A fine and large 19th century Chinese Canton enameled covered box, the metal based circular box and cover exquisitely painted with lotus flowers and alternating "double-happiness" characters enameled in iron-red with edges highlighted in gilt, surrounded allover with dense and colorful leafy scroll work against blue ground, top of the cover finely painted with five bats encircling a "shou" symbol, t ...click for details

An important pair of 18th century Chinese documented blue and white porcelain altar vases, the impressive size four-sided vessels heavily potted in the classic "Gu" form, each side finely decorated in strong underglazed-blue with bands of archaistic stylized dragons and stiff leaves, flower pattern encircling the shaped bases, the lower section of each vase inscribed with a six-character inscription, one of & ...click for details

A fine early 20th century Chinese Republic period Clair-de-Lune / sky-blue glazed porcelain vase, the finely potted bottle form vase molded with a pair of pierced handles to each side of the neck, the globular body with vertical incised ribs, a band of flower scrolls below the trumpet rim, covered allover in a fine and even pale blue glaze, interior and base also glazed blue and inscribed with the Yongzheng "kaish ...click for details

A fine and attractive late 19th / early 20th century Chinese amethyst Peking / Beijing glass bowl, the flower form shallow bowl with wavy rim, finely carved around the exterior in shallow relief with sprigs of lotus flowers and some lightly incised lines in between, the foot rim carved as two lotus stems, interior plain, the metal of fine and translucent amethyst / aubergine color. Comes with a later date good quality ...click for details

A fine and very rare 19th century Daoguang mark and period Chinese scholar's lacquered brush washer, the rectangular form vessel supported by a pair of low feet, the exterior covered with a deep burgundy-red lacquer, simply decorated in Chinese taste to one side with finely incised pattern of prunus flowering branches, interior in cinnabar lacquer, underside and feet lacquered black, base incised with the six-chara ...click for details

A fine 18th century antique Chinese bronze tripod incense burner with carved wood stand, of small size, the bronze vessel finely cast in archaistic "Ding" form, the circular body cast in low relief with three panels of "Taotie" masks on key-fret ground separated by raised vertical flanges, the top rim flanked by a pair of vertical looped handles, supported on three cylindrical legs, the metal of dee ...click for details

A very fine and rare pair of 18th century Chinese Qianlong marks and period ruby-back porcelain bowls, well potted and beautifully enameled around the exterior with a rich monochrome ruby enamel, the top rims lightly dressed in pale brown, interior and base glazed white, and inscribed with the "minyao" Qianlong reign marks in underglazed-blue and of the period. (Wooden stands not included) ...click for details

A fine, rare and very large 19th century Chinese doucai / famille-rose porcelain vase, the unusual shape vase superbly potted and finely decorated around the body with large lotus flowers in deep underglazed-blue, gilding to details, surrounded by dense scrollwork intricately enameled in turquoise, yellow, and iron-red, all between bands of underglazed-blue key-frets around the rim and large colorful lappets encircling ...click for details

A fine late 19th century Chinese Guangxu marks and period famille-rose porcelain covered bowl and holder, the small size three piece set all thinly potted and finely enameled with flowering branches issuing from rockwork, the holder decorated with three detached sprays of flowers around the rim, base unglazed, interior of the bowl and cover glazed white, the base of bowl and top of the cover inscribed with the six-char ...click for details

A very fine and large 19th century Chinese scholar's turquoise glazed porcelain water pot, finely potted and superbly carved in relief around the exterior with branch sprays of the "San Duo" (Three Abundances of Peaches, Pomegranate, and Buddhist Hand Citrus), all between bands of key-frets around the shoulder and above the low circular foot ring, covered allover in a fine light turquoise glaze, the base ...click for details