AN UNUSUAL PAIR OF PAINTED PEWTER FIGURES OF EUROPEAN TRIBUTE BEARERS18th centuryModelled in mirror image, each figure in typical Georgian dress, ...

AN UNUSUAL GILT-BRONZE GROUP OF TWO FIGURES18th centuryPossibly depicting figures from an opera or popular novel, cast as a kneeling young scholar...

A PAIR OF PAINTED PLASTER 'NODDING HEAD' FIGURES OF AN OFFICIAL AND LADYQianlong/JiaqingEach modelled standing wearing flowing garments, the face ...

A RARE AND LARGE PAINTED ENAMEL 'EUROPEAN SUBJECT' DOUBLE-SIDED SCREENQianlong, the zitan stand and frame, 19th centuryExquisitely enamelled with ...

A RARE AND LARGE PAINTED ENAMEL 'LOTUS DRINKER' DISHYongzhengThe dish supported on a waisted foot, with shallow rounded sides terminating in a bro...

A PAIR OF PAINTED ENAMEL 'ROMANCE OF THE WESTERN CHAMBER' DISHES18th centuryEach painted with a scene from the Xi Xiang Ji (The Romance of the Wes...

A PAINTED ENAMEL PINK-GROUND LOBED OVAL TRAYQianlongPainted with two quail on a riverbank amongst narcissus, leafy plants and rockwork, the unders...

A RARE AND LARGE IMPERIAL-TRIBUTE PAINTED ENAMEL TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER AND COVER, DINGQianlong red enamel four-character mark and of the periodThe...

A DOCUMENTARY CARVED DUAN STONE 'THREE STAR GODS' SCREEN19th centuryCarved on one side in high relief with a group of weiqi players with two boys ...

A DUAN STONE TABLE SCREEN18th centuryFinely carved in relief with a cluster of bamboo and blossoming prunus branches issuing from a gnarled trunk,...

ANONYMOUSMid Qing DynastySilk embroidery and pigments on silk, colourfully decorated with an open compound a scholar in an open veranda seated at ...

Li Shizong (18th century)Landscapes after Ancient MastersAlbum of twelve leaves, ink and colour on paper, each leaf titled and inscribed by the ar...

A GROUP OF PAINTED ENAMEL VESSELS18th centuryComprising a circular box and cover, the domed cover finely enamelled with a shaped cartouche with fl...

A PAIR OF PAINTED ENAMEL SQUARE TRAYSZhu ju two-characters marks, YongzhengEach delicately painted with a butterfly above two elaborate openwork w...

AN UNUSUAL PAINTED ENAMEL PLAQUE OF A 'GU' VASE18th centuryThe rectangular plaque depicting a vase of archaistic gu form, finely painted on the ta...

A FAMILLE ROSE 'BARAGON TUMED' BOWLDaoguang, iron-red 'Baragon Tumed' marks in Mongolian scriptThe exterior enamelled with eight variously-coloure...

A RARE PAIR OF LARGE FAMILLE ROSE 'ROMANCE OF THE WESTERN CHAMBER' VASES AND STANDS, GUYongzhengEach of square waisted section, with simulated 'sp...

AN ARCHAISTIC PALE GREEN AND RUSSET JADE EWER, GONGQianlongThe well-proportioned vessel fashioned in the shape of an archaic bronze ewer gong stan...

A PALE GREEN AND BLACK JADE 'DOUBLE LOTUS POD' CARVING18th century Naturalistically carved in relief as two lotus pods with circular seeds, with a...

A FINE PALE GREEN JADE 'CHILONG' WASHER18th century Deftly carved as a shallow oval dish with a shallow recessed base and two chilong dragons clam...

A FINE WHITE AND RUSSET JADE CARVING OF A LOTUS ROOT18th centuryThe rhizome naturalistically detailed with constricted knotty sections wreathed b...

AN ARCHAISTIC CLOISONNÉ AND CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL RITUAL WINE VESSEL, JUEYongzheng/QianlongFinely decorated on the interior and exterior with blossomin...

A FINE PAIR OF ARCHAISTIC CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL BEAKER VASES, GUQianlongDecorated with taotie masks and vertical metal flanges on the mid-sections, top...

A RARE ARCHAISTIC CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE 'PHOENIX' SQUARE VASE, FANG GUYongzheng/QianlongThe central part enamelled on each face with an...

A RARE PAIR OF CARVED THREE-COLOUR LACQUER RUYI-SHAPED JARDINIÈRES AND STANDSQianlongThe lobed bodies carved with panels of scholars' objects, ant...

A SMALL CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER 'TREASURE' BOX AND COVER ENCLOSING A JADE CARVINGThe lacquer box 17th/18th century, the jade 17th centuryThe cover...

A PAIR OF GILT-BRONZE AND CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL JARDINIÈRESQianlong Each vessel of rectangular section with canted corners, the rounded sides applied w...

A RARE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL JADE-INSET SQUARE BOX AND COVERThe box early 18th century, the plaque Ming DynastyThe box enamelled around the exterior wi...

A PAIR OF CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE SQUARE PRICKET CANDLESTICKSQianlong The spreading bases rising to the curved shallow drip-pans and colu...

