Chinese Art: 100 Stories

LU SHOUKUN (Lui Shou Kwan, 1919 – 1975). Landscape, ink and colour on paper, Chinese painting mounted on silk, 21.5 x 47cm. Provenance: from the c...

LU SHOUKUN (Lui Shou Kwan, 1919 – 1975). Dawn on the Peak, ink and colour on paper, Chinese painting mounted on silk, 19.5 x 16cm. Provenance: fro...

ZHOU TINGXU (Teng Hiok Chiu, 1903 – 1972). Low Tide, oil on cardboard, framed and glazed, 30 x 23cm. 周廷旭 《退潮》 木板油畫，玻璃木框 Born in Xiamen, Fujian, Te...

ZHOU TINGXU (Teng Hiok Chiu, 1903 – 1972). On the Sussex Down, oil on board, framed and glazed, the Royal Institute of Oil painters, London label ...

LI YUAN-CHIA (1929 – 1994). Untitled, executed 1958, signed and dated. Ink on paper, 76.5 x 107.5 cm. Provenance: from the collection of Italian f...

LI YUAN-CHIA (1929 – 1994). Untitled, executed 1958, signed and dated. Ink on paper, 76.5 x 107.5 cm. Provenance: from the collection of Italian f...

LI YUAN-CHIA (1929 - 1994). Untitled, two relief works on paper, executed circa 1963, signed on reverse, embossed paper and ink, each 31.5 c 36.2c...

LI YUAN-CHIA (1929 - 1994). COSMAGNETIC MULTIPLE, four magnetic points and painted steel panel, 91 x 61cm. Provenance: a European private collecti...

LI YUAN-CHIA (1929 - 1994). Untitled, executed circa 1964, signature imprint on paper, oil on wood on one side, paper mounted on reverse, 24 x 23....

WANG ZHENGENG (1927 – 2005). Untitled, executed 1964, signed and dated, oil on canvas, 21 x 55cm. Provenance: from the collection of Italian furni...

LUO QINGZHE (Lo Ch'ing, 1948 –). Life in a Taxi, signed and dated 1980, with a title slip written by the artist, Chinese hanging scroll painting, ...

WU GUANZHONG (attributed to, 1919 – 2010). Waves. Oil and gouache on board, signed tu to bottom right, unframed, 21.9 x 26cm. Provenance: from an ...

KIM LIM (1936 – 1997). Fighting cockerels, drypoint print, artist proof 2/6, signed, inscribed to Malcolm, framed and glazed, 18.5 x 37.5cm. 林真金 《...

NGUYEN HUYEN (Vietnamese, 1915–1994). Signed to lower left and dated 1954, lacquer and gold on wood panel, 35 x 24.5cm. Nguyen Huyen (1915 – 1994)...

ANONYMOUS. Eight Brokens, ink on silk, hanging scroll, signed xxxxxx, with seal of the artist and three collector’s seals, 83 x 39cm. 八破图 設色絹本 立軸 ...

TWO CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘BAPO’ BOWLS. Qing Dynasty. The faceted sides of each bowl supported on a short tapering foot, and enamelled on a crackle...

A CHINESE YAO-MINORITY PASSPORT CHARTER, GUO SHAN BANG. 19th Century. Comprising of a mixture of figurative images and calligraphy interspersed wi...

SHAN HAI JING GUANG ZHU [An Expanded and Illustrated Edition of the Guideways through Mountains and Seas with Extensive Commentaries]. 1786. Jinch...

NIAO SHOU TU HUI. Late Ming Dynasty. Eight volumes traditionally bound, in a blue cloth cover, woodblock printed in colour in malachite and azurit...

GAILIANG HUITU XIN LIAOZHAI CHU JI [Improved Illustrated edition of the Strange Stories from the Chinese Studio]. Circa Republic period. Volume 2 ...

A COLLECTION OF CHINESE MULTICOLOUR WOODBLOCK PRINTS FROM THE ‘TEN BAMBOO STUDIO AND THE MUSTARD SEED GARDEN.’ Late Ming Dynasty, Chongzhen period...

TWENTY-TWO CHINESE MULTICOLOUR WOODBLOCK PRINTS FROM THE THIRD VOLUME OF ‘THE MUSTARD SEED GARDEN.’ Qing Dynasty, Qianlong period, 1782. 26 x 32cm...

A COLLECTION OF CHINESE MULTICOLOUR WOODBLOCK PRINTS FROM THE ‘TEN BAMBOO STUDIO AND THE MUSTARD SEED GARDEN.’ Late Ming Dynasty, Chongzhen period...

A COLLECTION OF FOURTY FIVE CHINESE MULTICOLOUR WOODBLOCK PRINTS FROM THE ‘TEN BAMBOO STUDIO AND THE MUSTARD SEED GARDEN.’ Late Ming Dynasty, Chon...

A PAIR OF CHINESE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL AND GILT BRONZE ‘RAM’ PAPER WEIGHTS. Ming Dynasty, 17th Century. Each creature naturalistically modelled seated...

A CHINESE JIZHOU 'PAPER-CUT' TEA BOWL. Song Dynasty. With a flared conical body decorated to the interior with three brown quatrefoil blossoms aga...

A CHINESE JIZHOU BOWL. Song Dynasty. The wide body with a slightly everted rim rising form a circular foot, all decorated with irregular splashes ...

