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An Enamelled Dehua Cup, Kangxi, of deep octagonal form, the exterior with 'famille verte' flower sprays, moulded seal mark to base, small chip rim. H:6.8cm

An Attractive Blue and White Dragon Bowl, Kangxi, crisply painted with dragons, the interior painted with vishva-vajra in the centre and a band of lotus under the mouth rim, six characters Chenghua mark, star crack on the base, chips on the foot rim. W:17.7cm, H:8.4cm

A Blue and White Beaker Vase with Prunus, Kangxi period, , painted in soft tones with prunus on a blue ground cracked ice field, fair condition, 7cm wide restored chip rim. H:19cm. From a Gentleman's Collection

A Dehua 'sleeve' vase, Kangxi, supported on a recessed base, straight sides swelling outwards towards the shoulder and surmounted by a short, everted neck with lipped rim, sides applied with two well-defined taotie masks, body lightly engraved under the glaze with lengths of flowers and leaves, entirely covered in a brilliant ivory-white glaze, leaving the interior and foot rim unglazed, good condition H:30.5cm Ben Janssens, TEFAF Maastricht 2023, no.40; Eileen Lesoef, France; Ben Janssens Oriental Art, June 1999; Private Collection, UKP.J.Donnelly illustrates a smaller vase of the same form, with lion head mask handles, owned by 'Pao-ts'an-shih, Hongkong', which is dated by the incised inscription to 1702, in his encyclopaedic 'Blanc de Chine', London 1969.

A Good Blue and White Figural Lobed Bowl, Kangxi, with the 'eight immortals' painted on the exterior separated by four bunches of flowers, the interior with Shoulao painted in the centre, six underglaze-blue characters of Chenghua mark on the base, good condition, fritting rim W:12.3cm, H:6.1cm

A 'blanc de chine' Guanyin Group, Kangxi, the seated deity wearing a long robe, which is drawn up as a hood over her high chignon, and holding a small child, as she sits flanked by two attendant boy acolytes on a base imitating rockwork, H:24cm.

Three Blue and White Teacups, Kangxi, comprising two fluted cups, one with geese and the other with flower sprays, and a smaller cup with scattered flowers, and six character commendation mark, the largest geese cup cracked, others ok. W:7cm. From a Gentleman's Collection

A Pair of Blue and White 'Birds and 'Flowers' Vases, Guangxu, each of baluster form with flared necks, well painted overall with a pair of magpies perched on a flowering hydrangea, among peony and other shrubs, six character marks of Kangxi, both with some good restoration to necks. H:35cm

A Rare 'Egg and Spinach' Wall Vase, hu, Kangxi, the biscuit vase rising from a tall foot to a pear shaped body with flared neck, applied on the front with a single moulded lion mask handle and applied overall with splashed green, yellow and aubergine enamels, the flat unglazed back pierced for suspension, good condition but with small flakes exterior mouth and at edge of foot. H:14.3cm

A 'famille verte' Biscuit seated Guan Yu, Kangxi, the bearded God of War with fierce expression, holding an ingot in one hand, with right hand raised and right foot resting on a small dog repairs around upper body, otherwise fair. H:20cm

Four assorted Blue and White Lids, Qing dynasty, including one Kangxi one with prunus and cracked ice, a pair with lion finials, and another similar, the first with restored chip rim, one of the pair ok, the other with three chips rim, the last with chips rim. the largest W:9cm From a Gentleman's Collection

A 'blanc de chine' Libation cup, Kangxi, applied to one side with a flying crane and a ram, the other with a dragon head and a tiger, beneath the clear glaze, ok, with tiny flake chip foot W: 9.5cm

A Blue and White 'Figures'Teapot and a Cover, Kangxi, the rounded sides with a continuous scene of two scholars meeting a maiden in a garden, beneath a diaper and flower vignette border, fair condition, fritting spout L:18cm. From a Gentleman's Collection

