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A GOOD LARGE CHINESE CARVED HARDWOOD FRAME, carved with dragons, phoenix, bats and emblems, the central top panel with carved seal, 75cm x 73cm.

A CHINESE HANGING SCROLL PAINTING, depicting a waterfall scene, with script and red seal marks, image 95cm x 49cm.

TWO CHINESE HANGING SCROLL PAINTINGS, one with a waterfall setting, the other with a boat scene, each with red seal mark, (2).

A GOOD CHINESE HANGING SCROLL PAINTING, depicting a vase of flowers on a stand, with calligraphy and seal marks, with fitted wooden box, image 103cm x 41.5cm.

A CHINESE SCROLL PICTURE ON SILK, with calligraphy and red seal top right.

A GOOD CHINESE WATERCOLOUR PAINTING OF AN IMMORTAL / SAGE, with a deer to his side, a red crowned crane behind and a minogame turtle at his feet, with script bottom right and with red seal, framed and glazed, 85cm x 42cm.

Chinese porcelain vase decorated with four polychrome Immortal figures and gilt roundles amid stylist gilt clouds, all on a coral red ground. Turquoise enamel on base and inside mouth, with hand drawn six character Qianlong Zhuanshu seal-script mark to the base in iron red enamel. Probably late Qing/ Chinese Republic period. 28cm high approximately. (B.P. 21% + VAT) Some minor gilt wear in places, good clear seal mark. Small chip to underside of vase at top. Otherwise appearing ok.

A pair of 20th century Chinese Famille Rose vases, painted with flowers and insects, seal mark to the underside of the base, height 30cm (2). Additional InformationBang/crack to rim, u shaped or v shaped.

A 19th century Chinese watercolour on silk depicting a cockatoo amongst blossoming branches, with Chinese script and four red seal marks, 35 x 70, framed and glazed.

A late 18th Century Chinese blue and white ovoid jar and cover, with European 'clobbered' decoration decorated with dragons, flowers and a landscape, gilt ground, pseudo seal mark in iron-red, 21cms high, wood stand.

A late 19th Century Chinese crackle glaze baluster vase and cover, decorate in underglaze-blue with figures, fence and rockwork, within simulated bronze borders, four character incised brown seal mark, 31cms high, wood stand.

A clobbered Chinese small vase or caddy and cover, late 18th Century, decorated in underglaze-blue with dragons, enamelled with flowers and butterflies on a solid gilt ground, pseudo seal mark in iron-red,15cms high, wood stand.

A Chinese famille rose porcelain snuff bottle, moulded in relief and picked out in colours with deities, pale green bowenite stopper, seal mark in red, 8cms.

A Chinese cinnabar lacquer square tray, carved with figures, pagodas, boats and islands on a ground of diaper and waves, square seal mark to reverse, 42cms.

A Chinese circular fan painting on silk, 19th century, with a hunter and boy attendant approaching a hut in a mountain landscape, seal mark and inscription, 24cms diameter, framed and glazed.

