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A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE MINIATURE CANDLESTICK KANGXI 1662-1722 Rising from a domed circular foot, with a knopped stem, painted with scrolling foliage and flowers, divided by chevron and geometric borders, 8.4cm. Provenance: from an English private collection, London.

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE EROTIC SUBJECT WINE CUP KANGXI 1662-1722 The U-shaped body rising to a flaring rim, the exterior painted with a couple in an amorous embrace amidst furnishings and a plantain tree, the base with a six character Chenghua mark, 6.3cm wide. Provenance: from an English private collection, London. Cf. Sotheby's New York, 19th March 2019, lot 365 for a pair of wine cups with this design.

A 19th century Kangxi period Chinese blue and white prunus ginger jar. The jar presenting floral decorations, the jar having a white background with blue hand painted brushstrokes on top. Marked to the base with double blue rings. The lot appears in overall fair conditions with wear commensurate with age, in particular a broken and repaired lid with missing chip to the inside of the lid. It measures approx. 15cm high.

A RARE TIBETAN-STYLE GILT AND BLACK LACQUER EWER AND COVER, DUOMUHU 18TH CENTURY The tall cylindrical body set with a slender spout to one side, with four raised bands and mounts suspending chains to form the handle, decorated in gold lacquer on a black ground with many roundels formed as blossoming branches, the flowers including orchids, chrysanthemums, lotus and prunus, the cover surmounted by a finial shaped as a crouching lion dog, 47.7cm. (2) Provenance: from the collection of the late Hubert René Joseph Georges Faure (1919-2020). Hubert Faure was the first husband of Elizabeth (Bessie) de Cuevas, who married when she was nineteen. Bessie was the daughter of Margaret Rockefeller, granddaughter of John D Rockefeller. This form of ewer is known in Chinese as a duomuhu and it is derived from the Tibetan bey lep. Bey lep literally translates as 'container for butter', but these vessels were also used to store milk, wine and milk tea in Lamaist monasteries. The shape is believed to have first appeared in China during the Yuan dynasty and, after little use in the Ming dynasty, was revived under the reign of the Kangxi Emperor (1662-1722) during the Qing dynasty. His interest in Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism led to the resurgence of the duomuhu form, notably in metalwork and porcelain. Cf. The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Lacquer Wares of the Qing Dynasty, p.182, no.135 for a comparable gold and purple lacquer duomuhu in the Qing Court Collection; see also pp.152-153, no.111 for a Qianlong period twin-dish decorated with comparable floral medallions in gold on a black lacquer ground

A CHINESE HONGMU ALTAR TABLE KANGXI 1662-1722 The rectangular top with raised scroll ends, the frieze carved with stylised cloud spandrels, all raised on slightly splayed trestle legs pierced with large rectangular panels enclosing ruyi-head shaped cloud motifs, 86.5cm x 109cm x 43cm. Provenance: from an English private collection, London, purchased from Nicholas Grindley Works of Art on 9th May 1986. 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 'DRAGON AND PHOENIX' BRUSHPOT, BITONG KANGXI 1662-1722 The waisted body flaring at the foot and towards the rim, the exterior decorated with a single dragon and phoenix in pursuit of a sacred pearl amidst stylised flames, the base with an artemisia leaf mark, 13.5cm. Provenance: from an English private collection, London.

A GOOD CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'SCHOLAR' BRUSHPOT, BITONG KANGXI 1662-1722 The cylindrical body painted in inky cobalt-blue with a seated scholar contemplating in a continuous rocky landscape with bamboo and pine shrubs, his attendants preparing tea, all between a narrow chevron and a freestyle dotted borders, 13.8cm. Provenance: from the collection of Sir Ronald Charles Lindsay GCB, KCMG, CVO, PC,1877-1945, and thence by descent. Sir Ronald Lindsay was a British civil servant and diplomat. He was the British Ambassador to Turkey from 1925-26 and to Germany from 1926-28; from 1928-30, he was Permanent Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs and from 1930-39 the British Ambassador to the United States of America.

A RARE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE, CELADON AND UNDERGLAZE COPPER-RED BALUSTER VASE KANGXI 1662-1722 The body painted and carved with a continuous scene of a standing tiger looking up at a ferocious dragon emerging from clouds, with pine trees and rocks to the reverse, the neck with a single rib, 44cm. Provenance: from a German private collection.

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE MALLET-SHAPED 'SCHOLAR' VASE KANGXI 1662-1722 The body raised on a short straight foot, with a cylindrical neck and flared rim, painted with a continuous scene depicting a scholar with his attendants in a fenced garden, below bands of ruyi-heads, chevrons and sawtooth designs, 26cm. Provenance: from an English private collection, London.