An Attractive'famille verte' Birds and Flowers Dish, Kangxi, of large saucer form, well painted in good enamels with two birds seated on a gnarled bough of flowering prunus, which springs from rockwork, below two gilt and iron red seals, all within a floral border at the rim enclosing scholarly emblems in reserve, A comparable dish from the collection of Sam and Myrna Myers was sold at Sothebys Paris, lot 181, 16th June 2022. From the private collection of a retired dealer broken in half with museum repair W: 36.4cm

A Pair Blue and White 'Lange Lijsen' Saucers, Kangxi, , each well painted in soft greyish cobalt with four maidens among flowers, arranged around a central double line medallion enclosing a seated maiden, fair condition, some filled small frits. W:12.5cm. From a Gentleman's Collection

A Rare Blue ground Anhua Dragon Vase, Kangxi, with waisted neck rising from the baluster body, pencilled in white using a wax resist technique against the 'bleu souffle' field, with two fierce dragons rising among flames and clouds to dispute the 'flaming pearl', neck reduced, drilled for electricity, small chip footrim and crack across foot. H:21cm

A Pair of Blue ground 'Famille Vert' Floral Dishes, Kangxi, of circular shape, each decorated against a 'bleu souffle' ground with five shaped reserves, well enamelled with flowers, with underglaze blue snail mark to base one in good condition; one with a minor frit and a 5.5cm hairline W:22.3cm, 22.5cm

A Blue and White Vase, Kangxi, of baluster form, well painted in strong cobalt with a continuous scene of a pheasant flying down to its mate, who is perched on a garden rock among flowering plants, between line diaper borders at foot and at the base of the straight neck, hairline from rim to shoulder, otherwise appears ok. H:21.5cm., From a Gentleman's Collection

A 'famille verte' Landscape Dish, Kangxi, richly enamelled, with a central moonlit lake landscape where a lone boatman poles his boat under a bridge between two pavilions among trees, towards a larger lake and a distant pagoda among mists, the barbed rim with quatrefoil flower vignettes on a diaper field fair condition, restored drillhole centre and a 5cm.wide restored chip rim. W:38.5cm

A 'famille verte' Biscuit Frog Waterdropper, Kangxi, well carved and moulded in a seated posture, black dotted over his upper body and enamelled green, one foot chipped, otherwise ok. L:7.3cm

A Blue and White 'Butterfly' Bowl, six character mark of Kangxi in a double ring, and of the period, , the rounded sides flaring to the rim, and decorated in soft tones on the exterior with butterflies flying above scattered leafy fruit and flower sprays, fair condition, restored hairline from small chip rim, other small restored chips. W:11cm. From a Gentleman's Collection

A Blue and White Vase with Ladies, Kangxi,, of tall ovoid form with straight neck, painted around the centre with a continuous scene of pairs of ladies at a garden pavilion, between bands of flower sprays on the neck and at the foot, restoration on garden side from rim to lower body, and up through pavilion to rim. H:24cm. From a Gentleman's Collection

A blue and white ginger jar with figure scenes, Guangxu, well painted with barbed reserves enclosing scenes of boys at play in gardens, against a background of prunus and cracked ice, four character Kangxi mark, wood lid, good condition H: 26cm

A Good Dehua Vase, Kangxi, of slender bottle form, the slightly waisted neck with double loop phoenix head handles with suspended rings beneath the galleried rim, the body otherwise entirely plain and covered in a clear glaze of ivory tone which stops in a neat line just above the footrim, the base unglazed, good condition H: 16cm Sold by Bonhams London New Bond Street, 10th May 2021; J.A.N. Fine Art; Francesco Maria, Marchese Taliani de Marchio (1887 - 1968), Grand Officer of the Italian Crown, Commander of the Order of St Maurice and Lazarus, and Commander of the Order of Pius IX (Ordine Piano), and his wife Archduchess Margaretha d'Austria Toscana, Marchesa Taliani de Marchio (1894?C1986).

