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A pair of boxed Chinese miniature porcelain vases painted with landscapes, red seal mark to bases

A Chinese soapstone figure of a fish kissing a man; a bone snuff bottle (no lid); and a boxed seal set with green hardstone cockerel

A box of miscellaneous items to include vintage inkwells, brass oil burner, metal ware figures, Chinese soapstone seal etc.

A decorative Chinese carved domino case and a soapstone figural seal (2)

19th century Chinese ivory carved and stained snuff bottle, decorated with figural scenes, seal mark to base, 12cm highSome natural minor wear to the painting but otherwise in good condition.

Two Chinese sancai glazed pottery figures, young girls in traditional attire, impressed seal mark to interior.

A Chinese soapstone seal of octagonal form with character marks to one end. 15cm tall. Some chipping apparent otherwise good.

A pair of 20th century Chinese yenyen vases showing traditional scenes of maidens in a garden with character marks to reverse and bamboo neck in a fitted box with wax seal to base (2). 26cm tall.

Chinese Embroidery on Silk of figures with birds and butterflies, 30cm x 20cm together with Oil Painting Portrait of a Chinese Elder 32cm x 25cm, Set of Four Small South East Asian Watercolours and Two Landscape Scrolls with calligraphy and red seal marks

Chinese Blue and White Tea Pot of geometric form, character seal mark to base, 16cm high together with Chinese Famille Verte Flat Puzzle Teapot 24cm high and a Chinese Yellow Ground Lidded Jar 12cm high

Bronze seal with head of tiger finial, with Chinese character marks, approx. 4cm x 4cm

Chinese Square Baluster Vase decorated with panels of European Figures, character seal mark to base, 31cm high

Chinese Blue and White Bowl with character seal to base, 17cm diameter together with Ironstone Blue and White Teapot

Chinese blue and white cylindrical pot decorated with scrolling vine and melons, with seal mark beneath, H17cm

Two Chinese Celadon glazed bowls, one of lotus flower shape and the other with floral decoration to the centre, both with underglaze seal marks, D22cm, together with cylindrical vase and dish

Chinese brush washer of compressed circular form with inverted rim and emerald green tea dust glaze and seal mark, D18cm, together with Chinese Celadon glaze censer/brush washer on three cabriole feet, D20cm and a Chinese Celadon glaze two handled vase with incised Greek key border and seal mark to base, all boxed

CHINESE PORCELAIN SEAL PASTE BOX & BRUSHWASHER, Republic Period, box painted with winter landscape engrisaille, 4-character Chi Qiao Ju Shi mark, 6.8cm d.; brushwasher painted by Yu Xue Jun with a bird on a peony branch, 4-character Sheun Tai Chu Ping mark, 9.2cm d. (2)Provenace: Peter Wain.Comments: rim chips to box baseThe seal paste box has a couple of rim chips to the bottom section. The top part looks good, no damage.The brushwater looks good, no damage, very light scratching to the image, hardly noticeable. No chips or cracks.

A collection of Roman & related antiquities to include objects believed to be: roman tweezers, quill hair pin, ancient pottery bead in the form of a torso, chinese archaic seal, roman pottery pipe bowl, metal hammered dish, metal horse harness adornment, roman key, anglo saxon brooch, roman fibula brooch, metal button & others. Conditions & measurements vary.

An early 20th Century Chinese Yixing / Yi-Xing terracotta red clay pottery teapot. The teapot having an orange peel texture with natural form branch handle & spout with finial lid cover. four character seal mark to base. No visible damage. Measures approx; 13cm long.

A 19th century Chinese bronze rectilinear jardiniere with chimera head handles, raised on bracket ball feet. Seal mark to base. 17' wide over handles

Two Chinese bronze tripod censers, one with Xuande six character seal mark and the other with Xuande six character mark both on recessed areas to base, 9.5cm and 10.5cm diameter, the censer with two handles 566 grams and the other 448grams (2)三足铜冲天耳炉及压经炉两件Condition Report: both in good condition other than minor surface marks and wearCondition Report Disclaimer

An unusual Chinese gourd brushpot, early 20th century, the exterior decorated with a continuous landscape scene with the seal of Chen Jintang and the base impressed with dong ming cao tang mark, 13.7cm highProvenance: Private Collection, Kent "冬鸣草堂"款葫芦山水图笔筒拍品来源：肯特郡私人收藏Condition Report: good conditionCondition Report Disclaimer

A Chinese rock crystal seal, the finial carved with a winged mythical beast, 5.8cm high水晶兽钮印Condition Report: stone with natural inclusionsCondition Report Disclaimer