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE DOUBLE-GOURD VASE KANGXI 1662-1722 The lower bulb decorated with rose blooms and bamboo emerging from craggy rocks, the reverse with two butterflies in flight, the upper bulb painted with further bamboo sprays, the base with a six character Chenghua mark, 21.7cm. Provenance: from an English private collection, London.

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE OVOID VASE KANGXI 1662-1722 Brightly painted in light and dark tones with Guanyin blessing a supplicant with a child, the figures stands on clouds and beside a bridge amidst rocks and plantain, the base with a label indistinctly inscribed 'Sotheby's 23th June 1981?... the property of a collector, Chow collection', with a wood cover and stand , 20.5cm. (3)

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'LOTUS' VASE KANGXI 1662-1722 Decorated with three large lotus sprays divided by chrysanthemum, the borders with floral leaf-shaped lappets, the base with a tied lozenge mark, together with a wood stand and cover, 26cm. (3) Provenance: from an English private collection, West Yorkshire, formed in the 1970s and 1980s.

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'BUTTERFLIES AND FLOWERS' BOWL KANGXI 1662-1722 The rounded body raised on a slightly tapering foot, with a gently flared rim, brightly decorated with butterflies amidst peony, hydrangea and other flowers, the base with a six character Chenghua mark, 20cm. Provenance: from the collection of Henry Mark Darlow, d.2018.

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'YANG JIA JIANG' BASIN KANGXI 1662-1722 Painted with a central medallion containing warriors and figures carrying banners under a willow tree, the cavetto decorated with cartouches enclosing further soldiers, the reverse embellished with bands of floral sprigs above a panel of ruyi-heads, with a six character Chenghua mark, 32.2cm. Mu Guiying is a legendary heroine from the Yang Jia Jiang (Generals of the Yang Family Legends), a Northern Song Dynasty tale and play. The scene depicts Mu Guiying capturing the young and handsome Yang Zongbao and demanding a marriage proposal. Mu is the cultural symbol of a brave, persevering and loyal woman.

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'SQUIRRELS AND GRAPE VINE' BOWL KANGXI 1662-1722 The deep rounded sides rising from a gently splayed foot to an everted rim, the exterior decorated with scrolling grapevines, with small squirrels clambering amidst the fruiting branches, the interior painted with a central medallion containing further clusters of grapes and a squirrel, the base with a six character Chenghua mark, 16cm. 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 CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'TIAN' JAR KANGXI 1662-1722 The ovoid body painted with large stylised flowerheads amidst scrolling tendrils, the design contained between bands of lappets containing palm leaves, the base with a mark reading Tian, 10.3cm. Provenance: from an English private collection, London.

A NEAR PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE CYLINDRICAL VASES KANGXI 1662-1722 Each decorated with panels containing different flowers on a gilt-decorated powder-blue ground, 26.5cm. (2)

A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE FIVE-PIECE GARNITURE KANGXI 1662-1722 Decorated with archaistic vessels, scholarly items and auspicious emblems, the neck painted with bands of scrollwork and circles, four vases with a paper label for Marchant, London, 16cm max. (5) Provenance: purchased from Richard Marchant Limited, London, on 22nd April 1988, a copy of the invoice is available.

A FINE AND RARE CHINESE CARVED CELADON BRUSHPOT, BITONG KANGXI 1662-1722 The wide cylindrical body decorated with a continuous landscape scene of pagodas, willow, pine, rocks and figures and in a sampan, all beneath a scrolling border, the base with a recessed glazed circle with a six character Xuande mark, with a wood stand, 17.2cm. (2) Provenance: from the collection of Elsie McCorkindale d.1953, Trebetherick, Cornwall. Cf. Christie's Hong Kong, 29th April 2001, lot 520 for a closely related carved celadon landscape bitong.

A CHINESE PEACHBLOOM GLAZED TAPERING CYLINDRICAL VASE LATE QING DYNASTY/ REPUBLIC PERIOD With a narrow waisted neck, the glaze crackled and mottled in green, brown and pink, the base with a six character Kangxi mark, together with a wood stand and a fitted box and cover, 17cm. (4) Provenance: an English private collection, Bristol, by repute supplied by Peter Wain as an exchange.

A CHINESE UNDERGLAZED BLUE AND COPPER-RED BOWL KANGXI 1662-1722 The interior decorated with lotus sprays to the centre, encircled by floral branches at different stages of bloom, the underside decorated with two further foliage sprigs, the base with a six character Xuande mark, 11.2cm. Provenance: from an English private collection, London.

