A fine and rare 16th century late Ming dynasty Chinese bronze tripod incense burner with carved wood cover and stand, the bronze vessel very well cast with three panels each containing three large "shou" characters in different archaistic seal script, against geometric ground and each panel divided by raised vertical flanges, the top rim flanked by a pair of vertical looped handles and supported on three cyli ...click for details
A fine and superb 18th / 19th century antique Chinese white nephrite jade carving of a melon, the pendant of large size, finely carved in the round with a large and a smaller melon hanging below vines, with a small butterfly clinging on below, the stone of fine mutton-fat color with scattered areas of golden-russet tone. (Wooden stand not included)
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A good quality 19th century antique Chinese white nephrite jade carving of a fruit, the pendant very well carved and pierced with a fruit hanging below a batch of leafy-vine, the stone of very pale-celadon color with a small area of russet tone to the top of the pendant. (Wooden stand not included)
A fine 19th century antique Chinese white nephrite jade belt-hook, of small size, very well carved with a "chilong" facing the head of a dragon, excellent quality carving, the stone of fine even white tone. (Wooden stand not included)
A fine 18th / 19th century antique Chinese white nephrite jade carving of "Liuhai", the small pendant finely carved in good detail with the immortal figure standing, his hair tied back and dressed in loose robe, the stone of very good even white color with scattered patches of light golden-yellow tone. (Wooden stand not included)
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A very fine and large Chinese Republic period famille-rose porcelain vase, delicately potted of an elegant baluster form with a trumpet neck and the body tapered gently towards the splayed foot, superbly painted with an elderly scholar and his two young attendants in a garden scene, with rockworks, pine trees and two magpies hovering above, the neatly finished foot rim exposing a fine paste characteristic of the Republ ...click for details
A magnificent and very fine pair of Chinese Republic period famille-rose porcelain jardinières and under-trays, of squared form and decorated in true mirror-image, the jardinières exquisitely painted with three children playing in a garden scene, another panel painted with a pair of quails beneath branches of colorful chrysanthemum flowers, two side panels inscribed with a long inscription ended with a date of "Qi ...click for details
A very fine and rare 19th century Chinese famille-rose turquoise-ground porcelain vase, finely potted of the classic double-gourd form, exquisitely decorated in the Chinese taste with a pair of five-clawed dragons amongst flowering branches, with detail picked out in gold against a finely-crackled light turquoise-ground, the upper section painted with similar flowering branches between bands of key-frets in yellow and ...click for details
A fine and superb pair of early 19th century Chinese famille-rose turquoise-ground porcelain dishes, well potted and finely enameled around the exterior with flowers and leafy-scrolls on turquoise-ground, and four evenly spaced roundels containing characters "Ji Xiang Ru Yi" (longevity and wish fulfillment) enameled in blue, interior decorated with a large flower bloom to the center and four smaller roundels ...click for details
An extremely rare 18th / 19th century Chinese grayish nephrite jade bowl, of small size with gently everted rim and supported on a low circular foot, the stone of light grayish color with patches of white mottling inclusion and attractive natural black striations, the base finely carved with the six-character seal mark of Qianlong (1736 - 1795) and probably of the period, around the foot rim unusually carved with a six ...click for details
