A RARE GREENISH-GREY JADE 'LONGEVITY' INKSTONE 1600-1800 Unusually carved in the form of a cicada, the underside intricately decorated in varying ...

A LINGBI SCHOLAR'S ROCK Qing Dynasty The opaque grey stone with pitted and convoluted surface resembling a cloud, the wood stand carved as a forma...

A WEN STONE SCHOLAR'S ROCK Qing Dynasty The rock of an irregular 'C' shape, with a hole through it representing a cave, the two ends enclosing the...

A RARE WOOD WALKING STAFF 1700-1900 Of slender cylindrical form, made from a natural branch or vine, the head drilled to hold a cord. 134cm (52 3...

A WOOD AND BURLWOOD LOW TABLE Qing Dynasty The floating panel of well-figured burlwood set within a mitred frame of standard construction, the leg...

A PAIR OF FRUIT-WOOD 'RIVERSIDE' PANELS 1760-1920 Each elaborately carved in varying levels of relief with a riverside scene enclosing intricate d...

A BRONZE 'BUDDHIST LION' INCENSER BURNER 17th/18th century Cast in the form of a squatting male Buddhist lion, its left forepaw raised and resting...

A RARE LIMESTONE 'STUPA' TABLE SCREEN Probably 1700-1900 Of rectanglar form with gently bevelled edges, each side with a central image of the cros...

A RHINOCEROS-FORM SCHOLAR'S ROCK 1750-1900 Of horizontal form with an irregular outline that evokes the image of a robust rhinoceros, accentuated ...

AN INSCRIBED MARBLE 'DREAMSTONE' PANEL, SHIHUA Qing Dynasty The shihua depicting a lion, accompanied by a poem, and the signature of the artist, B...

A SCHOLAR'S ROCK IN THE FORM OF A FROG Qing Dynasty Of frog shape, the stone of an irregular orientation with sharp ridges and jagged protrusions,...

A ROOTWOOD 'LINGZHI FUNGUS' SCULPTURE 1800-1940 The wood root with one side cut from the tree, the other largely natural and resembling a natural ...

A DALI MARBLE DOUBLE-SIDED TABLE SCREEN, SHIHUA Qing Dynasty The visually striking marble of creamy-beige tone suffused with variegated black, gre...

A TALL SCHOLAR'S ROCK Of slender, elongated form, depicted in a vertical orientation and rising from a tapering point reminiscent of the tip of a ...

A PAIR OF JUMU YOKEBACK CHAIRS Qing Dynasty Each chair with a shaped crestrail with mid-section and rounded upturned ends, the back posts centered...

AN UNUSUAL WOOD SCULPTURE IN THE FORM OF A SCHOLAR'S ROCK 1800-1900年 Naturalistically formed as a 'strange stone', resembling a xian beneath an ov...

A BAMBOO AND JADE LANTERN HOLDER, DENGTIAO 1750-1900 The naturalistic bamboo stem with three sequential and opposite curves, one end pierced with ...

A BRONZE 'DUCK' INCENSE BURNER 17th/18th century Cast in the form of a duck standing on one leg in a raised foliate pond set on a flared, foliate ...

A HONGMU DOUBLE-LOZENGE 'DRAGON' BOX AND COVER 1750-1860 Of domed double-lozenge form, the cover crisply carved in relief with a raised gallery of...

AN INSCRIBED CIRCULAR MARBLE 'DREAMSTONE' PANEL, SHIHUA Qing Dynasty The shihua depicting the dark green mountains of Shu, accompanied by a poem, ...

A ROOTWOOD FIGURE OF SHOULAO ON A BRANCH Qing Dynasty Skilfully carved from two joined pieces of gnarled wood, depicting the god of Longevity hold...

A ROOTWOOD RUYI SCEPTRE Qing Dynasty Naturalistically carved as a curving stem, terminating in a head in the form of a natural gnarl. 28.3cm (11...

A CARVED ROOTWOOD FIGURE OF SHOULAO Qing Dynasty The gnarled wood naturalistically carved as the god of Longevity with a long beard and smiling ex...

A BLACK STONEWARE CRICKET JAR AND COVER Zhao Ziyu workshop, Beijing, 1662-1750 Of cylindrical form with a deeply recessed, flat circular foot, the...

A MARBLE 'DREAMSTONE' TABLE SCREEN, SHIHUA With wood mount. Marble: 26.5cm x 26.5cm (10 3/8in x 10 3/8in) (2). Footnotes: 雲石插屏 Provenance: P.C. ...

A ROOTWOOD 'IMMORTALS' VASE 1700-1900 Naturalistically carved as a burled segment of hollowed tree trunk, perforated with irregular nodes and hole...

A SCHOLAR'S ROCK Qing Dynasty to Republican Period The slender, elongated stone, presented in a vertical orientation and ascending from a tapering...

A SOFTWOOD TABLE Qing Dynasty The plain top raised on four legs of rectangular sections joined by plain stretchers. 113.5cm (44 3/4in) long x 58....