A very fine late 19th century Chinese famille-rose scholar's porcelain seal-paste covered box, the small size circular vessel finely potted and painted to the cover with a crane hovering above flowering branches and rockwork, the base finely enameled with three different spray of flowers, interior and underside glazed white, the base inscribed with the four-character Qianlong reign mark in iron-red. (Wooden stand n ...click for details

A fine, rare and very large pair of 19th century Chinese Guangxu marks and period famille-rose / doucai porcelain bowls, finely potted and decorated around the exterior with scrolling lotus flowers highlighted in gilding, above band of lappets encircling the foot enameled in turquoise and iron-red, inside the bowl painted with a large lotus and scrollwork within circles, top rims gilded, bases glazed white and each ins ...click for details

A fine pair of 19th century Chinese Daoguang marks and period famille-rose porcelain dishes, delicately potted and finely enameled around center of the dish with a roundel of "lingzhi" fungus surrounded by colorful band of lappets, a gilded four-character inscription "Jixiang Ruyi" in seal script form evenly spaced and separated by four different sprays of flowers probably representing the four seas ...click for details

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 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 and exceedingly rare early 18th century Yongzheng mark and period Chinese celadon glazed porcelain vase, beautifully potted and boldly carved around the body with large flower blossoms and leafy scrolls, the tall cylindrical neck rising to a wide wavy mouth rim with a raised banding encircling the mid section, covered allover with a good and even lustrous glaze stopping neatly above the foot ring, the underside ...click for details