Guest & Gray Sold Chinese Ming & Earlier Page 1

Sino-tibetan stone head of a buddha Ref: A2588
Sino-tibetan stone head of a buddha SOLD

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Kraak blue and white dish, Wanli (1573-1619), Ref: J391
Kraak blue and white dish, Wanli (1573-1619), SOLD

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Chinese blue and white Kraak dish Wanli (1573-1619 Ref: K280
Chinese blue and white Kraak dish Wanli (1573-1619), the centre decorated with birds rockwork and rocks and flowers , diameter: 11 5/8in.29.5 cm. Condition: usual slight frits SOLD

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A rare Chinese iron figure of Guandi, Jiaqing (152 Ref: N947
A rare Chinese iron figure of Guandi, Jiaqing (1522-1566) with a dedicatory incription on the reverse, height: 64cm. SOLD

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Chinese wucai vase, ( ), decorated with a dragon, Ref: P470
Chinese wucai vase, ( ), decorated with a dragon, height: 40cm. SOLD

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Chinese wucai dragon jar and a cover, Chongzheng ( Ref: P832
Chinese wucai dragon jar and a cover, Chongzheng (1628-1643), decorated with two dragons amongst scrolling clouds, cover with Daoist emblems, height: 41cm. Condition: jar with restored haircracks and break, cover with restoration SOLD

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Chinese wucai baluster vase, Chongzheng (1628-43), Ref: Q4
Chinese wucai baluster vase, Chongzheng (1628-43), decorated with two panels , height: 29cm. 11 1/2in. SOLD

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Chinese blue and white kraak jar, Wanli (1575-1619 Ref: Q8
Chinese blue and white kraak jar, Wanli (1575-1619), decorated in a bright underglaze blue with large panels containing pheonixes, separated by scrolling poenies, the shoulder similarly decorated, the neck band with the classic scroll; height: 14.1/4 in. ; 36 cm.; condition: restored crack round the luting join SOLD

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Large Chinese blue and white kraak porselein jar, Ref: Q58
Large Chinese blue and white kraak porselein jar, Wanli (1575-1619), of ovoid form with a short waisted neck, decorated with four quatrefoil shaped panels enclosing peony and other floral sprays issuing from rockwork, below the shoulder with four cartouches enclosing peach clusters and peon sprays, all conjoined by strapwork framed by ruyi-heads and reserved on a blue -wash wan patterned ground between floral sprays and auspicious objcts on the neck and a lappet border above the foot, height: 33.3cm. 13 1/8in. SOLD

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Rare Chinese blue and white ewer, Wanli (1573-1619 Ref: Q143
Rare Chinese blue and white ewer, Wanli (1573-1619), modelled with globular body, tall cylindrical neck, a serpentine handle issuing from the neck to the body terminating in a dragon head, and a horizontal rib below the neck rim, painted in shades of cobalt blue with a continuous scene depicting a phoenix in flight on one side and a pair of birds on the other amongst foliage and rockwork, the neck with a similar bird on rockwork between camellia branches, divided by a slightly ogee band of stylised foliage and clouds at the shoulder, height: 8 7/8in. 22.5cm. condition: SOLD

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Chinese blue and white double gourd vase, Transiti Ref: Q223
Chinese blue and white double gourd vase, Transitional, decorated with two scholars talking in a garden on the upper lobe, while a bannerman in a clearing surrounds the lower lobe, height 13 11/8in. 33.5cm. Condition: SOLD

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Large Thai bronze Figure of Buddha Shakyamuni, pro Ref: Q383
Large Thai bronze Figure of Buddha Shakyamuni, probably Sukhothai 13/14th century 18th century, seated in vajrasani, his right hand in bhumisparshumudra, the left resting on his lap, wearing samghati, his face downcaste expression, arched eyebrows set above incised eyes, aquiline nose, pouting lips, curled hairdress and usnisha, surmounted by a flame, traces of gilt, height: 75 cm.; 29.1/2 in. SOLD

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Chinese wucai base and cover, Transitional, decora Ref: Q634
Chinese wucai base and cover, Transitional, decorated with lanterns, leafy tendrils within formalised scroll and stiff leaf borders, height: 15 3/4in. SOLD

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Chinese wucai vase and cover, Transitional, Chongz Ref: Q635
Chinese wucai vase and cover, Transitional, Chongzhen (1628-1643), decorated with banners, flowersand lefy tendrils within conforming borders, height: 14in. Provenance: Baroness Burdett-Coutts and thence by descent SOLD

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Chinese wucai vase and cover, Transitional, Chongz Ref: Q636
Chinese wucai vase and cover, Transitional, Chongzhen (1628-1643), decorated with banners, flowersand lefy tendrils within conforming borders, the neck with a border of stiff leaves and the foot rim with a band of simulated fluting,height: 14in. Provenance: Baroness Burdett-Coutts and thence by descent SOLD