A fine double-page illuminated frontispiece, consisting of the opening to the Guy va chawgan, The Ball and the Polo Stick (also known as Hal-nameh, Book of Ecstasy), by Mahmud ibn Muhammad 'Arifi Heravi (d. AH 853/AD 1449-50) Persia, circa 1500Persian manuscript on paper, each leaf with five lines of text in nasta'liq script in black ink within cloudbands on a gold ground, text in stylised kufic script in white within illuminated cartouches above and below main text panel, ruled inner margins in colours and gold, profuse illumination in colours and gold flanking text panel and in outer margins, seal impression in upper border of right-hand leaf, in mount, framed each leaf 195 x 120 mm.Footnotes:ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of Sir Bernard Eckstein (1894-1948).Sotheby's, Extremely Fine Persian and Moghul Miniatures, Oriental Manuscripts, etc., The Property of the Late Sir Bernard Eckstein, Bt., 7th February 1949, lot 13.Stuart Cary Welch (1928-2008), until the late 1960s.Milo Cleveland Beach: acquired from Welch in the late 1960s, until the present.ExhibitedWilliams College Museum of Art (temporary loan, label on backboard).M. C. Beach taught at Williams College between 1969 and 1984, and the piece was loaned to the College for teaching purposes and not for a particular exhibition.The seal impression reads: 'His [God's] hoping servant, Sultan Mas'ud, AH 1259/AD 1843-44'. (This does not refer to Sultan Mas'ud Mirza, later titled Zill al-Sultan, and a son of Nasir al-Din Shah Qajar, born in 1850.The text, Guy va Chawgan, or Hal-nameh, is a mystical poem by 'Arifi (d. circa 1449), which hinges on the metaphor of the polo ball and the mallet of the rider as a representation of the lover's yearning for and being spurned by the beloved.For a manuscript of 14 leaves consisting of selections from the Guy va Chawgan, copied by Muhammad Husain al-Husaini, dated AH 965/AD 1557-58, see Christie's, Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds, 8th April 2008, lot 205.There are various handwritten notes on the backboard of the frame. The note at the upper left was written by M. C. Beach, as were the comparisons at lower right. The remainder, including the sketch, are by Cary Welch.Sir Bernard Eckstein (1894-1948)Sir Bernard Eckstein was a connoisseur and collector of wide interests, whose family wealth derived from Sudanese cotton and mining interests in South Africa. He became a director of various companies involved in these areas. He bought widely and was able to donate works of art to various institutions, such as the National Gallery, London, and Persian drawings and miniatures to the British Museum, the acquisition of which were said to have 'undoubtedly immensely increased [the national collection's] importance and interest'. These bequests scarcely dented his extensive collections, which were auctioned (mainly by Sotheby's) in a series of sales during 1948 and the two following years: paintings (8 December 1948), Chinese jade and hardstone carvings (9 December), books (24 January 1949), autograph letters and documents (25 January), Persian and Mughal miniatures (7 February), silver (10 February), clocks, furniture and tapestries (25 February), English pottery and porcelain (29 March) – by which time the Eckstein collections had realised £196,000 - equivalent to a present day value of some £6,300,000.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * R* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.R This lot is subject to import restrictions when shipped to the United States.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A collection of Chinese qianjiang enamelled porcelain, 20th century, comprising: a water-pot, of compressed globular form, painted with birds amongst flowers with an inscription to the reverse, signature and seal of Liu Yucen, 8.2cm high, another, of ovoid form, painted with a grasshopper amongst flowers, inscription to the reverse, 7cm high, a brush lick, of circular form, painted with grasshoppers amongst foliage, signature and seal of Liu Yucen, 10cm diameter, a vase and an associated cover, of baluster form, painted with ladies in a garden with an inscription to the reverse, 13cm high, and a teapot, of square tapering form, painted with a lady in a garden in shaped panels, inscribed 17cm high (7)Condition report: Water-pot, larger - No obvious faults.Ovoid water-pot - Minute chip to the rim, surface scratches.Brush lick - surface scratches throughout.Baluster vase - star crack to the base, enamel losses and surface scratches, cover not matching, chips to the rims and with a star crack.Teapot - a long crack from rim to body, handle restored, gilt losses and surface scratches, cover chipped.

A collection of three Chinese blue and white house gods, 20th century, of 'Lu', 'Fu' and 'Shou' wearing a long robe decorated with precious objects amongst clouds, four-character Xu Shunchang zao seal mark to base, 49cm to 52cm high (5)Condition report: No obvious faults.

An enamel pillbox,of plain rectangular form, inset with foliate decoration, 3.5cm widetogether with two Royal Copenhagen porcelain figures,modelled mermaid, 5cm high and a robin, 4cm hightogether with further collectables,to include an enamel, 6.5cm diameter, a Chinese seal, a miniature cloisonne vase, to include a bronze figure, 6cm high (qty.)Condition report: Chip out of seal, all showing wear, losses and scuffs

FIVE LATE 18TH CENTURY CHINESE VERTE IMARI PORCELAIN TEA BOWLS AND SIX MATCHING SAUCERS, decorated with pagodas in a landscape, diameter of saucers 11.5cm, together with a famille rose saucer dish of ribbed and fluted form, gilt rim and decorated with three figures and two others on horseback, red seal mark verso, diameter 12.4cm (12) (Condition report: all five tea bowls have damage, two are minor with a small chip to the top rim and the other with a chip to the inside of the foot rim, the other three have more extensive cracks or chips, the saucers all have damage of varying degrees, one has a small rim chip and another on the foot rim, another has a small chip to the outside edge of the rim, the remaining four all have hairline cracks, two of which also have tiny chips, the saucer has metal wall hanger attached, no sign of chips or cracks, wear to the gilt rim and decoration on the ribbed sections)

