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A pair of Chinese vases painted with figures at a doorway beneath yellow ground foliate necks, signed and red seal marks, 28.3cm

Chinese Tongzhi hexagonal footed bowl, the interior painted with bats, shou and good fortune symbol and iron red bats to the exterior, blue scroll band to foot, red seal on blue base, Zhuanshu Tongzhi mark and period, 14.5cm, and a 19th Century Chinese straits porcelain bowl, 14.5 (2)

Chinese blanc de chine figure of Pu Tai, 10.5cm, impressed seal mark to reverse, a Japanese vase and a carved bamboo brush pot, 37.5cm (3)

Good 19th century Chinese bronze jardiniere with stand in the form of a dragon encircling a circular "jar" support, the lobed jardiniere decorated with Zodiac panels in relief, reserved on a taotie and cloud ground, double skinned reticulated band to rim with good fortune symbols, and seal mark to base, 41cm

Small Chinese scroll painting on silk of a bird on a stalk of grass, calligraphy and seal, 62cm x 23cm

A 19TH CENTURY CHINESE BRONZO KORO, having a pierced domed cover with temple lion finial, the circular compressed body cast with oval reserves of prunus blossom and bamboo, divided by mythical animal masks and raised on three tapered legs on a circular plinth base cast with a seal mark, 20cm high

Chinese famille rose porcelain twin handled baluster vase decorated with immortals in a mountainous landscape, seal mark to base, 12" high (faint hairline crack to the rim)

Carved Chinese ivory seal in the form of a dog of Fo, 2" high

Pair of graduated Chinese blue and white porcelain ink pots decorated with a landscape scene, 3" high; together with a further Chinese ink pot with powder blue glaze and seal mark to base, 2.5" high (3)

Chinese porcelain double gourd vase decorated in polychrome with floral sprays and insects, seal mark to base, 9" high; together with Chinese porcelain bottle neck vase decorated with butterflies amidst foliage applied with two lizards, 8" high (2)

20th Century Chinese School - study of long ships on the water, indistinctly signed and with a seal mark, oil on canvas, 12.5" x 18", framed

Chinese bronze archaic form censer and cover , the ding shaped body with dragon mask side handles, the lid set with a tongshi, archaic seal mark to base, height 23cm. `Condition report: see terms and conditions.`

Chinese square jade seal carved with a stork and a lion, width 47mm; also a rectangular green jade pendant (2) `Condition report: see terms and conditions.`

Chinese soapstone brushpot carved with foliage, length 14cm; soapstone seal carved with a dragon, length 10cm; carved soapstone cicada; small white metal nesting seal of a tortoise and a bird; six gilded ink blocks. `Condition report: see terms and conditions.`

Chinese blue and white globular vase , decorated with foliage, seal mark to base, height 13cm `Condition report: see terms and conditions.`

A CHINESE BAMBOO CYLINDRICAL PERFUME HOLDER very finely carved and pierced with mounted figures, some on horseback, one spearing a squirrel in a mountainous landscape with clouds, bridges, a fort and pine and other trees between diaper borders with kui dragons, horn ends, 22cm h, seal mark, Qing dynasty, 19th c

A 19th Century Chinese bronze yellow and white metal inlaid bowl on stand, profusely decorated with flowers and cymbals, flanked by a pair of beast head handles, seal mark to base, 21cm dia. x 17cm high - see illustration

An 18th Century Chinese porcelain Bowl decorated in blue and white with floral sprays and on a short pedestal foot, 8 1/4" (21cms) diameter, seal mark to base. (a/f).

A CHINESE POTTERY VASE AND COVER having a domed finial topped cover and ovoid body with short circular foot, moulded throughout with scrolls, dragons and the face of a deity, within Greek key borders and bands of rings, all highlighted in gilt and against the textured black ground with duck egg blue mottling, Qianlong type seal to the gilt base. 20.5cm(h) Condition Reports: Wear to gilding, some imperfections to foot rim but generally good.

A CHINESE YIXING (YI-HSING) WATER DROPPER of flattened globular form with circular cover, loop handle and double tube spout, the body incised with characters, the base with impressed seal. 15cm(L); sold together with a Chinese Yixing teapot and cover, modelled as a melon with foliage, slightly kicked base, unsigned. 9.5cm(h)(2) Condition Reports: Depletions to teapot cover( inner rim) imperfection to body of water dropper.

A Chinese carved soapstone seal, in a carved hardwood case.

A 19th century Chinese famille vert ginger jar and cover, decorated with warriors, bears a four character Daouguang red seal stamp to base within a double red square border.