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Fine Chinese underglaze blue charger, Chongzhen (1 Ref: Q693
Fine Chinese underglaze blue charger, Chongzhen (1628-1643)decorated with immortals SOLD

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Chinese wucai vase, 17th century, of wide baluster Ref: Q694
Chinese wucai vase, 17th century, of wide baluster form SOLD

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Chinese blue and white jar, Wanli (1573-1620), dec Ref: Q718
Chinese blue and white jar, Wanli (1573-1620), decorated on the rounded body with a multitude of birds in flight and seated within the branches of large pine branches issuing behind stylised rockwork, height: condition: SOLD

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Good Transitional beaker vase with flared rim, Cho Ref: Q805
Good Transitional beaker vase with flared rim, Chongzhen(1628-1643) with a central band of figures in a fenced garden outside a pogoda, above a floral band the foot with stiff leaves and the rim with a band of height: condition: SOLD

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Chinese wucai baluster jar and cover, Chongzhen (1 Ref: Q813
Chinese wucai baluster jar and cover, Chongzhen (1628-40), decorated with a figure riding a quilin, height: 36cm. SOLD

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Chinese blue and white jar, Chongzhen (1628-1645) Ref: Q765
Chinese blue and white jar, Chongzhen (1628-1645) SOLD

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Chinese blue and white vase, Chongzhen (1628-1643) Ref: P76
Chinese blue and white vase, Chongzhen (1628-1643), of onion shape with an elongated flared neck, the body painted with a continuous scene of figures in a rocky landscape, the neck with elongated stylised exotic tulips, height: 14 1/2in. 37cm. SOLD

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Chinese kraak klapmutz bowl, Wanli (1575-1619), de Ref: Q6
Chinese kraak klapmutz bowl, Wanli (1575-1619), decorated with a peony issuing from rockwork, diameter: 21cm. 8 1/4in. SOLD

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Large Longquan celadon lotus dish Yuan Dynasty; he Ref: Q806
Large Longquan celadon lotus dish Yuan Dynasty; heavily-potted curved sides rising from a short tapering foot to a broad everted lipped rim, the interior freely carved with a double lotus medallion and encircled in the well by leafy scrolling lotus, covered overall in a bluish-green glaze, the base with an unglazed ring burnt orange in the firing Ref: Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, pl. 146.

SOLD

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Chinese Wucai baluster jar and a cover, Chongzheng Ref: R17
Chinese Wucai baluster jar and a cover, Chongzheng (1628-43) decorated with quatrafoil panels of fish amongst plants all against a background of iron-red lie wen, the with stylised waves intespersed with Daoist emblems, domed cover with height: 36.2cm. 14 1/4in. condition: cover restored SOLD

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Chinese blue and white brushpot, Chongzhen (1628-1 Ref: R27
Chinese blue and white brushpot, Chongzhen (1628-1643), finely painted with a warrior wielding a sword attacking and slaying goats, watched over by an Immortal in the clouds, the reverse side with mountainous rockwork and foliage obscured by passing clouds, the rim and base edge with incised anhua decoration, height: 6 inj. 15.3cm. SOLD

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Chinese large Kraak dish Wanli(1573-1619), decorat Ref: Q878a
Chinese large Kraak dish Wanli(1573-1619), decorated with a lake scene with geese, birds and foliage; diameter: 20 in.; condition: usual wear to rim and fine rim ' hair-line' crack. SOLD

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Rare Junyao tripod censer, Song Dynasty(960-1280), Ref: J288
Rare Junyao tripod censer, Song Dynasty(960-1280), of compressed globular form applied with two horned monster masks with ringed handles, two upright handles extending above the galleried rim, the interior and exterior applied with a rich lavender and purple bubble-suffused glaze, diameter: 3.1/2 in. height: 3 in. Brodie Lodge Collection label number, conditon: tips to feet restored SOLD

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Stone head of Louhan, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368) Ref: Q382
Stone head of Louhan, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368) SOLD

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Chinese wucai vase, Chongzhen (1628-43), decorated Ref: R93
Chinese wucai vase, Chongzhen (1628-43), decorated with a man on a fenced balcony with a man and a woman in attendance, with two vertical lines of chinese script, unglazed base , height: 17.5cm. 6 7/8in. SOLD

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Chinese blue and white transitional brush pot, Cho Ref: R223
Chinese blue and white transitional brush pot, Chongzheng ( 1628-1643) decorated with, height: SOLD