SIX PIECES OF 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURY CHINESE AND JAPANESE PORCELAIN, comprising a blue and white baluster vase decorated with alternating panels of a lady in a garden holding a flower and bird in a flowering tree, four character marks to the base, height 18cm, a small bowl, the exterior painted with foliage, faint red seal mark to the base, a few glaze scuffs and chips to the rim, height 4.7cm x diameter 7.1cm, a miniature handled vase, the exterior with foliate decoration, s.d to handle, height 4cm, a prunus blossom ginger jar and cover, the cover with a glued repair and stained crack to the rim of the jar, height 15cm, a famille verte ginger jar decorated with warriors on horseback, height 12cm and a crackle glaze sleeve vase, brown rims and underglaze blue decorated with birds and foliage, chipped to the top rim, staining crazing to the interior and firing cracks, height 20.5cm (6) (Condition report: specific damage mentioned within the description)

A pair of Chinese porcelain small baluster vases & covers, each decorated in famille verte enamels with figures in a formal garden, apocryphal Kangxi four-character seal mark in iron red to base; 7½” high.

Six various 18th century Chinese porcelain teabowls, including a 3½” diam. teabowl with famille rose decoration of precious objects & Qianlong iron red seal mark; & a famille rose 4¾” saucer dish with underglaze blue shaped border.

A Chinese porcelain baluster vase decorated in famille rose enamels with warriors in landscapes on a crackle-glazed coffee ground, with applied mask-&-ring side handles & incised Chenghua seal mark to base, 10” high; a polychrome-decorated model of Budai; & a small ethnic carving. (the pair to the vase is present, but fragmented; we cannot guarantee that all pieces are present).

A Chinese porcelain 8” plate decorated with Ying-yang & trigrams in a wave-&-rock border in doucat enamels, Daoguang seal mark to base.

A Chinese porcelain celadon-glazed vase of squat baluster form, underglaze blue Qianlong seal mark to base; 4?” high; a Ge-type vase of rectangular stepped beehive form; 3½” high; & a Chinese woucai porcelain box of lobed circular form with apocryphal Wanli mark to base; 4½” wide x 2¾” high. (3)

Landscapes with animals, flowers and fruits, album with ten watercolours on paper, Chinese characters inscriptions, exotic wood cover, Chinese, Minguo period (1912-1949), signed album and all the watercolors with the artist's seal, small humidity stains,Dim. - (mancha) 22,5 x 25,5 cm

A Chinese blanc-de-chine seated figure of Guanyin, Dehua kilns, 19th/20th century,holding a ruyi sceptre in her left hand and leaning in Royal ease upon an armrest with her right elbow, to applied seal marks to the back,21cm high

A pair of 19th century Chinese brass vases of GU form, cast with the six 'I-Ching' hexagrams to the stem knop, other script and decoration, to the base cast with six character seal mark, 26.5cm highCondition report – They are ‘brassy’ in colour, may have had a brown patination which was removed in part, one is slightly brighter than the other, a few manufacturing blemishes, otherwise good condition, great shape and I think unusual with the ‘I-Ching’ symbol decoration,haven't seen that before.

A Chinese metal tea poy / caddy, inset decorative panels, seal mark to base, 17.5cm high

Chinese provincial glazed blue & white desk seal with dragon decoration - 10cm high & base 5cm square

A Chinese carved hardstone seal with dragon finial - sold with a carved African hardstone depiction of a stylised head signed to base T.A.F

A pair of Chinese yixing rectangular cache pot jardinieres, shallow bracket feet, 21cm wide, impressed seal marks, early 20th century

Chinese porcelain flambe shallow dish, Qianlong seal mark to base and possibly of the period, (riveted repair), 26cm diam

Pair of small Chinese bowls, the yellow ground decorated in famille vert enamels with dragon chasing the flaming pearl, red seal mark to base, (2)

A Pair of Chinese Famille Verte Vases. 20th century. Republic Period. Decorated with figures in a landscape. Red seal mark to base. 46cm high

A bronze covered head of Buddha probably Chinese 20th century, with seal mark to reverse of neck 30cm high

A pair of Chinese cylindrical vases, decorated with figures and fence with square seal mark to base. Height 28 cm. CONDITION REPORT: Both cylindrical vases have some wear to the decoration through use and time. There is one 2-3 mm long chip to the top edge of one vase, there are no other chips evident to either. The other thing to note is spots of discolouration or mould consummate with imperfections in the glaze after firing. There are no cracks or hairline cracks which may affect either vases stability.

A pair of Chinese Qing iron red Fo dog decorated vases, each with seal and lid. Height 32 cm.