A Chinese celadon jade seal, the finial carved as a recumbent kilin beast, 3.4cm high青玉麒麟钮印Condition Report: good conditionCondition Report Disclaimer

A Chinese soapstone seal, Republican, the finial carved with three kylin beasts, 7.2cm high民国 寿山石麒麟钮印Condition Report: minor scratches to the sealCondition Report Disclaimer

A Chinese inner painted snuff bottle, with figures sitting in a pavilion on a water edge, signed Zhou Leyuan with seal, coral coloured glass stopper, overall 7.5cm high and a Chinese inner painted snuff bottle, with chrysanthemum branches and poem, dated 1969, hard stone stopper, 7.8cm overall height (2)周乐元款内画鼻烟壶等两件Condition Report: in good condition Condition Report Disclaimer

A Chinese Famille Rose figure of Budai, Republic, modelled wearing open robes, holding prayer beads in his right hand and a sack in the right, with an impressed studio seal mark to the base wan tong shun zao, 26cm high x 25cm wide x 25cm deep Provenance: A Berkshire family by inheritance民国 五彩弥勒像拍品来源：英国伯克郡家族私人收藏Condition Report: some wear to gilding mainly the shou character beneath the prayer beads and two areas of pink enamel loss to reverse near base 1.3cm x 1.3cm and 1cm x 8mm Condition Report Disclaimer

A Chinese underglazed red seal paste box and cover, Republican, painted to the cover with two confronting dragons chasing a flaming pearl, the base inscribed with an apocryphal yongzheng mark, 7.8cm diameter民国 釉里红龙戏珠纹印泥盒Condition Report: one tiny chip to the rim of the boxCondition Report Disclaimer

A Chinese purple-ground 'Empress Dowager' style bowl, 20th century, possibly Republican, enamelled on the exterior with a bird and a variety of flowers and foliage including peonies and prunus blossoms, with Da Ya Zhai characters and seal mark in iron red yong qin chang chun on the outer rim and four character iron red mark to base, white interior, 10.4cm diameter and an Chinese yellow-ground 'Empress Dowager' style small jardinière, 20th century, base with iron-red yong qin chang chun mark, 15cm high x 17cm wide (2)"永庆长春"款紫地花卉纹碗及黄地菊花纹缸两件Condition Report: the bowl with slight wear to gilding on rim otherwise bot good other than firing blemishes Condition Report Disclaimer

An antique Chinese cast bronze censer, stand and lid, the three footed censer with dragon head handles and band of calligraphic decoration, the lid with scrolling reticulation and a seated dragon finial and the five footed stand with a pierced scrolling top and decorative calligraphic band around - unpolished with good patina - character seal to censor base

A Chinese famille rose vase and cover, a/f, seal mark to base, 26cm

A Chinese famille rose 'wushuangpu' plate, Jiaqing, painted in colourful enamels, with six character seal mark in gilt on a iron-red square, 19.6cm diameter 清嘉庆 "大清嘉庆年制"款无双谱盘Condition Report: some wear to enamel and gilding but overall very presentable Condition Report Disclaimer

A Chinese enamelled 'Filial Piety' group, 20th century, the group is modelled on the story of "He Laboured to Support His Mother", Xing Yong Gong Mu, where Jiang Ge carries his old mother on his back, the underside stamped with the seal mark of Zeng Longsheng, with fitted wood base, porcelain 21.5cm high曾龙升作粉彩行佣供母像 Condition Report: The base with one chipped area and glued back, wood stand with one part broken and gluedCondition Report Disclaimer

A Chinese furong soapstone seal, 19th or 20th century, the finial carved as two entwined dragons, 8cm high白芙蓉石螭龙印Condition Report: in good conditionCondition Report Disclaimer