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Chinese kraak ewer, Wanli (1573-1619), the rounded Ref: Q761
Chinese kraak ewer, Wanli (1573-1619), the rounded body with long tapering neck and star-shaped rim, the slender s-formed spout painted in the form of a branchy stem with moulded leafy raised tendrils, decorated with bamboo, chrysanthemums, butterfly and a bird on a rock, height: 7 1/2in. 19cm. condition: neatly restored break to spout at base and two missing areas from the rim SOLD

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Gilt bronze Tibetan Buddha 16th century seated in Ref: Q960
Gilt bronze Tibetan Buddha 16th century seated in meditation position on a lotus throne ; height 12 cm.
SOLD

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Rare 8th/9th century Thai bronze of seated Buddha Ref: R30
Rare 8th/9th century Thai bronze of seated Buddha, Dvaravati Prajnaparamita , height: 5 5/8 in. 14.4cm. SOLD

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Chinese transitional jar and cover, Chongzhen (162 Ref: R434
Chinese transitional jar and cover, Chongzhen (1628-43), decorated with figures in a garden in front of an awning beside a wall,with rockwork, pine and bamboo , height: 28cm. 11in. SOLD

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Qingbai Southern Song/Yuan bowl, (1038-1227), with Ref: R8
Qingbai Southern Song/Yuan bowl, (1038-1227), with a pale ice-blue glaze with characteristic uneveness, decorated with phoenix medallion encircled by two boys, the base unglazed ; diameter: condition: Provenance: Dr Carl Kempe collection, Ceramics in the Carl Kempe SOLD

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Qingbai Southern Song/Yuan bowl, (1038-1227) with Ref: R9
Qingbai Southern Song/Yuan bowl, (1038-1227) with a pale ice-blue glaze with characteristic uneveness, carved and combed decoration to the interior with peony, the base unglazed, diameter: condition: Provenance: Dr Carl Kempe collection, Literature: Bo Gyllensvard, Chinese Caramids in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockhom, 1964, plate 539 SOLD

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Chinese 16th century blue and white jar probably W Ref: R338
Chinese 16th century blue and white jar probably Wanli. ; height: 9.5cm. SOLD

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Chinese blue and white bowl, Wanli (1573-1619), de Ref: R111
Chinese blue and white bowl, Wanli (1573-1619), decorated with crane and deer and a plantain tree and flowering shrubs with a rim border of cranes and scrolling clouds, the interior centre well decorated with a mythical beast, diameter: 12 3/4in. 32.4cm., condition: small restored rim chip SOLD

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Chinese cloisonne enamel candlestick, 18th century Ref: R636
Chinese cloisonne enamel candlestick, 18th century, SOLD

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Large Swatow bowl, 17th century, decorated on the Ref: R104
Large Swatow bowl, 17th century, decorated on the exterior with ducks and birds amongst flowers and foliage, the inside roundel with a scholars' table and flowers, the inner rim ; diameter:10 3/8in. 26.4cm. condition: neatly restored hair cracks and rim chips, crackle to glaze and some rubbing to decoration; These Swatow wares were made at in China at the Zhanghou Kilns, Fujian province. Ceramics of this type commonly known as Swatow(Gosu in Japanese) were imported into Japan for serving food at tea ceremonies (chanoyu). Louise Allison Cart illustrates similar pieces in "Shopping for Pots in Momoyama Japan" SOLD

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Chinese wucai baluster vase, Chongzheng (1628-43), Ref: P792
Chinese wucai baluster vase, Chongzheng (1628-43), decorated with two dragons, wooden cover and stand, height: 30cm., condition:restored haircracks and rivets removed SOLD

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Tibetan bronze of Manjusri, standing holding a swo Ref: R479
Tibetan bronze of Manjusri, standing holding a sword, height: 11cm Cf. Von Shroeder, Indo Tibetan Bronzes; P. 176 SOLD

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Chinese wucai baluster vase, Chongzheng (1628-43), Ref: R779
Chinese wucai baluster vase, Chongzheng (1628-43), decorated with the eight immortals presenting gifts to the god of longevity who is standing on the other side of a ravine with a crane on his left side and an attendant on his right holding three ?peaches on a platter, with rockwork, pine and scrolling clouds, a band of scrolling flowers amidst blue rockwork on the neck, unglazed base, height: 31cm. 12 1/4in. SOLD

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Chinese wucai baluster vase, Chongzhen (1628-43), Ref: R780
Chinese wucai baluster vase, Chongzhen (1628-43), decorated with dragons amongst scrolling clouds chasing the pearl, unglazed base height: 17.5cm. 6 7/8in. SOLD

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Chinese gold splashed bronze censer and stand, 17t Ref: R814
Chinese gold splashed bronze censer and stand, 17th century, with Xuande seal mark, diameter: 9in. 23cm. SOLD

