A CHAMPLEVE AND ENAMEL WALL VASE, GUANGDONG TRIBUTE TO THE IMPERIAL COURT, QIANLONGChina, 1736-1795. Of flattened form, the gilt bronze baluster b...

AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE MINIATURE CLOISONNE HAT STAND, JIAQINGOpinion: This splendid little 'hat stand', the perfect receptacle for the finest and sma...

A CLOISONNE ENAMEL AND GILT BRONZE 'LOTUS' CENSER, JINGTAI MARK, MING DYNASTYChina, 15th-16th century. The deep rounded sides supported on three g...

A MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID BLACK LACQUER 'ROMANCE OF THE WESTERN CHAMBER' BOX AND COVER, BY JIANG QIANLI, KANGXI PERIODChina, 1662-1722. Of circular...

A RARE AQUAMARINE BLUE GLASS BOTTLE VASE, QIANLONG MARK AND PERIODChina, 1736-1795. The remarkably thick-walled, globular body is raised on a shor...

A RUBY-RED GLASS BOTTLE VASE, QIANLONG MARK AND PERIODChina, 1736-1795. The thick-walled, globular body supported on a spreading foot and rising t...

A CLOISONNE ENAMEL 'TAOTIE' ARCHAISTIC BEAKER VASE, GU, 17TH-18TH CENTURYChina. The vase is enameled on the mid-section with a pair of taotie mask...

A RARE AND LARGE CLOISONNE ENAMEL 'BAJIXIANG' VASE, GU, QIANLONG PERIODChina, 1736-1795. The vase is well cast of archaic gu form, superbly decora...

A CLOISONNE ENAMEL RUYI SCEPTER, EARLY QING DYNASTYOpinion: Cloisonne ruyi scepters from the 17th century are rare. But finding one that presents ...

A ZITAN WOOD 'LOTUS' RUYI SCEPTER, PROBABLY IMPERIALExpert's note: The present lot likely once belonged to a set of ruyi scepters made for the Imp...

A CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER 'BAJIXIANG' RUYI SCEPTER, QING DYNASTYChina, 1644-1912. The scepter is finely carved with the Eight Buddhist Emblems (ba...

A CINNABAR LACQUER 'LUOHAN' BOX AND COVER, YUAN TO EARLY MING DYNASTYOpinion: Recent research into the dating of carved lacquer has put forward th...

A CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER ZHADOU AND COVER, 18TH CENTURYChina. The zhadou has a wide everted rim carved on top with lotus flowers within a ruyi-he...

A FINE CINNABAR LACQUER DISPLAY STAND, QING DYNASTYChina, 1644-1912. Of rectangular form, consisting of three shelves and two drawers, all decorat...

AN INSCRIBED BAMBOO BRUSHPOT, BITONG, BY WANG LUYI, 18TH CENTURYChina. Of cylindrical form, supported on three short feet, finely carved in relief...

A JIADING SCHOOL BAMBOO BRUSHPOT, BITONG, SIGNED ZHOU E, 18TH CENTURYOpinion: Finely carved and incised with openwork and undercutting, most cleve...

AN IMPERIAL SCROLL-SHAPED ZITAN BOX AND COVER, QIANLONGChina, 1736-1795. Naturalistically carved as three stacked scrolls, the upper scroll with a...

AN IMPERIAL 'DRAGON' HARDWOOD CHEST, COMMEMORATING THE RENOVATION OF THE JADE PEAK PAGODA BY EMPEROR QIANLONGOpinion: The Jade Peak Pagoda, or Yu ...

A 'TAOTIE' INCENSE STAND, XIANGJI, QING DYNASTYChina, 1644-1912. Of roughly oval, foliate-lobed form, the top carved to the sides with key-fret an...

A RARE RECTANGULAR HUANGHUALI KANG TABLE, 18TH CENTURYChina. The well-figured single board floating panel top of typical miter, mortise and tenon ...

A ZITAN FIGURE OF A DEER HOLDING LINGZHI, 18TH CENTURYChina. Superbly carved in a recumbent posture with the hind legs drawn in and the front legs...

AN IVORY FIGURE OF SHOULAO, MING DYNASTYChina, 16th-17th century. The standing Immortal carved from the curved tusk holding a peach and wearing lo...

A RHINOCEROS HORN ARCHAISTIC LIBATION CUP, JUE, EARLY QING DYNASTYChina, 17th to early 18th century. Finely carved, one side of the vessel with a ...

A LARGE FULL-TIP RHINOCEROS HORN CUP, 19TH CENTURYChina, late Qing Dynasty. Using the full length of the horn, the intricate openwork carving depi...

A LARGE 'BUDDHIST LION' SEAL, INSCRIBED WITH THE HEART SUTRA, QING DYNASTYChina, 1644-1912, probably Qianlong, 1736-1795 (see expert's note). The ...

A SONGHUA INK STONE, BOX AND COVER, QIANLONG MARK AND PERIODChina, 1736-1795. The soft grayish-green ink stone is of magnificent quality with dist...

A SOAPSTONE FIGURE OF A LUOHAN WITH A BUDDHIST LION, 18TH CENTURYChina. Seated with his right knee raised, wearing long flowing robes with finely ...

A LAPIS LAZULI FIGURE OF BUDDHA, QING DYNASTYChina, mid-18th to 19th century. Superbly carved, seated in dhyanasana with the hands lowered in dhya...

A FINELY CARVED 'HAIR-CRYSTAL' BRUSH WASHER, 1750-1850China. Of signified peach form, with thick walls and an uneven, wavy rim allowing for use as...

A CARNELIAN AGATE 'PHOENIX AND LINGZHI' VASE, QING DYNASTYChina, 18th-19th century. The vessel with two receptacles, the larger carved as a gnarle...

