Japanese Art & Antiques

A GOLD AND SILVER INLAID BRONZE VASE 19th century Of archaistic form, cast with registers of blade form lappets, taotie masks and confronting dr...

A COLLECTION OF CHINESE AND JAPANESE BRONZE VESSELS 19th century or later Comprising: a small bronze vase of pear-shaped form with a wide flat lip...

A CARVED GREEN GLASS JAR 19th century Of globular form, decorated around the body with archaistic designs of stylised and confronting chilong fo...

THREE BLACK-GLAZED BOWLS Song Dynasty Two with wide flaring sides rising to a cream slip band at the rim; the third with deep flaring sides, the b...

A RED AND WHITE CARNELIAN AGATE 'TREE TRUNK' WASHER 18th century The white area of the stone forming the trunk vessel, carved in relief to resembl...

A 'SKIN-CARVED' JADE SNUFF BOTTLE 19th century Of rounded rectangular form, carved through the skin with two horses in a tree-strewn, rocky lands...

A VARIED GROUP OF EARLY WARES Song to Ming Dynasty Comprising: a Longquan celadon lobed bowl; a qingbai flower form bowl; a Longquan celadon small...

A BLUE AND WHITE 'PRUNUS' JAR Kangxi Of baluster form, painted overall with blossoming sprays of prunus reserved on a blue 'cracked ice' ground, t...

A BLUE AND WHITE SLENDER PEAR-SHAPED VASE Kangxi Decorated around the body with suspended tasselled vessels and dragon pendants, alternating with ...

LIN SHU (1852-1924) Landscape Ink and colour on paper, framed and glazed Dated renxu year (1922). 71.5cm (28 1/4in) high x 34.5cm (13 5/8in) wide...

A BLUE AND WHITE PEAR-SHAPED BOTTLE VASE Kangxi Decorated around the body with arrow vases and tasselled double gourd pendants, the neck with line...

ANONYMOUS (18TH CENTURY) Erotic Scenes Ink and colour on silk, three album leaves framed and glazed. 31cm (12 1/3in) high x 43cm (17in) wide (3...

A CARVED ZITAN WOOD TOOL VASE 18th/19th century The bottle-form vase naturalistically carved to resemble a gnarled tree trunk, the wood with a dar...

A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE OVOID JAR Shunzhi/early Kangxi The rounded sides rising to a short waisted neck, painted with a continuous scene of an offi...

A TURQUOISE PEKING GLASS ZHADOU Incised Qianlong four-character mark, Qing Dynasty The globular body resting on a short foot and rising to a flar...

A BLACK AND RUSSET-GLAZED JAR AND A BLACK AND RUSSET-GLAZED CREAM-RIMMED BOWL Song Dynasty The jar of globular form, the black and russet streaked...

TWO LONGQUAN CELADON-GLAZED WASHERS Yuan Dynasty The first of compressed bombe form, moulded to the exterior with the Eight Trigrams below a band ...

A BLUE AND WHITE LONG-NECKED DOUBLE GOURD VASE Kangxi Decorated around the body with antiques and scholar's objects below pendent petal and folia...

A CARVED LAPIS 'LION' CARVING 18th century The recumbent beast with its paw resting on a brocade ball and ribbon held in its jaw, with well-define...

A CREAMY RUSSET JADE CARVING OF A RECUMBENT CHILONG Ming Dynasty The recumbent beast modelled with its head turned to the rear and bifurcated tail...

A SOAPSTONE CARVING OF A LADY 17th/18th century The figure standing with both hands raised to the left and holding a basket of peaches and lingzh...

A BLUE AND WHITE 'PEONIES' BALUSTER VASE Kangxi Of baluster form, the exterior painted with peonies and dense scrolling foliage below a band of up...

A MOTTLED JADE CARVING OF A BOY Ming Dynasty The smiling figure modelled with the right leg slightly raised and holding a lotus stem over the left...

A SMALL HONGMU BRUSH POT, BITONG Qing Dynasty Of waisted cylindrical form, with a slightly inverted foot. 10cm (4in) high. Footnotes: 清 紅木筆筒...

A BAMBOO 'SEVEN SAGES OF THE BAMBOO GROVE' BRUSHPOT Kangxi The exterior finely carved with a continuous scene of the seven sages with two boy atte...

A SILVERED BRONZE INSCRIBED MIRROR Han Dynasty The central knop encircled by four lotus petals, within a plain band, within two bands of inscripti...

A WHITE JADE 'DRAGON HEADS' BANGLE Qing Dynasty Carved in the form of two confronting twin-horned dragons grasping a pearl in their mouths, the st...

A BLUE-GLAZED INCENSE BURNER Qing Dynasty The deep sides rising to an inverted mouth, with three short rounded feet at the unglazed flat base, the...

A BLANC-DE-CHINE DISH AND PAIR OF BOWLS AND COVERS 17th century and later The dish applied with an ivory glaze, incised to the interior with a lea...

A GROUP OF THREE MONOCHROME WARES Qing Dynasty Comprising: a baluster shape green crackle-glazed vase; a mirror black glazed bottle vase; and a re...

