DATE : Chinese, Qing Dynasty, 19th Century. ...click for details

A very fine and rare pair of early 19th century antique Chinese Imperial blue and red dragon bowls, superbly potted and painted to the exterior with two five-clawed dragons in iron-red in pursuit of flaming pearls, amongst underglazed-blue clouds above a band of stylized lotus petals also in blue, the center of bowls further decorated with a red dragon and pearl amongst blue clouds within double-concentric blue circles ...click for details

An exceptional and very rare pair of 18th century antique Chinese champleve enamel and gilt-bronze wine ewers, the bottle-shaped vessels decorated allover in relief with red, pink, blue and white lotus blooms borne on floral-scrolls against a gilded ground, shoulders and top rim decorated with a band of 'ruyi' heads enameled in white, blue and red, mounted to the side with a large gilded five-clawed dragon with ...click for details

A superb 18th century antique Chinese carved nephrite jade snuff bottle, of flattened ovoid form, finely carved to simulate a beribboned sash tied at the center and filled with a star-shape classic design, reserved on the overall studded ground, the stone of pale celadon color with areas of attractive russet inclusions, very well hollowed, good polished and of fine oily texture associated with high quality Chinese jade ...click for details

DATE : Chinese, Qing Dynasty ...click for details

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A fine 18th century antique Chinese celadon nephrite jade archaistic ear cup, superbly carved in Ming style, supported on low circular foot, the exterior of the oval vessel finely carved with a band of geometric spiral pattern below a thinner band of key-fret pattern around the rim, the scroll-shaped handles at each side further carved with 'taotie' masks, the stone of pale celadon tone with streaks of light-br ...click for details

A finely carved antique Chinese scholar's ivory brush pot, the exterior superbly carved in high relief with a boy riding on the back of a buffalo, two elderly scholars beneath a hut and bamboo trees, a pavilion on top of the rocky landscape, the upper rim finely carved with 'ruyi' shaped cloud patterns, with a band of overlapping bamboo-leaves around the inside rim, the base fitted with a wooden plate. The ...click for details

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A fine and unusual 19th century antique Japanese Imari porcelain basket / vase, the rounded cylindrical bucket attractively decorated with compartments of flowers, trees, and shi-shi medallions, all in typical Imari palette of iron-red, blue, green, and extensive gilding, the handles similarly decorated. The whole basket is covered with an extensively crackled / crazed glaze, the base signed in iron-red. ...click for details