A Magnificent Chinese Imperial blue-glazed silver and gilt 'Bat and Crane' vase, Tianqiuping, seal mark and period of Qianlong, the superbly potted globular body surmounted by a columnar neck, delicately enamelled in bright gold and silver on the body with bats and flying cranes holding the 'Eight Daoist Emblems' [anbaxian] amidst clouds, the neck interior turquoise, the base with underglaze blue six-character seal mark on a white ground, approximately 61.5cm high and 42cm wideProvenance:Private collection, believed purchased 1988-1993 by a surgeon based in the Midlands, UK.By descent to his heirs.The current vase is a magnificent example of Imperial Qianlong porcelain. The name of this shape of vase in Chinese is tianqiuping, 'heavenly globe vase', as in Chinese iconography heaven is a sphere. Hence, the large globular body of such vases provides an ideal reference to heaven. The vase is remarkable for its highly unusual enamelling techniques with a striking and exceptionally rare palette of gold and silver against a vivid blue ground, which gives the vase a brilliance of tone. The rich cobalt blue seen on the current vase is sometimes referred to as 'sacrificial blue'. This name derives from the use of vessels bearing this colour glaze during sacrifices at the Imperial Altar of Heaven. It is extremely unusual to see blue vases painted in both gilding and slightly raised silver. The rarity of painted silver on porcelains suggests that the medium may have been difficult to control. An example of a moon flask with similar technique is on display at the Shanghai Museum. This vase is a testament to the creativity of craftsmen working during the Qianlong period in exploring and perfecting enamelling techniques to cater to the emperor's taste for the innovative and the exotic while remaining rooted in antiquity. Such a vase would require at least three firings in the kiln for the three different glazes and enamels. First at over 1200℃ for the cobalt blue, then at a lower temperature for the turquoise green on the interior of the vase, finally the gold and silver enamels in a special kiln designed for enamels. T'ang Ying succeeded Nien His-yao as Commissioner at Huai An and Superintendent of the Imperial Factories in 1736. He is recorded as overseeing the making of enamelled silver (mio yin), see Soame Jenyns, Later Chinese porcelain, p. 64. The author further states, 'One of the most remarkable features of the ceramics of the Qianlong period was the virtuosity of their copies of other materials, which includes 'gold' and 'enamelled silver', p.67. However, no other tainquiping decorated with the same subject in gold and silver appears to have been published. The exceptional quality, monumental size, and imposing presence of the current tianqiuping, as well as its fine and auspicious decoration, would have rendered it suitable for prominent display in one of the halls of the Qing palace. As a devout Buddhist, the Qianlong Emperor was also a follower of Daoism with the wish for long life. We can see the sliver cranes holding an emblem for each of the eight immortals associated with Daoism - including a flower basket, a flute, a fan and castanets - on the vase's body. The flying cranes and bat also carry auspicious messages for longevity and prosperity. Compare with a Famille Rose tianqiuping vase with a similar design, in the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, object number 1989.49 and another Famille Rose tianqiuping, with flying bats amidst clouds, from the court collection at the Palace Museum, museums accession number gu00154670. A moon flask with the combined silver and gold decoration was sold at Sotheby's Paris 23rd June 2016, lot 100. 清乾隆 "大清乾隆年制"款霁蓝釉金银彩暗八仙福寿连绵图天球大樽拍品来源：英国外科医生私人收藏，其购于上世纪八十年代并由家族继承  Condition Report: hair crack to rim approximately 10cm long running vertically down neck from rimsome wear to gildingsome oxidization to silversurface scratches the foot rim is slightly uneven so on a flat surface there is a very slight movement if one rocks the vasethere are two surface marks which could be scratches or fine cracks on the body of the vase and it is difficult to be certain but we think probably just surface scratches but we advise personal examination inside of neck with old dirtCondition Report Disclaimer

A pair of 20thC bronze Chinese vases, each with trumpet stems raised with entwined dragons each body decorated with further dragons and a Greek key design on circular feet, elaborate seal marked beneath, 34cm high.

A Chinese flattened ovoid snuff bottle, moulded in relief with a mythological battle scene, painted in polychrome enamels on a yellow ground, 8cm high, red seal mark

A CHINESE PINK-GROUND OGEE-SHAPED BOWL PROBABLY REPUBLIC PERIOD The exterior decorated with geometric stylised kui dragons between bands of ruyi-heads and floral lappets, the base with a six character Qianlong seal mark, 20.7cm.

AFTER QI BAISHI CHRYSANTHEMUM AND A WINE VESSEL A Chinese scroll painting, ink and colour on paper, bearing a signature which reads Baishi Qi Heng, with one artist's seal, 103cm x 32cm.

THIRTEEN CHINESE SOAPSTONE SEALS LATE QING DYNASTY/REPUBLIC PERIOD Comprising: nine carved in a honey-coloured stone with figures in landscape scenes, a yellow and grey stone with cranes in a rocky mountain and inscribed with a date for the second year of the Tongzhi period (1863), one worked in a reddish brown stone decorated with a lotus pond, and two square seals, seven of the seals with uncarved seal faces, 8.3cm max. (13) Provenance: from the collection of the late Michael Sherrard QC CBE (1928-2012), eight seals acquired from Tomlinson Antique House, Singapore, on 13th October 1993, a copy of the invoice is available.

