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 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 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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A good 19th century antique Chinese export Cantonese famille-rose elephant candlestick, the animal well modeled standing four square with head turned to one side and trunk curled, the body glazed in tones of rouge-de-fer, the back with an ornate saddle cloth supporting a trumpet vase decorated with stiff leaves and scrolling flowers. (Wooden stand NOT included)
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A fine quality and rare 18th century antique Chinese chrysanthemum-shaped bronze dish, the heavy dish superbly cast with a plain central medallion encircled by forty-eight fluted petals on the cavetto rising to the lobed mouth rim, the fluted convex sides correspondingly lobed, supported on a low circular foot, the base cast with the six-character Ming dynasty Xuande mark in a vertical cartouche, the metal had been pol ...click for details
A good antique Chinese late Qing dynasty Guangxu mark and period porcelain wine cup, delicately potted and painted in iron-red with two dragons in pursuit of flaming pearls among flames above waves, one looking back at its mate. (Wooden stand NOT included).
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A magnificent and rare 18th century antique Chinese bronze tripod incense burner with carved wood cover and stand, of impressive size, the bronze vessel superbly cast in archaistic "Ding" form, each of the three lobed body finely decorated with a large "Taotie" mask on key-fret ground, the top rim flanked by a pair of vertical looped handles, supported on three cylindrical legs, inside the top rim c ...click for details
A fine and rare early 18th century antique Chinese blue and white porcelain dish, finely potted and superbly painted in tones of underglaze-blue with a front facing five-clawed Imperial dragon surrounded in flame scrolls, cavetto decorated with four evenly spaced leaping carps above breaking sea waves, a further band of sea waves motif encircling the neatly finished foot rim, the base glazed white and inscribed with th ...click for details