A PAIR OF LARGE PAINTED ENAMEL VASES, GULingde Tang three-character marks, late Qing DynastyEach of archaic bronze gu form with rounded central se...

A RARE PAIR OF CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE QUATREFOIL JARDINIÈRESQianlong Each four-lobed oval vessel raised on four ruyi feet, the flaring s...

A RARE CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE 'LOTUS' INCENSE BURNER AND COVERQianlongThe bowl of deep U-shape with flaring sides rising to an upright r...

A SPINACH-GREEN JADE INKSTONE WITH ZITAN STAND AND JADE-INLAID COVERThe inkstone 18th century, the jade plaque Ming DynastyThe inkstone carved in ...

A SPINACH-GREEN JADE CARVING OF A GUQIN18th/19th centuryDeftly carved as a musical instrument, carved in low relief on the front with a calligraph...

A GREEN JADE RUYI SCEPTRE18th centuryThe long sceptre carved in crisp relief with bamboo and orchids, the large lingzhi head with a bird clamberin...

A FINE ARCHAISTIC SPINACH-GREEN JADE VASEQianlong The vessel of flattened pear-shaped form, rising from a spreading foot to a tapering neck and li...

A RARE MINIATURE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL AND HUANGHUALI HALBERD, QINGLONG JIQianlongThe huanghuali shaft carved two-thirds from the handle with a raised ...

A JADEITE-HILTED KNIFE WITH CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL SHEATHMid Qing DynastyThe metal blade set with a pale green jade handle contained in a chased gilt ba...

A RARE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE BOX AND COVERQianlongThe cover decorated as a blue chequered playing board with white square panels reserv...

A FINE GLASS-INLAID GILT-BRONZE BELT HOOKQianlongFinely cast with a ruyi-shaped head and a wide curving body mimicking a ruyi sceptre, elaborately...

A RARE LARGE TIANQI LACQUER 'FIVE-DRAGON' PANEL19th century The shaped panel enclosing an elaborately-decorated surface with five five-clawed drag...

A RARE QIANJIN AND TIANQI LACQUER RUYI SCEPTRE18th century Finely incised and painted in qiangjin and tianqi technique reserved on a rich red grou...

A LARGE CARVED CINNABAR AND BLACK LACQUER 'HUNDRED ANTIQUES' PANELQianlongOf rectangular form, the panel well carved in high relief through the re...

A LARGE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL 'HUNDRED ANTIQUES' RECTANGULAR PANELJiaqing/DaoguangFinely decorated with the very auspicious design of 'Hundred Antiques...

A WHITE AND RUSSET JADE 'CHILONG' PENDANT18th centuryThe shield-shaped pendant surmounted by a clambering chilong with bifurcated tail, his head p...

AN UNUSUAL PALE GREEN JADE CICADA-SHAPED PERFUMIER18th/19th century The two reticulated halves held together by a brown thread and delicately carv...

A PALE GREEN JADE 'DOUBLE PEACH AND BAT' GROUP18th century Well carved as two peaches borne on a naturalistic gnarled, leafy stems issuing curling...

A PALE GREEN AND RUSSET JADE 'LOTUS-LEAF' BRUSH WASHER17th centuryWell hollowed as a large lotus leaf with an undulating edge, borne on long curvi...

A CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER HEXALOBED BOX AND COVERQianlongThe cover deeply carved with two gentlemen conversing in a fenced riverside garden, a boy...

A CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER 'DRAGONS AND WAVES' BOX AND COVERQianlong The lobed circular cover with two five-clawed dragons with bulging eyes and ho...

A RARE PAINTED ENAMEL 'MILLE-FLEURS' THREE-PIECE GARNITUREMid Qing Dynasty The incense burner of archaistic fangding form, the exterior decorated ...

A RARE MALACHITE 'LOTUS-LEAF' BRUSH WASHERMid Qing DynastyThe vessel finely carved as a broad lotus leaf with inward curving rim and curling ends,...

A FINE ROCK CRYSTAL 'CHILONG' BRUSH WASHERMid Qing DynastyThe vessel of circular shape with thick walls and inward-curving rim, carved around one ...

A RARE CARNELIAN AGATE 'DOUBLE CARP' VASEQianlong Meticulously carved in the form of two 'fish dragons' (ao), rising from rocks and crashing waves...

A RARE THREE-COLOUR-OVERLAY GLASS 'DOUBLE-GOURD' VASEQianlongThe vessel of compressed double-gourd form with a recessed foot, the milky-white body...

A RARE POLYCHROME LACQUER 'BAJIXIANG' OCTAGONAL STANDQianlongThe top carved through a layer of cinnabar lacquer to a dark green cell-pattern groun...

A CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER PRUNUS-FORM BOX AND COVERQianlongThe cover superbly carved with a central diorama of two scholars visiting another schol...

A RARE AND LARGE CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER BOX AND COVERQianlongThe flat circular cover top finely and deeply carved with an elaborate scene of thre...

A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE BARBED-RIM JARDINIÈREQianlong The tapering body with lobed panels of leafy lotus stems within turquoise archais...

A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER AND COVER, DINGQianlongThe globular body finely enamelled around the exterior with elegantly-scrolling fo...