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AN EMBROIDERED SILK LADY'S JACKETQing DynastyFinely embroidered with butterflies amongst scattered flower sprays on a midnight blue silk ground, c...

A TIBETAN COTTON CHUBA19th centuryThickly woven with alternating bands of geometric patterns and red lines, the inside lined with linen and border...

CHINESE EXPORT SCHOOL (19TH CENTURY)Domestic ScenesA pith paper album containing twelves leaves.Each leaf 18.5cm x 30.5cm (7 1/4in x 12in).Footnot...

A KO-SOMETSUKE POLYCHROME DISHChongzhenWith bracket lobed rim, decorated with a scholar and attendant carrying a wrapped qin and crossing a bridge...

A GROUP OF THREE PAINTED ENAMEL DISHES 18th century (3)18th centuryVariously decorated with narrative scenes, depicting a warrior on horseback wit...

NAMIKAWA YASUYUKI (1845-1927) OF KYOTOA cloisonné enamel cylindrical vase Meiji periodFinely worked with two birds perched amongst blossoming prun...

A JADEITE 'BUDDHIST LION' SEAL20th centuryThe seal of square section surmounted by a recumbent Buddhist lion, the body coiled next to a ball with ...

A PAIR OF SILVER EWERS AND COVERSMeiji PeriodOf slender pear-shape with hinged covers, variously cast in relief with river landscape scenes, signe...

A WHITE JADE-MOUNTED SILVER HAND MIRROR18th/19th centuryThe belt hook handle finely carved with a sinuous chilong dragon crawling towards the drag...

A CELADON JADE 'BOY AND GOURD' GROUP VASE AND COVER18th centuryCarved with boy holding a ruyi sceptre suspending a chime, beside a large double go...

A GUAN-TYPE CELADON GLAZED LONG NECK VASEQing DynastyThe compressed globular body rising to a waisted neck and a straight mouth rim, moulded with ...

AN APPLE-GREEN CRACKLE-GLAZED BOTTLE VASE18th/19th centuryHeavily potted with a globular body surmounted by a long neck, the exterior covered with...

A GROUP OF ELEVEN TSUBA AND FIVE MENUKIEdo to Meiji periodVariously decorated in gilt and mixed metals with a rakan facing a snake emerging from r...

A PAIR OF SPINACH-GREEN JADE CUPSLate Qing DynastyEach rising from a short foot to gently flared and straight sides, the stone of dark green tone ...

A LOBED FLORAL BOX AND COVERBy Kinkozan, Meiji PeriodRaised on three shallow feet, decorated to the exterior with floral and foliate roundels on a...

A YELLOW-GROUND CUT VELVET PANEL19th centuryWoven with a central floral medallion surrounded by a dense ground of polychrome floral sprays enclose...

A LONGQUAN CELADON GLAZED INCENSE BURNERMing DynastyRaised on three beast mask feet, incised to the body with a trellis design, covered in an even...

A MIDNIGHT BLUE GROUND BROCADE-WOVEN COURT SKIRT, CHAOQUN19th centuryWoven with gilt wrapped and polychrome threads with contending dragons around...

A PAIR OF PAINTED POTTERY MODELS OF HORSESTang DynastyStanding four square on rectangular bases, with finely modelled faces and open mouths, weari...

A BLUE AND WHITE 'DEER' DISHJiajing six-character mark and of the periodSturdily potted with deeply rounded sides rising from a short straight foo...

A FLAMBÉ-GLAZED GARLIC HEAD VASE19th centuryThe ovoid body rising to a slender neck and a lipped rim, covered overall in a dark red glaze thinning...

A HUANGHUALI ARMCHAIR20th centuryThe chair with curved arm rests and angular scroll-form stiles over a cane seat, the upper backsplat carved in sh...

A GREEN ENAMELED 'DRAGON' DISHGuangxu six-character mark and of the periodDecorated to the well with a writhing five-clawed dragon in pursuit of t...

A PAIR OF FINE AND RARE EMBROIDERED 'WATERFALL' PANELSMeiji periodWorked in fine silk threads, using sashi-nui (long and short stitches) to depict...

A HONGMU ARMCHAIR19th/20th centuryThe yoke back crest rail supported on curved rear posts, the curved back splat carved with a floral and scroll m...

A FAMILLE VERTE 'POETIC INSCRIPTION' SAUCER DISHKangxi Rising from a short foot to a flared rim, enamelled with flower sprays against rockwork and...

A BLUE AND WHITE 'TRIBUTE BEARERS' DISHLate Ming DynastyDecorated to the interior with two tribute bearers flanking an elaborately caparisoned kyl...

A FINE REPOUSSÉ GOLD 'TIGER AND BEAR' PLAQUEEurasian, 3rd century B.CThe rectangular plaque depicting a scene of a ferocious tiger confronting an ...

TWO JADE BRUSHPOTS, BITONG19th/20th centuryOne cylindrical brushpot carved with a standing crane next to a pine tree gazing at a crane in flight, ...

A BRONZE AXE HEADInner Mongolia, 9th-7th century BCThe head issuing from a cylindrical shaft, with two apertures for attachment, the blade termina...