A RARE PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE 'SUI TANG YAN YI' ROULEAU VASES KANGXI 1662-1722 Brightly enamelled with An Lu Shan and many other figures, before the Tang Xuanzong Emperor, who sits at a desk in a pavilion with his attendants, the reverse with rocks, trees, and distant mountains, the necks with shou characters beneath bands of ruyi-heads, 45.5cm. (2) Together with a copy of Thermoluminescence Analysis Report, sample no.P122b37, dated 19th January 2022.

A small Chinese Kangxi famille vert tea pot, length spout to handle 16cm, overall height 10cm.  In good condition, chips underfoot, small nick to spout terminal and lid possibly matched.

Chinese prunus blossom decorated jar with six-character Kangxi mark to baseCondition ReportLight surface marks, accretions. Discolouration to rim. Small indent to the base which is smooth so probably from the manufacturing process.  General wear and tear.  See photos.

TWO JAPANESE IMARI MUSTARD POTS AND COVERS EDO PERIOD, C.1690-1720 Each with a bulbous body raised on a flared foot and with a side handle, decorated with moulded patterns resembling petals painted in gilt, red, cyan, purple and black enamels, the panels enclosing many flowers, the foot decorated with bands of chevrons and lappets; each cover with a circular aperture and painted with further flowers, 9.7cm and 10cm respectively. (4) Provenance: from an English private collection, London. See J Ayers, O Impey, JVG Mallet, Porcelain for Palaces, The Fashion for Japan in Europe 1650-1750, p.206, no.202, for a comparable mustard pot. The authors explain that in both moulding and colouring these pieces are inspired by, or ancestral to Chinese famille verte wares of the Kangxi period. Also, see C Jörg, Fine & Curious, Japanese Export Porcelain in Dutch Collections, p.190, no.238, for a miniature example in the Groninger Museum, Groningen.

Floral decor, Kangxi mark, 27 cm. tall.

Decorated with flowers, Kangxi Mark and Period, 33 cm. in diameter, chip and hairline.

Dark blue ground with white flower blossom decor, Kangxi mark, 36 cm. tall, restoration on cover.

Depicting dragon, Kangxi mark, 9 cm. in diameter.

Kangxi mark, 37 cm. tall.

Floral decor, Kangxi Mark and Period, 15 cm. in diameter, chip and hairline.

Claire de lune brush washer marked Kangxi and 7 cm. tall.

Decorated with pheasant in flowers, Kangxi mark, 19 cm. in diameter, fritting on edge.

Dark blue ground with white dragon and clouds, Kangxi mark, 9 cm. in diameter, baking fault.

Depicting Chinese figures, Kangxi mark, 28 cm. tall.

Depicting Chinese figures in garden, Kangxi mark, 25 cm. tall.

Floral decor, Kangxi Mark and Period, 15 cm. in diameter.

Floral decor, Kangxi Period, 21 cm. in diameter.

Kangxi mark, 19 cm. tall.

Depicting dragon wrapped around neck of vase, Kangxi mark, 27 cm. tal.

Depicting large gathering of Chinese figures, Kangxi mark, 42 cm. in diameter.

Kangxi mark, 8 cm. in diameter.

Depicting scene in garden with flowers and birds, Kangxi mark, 45 cm. tall.

Depicting Chinese antiquities in center of charger with floral decor border, Kangxi mark, 34 cm. in diameter.

Depicting gathering of Chinese figures, Kangxi mark, 43 cm. in diameter.

Decorated with Chinese figures, Kangxi mark, 15 cm. tall, chip.

Depicting scene in garden with flower blossoms in trees and Chinese text, Kangxi mark, 5 cm. tall x 6 cm. in diameter, chip.

Depicting sea creatures, Kangxi mark, 20 cm. in diameter.

Floral decor, Kangxi mark, 16 cm. in diameter.

Floral decor, Kangxi Period, 42 cm. tall, crackle in glaze.

Depicting Chinese landscapes, Kangxi mark, 11 x 11 x 15 cm.

Floral decor, Kangxi mark and Period, 23 cm. in diameter, chip and hairline.

Decorated with flowers and birds, Kangxi mark, 30 cm. tall, chip.

Decorated with pagodas in landscape, Kangxi mark, 19 cm. tall.

Including Kangxi, tallest teapot is 17 cm., with restorations.

Floral decor, Kangxi Mark and Period, 21 cm. in diameter, in diverse conditions.

Including 2 cups and 4 saucers, floral decor, Kangxi mark, saucers are 13 cm. in diameter, chip and hairline.

Yellow sgraffito ground with decor of fruit on vine, Kangxi mark, 25 cm. in diameter.