A Chinese bronze jardiniere, with relief moulded surround depicting palace buildings, seal mark under base, diameter 18cm, height 10cm

Miscellaneous group, including Chinese carved wood seal, mineral specimens and antiquities

A small Chinese porcelain bowl, with painted design of a child with a cockerel and panel of text, seal mark under base, diameter 8cm, height 6.5cmPerfect condition, no restoration

A Chinese Shoushan artist's seal, a carved jade tablet with calligraphy, a carved jade roundel and jade fruit (5)

A COLLECTION OF CHINESE SEALS Comprising: A recumbent horse and her filly on an oval base carved with script to the underside; A Qilin issuing smoke and a stack of books from his mouth, the oval base with calligraphy; A winged Bixi seated on an oval base carved with script; and A bronze seal of a horseman the taller 6,5cm high (4) NOT SUITABLE FOR EXPORT

Chinese crackle glaze blue and white vase of baluster form decorated with scrolling dragons amongst foliage with brown glazed floral incised borders and incised seal mark to base, 33cm high and a similar pair of flared cylindrical vases decorated with phoenix amongst peonies, each 31cm high. Some damages.  (3).Condition:Baluster vase - Chipped and damaged cover. Vase ok.Pair cylindrical vases - One with very chipped rim, other has underglaze rim chip or knife mark. 

Chinese brass vase of baluster form with incised panels of figures, precious things and moulded scrolling dragon to neck. Moulded four character seal mark to base, 25cm high.

Eastern bronze weight or toggle with ram's head finial, moulded figure of buddha as a child and fist terminal (possibly Tibetan?), 11cm long; small Chinese pierced bronze disc decorated with scrolling dragons, 6cm diam.; small weighted gilded medallion with moulded decoration depicting Garuda, 4.5cm diam.; small metal seal of arched form depicting a monkey god, 13.5cm high and an Eastern white metal bracelet or watch chain with cotton threads, 20cm long excluding hook.

Set of four Chinese polychrome painted porcelain panels, each depicting two figures on a terrace with peaches and in various employ, possibly representing the four seasons, each with calligraphic inscription and painted red seal mark, each 18.5cm x 14cm, in modern black frames.  (4).

A 20th century Chinese Ru style octagonal bottle vase, light blue glaze with yellow kaishu inscriptions and red seal mark, 18.5 cm high

Two 20th century Chinese silk mounted paintings, ink and watercolour on paper depicting idyllic mountainous landscapes with inscriptions and seal marks, framed and glazed, 29 cm w x 45 cm h (image size) 

Chinese Art A stone seal carved with a seated official China, 20th century . . Cm 8,50 x 19,00 x 4,00.

Chinese Art A pair of elephant shaped pottery candlesticks bearing a Qianlong six character seal mark at the base China, 19th century . . Cm 20,00 x 21,00 x 10,00.

Chinese Art A pink glazed porcelain bottle painted with landscapes and bearing a six character Qianlong seal mark at the base China, 20th century . . Cm 39,00.

Chinese Art A blue and white porcelain moonflask bearing a Daoguang seal mark at the base China, 20th century . . Cm 17,50 x 25,00.

Chinese Art A famille rose porcelain censer bearing a six character Qianlong seal mark at the base China, 19th century . . Cm 11,50 x 9,50 x 11,50.

A Chinese enamel and yellow ginger jar and cover with red seal mark to base

A Japanese Meiji period Arita Imari water jug, decorated in the typical palette, bearing 'Hichozan Shimpo' type mark to base (damaged & repaired) sold together with a large modern Chinese lidded baluster vase, decorated with foliate vignettes against a deep red ground, seal mark to base.

A Chinese pottery cylindrical vase, decorated with flora and fauna between incised bands, rudimentary seal mark to base 20cm tall  Small chip to base  hairline crack to rim  No other damage or restoration visible 

DAVID KWOK, KWO DA WEI (CHINESE, 1919-2003) - TADPOLES Ink on paper, scroll backing Signed, inscribed and with one seal 130cm (total height) Condition: No obvious condition issues Provenance: From the collection of Mr Frank Hickley and Mrs Pamela Hickley, OBE

A mixed lot including In a Little Gypsy Tearoom sheet music, a still life of Poppies, oil, a watercolour, Still Life of Flowers, faint red Chinese seal mark bottom right, assorted greeting cards and photographs, The Alvis Dinner and Dance 16th February 1939, embroidered greeting cards and a beadwork purse etc. (a lot)