A LARGE BRONZE 'DRAGON' INCENSE BURNER AND COVERXuande four-character seal mark, 18th/19th centuryOf oval form, the reticulated domed cover cast w...

A LONGQUAN CELADON 'FIGURE AND ELEPHANT GROUP' AND A PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE MODELS OF BOYSMing Dynasty to KangxiThe first modelled with a Bodhisat...

A GROUP OF BLANC-DE-CHINE MODELS OF THE EIGHT IMMORTALSRepublicEach standing with their respective attributes upon a rounded cloud scroll form bas...

A YIXING STONEWARE TEAPOT AND COVER20th century, signed Shen Xiaolu (1909-1967) The rounded body with a dombed cover and upwards curved spout, imp...

A BLUE-GROUND EMBROIDERED SILK 'DRAGON' ROBE19th centuryWorked in couched gold thread with eight dragons in pursuit of flaming pearls amidst lingz...

A FACETED SATSUMA VASEMeiji PeriodThe square-section vase of gently flared form rising to a waisted neck, painted in polychrome enamel with four p...

A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE 'LADIES AND BOYS' STANDS19th century One decorated with jovial ladies and children in an interior setting with auspicious b...

A BHUTANESE PONCHOLate 19th/early 20th centuryThe bleached cotton panel cut with a collar at one end and the other end sewn with a row of tassel f...

A MIDNIGHT-BLUE GROUND 'CRANE' GAUZE ROBE19th/20th centuryDecorated with eight roundels each enclosing a crane with spread wings amidst polychrome...

A GROUP OF KINGFISHER FEATHER JEWELLERY19th centuryComprising: two pairs of earrings, a pair of butterfly hairpins, a double grasshopper hairpin, ...

A STRAW GLAZED POTTERY MODEL OF A CAMELTang DynastyStanding four square on a rectangular base, the head raised and facing forwards, supporting a h...

A FINE KESI GREEN-GROUND SEMI-FORMAL COURT ROBE19th centuryFinely woven with eight floral roundels containing peonies surrounded by bajixiang and ...

A FAMILLE ROSE 'SCHOLAR' PLAQUE19th centuryThe rectangular panel finely painted with a scholar in a terraced garden sitting leisurely on the trunk...

A PAIR OF OPENWORK PLAQUES DEPICTING FELINESInner Mongolia/Southern Siberia, 9th-7th century BCEach of square form, cast in openwork to the centre...

A PAINTED LACQUERED WOOD 'LADY' BOX AND COVER18th/19th centuryDecorated with a central cartouche of an elegant lady in high relief with traditiona...

A PAIR OF LARGE OPENWORK BRONZE BELT PLAQUESNorthwest China, 2nd-1st century BCEach cast in openwork with two ibex standing facing away from each ...

A GEOMANCER'S COMPASS19th centuryThe circular boxwood compass finely inscribed on both sides with concentric scales and characters, a small compas...

A SILVERED BRONZE FITTINGNorthwest China, 8th-6th century BCThe tubular cap surmounted by a recumbent hound, above a faceted rounded shaft, open a...

JOMI EISUKE LINEAGEA Pair of Inlaid Bronze Vases Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century Each vase decorated in high relief gold, silv...

A MUGHAL STYLE JADE WASHER19th centuryModelled as a four petal-lobed open flowerhead, the base carved as a further flowerhead surrounded by a band...

A PAIR OF SLIP-DECORATED CELADON GLAZED GARDEN STOOLS19th centuryOf rounded hexagonal form with reticulated panels and moulded bands of bosses, de...

A BLUE AND WHITE 'LOTUS' KENDIMing DynastyDecorated overall with meandering lotus scrolls, the shoulder and lower part of the neck painted with fl...

A GILT BRONZE 'ELEPHANT' INCENSE BURNERXuande six-character mark, 18th/19th centuryRising from a gently splayed foot to a bombé-shaped body, finel...

A GRISAILLE CIRCULAR 'BIRD' WASHERHongxian four-character mark, RepublicThe washer of flared form rising to an inverted rim, decorated in polychro...

A LARGE ELM WOOD CABINETLate Qing DynastyOf rectangular form with single-panel doors opening to reveal the shelved interior, all above shaped apro...

A PAIR OF SCYTHIAN BRONZE HORSE HEAD PLAQUESCirca 3rd-1st century B.C. Each of elliptical form with almond-shaped eye, ear and nostrils, its jaw s...

A BLANC-DE-CHINE HEXAGONAL WINEPOT AND COVERKangxiThe globular faceted body supported on the flat base by three bracket feet and moulded with pane...

TWO VOLUMES OF INTEGRATED DIVINATION OF SUPREME ONENESS (TAIYI JICHENG)Ming DynastyComprising two volumes of manuscripts enclosed within a cloth-c...

A LARGE BRONZE INCENSE BURNERXuande six-character mark, 18th/19th centurySupported on tripod feet with loop handles, the base with a reign mark wi...

SU WANZHONG (18th/19th century)Zhong Kui Marrying off his SisterInk and colour on silk, hand scrollDated guimao year (1843). 32.5cm (12 3/4in) hig...