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Click here to subscribeA Chinese pale celadon and russet jade ‘goat’ carving, worked in the form of a recumbent goat with its legs beneath its body, its head facing forward and detailed with almond-shaped eyes and a pair of horns, the stone of an even celadon-white tone flecked with russet and inclusions, 7.1cm long x 2.2cm wide x 5.7cm high 青白玉卧羊
A Chinese celadon jade ‘long-tailed bird’ box and cover, of compressed globular form, the cover finely carved with two long-tailed birds perched or flying around a fruiting tree issuing from a pierced garden rock alongside a stem of lingzhi, the stone of a even celadon colour, 4.9cm diameter and 1.8cm high Compared with a related pair of jade boxes with covers, sold Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 8th October, 2013, lot 3044. 青白玉喜上眉梢盖盒
A Chinese celadon and black jade ‘twin Buddhist lions’ group, skilfully worked in the form of a pair of recumbent Buddhist lions, each rendered with round bulging eyes below thick brows and mane defined in tight curls, its back with well-pronounced bosses along the spine terminating in a bushy tail, the stone is of a mottled pale celadon and black tone with russet inclusions, 6.5 cm long x 5.5 cm wide x 4.5 cm tall 玉双狮摆件
A Chinese inscribed white jade ‘Jiang Ziya’ archaistic pendant, finely carved on one side with the Zhou Dynasty minister Jiang Ziya riding on a qilin with one hand holding a stem of fungus lingzhi, an attendant carrying a flag beside him, the reverse inscribed in low relief with a poem, the stone of an even white colour, 5.9cm long x 4cm wide x 0.5cm deep 白玉姜太师诗文故事牌
A Chinese celadon and russet jade figure of a bixie, worked in the form of a recumbent mythical beast bixie with the right front led striding forward, the muscular body skilfully picked out with a pair of wings extending from the front haunches, the stone of a warm celadon tone with russets and inclusions, 17.5cm long x 4.5cm wide x 5.8cm high, wood stand 玉辟邪镇纸
A Chinese celadon jade ruyi sceptre, terminating in a large head carved with peaches and flying bat, the curved shaft worked in low relief with a branch of peach, the other side inscribed with Jiaqing mark, dated 13th December, the 24th year of the Jiaqing reign, the stone of a even celadon tone with brown inclusions, 29 cm long 青玉如意
A Chinese celadon and russet jade ‘tree trunk’ vase, carved in the form of a hollowed-out tree trunk with branches issuing clusters of pine needles, the side with two cranes grasping lingzhi stems in their beaks, the lustrously polished stone with some attractive russet highlights, 9cm high x 12.3cm long x 4.2cm deep 青白玉白鹤松芝花插
PAIR OF CHINESE STONE LIONS, Tang, each with a typical elongated body with a well-defined rib cage and a curling tail, on rectangular plinths, 22.5cm long x 15.5cm high (2). See illustration Provenance: Acquired from the Pinches Family, Portland, Dorset, circa 1984. Private collection, Dorset.
MONUMENTAL PAIR OF CARVED STONE BUDDHIST LIONS, MING DYNASTY, modelled seated on its haunches with attendants at the sides, one with it paw an a cub and the together a ribboned ball, raised on rectangular pedestal bases, inscribed '1ST YEAR OF YONGLE, IN THE WINTER' also signed by the artist 'WEI XUANYUAN', 111cm high
A chunk of serpentine stone with two polished facets, approx 15 x 10 x 8cm; a small amethyst crystal; polished stone egg; fossil ammonite; small Carltonware bowl; toby jug; a set of 10 tiles in Art Nouveau style, six Minton dinner plates and 3 soup bowls in Ancestral pattern and other items.
Original vintage advertising poster for the London and Manchester Assurance Company "Let your protection be" one of a series of posters describing the various ways primitive people protect themselves, implying that its insurance policies are the natural protection for modern life today. Great artwork featuring people under ancestral houses raised on posts with decorated curved arc roofs framed by bamboo and trees with a stone wall in the foreground, the text on the side: The magnificent Toradja houses of Indonesia offer the magic protection of buffalo horns as well as physical defence against tropic sun and rain. 16 Finsbury Circus London EC2. Founded in 1869, the London & Manchester Assurance Company was acquired by Friends Provident (renamed Friends Life) in 1998, which was taken over by Aviva in 2015. Horizontal. Very good condition, minor creases in top and bottom margins. Country: UK, year: 1960s, artist: unknown, size(cm): 28x61.
Large original advertising poster for a line of Christian Dior jewellery - collection precieuses (precious collection) - or blanc, or jaune, diamants, saphirs, emeraudes, saphirs roses, rubis, saphirs jaunes et saphires violets (white gold, yellow gold, diamonds, sapphires, emeralds, pink sapphires, rubies, yellow sapphires and violet sapphires). Image of six rings, each featuring a large stone surrounded by smaller precious gems in shapes of bows and flowers, from this collection with the brand name, Dior, at the top and information text below. Dior was founded in 1946 by the French fashion designer, Christian Dior (1905-1957). Very good condition, double sided. Country: France, year: 2010s, artist: unknown, size(cm): 175x118.
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