A very fine and rare 18th century Chinese "Guan" type celadon glazed porcelain alms bowl, the large size deep circular bowl superbly potted and beautifully covered inside and out with a light celadon glaze suffused with faint and darker streaks of crackles, top rim glazed white, the unglazed foot rim displaying a smooth dense grain paste characteristic of 18th century porcelain, comes with an old and exquisit ...click for details
A very fine and superb 19th century Chinese famille-rose yellow-ground porcelain vase, finely potted with an unusual garlic-head and globular body, exquisitely painted allover with fruiting and flowering branches, birds and butterflies, all reserved on an imperial-yellow ground, a band of "ruyi" around the top rim, and lappets encircling the foot, top rim gilded, interior and base glazed white and bearing a M ...click for details
A very fine 18th century Chinese nephrite jade snuff bottle, the small size bottle of classic flattened shield form resting on a small concaved base, plain and uncarved, very well hollowed, the stone of very light celadon tone suffused with white and some very attractive light russet inclusions, comes with a later date pink and green banded stopper and bone ivory spoon. (Wooden stand not included)
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A fine and unusual 19th century Chinese rock crystal snuff bottle, of flattened shield ovoid form, very well hollowed, superbly and boldly carved in shallow relief to each side with a bat spreading its wings, comes with a later date cat's eye beaded stopper. (Wooden stand not included)
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A fine and rare 18th century Qianlong period Chinese Realgar glass snuff bottle, of flattened ovoid form, very well hollowed, the metal from ruby-reddish glass with amber and yellow inclusions, comes with a later date orange-red beaded stopper and ivory spoon. (Wooden stand not included)
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A fine and very rare 19th century Chinese Xianfeng mark and period famille-rose porcelain snuff bottle, of rounded slender tapered form, finely painted in famille-rose palette with figures, details picked out in gold, the circular concaved base glazed white and inscribed with the four-character Xianfeng reign mark in iron-red and of the period. With later replacement metal spoon and green bead stopper. (Wooden stand no ...click for details
A large and very rare 18th / 19th century antique Chinese famille-rose porcelain vase, the heavily potted classic "Cong" shape vase in four-sided square form rising to a short circular neck with gently everted rim and supported on a low circular foot, each of the four body panels finely painted in famille-rose palette with various figures with details picked out in gilt, applied with a pair of ringed elephant ...click for details
A fine late 19th century Chinese Imperial yellow-ground porcelain bowl, finely potted and painted to the exterior with alternated pattern of iron-red bats, gilt 'shou' medallions and blue swastikas, with details picked out in gilt, all reserved on Imperial yellow-ground, two gold rings around the foot and the top rim further gilded, interior and underside glazed white, the base neatly inscribed with the six-cha ...click for details
A fine and rare Chinese Ming dynasty Longquan celadon glazed porcelain "Hu" vase, the small size superbly potted vessel took on the classic archaistic bronze "Hu" form with globular body rising to a tall cylindrical neck with two single ring bands below a wide gently up-turned lip, a group of three ring band around the body with a further banding of double-ring encircling the shoulder, covered allo ...click for details
A very fine large and rare 18th century Qianlong period Chinese carved celadon glazed porcelain "lotus" vase, the stoutly potted globular body lightly carved with layers of overlapping lotus petals, the design repeated rising from and pendent from a single ring around the center of the waisted neck and overturned shaped rim, covered overall with a fine and evenly applied pale green celadon glaze. Remains of a ...click for details