A CHINESE MARBLE-INSET RECTANGULAR SCHOLAR'S TRAY QING DYNASTY Inset with a marble panel of a mottled white and grey tone, framed by shallow hardwood latticework sides, painted with a horse and groom, with two faded illegible seal marks. 34cm x 23.5cm. Provenance: from the collection of the late Michael Sherrard QC CBE (1928-2012), acquired prior to 2000.

A CHINESE BAMBOO BRUSHPOT AND A BAMBOO CARVED FIGURE QING DYNASTY OR LATER The brushpot pierced and carved with figures beneath a pine tree, and with a three character inscription and seal; the figure, an ascetic sitting on rocks, 13.5cm and 10cm. (2)

A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE EWER AND COVER, A DISH AND A PAIR OF TEABOWLS AND SAUCERS KANGXI 1662-1722 Variously decorated with cartouches containing animals, insects, flowers and other plants, the cups and saucers with seal marks reading shang to the base, 27.2cm max. (7) PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.

A CHINESE ARMORIAL PORCELAIN TRIO MID 18TH CENTURY Painted with arms of Rice impaling Holcombe, each with a gilt spearhead border and sprays of various blossoms, together with a modern saucer with decoration of The Great Seal of USA, 14.4cm max. (4)

A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE OVOID VASES 20TH CENTURY Each painted with birds perching on cherry blossom branches, poetic inscriptions and artist's seals, each with a four character seal which reads Jingdezhen zhi, 25.4cm. (2)

A LARGE CHINESE YIXING TEAPOT AND COVER The plain body set with a loop handle and an upright tapering spout, with a three legged toad finial to the flat cover, the base with an artist's seal Zheng Ninghou, another seal reading Jing xi, 31.5cm wide. (2) Provenance: from the collection of George and Cornelia Wingfield Digby and thence by descent.

A CHINESE MING-STYLE UNDERGLAZE RED 'FISH' BOWL LATE QING DYNASTY/REPUBLIC PERIOD The interior decorated with a central medallion enclosing a fish swimming amidst aquatic plants, surrounded by four further fish, all within a diaper ground border with cartouches containing leafty fruiting branches, the exterior similarly decorated, with a reticulated wood stand, the base with a six character Yongzheng seal mark, 28cm. (2)

A CHINESE WHITE GLAZED SEAL PASTE BOX AND COVER QING DYNASTY Finely incised with chrysanthemum, together with a small blanc de Chine crab water dropper, and a miniature blanc de Chine seal, 6.5cm max, (4). Provenance: from an English private collection, Derbyshire, purchased from Peter Wain, 30th March 1990, a copy the invoice is available.

TWO CHINESE QIANJIANG STYLE ENAMELLED PORCELAIN PLAQUES LATE QING DYNASTY One painted with figures enjoying an ocean view from a terrace in a mountainous landscape, dated in xin si year, signed Wang Shaoxiang, the other depicting a monkey swinging from a pine tree, with an illegible seal mark, each mounted in a reticulated wood frame, 36.2cm x 24.2cm, 36cm x 23.5cm, the frame 54.8cm x 42cm, 53.8cm x 41.8cm. (2)PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.

A PAIR OF CHINESE QIANJIANG STYLE RECTANGULAR PLAQUES REPUBLIC PERIOD Painted with extensive mountain landscapes with figures and small huts, beneath calligraphy, one with an artist's signature reading Cheng Xueli, the other with an artist's seal reading Men, in wood frames, 25.5cm x 38cm. (2) Provenance: from an English private collection, London, acquired prior to 2000.

A CHINESE PORCELAIN FAMILLE ROSE CIRCULAR 'LANDSCAPE' PLAQUE 20TH CENTURY Depicting a rocky river landscape, with pavilions and figures, inscribed with a short text describing the scene, the seal mark reads Yanzhou Ci Chang, dated ding yi year, mounted in a circular wood frame, 23.7cm. PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.