A Chinese 19th/20th century carved wooden cylindrical brush pot, decorated with intricate panels, on of a dragon and phoenix chasing a flaming pearl, bears four character seal mark to base.

LI KERAN (1907 - 1989) ∆ SHEPHERD BOY AND BUFFALO "76 x 43 cm. Ink and colours on paper. Framed. Signed: Li Keran hua. Seal under signature: Keran. Seal in the lower left: Wei renmin (For the people). Provenance: Collection of Eva Carmineova. Exhibited: Modern Chinese Painting, National Gallery in Prague, 1955. Li Keran, Naprstek Museum in Prague, 1960, no. 14.

QI BAISHI (1864 - 1957) ∆ BLOSSOMING PLUM TREES "95.4 x 35.6 cm. Ink and colours on paper. Framed. Signed: Jiushi sui Baishi (90 years old Baishi). Seal: Baishi. Seal in the lower left: Jiping tang. Provenance: Collection of Eva Carmineova. Exhibited: Modern Chinese Painting, National Gallery in Prague, 1955.

A 19th Century Chinese goldfish bowl having the seal mark of Kangxi incorporated into rim design, decorated with a court audience on two sides.Diameter 42cm, height 26.5cm

A Chinese green jade seal, cube form, temple dog of Fo surmount, inscription to flank.

A pair of 19th Century Chinese porcelain vases, with turquoise ground and dragon handles, with panels of decoration on the bodies of dragons with articulated eyes, bears Qianlong seal mark. (2)24cm

CHINESE DISH AND COVER, Republic period, finely decorated with butterflies amid flowers, red overglaze seal mark to base, 28cm D.

CHINESE CARVED ROCK CRYSTAL CHOP SEAL Chinese hand carved rock crystal chop seal depicting foo lion. Bottom having relief zhuanshu calligraphy. Measures 2 7/8" height (7.3cm). Total weight of 184 grams.

A 19th century Imari rectangular vesta box with lid, the interior with striker, bearing eight character mark to base, and a 20th century Chinese polychrome decorated cylindrical teapot with cane handle, bears seal mark to base CONDITION REPORTS Both with wear and scuffs. Vesta has hairline cracks to base. Teapot has cracks to top rim, and handle is very deteriorated.

A Chinese clair-de-lune porcelain vase with Qianlong underglaze blue six-character seal mark (36 cm high)

A Chinese rectangular bronze censor, seal mark to base, 13.5cm long.

A Chinese export small dish, decorated in polychrome and enamels, with central monogram, seal mark to base, 13cm diameter.

A pair of 20thC Chinese moulded figures of Phoenix birds, impressed seal mark to base (AF), 35cm high.

A Chinese white metal pepper pot, in the form of a sitting Buddha, impressed seal mark to base, 6 cm high

Old Female Figure Painting on Old Chinese Scroll With multiple poetry and seal marks. A/f.

A Sino Tibetan Carved Bone Artist`s Brush Remains of a Chinese Government wax seal attaching. L. 29cm.

Old Chinese Jade Seal Translucent body with orange inclusions on one side. L. 4cm.

A Chinese soapstone seal in carved hardwood box.

A Chinese silver tea caddy: of ovoid form, embossed with a fiery dragon on a hammered ground, character seal mark to the base, 10cm high, 5.5ozs.

A Chinese carved jade panel in shallow relief depicting a qilin or unicorn with geometric border, short seal script inscription to verso, with carved hardwood stand, approx. 13cm high.

A Group of Oriental carved tortoises, one mutton-fat jade on hardwood stand, one bronze, probably Chinese, carved wooden netsuke in the form of a tortoise, with ivory signature tag to base, and large bronze seal with square base, engraved with characters, larger approx. 7cm wide.

A Chinese Qing Dynasty desk seal of spinach jade, square form with carved chilog, unengraved to base, with carved hardwood stand, approx. 5cm. high. A/F.

A Chinese Yixing style clay teapot, blue ground reticulated to the form of a fishing net, with crab trapped inside, handle and spout of bamboo form. seal script mark to base and lid, approx. 10cm high.

Two Chinese Yixing clay teapots, one with calligraphic decoration and seal script mark to base A/F, the other with prunus decoration, red blue and buff bands and seal script mark to base, approx. 13cm high.

A group of mostly Pagoda pattern underglaze blue Miles Mason wares, circa 1810; comprising a Pagoda pattern sauce boat, with gilt highlights to lobed upper rim, 11cm high; two slightly crimped tea bowls, a saucer dish and lobed side plate of the same design, the first four pieces with faux Chinese seal marks, the fifth unmarked, together with a gilt-lined saucer dish in the Veranda pattern, seal mark with 'Miles' above 'Mason', 14cm diameter (cracked) (6) See Godden, Geoffery A, 'Mason's China and the Ironstone Wares' Antique Collectors Club' (Suffolk: 1993) p. 72 for a representative marked selection of tea wares in the Veranda design.

