Drawn by T. Allom, Engraved by J. Redway, Published b ...click for details

28.7cm mouth diameter, 18.1cm high. It weighs 2800 gm. ...click for details

A finely woven and painted yellow-ground silk panel depicting Xi Hu, the West Lake in Hangzhou. A little artistic license has been used with location and scale in order to include most of the famous sights. Older kesi are scarce, those depicting identifiable scenes are very rare. ...click for details

A large jug of European form with alternately convex and concave ribbing beautifully decorated with birds within a floral roundel. The soft paste porcelain give a fine white surface for the painting but it does exhibit the characteristic wide crazing to the glaze. A couple of the crazing lines have become cracks from years of use ...click for details

A large ribbed Chinese porcelain jug decorated in the Imari palette, made specifically for export to the west during the Kangxi period, circa 1720. The handle is pierced before the firing so that, if required, a metal mount could be fitted. The mouth is unglazed showing that it would have originally had a lid, now lost. ...click for details

Please study the photographs. ...click for details

The seated figure is moulded in two parts, luted together vertically, this assembly crowned with a wonderful expressively crafted head. The body is high-fired and mostly unglazed, achieving a glossy appearance naturally during the firing. A touch or two of ash glaze is used on the gourds he carries and a little white enamel is used on his teeth. Some dry iron oxide pigment is ...click for details

6.4 cm high. The bottle is perfect except for a tiny chip on the collar, noted in the photog ...click for details

Good condition but with light wear as expected. Collector's seal on mount. ...click for details

In fine condition but with wear to the gold on the creases of the fan. ...click for details