHED BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER, weighing 2.84Kg, with double upright lug handles, the base with an archaic seal mark, 8.6in wide at widest point & 7.6in diameter at rim & 6.8in diameter at inner rim & 3.6in high to rim & 5in high to top of handles.

A PAIR OF 20TH CENTURY CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN CONG VASES, the sides painted with a continuous scene of ladies in a garden terrace setting, each base with a Qianlong seal mark in iron-red, 9.9in high.

A 19TH/20TH CENTURY CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN BOWL, the sides painted with a crane borne Immortal and with buildings supported on rocks above foaming waves, the interior painted in iron-red with bats encircling a Shou medallion, the base with a Qianlong seal mark, 7.3in diameter & 2.8in high.

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN JAR WITH INTEGRAL COVER, and a paper label, the sides decorated with ladies and boys in a fenced garden setting, the base with a Tongzhi seal mark, 8.75in wide at widest point & 11in high overall.

A LARGE YELLOW-GLAZED CHINESE HOT WARMING DISH, with underglaze moulded decoration, the base with a Qianlong seal mark, 17.3in wide including handles.

A CHINESE TURQUOISE GLASS VASE, the tall pear-form body etched with birds near and on a pine branch, the reverse with an oval seal, 13.2in high.

A GOOD QUALITY CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN BOWL, LINER & COVER, the sides and cover well painted with extended peach-bearing branches, the finial with a dragon in underglaze-blue, the base with a Daoguang seal mark, 6.75in diameter & 6in high.

AN UNUSUAL CHINESE FLAMBE GLAZED PORCELAIN VASE, the shoulders and sides applied with a streaked blue glaze falling well short of the foot over a dark green glazed ground, the base with a seal mark, 11.1in high.

A LARGE CHINESE TURQUOISE GLAZED MOULDED PORCELAIN VASE, in the manner of Wang Binrong, the sides moulded in relief with a sage and goats beside a large tree and rockwork, the base with a moulded Wang Binrong seal mark, 18in high.

A GOOD MIRROR PAIR OF CHINESE YELLOW GROUND WANG BINRONG PORCELAIN VASES & COVERS, circa 1900, each moulded in relief with a meandering blossom-bearing tree, each cover with a buddhistic lion finial, each base with a moulded Wang Binrong seal mark, 12.2in high overall.

A GOOD QUALITY CHINESE TONGZHI MARK & PERIOD FAMILLE ROSE OCTAGONAL PORCELAIN BOWL, the flaring sides painted with legendary figures alternating with variously shaped panels of calligraphy, the base with a Tongzhi seal mark, 6.7in wide & 2.9in high.

TWO 18TH/19TH CENTURY CHINESE BLUE & WHITE PROVINCIAL PORCELAIN BOWLS, each painted with formal scrolling foliage, each base with a stylised seal mark, 5.6in diameter & 4.5in diameter. (2)

A GROUP OF THREE EARLY 20TH CENTURY CHINESE SOAPSTONE SEALS, one seal with a Western name, the tallest 4in high. (3)

A FINE QUALITY CHINESE YELLOW GROUND ENAMELLED PORCELAIN DRAGON BOWL, seal mark of Jiaqing and possibly of the period, the sides of the quatrefoil section body painted in grisaille, iron-red and other enamels with two extended sinuous dragons amidst flowerheads and leafage, the flaring foot painted with formal scroll-stemmed lotus reserved on a pink ground, the interior turquoise, 9.75in x 7.1in x 4.2in high.

A GROUP OF THREE EARLY 20TH CENTURY CHINESE IVORY SNUFF BOTTLES, each finely decorated with stained engraved decoration, each with an oval artist’s seal, the tallest 3.1in high. (3)

A CHINESE BLUE & WHITE MING STYLE PORCELAIN VASE, the sides of the pear-form body painted with formal scrolling flowerheads, the neck with double pierced scroll handles, the base with a Qianlong seal mark, 8.4in high.

A CHINESE BLUE & WHITE PORCELAIN VASE, of unusual form, the sides painted with bats and dependent tasselled attributes within a formal ground of scrolling lotus, the neck moulded with double ruyi handles, the base with a Daoguang seal mark, 11.3in high.

A SMALL CHINESE CELADON PORCELAIN JAR, of oval form with a small neck aperture, the base with a Qianlong seal mark, 3.4in high.

A CHINESE BLUE & WHITE PORCELAIN BOTTLE VASE, the sides decorated with formal scroll-stemmed lotus between multiple formal borders, the onion neck with a flat rim, the base with a Daoguang seal mark, 8.4in high.

A CHINESE CRACKLEGLAZE CELADON VASE, the sides of the baluster form body with sparse crackling, the base with a Qianlong seal mark, 9.5in high.

A PAIR OF CHINESE DOUCAI PORCELAIN TEABOWLS, the sides of each decorated with calligraphy and with two sages and a boy assistant engaged in inscribing a scroll, each base with a Qianlong seal mark, each 2.7in diameter & 1.1in high.

A LARGE CHINESE CELADON PORCELAIN MOON FLASK, unusually with a garlic neck, the sides applied with an even crackled glaze, the sides applied with double leaf and stem handles, the base with a Qianlong seal mark, 21.75in high.