A Large Underglaze Red Decorated Vase, Kangxi, of bottle form, well decorated around the globular belly with three seated fabulous animals in dark underglaze red, against the otherwise undecorated white glazed body, below the slightly waisted slender neck, the vase set on a low concentrically grooved unglazed foot cracked H:40cm

A 'Famille Verte' Plate with a Beauty, Kangxi, of circular shape with petal led rim, a lady sitting in a garden painted in the centre, surrounded by flowers, the 'hundred treasures' and landscapes in iron red, blue and white and enamel, fritting and crack restored W:26cm

A 'blanc de chine' Kylin Taperstand, Kangxi, the dragon headed beast carved and moulded, sitting on a rectangular plinth with flames curling up around his scaly body, chips to mane, crack to one foreleg and another to flank. H:33cm

A Miniature Blue and White Teapot and a Cover, Kangxi, , the sides moulded with panels painted with flowers, beneath a line of moulded blue lappets at the neck, double hairline from rim to shoulder, fritting handle, otherwise ok. L:9.6cm From a Gentleman's Collection

A 'famille verte' Jar and Cover with Boys Playing, early Kangxi, the vase of heavily potted baluster form, the sides with a charming scene of four beauties and sixteen boys at play in a garden, in rich enamels and iron red, enhanced with underglaze blue wash, the domed cover with three dancing boys, fair condition, the jar with an area of restoration covering almost half the neck, with two restored cracks running down onto body from it. Restored area rim of lid. H: 41cm

An Iron Red decorated Dish with Figures, Kangxi,, the petal moulded barbed rim, pencilled with flower vignettes, enclosing a central medallion where two maidens in a pavilion gaze at two young gentlemen passing by in a boat, well painted in iron red with some gilding and touches of black, fritting rim, otherwise appears good. W:26.8cm From a Gentleman's Collection

A Blue and White Ginger Jar with Boys, Kangxi, with a lobed vignette of boys at play in gardens on one side, and on the other a vignette of a boy riding a qilin in procession, wood lid, two flake chips mouth, the largest 1.5cm.wide, two smaller chips, and short hairline along the angle of shoulder and neck. H:18cm

A Blue and White Dragon Dish, Kangxi Mark, W:24cm. good condition

A Pair of small 'famille verte' Dishes, Kangxi, each with a central scene of a songbird flying above flowering peony and chrysanthemum, within a diaper and flower vignette band at the rim, one in perfect condition, the other with two cracks and minor fritting on rim W:14.4cm. Galerie Nicolas Fournery

A Pair of Fine Blue and White Lotus Dishes, Kangxi, well painted in underglaze blue with lotus scrolls both inside and outside, six underglaze blue and white characters of Kangxi mark and of the period, good condition W:15.2cm, 15.3cm Hong Kong Sotheby's, Nov 1994, Lot 135; Hong Kong Sotheby's, Nov 2018, Lot 672

A Blue and White 'Magpie and Prunus' Vase, early Kangxi, of plain beaker form, decorated in bright cobalt with a continuous scene of a pair of magpies flying among flowering prunus boughs, fair condition, star crack lower body. H:26cm

A Good Blue and White 'Scholars' Conical Bowl, Kangxi, the exterior with two scholars and one attendant in a garden, waves and flowers painted inside, the unglazed base in ¡®bi¡¯ shape revealing the clean white body, good condition, apart from frits restored at mouth rim. W:10.2cm, H:4.5cm

A large 19th century Chinese famille rose green vase. The vase having a flared rim with elongated neck & red twin dragon shaped handles. The body decorated with a series of repeating vignettes depicting ladies in traditional gowns on yellow ground. Marked for Kangxi Dynasty in six blue marks to base. Measures approx. 44cm tall. 

A set of three late 19th century Chinese Oriental blue & white porcelain Prunus patter ginger jars. Each jar painted in tones of under glaze blue with blossoming prunus on a ground of ice white. Marked with Kangxi double blue rings to base. Largest measures approx. 16cm tall x 13cm in diameter.

A late 19th century Chinese Oriental blue & white porcelain Prunus patter ginger jar. The jar painted in tones of under glaze blue with blossoming prunus on a ground of ice white. Marked with Kangxi double blue rings to base Measures approx. 20cm tall x 17cm in diameter.

