A fine and rare late 19th century Chinese cloisonné enameled covered jar, the lobed melon-shaped vessel finely and exquisitely decorated allover with colorful small leafy-flowers against highly attractive lemon-yellow ground, a band of lappets encircling the foot, interior and base enameled in blue, all the rims are gilded, the foot rim bears a "lao tian li" hall mark. A custom made hard wood stand is include ...click for details
A fine and very rare 18th century Chinese Qianlong mark and period gilt-decorated blue-glazed porcelain bottle vase, of small size, covered in a deep sapphire-blue glaze, the globular body finely painted in gold with sprays of flowers between bands of "ruyi" motifs around shoulder and foot, the cylindrical neck decorated with stiff leaves and small "ruyi" pattern encircling the rim, top rim gilded, ...click for details
A fine and unusual 19th century Chinese blue and white "garlic-head" porcelain altar vase, the pear-shaped body and neck each applied with six evenly spaced vertical raised flanges and painted with panels and bands of Buddhist objects and lotus scrolls, a band of key-fret around the neck above a band of stiff leaves, a further band of stiff leaves and "ruyi" border encircling the foot, the underside ...click for details
A very fine 18th century Chinese export Imari porcelain trencher salt, of waisted hexagonal form, beautifully decorated in strong underglazed-blue and iron-red with floral, antiquities, and auspicious pattern, details highlighted in gilt. (Wooden stand NOT included)
A fine and unusual 19th century Chinese famille-rose porcelain moon flask vase, of large size, the flattened ovoid body decorated on both sides with figures in a garden scene within a large circular panel, the sides painted with birds on flowering branches, the cylindrical neck decorated with smaller panels of figures, shoulder flanked by a pair of "ruyi" form handles, the underside glazed white and bears a f ...click for details
A very fine and rare large 19th century Chinese carved and pierced ivory brush pot / vase, the ivory tusk exquisitely carved and pierced in high relief allover with four dragons amongst cloud-scrolls against an intricately pierced background, a leaping carp above breaking waves below a gate carved and incised with Chinese characters, the ivory aged and mellowed to a warm yellowish tone, and fixed (probably at a later d ...click for details
A fine and rare antique Chinese peachbloom-glazed vase, of slender ovoid shape with high rounded shoulders rising to a trumpet neck, covered overall in a rich dark liver-red glaze suffused with lighter brownish-red tone areas, the glaze stopping neatly above the unglazed rounded foot and burnt to a orange ring in the firing, inside the base inscribed with the Kangxi mark. A later date finely carved wooden stand is incl ...click for details
A fine and stunning pair of large 19th century antique Chinese famille-rose porcelain candlesticks, the four-panel squared shape form exquisitely painted in mirror images with flowering branches, iron-red bats and colorful lotus scrolls, the borders decorated in underglazed-blue and color enamels with diapered patterns, "ruyi" motifs and stylized dragons, bases unglazed.
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A fine and superb 19th century antique Chinese celadon-ground famille-rose porcelain vase, stoutly potted of large baluster form, finely decorated allover with magpies on tree branches and hovering above flowering trees, two large and colorful long-tailed exotic birds standing on rockworks, all reserved on a pale celadon-ground, a band of scrolling flowers against black-ground above the foot, a further band of key-fret ...click for details
A fine and very well carved 19th century antique Chinese circular tortoiseshell covered box, the slightly domed cover deeply carved in high relief with figures in a landscape scene, containing pavilions, boat and willow trees, the base worked with a similar scene but in shallow relief.
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