A CHINESE 'HARE'S FUR' BOWL AND A BLACK-GLAZED BOWL. Song Dynasty. The hare's fur bowl with a gently waisted body coated with lustrous black glaze...

ANONYMOUS. Calligraphy, ink rubbing on paper, mounted, 139 x 254.5cm. Provenance: This piece was lent to collector-dealer Robert Hatfield Ellswort...

A TIBETAN PEWTER AND COPPER MILK TEAPOT AND COVER. Tibet, 19th Century. With a plain tapered body and a flared neck, the spout and handle cast as ...

SIXTEEN CHINESE BRONZE ARROWS. Warring States Period. Including three with barbed arrowheads, seven with rhombic-section arrowheads and six with t...

A CHINESE LONGQUAN CELADON ARROW VASE. Song Dynasty. Of slender pear-shaped form, the shoulders set with cylindrical lug handles, a firing crack t...

A KOREAN CELADON-GLAZED CONICAL BOWL. Korea, Koryo Dynasty. The conical body moulded to the interior with stylised clouds under a scrolling floral...

A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE 'MAGNOLIA' BRUSH WASHER. Qing Dynasty. Carved as a large blossom with seven petals creating a basin, with a small spid...

A CHINESE GILT BRONZE AND CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL 'LION DOGS' BUDDHIST LONGEVITY VASE, BUMPA. Ming Dynasty, 16th Century. The ovoid body cast rising from...

A CHINESE CANTON ENAMEL ‘SCHOLARS’ TRAY. Qing Dynasty, 18th Century. Of rectangular form with cut corners, the central panel delicately painted to...

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘TAO YUANMING’ TABLE SCREEN. Qing Dynasty. The circular plaque enclosing a scene depicting two scholars one seated beneat...

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE FIGURATIVE VASE. Transitional period. Of hexagonal section, the body spreading to rounded shoulders and an upright rim, t...

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘ZHANG SHENG’ DISH. Qing Dynasty, Kangxi mark and of the period. The central roundel depicting a scene from Dream of the ...

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'SCHOLARS' DISH. Qing Dynasty, Kangxi period. The central roundel painted to depict a scholar kneeling before two figures...

A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE 'ZHANG SHENG' DISH. Qing Dynasty, Kangxi period. Painted with the young scholar from Romance of the Western Chamber, setti...

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE 'FIVE POISONS' DISH. Qing Dynasty, six character Daoguang mark and probably of the period. The interior painted with the Da...

A CHINESE FAMILLE-ROSE DECORATED CIRCULAR GLASS PANEL. Qing Dynasty, 18th / 19th Century. Depicting an interior scene with Wu Song raising a sword...

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS' DISH. Qing Dynasty, six character Kangxi mark and of the period. Painted with a figure of...

A CHINESE CARVED BAMBOO 'RAFT VOYAGE' BRUSH POT. Qing Dynasty. Delicately incised to depict a scene of Su Dongpo and two friends drinking wine tog...

A CHINESE LONGQUAN CELADON-GLAZED 'SCHOLARS AND POETS' BOWL. Ming Dynasty. Moulded to the centre with the important historical figures: Li Bai rea...

A CHINESE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF ZHENWU. Ming Dynasty, dated 16th year of Chongzhen, 1643, and of the period. The figure standing with eyes lowered...

A RARE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE KOSOMETSUKE ELEPHANT-FORM INCENSE BURNER. Ming Dynasty, early 17th Century. The hollowed base of the censer formed a...

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE FIGURATIVE VASE. Republic Period. The cylindrical body with a steep shoulder and a waisted neck painted with figures in a l...

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE 'HAI WU TIAN CHOU' VASE. Qing Dynasty, 19th Century. With a pear-shaped body supported on a short cylindrical foot and tape...

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE 'IMMORTALS' VASE. Late Qing Dynasty, 19th / 20th Century. The tapered body with a stepped shoulder and a flared neck, paint...

A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE 'LUOHANS' DISHES. Qing Dynasty, Qianlong period. Painted in enamels and gilt with six figures with their attributes...

A NEAR-PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE 'MAGU XIANSHOU' DISHES. Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng period. Each painted with the Immortal beauty carrying a ruyi ...

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE 'IMMORTALS' DISH. Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng period. The central roundel enclosing a scene of two ladies and a scholar accompa...

ZHENG SHIXUAN (1901 – 1982). Wang Xizhi Catching a Goose, ink and colour on paper, signed Mu Kang, Chinese album leaf, 30 x 31cm. 鄭師玄 羲之籠鵝 款識：羲之籠鵝...

A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE 'BAXIANGUO HAI' JAR. Transitional, circa 1644. Of baluster form decorated around the exterior with the figures in a mounta...

CUI HUI (attributed to). Yang Yuhuan Bathing, dated 1716, ink and colour on silk, Chinese hand scroll painting, with two colophons by Gion Nankai ...

XU SHAOJIN (1911 - ?). Two Ladies Sewing, signed Xu Hong and dated 1939, ink and colour on paper, framed and glazed Chinese painting, 96 x 32cm. 徐...

ZHU ZIYI. Ladies. Chinese ink and colour on silk, four framed and glazed paintings, 29 x 40.5cm. (4) 朱子簃 《仕女圖》 設色絹本 玻璃鏡框 款識： 玉殿承恩夢已遙，薰籠斜倚坐深宵。星河未落...

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE 'HUA MULAN' VASE. Qing Dynasty, 19th Century. The tall ovoid body painted with the heroin seated at a table surrounded by h...