EIGHTEEN CHINESE BOWLS AND EIGHT SAUCERSKANGXI 1662-1722Variously decorated in the famille verte and Imari palettes, others with café-au-lait grounds and in wucai, 13cm max. (26)PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

A COLLECTION OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ITEMSMOSTLY KANGXIComprising: an erotic subject tea bowl and saucer, six further tea bowls, twenty-one saucers, three various cups, and a salt converted into a candlestick, 42cm max. (33)PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE DISH KANGXI 1662-1722 The deep body painted to the well with flowering prunus and butterflies, the cavetto and rim with panels alternating auspicious objects and further blossoms; the reverse with ruyi heads and a square mark, 21cm.PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

A CHINESE BLUE AND GILT 'SHOU CHARACTER' CUP SIX CHARACTER DAOGUANG MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1821-50 The slightly flaring sides decorated with four shou characters framed by stylised kui dragons, all rendered in relief on the warm gilded ground; raised on a short straight foot, 6.3cm.PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).Cf. The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Miscellaneous Enamelled Porcelains, Plain Tricoloured Porcelains, p.306, no.256 for a related wine cup; see also Christie's London, 5th November 2013, lot 458 for another comparable piece; see also Shanghai Museum, Kangxi Porcelain Wares from the Shanghai Museum Collection, pp.352-353, no.236 for a pair of Kangxi bowls also decorated with a gold glaze.

A CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE 'MARCO POLO' INCENSE BURNER, COVER AND STANDKANGXI 1622-1722The octagonal body moulded with complex designs of flowers, leaves and geometric patterns, the reticulated cover and stand with floral knops and raised on eight cloud-shaped feet, 17cm. (3)PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).Cf. PJ Donnelly Blanc de Chine pl.107 for a similar example.

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE RECTANGULAR TILE KANGXI 1662-1722One side painted with a lone fisherman on a rocky ledge beside a lake with distant mountains, the reverse with magpies and flowering prunus, 27.5cm.PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'QILIN' DISH EARLY KANGXI, 17TH CENTURYBoldly painted with a scaly fire-breathing qilin beside a plantain tree, with a channelled foot rim and with a yu tang jia qi mark, 35.5cm.PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE 'QILIN' DISH AND AN OVOID JAR KANGXI 1662-1722The dish decorated with a qilin in a fenced garden beneath swirling clouds and a swallow, the base with an artemisia leaf mark, the jar with floral roundels in between borders of lotus and tendrils, 21.5cm. (2)PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE 'LOTUS' DISH KANGXI 1662-1722Painted all over with a stylised design of lotus flowerheads and leaves on a green ground, the base with a lingzhi mark, 37cm.PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'EIGHT IMMORTALS' YEN YEN VASE KANGXI 1662-1722Painted with eight cartouches containing the Immortals on a blue diaper ground, with an artemisia leaf mark to the base, 44.5cm.PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

FIVE CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE DISHES, AN OVOID VASE AND A BOWL KANGXI 1662-1722 One dish decorated with Laozi and inscribed yao ran chu han gu piao piao bu ji nian, the others variously decorated with figures, flowers, trees, birds and insects, 36.5cm max. (7) PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022). Exhibited: the 'bird' dish, with The Oriental Ceramic Society, The World in Colours, 2006, no.106.

A RARE CHINESE IMPERIAL MOULDED GOURD 'DRAGONS' BOWL FOUR-CHARACTER QIANLONG SHANGWAN MARK AND OF THE PERIOD The deep body with a gently flaring rim and raised on a short foot, the sides decorated with a continuous band of dragons chasing pearls of wisdom framed by key fret borders; the mythical beasts are depicted writhing above crashing waves and amongst swirling clouds; the inside in black lacquer and the base marked Qianlong Shangwan (appreciated by the Qianlong Emperor) within a double ring, 15.1cm.PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022). The Kangxi Emperor commissioned gourd vessels to be made in the Palace Workshops, transforming what was folk craft into an Imperial art form. For a detailed discussion of the early history of moulded Imperial gourds, see Wang Shixiang, 'Moulded Gourds', Gugong Bowuyuan Yuankan, 1979, no. 1, pp. 86-91, translated by Craig Clunas in the Oriental Ceramic Society Chinese Transactions, no.10, London, 1981, pp.16-30. Three Qianlong gourd bowls from the collection of Sir John Addis in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, are illustrated in Craig Clunas, Chinese Carving, Singapore, 1996; one bearing the mark Qianlong shangwan on the base, pl.79; a bowl with an identical mark but with an everted rim, pl.80; and an unmarked example attributed to the 18th century, pl.82. Another moulded gourd bowl of this form with similar Qianlong shangwan mark is illustrated in Wang Shixiang, The Charms of the Gourd, Hong Kong, 1993, p. 43, fig. 9, and p. 76, fig. 9.