AN IMPORTANT AND RARE CELADON JADE CARVING OF AN OWL, LATE SHANG DYNASTYChina, 13th-11th century BC. Finely carved in the round as an owl standing...

A CELADON JADE 'BIRD' PENDANT, MID-WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTYChina, circa mid-10th to mid-9th century BC. The bird has a flattened, angular head, and a ...

A BIRD-SHAPED CELADON JADE PENDANT, WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTYChina, c. 1100-771 BC. The pendant is finely carved as a stylized mythical bird of flatten...

A TIGER-FORM JADE PENDANT, LATE SHANG DYNASTYChina, 13th-11th century BC. The crouching tiger carved in profile, the body well detailed and decora...

A WHITE JADE PENDANT, HUANG, EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTYChina, 8th-3rd century BC. Each side of the arc-shaped huang is intricately carved with a dense n...

A LARGE CELADON JADE 'DRAGON' PENDANT, EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTYChina, 5th-3rd century BC. The flat stone carved as a sinuous dragon, the long body for...

A RARE AND MASSIVE MOTTLED JADE CONG, LIANGZHU CULTUREChina, late Neolithic period, c. 3300-2200 BC. The thick-walled cong is of short square sect...

A CELADON JADE 'TURTLEDOVE' FINIAL, JIU, HAN DYNASTYChina, 206 BC to 220 AD. Finely carved, the bird facing forward, well detailed with round eyes...

A RARE AND COMPLETE SET OF FOUR JADE OPENWORK SWORD FITTINGS, WESTERN HAN DYNASTYChina, 206 BC to 8 AD.Comprising:1) A pommel (shou) of circular f...

A RARE ARCHAISTIC 'SHANG BRONZE IMITATION' JADE VESSEL, ZHI, LATE SONG TO EARLY MING DYNASTYChina, 13th-15th century. Of flattened form, the pear-...

A CELADON AND RUSSET JADE FIGURE OF AN ELEPHANT, MING DYNASTYChina, 1368-1644. Boldly carved as an elephant standing foursquare, three of his larg...

A GRAY AND BLACK NEPHRITE JADE FIGURE OF A HORSE, MING DYNASTYChina, 17th century. Well carved as a recumbent horse with the legs tucked in. The h...

A CELADON AND RUSSET JADE 'BUDDHIST LION AND CUB' GROUP, 17TH CENTURYChina. The recumbent beast with its head turned to one side, holding a leafy ...

A CELADON AND RUSSET JADE 'BIXI' WATERPOT, 17TH - EARLY 18TH CENTURYChina. Boldly carved as a Bixi, the mythical creature, standing foursquare on ...

A CELADON AND RUSSET JADE 'FINGER CITRON' VASE, 17TH - 18TH CENTURYChina. Naturalistically carved issuing from a gnarled leafy branch serving as t...

A YELLOW AND RUSSET JADE 'RABBIT' INKSTONE, EARLY QING DYNASTYOpinion: Inkstones depicting various animals were made during the Qing dynasty, incl...

A CHICKEN BONE JADE 'DOUBLE FISH' MARRIAGE BOWL, 17TH-18TH CENTURYChina. The flared sides supported on four short feet and rising to an everted br...

A CELADON AND RUSSET JADE 'QILIN AND CRANES' GROUP, 18TH CENTURYChina. Carved as a recumbent qilin, the legs tucked underneath, its head turned ba...

A CELADON AND RUSSET JADE 'DEER AND CRANE' BOULDER, 18TH CENTURYChina. Of irregular, upright section, the front carved in high and deep relief and...

AN IMPORTANT AND RARE PALE CELADON AND RUSSET JADE MOUNTAIN, 18TH CENTURYChina. Finely carved to one side with a scholar and his boy attendant wal...

A PALE CELADON JADE PETAL-LOBED ARCHAISTIC 'CHILONG' VASE, QIANLONG PERIODChina, 1736-1795. Superbly carved, the thinly walled flared neck and spr...

A WHITE JADE BOWL, QIANLONG PERIODOpinion: In recent years, perhaps no other Chinese work of art has been copied more often than the Qianlong whit...

A WHITE JADE POMANDER AND MATCHING WOOD STAND, QIANLONGChina, 1736-1795. The two domed halves modeled in the form of a pouch and intricately carve...

A PALE CELADON JADE INKSTONE WITH MATCHING ZITAN STAND AND COVER, QING DYNASTYChina, 18th-19th century. The well-polished stone is of a rounded re...

A FINE CELADON JADE 'FISH BASKET' BRUSH WASHER, 18TH-19TH CENTURYChina. Finely carved and well hollowed in the form of a fish basket, with exquisi...

A RARE PALE CELADON JADE 'SANYANG AND TAIJITU' GROUP, 18TH CENTURYChina. Carved as three recumbent rams, the larger animal with its head turned to...

A SPINACH GREEN JADE MINIATURE 'ARCHAISTIC' VASE, 18TH-19TH CENTURYOpinion: This archaistic vase comes from a distinct group of spinach green arch...

A PAIR OF RARE MUGHAL-STYLE JADEITE MARRIAGE BOWLS, LATE QING DYNASTYChina, 19th century. The bowls well carved with elegantly rounded sides risin...

AN IMPERIAL 'YUNLONG' BOOK COVER, INSCRIBED BY EMPEROR QIANLONG, CARVED SPINACH-GREEN JADE, DATED BINGYIN YEAR, 1746Opinion: As a sale result list...

AN IMPERIAL SPINACH-GREEN JADE 'LUOHAN' PANEL AFTER GUANXIU (823-912 AD), WITH A POETIC EULOGY BY HONGLI (1711-1799)Opinion: Imperial jade plaques...