A Chinese porcelain doucai planter of circular form, Ch`ien-lung seal mark to base but 20th century, on a wooden base, 6" high (without stand)

A pair of Chinese brass covered vases with dragon decoration and seal mark to base

A Chinese libation cup, carved with dragons, together with a carved horn seal.

A Chinese famille rose bowl and cover, Xianfeng seal mark, the bowl of circular form rising from a high foot rim, decorated with immortal figures and boy attendants in a bamboo grove, the cover with further immortal figures before a rock work landscape (illustrated)

A Chinese pottery brush washer, Qianlong archaic seal mark, 19th/20th century, the vessel formed from the mouth of a shishi lion dog, the open void of the body forming the empty compartment, glazed with allover rich clay red and green enamels, height 6cm, length 10cm

A porcelain blue and white ribbed Bowl, Wanli, late Ming dynasty,c.1600, painted on the exterior with flowering and fruiting branches, below a border of ten galloping horses over waves, the base with four character seal mark fu gui jia qi within a double rectangle, 21.5cm For similar bowls, see Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, vol. II, pl. 1280, p. 725, where it states a bowl of this type with silver gilt mount by Jacob Borch and with a Copenhagen hallmark of 1608, is in the collection of Grosserer Holger Drucken, Copenhagen. CONDITION REPORT: A 15cm section of body professionally restored. Light fritting to rim. Small rim chip and chip to foot interior.

A Chinese famille rose, lobed-square Bowl, mark of Xianfeng (1851-61) and of the period, the exterior finely enamelled with shou on a ground of cell diaper between rui heads and false gadroons, the interior bright green, six character seal mark in red, small chip at foot and hair crack, 11.5cm CONDITION REPORT: Small chip on the foot. Small hairline crack. Small section of kiln fritting to the yellow-ground rim.

A large and unusual brass Seal, late 19th century, the high rectangular plinth cast with a recumbent horse, its head turned back and with a puzzled monkey on its flank, the animals' hair left purposely rough for effect, with a good patina, the base polished, 6.2cm The seal characters read: Yanling Ji Zi (?)yi chuanjia (?) (a seal to pass on to later generations to remember the righteousness of Ji Zi, i.e. Ji Zha (576-485 BCE) in Yanling). The monkey and horse are commonly represented in Chinese art. The horse, ma, and the monkey, hou, form a rebus: mashang fenghou: 'May you immediately be appointed to a high-ranking position'. CONDITION REPORT: No obvious faults. Provenance: as per catalogue.

A bronze Seal, 16th/17th century, simply, but effectively modelled as a single-horned, mythical beast squatting with up-raised head, 5.5cm The seal characters read: Chengshi hanmo (a seal belonging to someone whose surname was Cheng and made specifically for use with calligraphy). As is frequently pointed out by Rose Kerr in her ground-breaking Later Chinese Bronzes, V&A, 1990, dating bronzes from the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties is fraught with problems. However, the present seal characters are enclosed by chilong close in handling to those cast on the leg of a tripod censer illustrated op cit, pl. 23, and dated to 16th/17th century. CONDITION REPORT: Some small knock marks to side of base, otherwise no obvious faults. Provenance: as per catalogue.

A good Chinese ivory Seal, late Ming dynasty, 16th century, in the form of a cat tightly curled on a high plinth, four character seal mark, 4cm The characters include fan jushi (a poetic or art name). CONDITION REPORT: Small nibbles to base, fine crack to top commensurate with age.

A Chinese copper-red 'dragon vase', Yongzheng, archaic seal mark, of ovoid form rising to a flared neck, the body painted in vibrant tones, depicting an Imperial fire-clawed dragon in pursuit of the flaming pearl, amidst flaming fire scrolls, the foot rim and upper rim detailed with transverse borders, height 20cm

A Chinese early 20th century vase, of ovoid form rising to a flared rim, the shoulder moulded in relief with flowering blossom handles, reserved against a rich blue ground, simulated bronze archaic seal mark to base, height 33cm

A Chinese blue and white vase, early 20th century, of ovoid form, the exterior decorated in the provincial manner depicting a phoenix amidst flowering chrysanthemum and lotus shrubs before rockwork, remnants of red wax export approval seal (Jian Ding), height 28cm (lacking cover)