A RARE CHINESE IMPERIAL PALE CELADON JADE ARCHAISTIC VASE, FANGGU FOUR CHARACTER QIANLONG YU WAN MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1736-95 Carved in low relief, the central section with elaborate taotie masks set between bands of plantain leaves to the trumpet neck and spreading base, the interior incised with a poem and two seals which read hui xin bu yuan and de chong fu, the mouth and foot decorated with key fret borders, the stone with slight cloudy inclusions and russet veining, with a four character mark reading Qianlong yu wan to the base, with a paper label for the collection of Queen Maria of Yugoslavia and for Spink & Son Ltd, together with a reticulated wood stand, 20.5cm. (2) Provenance: by direction of the executors of the late Sylvia Quance (d.20th September 2020). Formerly from the collection of Queen Maria of Yugoslavia (1990-61), from the collection of Gordon W Quance LLM (1931-2017), purchased from Spink & Son Ltd., London, on 17th July 1963, a copy of the invoice is available. Cf. The Refined Taste of the Emperor: Special Exhibition of Archaic and Pictorial Jades of the Ch'ing Court, National Palace Museum, p.79, no.11, for a related jade fanggu with poetic inscriptions, see also Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum, Jade 10, Qing Dynasty, p.104, no.73, for another example. The Qianlong Emperor is known to have been fascinated with the past and is remembered as a passionate collector of antiques, the poem inscribed on the vase was composed by the Emperor Qianlong, dated to the yisi year (1785). The poetic inscriptions can be translated as follows, 'This precious jade comes from Hetian and has been carefully carved into a gu-shaped vase. Modern designs are too vulgar to use, and so instead I have imitated an archaic style. It is a rare shape with taotie mask designs. The vase was once used as a drinking vessel during the Shang and Zhou dynasties, whereas I now use it to enjoy flowers'. The seal reading hui xin bu yuan, can be translated as 'enlightened mind not far', and the seal reading de chong fu, can be translated as 'sign of virtue within'.

AFTER QI BAISHI (20TH CENTURY) MORNING GLORY A Chinese painting, ink and colour on paper, inscribed with a signature, with one artist's seal, framed and glazed, 102cm x 33cm. Provenance: from the collection of Mary Colinet (née Skiotis), and thence by descent.

LIU KUILING (1885-1967) HUNTING ON HORSEBACK A Chinese painting, ink and colour on paper, dated wuzi year (corresponding to 1948), signed Liu Kuiling with one artist's seal, 71cm x 91cm. Provenance: the Reverend Victor Farmer (1898-1977) and thence by descent. The Reverend Victor Farmer (1898-1977) The Farmer Collection was begun in the late 19th century by William Farmer, who moved to Hong Kong, and became manager of the Peak Hotel in 1888 and later built and managed the Victoria Hotel. The collection was continued, expanded and brought to the UK by his son, Victor Farmer, who served in the First World War as a subaltern in the Suffolk Regiment. Victor joined Brunner Mondlate ICI in 1921 and married in 1925, moving to Canton and subsequently to Harbin, and eventually settling in Tianjin. When he became the chairman of Brunner Mondlate ICI, he and his family moved to Shanghai. After the formation of the People's Republic of China, the Farmers were granted an exit visa in 1953, but sadly Mrs. Farmer died that year. Unusually Mr. Farmer was granted permission to take his entire collection with him on his departure from China. He returned to England in 1954, where he took Holy Orders in 1965. During this period he joined the Oriental Ceramic Society and lent many of the pieces from his collection to the Society for inclusion in its exhibitions. The Reverend Farmer eventually retired in 1975, dying two years later.

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE RECTANGULAR PLAQUE REPUBLIC PERIOD Delicately painted with a vase of peony flowers after Castiglione, the vase painted with quails beneath bamboo, within a geometric border with bats and shou characters, a seal mark which reads Lang Shiling hui, in a wood frame, 38cm x 25cm. Provenance: an English private collection, Bristol, purchased from Helen Buxton Limited, London on 12th June 1992, a copy of the invoice is available.

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'ANTIQUES' BRUSHPOT, BITONG KANGXI 1662-1722 The waisted cylindrical body flaring towards the mouth, decorated with archaic vessels and precious objects, the reverse with lines of calligraphy and a seal mark, the base with a six character Jiajing mark, 13.3cm. Provenance: from an English private collection, London.

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'MASTER OF THE ROCKS' DISH KANGXI 1662-1722 The shallow rounded sides rising from the tapering foot to the everted rim, finely painted with figures and a fisherman in an idyllic mountainous river landscape, within a border with further figures in a continuous landscape, the underside decorated with bamboo sprays, the base with a square seal mark containing swastikas, 26.3cm. Provenance: from an English private collection, London.

A small Chinese dish with polychrome decoration, seal mark to base 16cm diameter . In good condition.

A Chinese porcelain tea bowl in red glaze with flowers on gilt lattice, seal mark to base, 4cm (some wear to gilt) with hardwood stand.

A Chinese porcelain bowl with embossed enamel ground, surrounding four oval reserves decorated with flowers, underglaze blue flowers to the interior, seal mark, 15cm diameter (good condition)