Chinese Art: 100 Stories

A CHINESE YELLOW-GLAZED BISCUIT ‘HE XIANGU AND LU DONGBIN’ BRUSH POT. Qing Dynasty, 19th Century. The male Immortal standing in long flowing robes...

A LARGE AND IMPRESSIVE CHINESE IVORY CARVING. Qing Dynasty, by Liang Wei. Exquisitely carved and pierced in the round from the rim to the tapering...

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'QIN PLAYER' DISH. Qing Dynasty, Kangxi period. The rounded body painted with a lady seated below a weeping willow playin...

A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE FIGURATIVE BASIN. Transitional period, Circa 1640. The deep-sided vessel with a wide rim, supported on short feet, the int...

A LARGE CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE 'ROMANCE OF THE WESTERN CHAMBER' CHARGER. Qing Dynasty. Painted to depict a young girl pleading with her mother to a...

A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE SQUARE-SECTION VASES, FANGGU. Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng period. Each with a flared neck and foot painted with scenes ...

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE 'ROMANCE OF THE WESTERN CHAMBER' DISH. Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng period. Painted with the scene from the Romance of the Weste...

TWO CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'DREAM OF THE RED CHAMBER' DISHES. Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng period. Each painted with a figurative scene from the classi...

A BLUE AND WHITE 'ZHANG GONG' DISH. Qing Dynasty. Decorated with a scene from the Romance of the Western Chamber, depicting Cui Yingying and Hong ...

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE 'SCHOLAR’S DREAM' DISH. Qing Dynasty, 19th Century. The interior painted to the edges of the dish to depict the scholar Si ...

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE JAR AND COVER AND A CUP. Qing Dynasty. The cylindrical jar with a flat cover painted with calligraphy and figures from the ...

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE 'LOVERS' TEA CUP AND SAUCER. Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng period. Each piece decorated with an elegant amorous couple, Cui Yingy...

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE 'LOVERS' VASE. Qing Dynasty, 19th Century. Of pear-shaped form with a waisted neck, supported on a high foot decorated with...

A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE 'LOVERS' CUPS AND SAUCERS. Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng period. Each piece painted with a young lady relaxing in a garde...

XU SANCHUN. Jesus Washing the Feet of his Disciples, ink and colour on paper, unmounted Chinese painting, 135 x 35cm. Provenance: from an English ...

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE CANTON ENAMEL 'QUAILS' SNUFF BOX. Qing Dynasty, Qianlong period. The cover delicately painted with a pair of quail birds am...

A CHINESE BLANC-DE-CHINE MODEL OF A SHOE. Qing Dynasty, 18th Century. With a small heel and a square toe turning upwards, moulded to the front wit...

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE 'APOLLO AND DAPHNE' DISH. Qing Dynasty, Qianlong period, circa 1735. Depicting the Greek god playing his lyre, seated besid...

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE 'GOATS' DISH. Qing Dynasty, 18th Century, circa 1760-1840. The interior of the dish delicately painted to the edges with tw...

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'DESHIMA ISLAND' DISH, TOGETHER WITH A JAPANESE VERSION OF THE SAME DISH. Qing Dynasty, Kangxi period / Edo Period. Each ...

A CHINESE PAINTED ENAMEL 'CHERRY PICKERS' CUP WITH TREMBLEUSE STAND. Qing Dynasty, 18th Century. The cup with a tall body painted with two cartouc...

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL RETICULATED BASKET AND STAND. Qing Dynasty, 19th Century. The oval-section body painted to the interior with the a...

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL STAND AND MEAT DISH. Qing Dynasty, 19th Century. Each of oval-section body painted with the arms of Walterbeck and...

TWO CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE CIRCULAR BOXES AND COVERS. Ming Dynasty, Chongzhen period, circa 1635-1644. The sides of one decorated with a scrolling...

TWO CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE CIRCULAR BOXES AND COVERS. Ming Dynasty, Chongzhen period, circa 1635-1644. Each decorated with a scrolling pattern aro...

TWO CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE JARLETS. Ming Dynasty, Chongzhen period, circa 1635-1644. The globular body of each decorated with sprays of bamboo eme...

TWO CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE JARLETS WITH COVERS. Ming Dynasty, Chongzhen period, circa 1635-1644. The first with a swelling body, a waisted neck an...

A SMALL CHINESE CIRCULAR BLUE AND WHITE BOX AND COVER. Ming Dynasty, Chongzhen period, circa 1635-1644. Decorated with a band of lotus scroll arou...

A BLUE AND WHITE CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER. Ming Dynasty, Chongzhen period, circa 1635-1644. Of circular form supported on a short tapering foot, the...

A PAIR OF SMALL CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘THREE FRIENDS’ STEM CUPS. Ming Dynasty, Chongzhen period, circa 1635-1644. The deeply rounded bowl support...

TWO CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE JARLETS WITH COVERS INCLUDING A RARE UPSIDE-DOWN-DECORATED JAR. Ming Dynasty, Chongzhen period, circa 1635-1644. Of bar...

A RARE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER. Qing Dynasty Kangxi period, circa 1690. The globular body with three spayed feet emerging fro...

TWO CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE CYLINDRICAL VASES AND COVERS. Qing Dynasty, Kangxi period, circa 1690. Each with a cylindrical body supported on a wais...

TWO CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘LANDSCAPES’ MUSTARD POTS. Qing Dynasty, Kangxi period, circa 1690. The globular body raised on a knopped spreading foo...

A BLUE AND WHITE ‘BOY AND BUFFALO’ TEAPOT. Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng period. Of pear-shaped form with a domed cover and a bud finial, decorated with...

EIGHT CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE CIRCULAR BOXES AND COVERS. Qing Dynasty, circa 1822. Of circular form with rounded covers, each decorated with a flor...