A superb and very rare late 19th / early 20th century antique Chinese ivory carving of a mythical animal "Bixie", superbly carved from a solid and heavy piece of ivory with the powerful looking horned animal in a sit-up posture, the head turned slightly to left with its bulging eyes inlaid with lapis lazuli beadings and opened mouth exposing large fangs, the body decorated with flame scrollwork with traces of ...click for details
A very fine 19th century antique Chinese famille-rose porcelain bottle vase, finely potted and decorated in Chinese taste, superbly enameled around the body with two birds perching on peach branches, the base glazed white and inscribed in iron-red with the Qianlong reign mark. (Wooden stand not included)
A fine large and unusual 19th century Chinese blue and white porcelain bottle vase, well potted in the classic "tianqiuping" form, superbly painted in two-tone underglazed-blue with a pair of Imperial five-clawed dragons amongst cloud scroll, the cylindrical neck lightly incised with a eight line bandings under the glaze and decorated with a flaming pearl amongst cloud scroll and flames, the base glazed white ...click for details
A very fine and superb small 18th century antique Chinese ivory figure of Luohan, exquisitely carved with the bearded figure dressed in loose robe with a double-gourd drinking bottle and a straw hat attached to his back, his right hand holding a shoe, and sitting on the back of a finely carved Qilin with head turns to its left, the ivory has aged to a fine creamy-yellowish color with areas mellowed to a darker tone. (W ...click for details
A fine and unusual 18th century Qianlong mark and period Chinese blue-glazed jar and cover, the pot strongly potted in an elegant globular form, covered allover in a rich and even colbalt-blue glaze stopping neatly above the foot ring, the base inscribed with the six-character Qianlong seal mark and is of the period, the original circular cover similarly covered in a deep blue-glaze.
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A fine and very rare 18th or 19th century Chinese black-glazed gilt-decorated porcelain vase, superbly potted in the classic "Hu" form with a deer-head to each side of the neck forming as handles, the body covered allover in a fine lustrous black (actually a deep dark-brown) glaze and finely painted in gilt with bats in flight amongst cloud-scroll and "Shou" characters, a large band of stylized arch ...click for details
A fine and very rare 18th century Chinese famille-rose porcelain bottle vase, finely potted in the classic pear-shaped "Hu" form, the body superbly painted with a hen in a rock and floral landscape, the reverse with two insects in flight, interior and base glazed white, the finely trimmed unglazed foot rim exposed a dense smooth white paste with the glaze burnt slightly orange around the inside foot ring are ...click for details
A fine quality late 19th / early Republic period Chinese famille-rose porcelain jardinière, superbly painted to the sides with a continuous scene of children playing in a garden, with trees, rockworks and bamboo fences, some details picked out in gold, a "ruyi" band beneath the gently everted rim, a further band of lappets encircling the foot, interior and base glazed white, two small drainage holes underneat ...click for details
A fine and massive 19th century Chinese famille-rose crackled-glazed porcelain moon-flask, heavily potted with a pair of gilded "chilong" handles to each side of the shoulder, each side of the body with a large roundel finely painted in mirror-image with figures in landscape scene, the sides of the vase decorated with fruits and lotus scrolls reserved on yellow-ground, the high foot painted with a band of key ...click for details
A very fine and rare 19th century Chinese gold-dust "meiping" form porcelain snuff bottle, well potted and covered allover in a dark brown glaze with tiny lighter brown speckles simulating gold-dusts, a good quality and well carved spoon made out of some type of horn or hornbill (not been tested) attached to an equally high quality bronze stopper with pierced flower design, an old carved custom made wooden st ...click for details