A RARE CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE 'GENGZHI TU' DISH AND A PAIR OF 'DEER' BOWLS KANGXI 1662-1722The dish painted with a scene of a farmer tilling a paddy field, after the Song dynasty painting by Lou Shu, all beneath a poem; the two bowls painted with deer, cranes, pine trees, and lingzhi, 35cm max. (3)PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

A COLLECTION OF CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE CERAMICSKANGXI 1662-1722Comprising: a brushpot painted with a bird, a small vase and cover, a teapot, a pouring vessel, a jug, a U-shaped bowl and cover, a shell-shaped dish, a saucer and six various dishes, 27 cm. (16)PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022). Exhibited: the large jug, with The Oriental Ceramic Society, The World in Colours, 2006, no.99.

A FINE CHINESE DOUCAI 'MEDALLION' BOWL SIX-CHARACTER QIANLONG MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1735-96 The tall flaring sides delicately painted in underglaze blue and polychrome enamels, with five roundels formed as fruiting peach trees with leafy branches, alternating with stylised pomegranates and further leaves; a colourful border of lappets with scroll details above the foot; a paper label reading 'OCS 2006, THE WORLD IN COLOURS, NO.79', 15.2cm.PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).Exhibited: The Oriental Ceramic Society, The World in Colours, 2006, no.79. Cf. The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrasting Colours, Hong Kong, p.216, no.197 for a closely related medallion design. This decoration on bowls is based on Kangxi period prototypes, such as the example in the Qing Court collection. The pattern continued in the subsequent reigns, with known examples from the Qianlong, Jiaqing and Daoguang periods. Cf. Christie’s London, 6th November 2018, lot 38, for another Qianlong doucai bowl with this shape and decoration from the collection of the late Soame Jenyns.

A COLLECTION OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE CERAMICS 17TH CENTURY AND KANGXI Comprising: three teapots and covers, a punch pot, three ewers and a covered jug; variously decorated with figures, landscapes, flowers and foliage, together with five covers, 26cm max. (9)PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

TWO CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'PRUNUS' BALUSTER VASES KANGXI 1662-1722Each painted with blossoming prunus branches on a cracked-ice ground, the rims with bands of ruyi-heads, 35cm. (2)PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

A SMALL COLLECTION OF CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE ITEMS KANGXI 1662-1722Comprising: three vases and two cups, the vases painted with figures and one with two dragons, the cups with flower sprays, together with two wood covers, 22cm. (7)PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE OVOID 'QILIN' JAR KANGXI 1662-1722Painted with two large panels enclosing qilin standing on rocks amidst breaking waves, together with a reticulated wood cover, 17cm. (2)PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE DISH AND A 'ROMANCE OF THE WESTERN CHAMBER' BOWL KANGXI 1662-1722The dish painted with a roundel containing a dignitary seated at a table within a border of the flowers of the Four Seasons, the bowl painted with panels of figures from Xi Xiang Ji, a six character Kangxi mark, 35.5cm max. (2)PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

FOUR CHINESE DISHES KANGXI 1662-1722Comprising: a pair of blue and white moulded dishes painted with panels of young ladies and flowers, with a yu mark to the bases, another painted with a pheasant beneath a flowering tree, with a conch mark; the fourth dish delicately painted with chrysanthemum in underglaze blue and red, with a six character Xuande mark, 16cm. (4)PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).