A PAIR OF PALE CELADON JADE 'DRAGONS' PARFUMIERS 20th century Each of cylindrical form carved and pierced in mirror image with a continuous scene ...

A CELADON JADE 'LIU HAI' CARVING Ming Dynasty The jovial figure holding a fly whisk, a mythical toad perched on his left shoulder, the pale green ...

A CARVED JADE 'POMEGRANATE' VASE Qing Dynasty Naturalistically carved and well-hollowed to depict a large ripe fruit with the skin partially open ...

A COLLECTION OF FOUR JADE AND GLASS BANGLES 19th/20th century Comprising: a cloudy apple green bangle, a lavender and russet bangle, a spinach gre...

A GOLD AND SILVER INLAID BRONZE TRIPOD STAND AND RIM MOUNT Han Dynasty The stand set on three cabriole legs, both the rim and stand inlaid in gold...

AN AGATE BRUSH HANDLE AND A TIGER'S EYE BRUSH HANDLE 19th/20th century Comprising: a brush handle made of four agate beads, the stone of white hue...

A MOULDED BLUE AND WHITE BARBED RIM BOWL Qi yu bao ding zhi zhen six-character mark, Kangxi Decorated with alternating panels of ladies in gardens...

A PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE PEAR-SHAPED VASES Kangxi Each brightly painted on the body with two rows of petal-shaped panels filled with flowering pla...

A PINK AND GREEN TOURMALINE 'FROG AND TOAD' PENDANT Qing Dynasty Carved in the form of a mythical three-legged toad resting upon a frog above a lo...

A PALE CELADON JADE BELT HOOK AND OVAL PLAQUE MOUNTED AS A MIRROR 18th/19th century The large oval plaque incised to depict two sages beneath a pi...

A FAMILLE ROSE ENAMELLED CELADON VASE, HU Qianlong seal mark, 19th/20th century The broad body rising to a gently flaring neck, decorated with t...

A JADE DISC, BI AND TWO AGATE RINGS Neolithic period, Liangzhu culture and Liao Dynasty The disc carved in shallow relief to one side with a taot...

ZHOU HUANG; FAN RONG (18TH/19TH CENTURY) Flowers Ink and colour on paper, two fan leaves, framed. 51cm (20 1/8in) across (2). Footnotes: 周潢, 范...

A MINIATURE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL AND GILT BRONZE INCENSE BURNER AND COVER 18th century Of lobed form, decorated with bats above shou medallions amon...

A YAOZHOU CELADON BOWL Northern Song Dynasty The bowl with shallow sides rising from a short foot to an everted lip, carved with a central floral ...

HUA ZIYOU (19TH CENTURY) Pindola with tiger Ink on blue paper, framed and glazed Dated bingxu year (1826). 65cm (25 5/8in) high x 44cm (17 3/8i...

FIVE QINGBAI VESSELS Song Dynasty Comprising: two flaring bowls with incised and combed decoration depicting stylised scrolling flowers and foliag...

TWO LARGE GREEN AND YELLOW-GLAZED MODELS OF BUILDINGS Ming Dynasty Each formed as a rectangular building with a slanted tiled roof with a pair of ...

TWO TURQUOISE-INSET GOLD 'LION' PLAQUES Han Dynasty or later Each repoussé plaque modelled as a recumbent lion, the head turned to the left, with ...

A BRONZE 'LUDUAN' INCENSE BURNER Ming Dynasty The heavily cast horned beast shown with a wide open mouth, furrowed brow and curling eyebrows and m...

A BLUE AND WHITE SQUARE STAND Daoguang four-character mark and of the period Raised on four short legs with the foot terminals scrolled inward, th...

A BLANC-DE-CHINE 'GUANYIN AND A CHILD' GROUP 17th/18th century The deity modelled standing upon swirling clouds and a dragon, wearing long flowing...

A BLUE AND WHITE 'LOTUS SCROLL' DISH Guangxu six-character mark and of the period Decorated to the well with a medallion enclosing three large lot...

A PALE JADE TWO-PART 'CHILONG' BELT BUCKLE 18th century Each oval section carved in high relief with a sinuous curving chilong , the underside wi...

A RUSSET JADE 'TIGER' TALLY, HUFU Republic Carved in the form of a recumbent tiger, the matching halves fitted to each other by the raised and rec...

A PALE GREEN JADE CONG AND A DOUBLE HANDLED CUP Ming Dynasty Comprising: a pale green and russet jade square-sectioned archaistic vessel with plai...

A CARVED AMBER 'CHILONG' SNUFF BOTTLE Qing Dynasty Of flattened square form, well hollowed, supported on a flat recessed foot with wide foot rim, ...

WU SHIXIAN (1845-1916) Landscape Ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll. 134cm (52 3/4in) high x 65cm (25 1/2in) wide Footnotes: 吳石僊 山水 設色紙本 ...

A CARVED COCONUT CUP Kangxi Finely carved with exotic birds in a garden amongst pine, blossoming prunus trees and ornamental rockwork, metal liner...

A BLUE AND WHITE 'PRUNUS' JAR AND RELATED COVER Kangxi Decorated to the body with upright and trailing branches of prunus blossom on a cracked ice...