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Chinese wucai baluster vase and cover, Chongzheng Ref: R832
Chinese wucai baluster vase and cover, Chongzheng (1628-1643), three dancing boys and a standing lady holding a fan, with a plantain issuing from rockwork, the cover with dancing boys, height: 12 3/8in. 31.5cm., condition: chip to cover SOLD

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Rare 'Longquan' octagonal dish, Ming Dynasty, 15th Ref: R11
Rare 'Longquan' octagonal dish, Ming Dynasty, 15th century, the flaring sides rising from an angled base and short tapering foot, moulded to the interior with a trellis-diaper medallion and encircled with a freely carved floral spray in each of the eight lobes, covered overall with a soft bluish-green glaze, diameter: 21.5cm., 8 1/2in., Literature: Bo Gyllensvard, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, pl. 159 SOLD

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Chinese transitional blue and white cylindrical br Ref: R881
Chinese transitional blue and white cylindrical brush pot with a flared rim, Chongzhen (1628-43), decorated with a continuous rocky landscape with plantains with three figures in a fenced garden including a man leaning on a rock with bamboo pipes beside him being offered a goose and covered plate, height: 5 3/4in. 14.4cm. condition: some fritting SOLD

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Chinese celadon moulded dish, 17th century, diamet Ref: R565
Chinese celadon moulded dish, 17th century, diameter: 34cm. SOLD

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Chinese wucai baluster vase, Chongzhen (1628-1643) Ref: R134
Chinese wucai baluster vase, Chongzhen (1628-1643), decorated with 4 dignitaries seated around a table under an awning looking at 3 archers including one on a flying horse with trees and rockwork in the background, height: 14in. 35.5cm. SOLD

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Chinese wucai baluster jar, Chongzhen (1628-43), d Ref: R734
Chinese wucai baluster jar, Chongzhen (1628-43), decorated with three ladies bearing gifts to seated dignitary, flanked by two ladies holding fans, who is looking at a seated man flanked by a soldier, the shoulder with six moulded lion-head handles on the shoulder, the neck decorated with flowers, base unglazed, height: 11 1/2in. 29.2cm. SOLD

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Chinese wucai baluster vase and cover Chongzhen(16 Ref: R921
Chinese wucai baluster vase and cover Chongzhen(1628-1643), decorated with a group of seated men playing a game outside and four men examining a painted scroll, with bamboo, rocks and shrubs in the background, height 41.5 cm.; 16.3/8 in. condition: some damage to neck and cover neatly restored SOLD

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Pair of Chinese wucai gu-shaped vases, Chongzheng Ref: TL112
Pair of Chinese wucai gu-shaped vases, Chongzheng (1628-43), of cylindrical form and beautifully painted in cobalt blue and bright enamels, the neck decorated with figures in a fenced rocky garden outside a pagoda, the bulbous section with hydrangeas and peonies, the lower section with peony, lotus and magnolia blossom, the second vase decorated with peonies, lotus and cherry blossom on the lower band, height: 20 3/4in., 52.7cm; and 20 1/4in., 51.5cm; condition: the first with large piece broken from the rim and neatly restored, the second vase with neatly restored rim chips SOLD

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Chinese transitional vase Ref: R670
Chinese transitional vase SOLD

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Chinese Wanli Kraak bowl, the exterior with panels Ref: R688
Chinese Wanli Kraak bowl, the exterior with panels contianing emblems seperated by string bows; the interior with a potted plant; diameter: 14.1/4 in. 36.5 cm. condition: rim frits. SOLD

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Chinese Transitional blue and white vase, Chongzhe Ref: V136
Chinese Transitional blue and white vase, Chongzhen (1628-1643), decorated with four figures amongst rockwork, from the novel ‘The Water Margin’, height: 17 3/4in., 45.1cm, condition: firing flaw to the rim
SOLD

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Chinese Celadon charger, Ming dynasty, diameter: 1 Ref: R709
Chinese Celadon charger, Ming dynasty, diameter: 13 3/8in., 34cm. Condition: slight surface wear SOLD

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Chinese wucai baluster vase, Shunzhi (1644-61), de Ref: V8
Chinese wucai baluster vase, Shunzhi (1644-61), decorated with a continuous scene of a procession of boys in a landscape, including one astride a Buddhist lion, height: 8 1/4in. 21cm., condition: cracks and chips SOLD

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Early Ming Celadon stem cup, 15th century, decorat Ref: R919
Early Ming Celadon stem cup, 15th century, decorated in the centre with a flower, height: 5in. 12.7cm. condition: neatly restored chip to rim and haircrack on rim and stem, SOLD

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Chinese blue and white vase of an extremely rare f Ref: V213
Chinese blue and white vase of an extremely rare form, Chongzhen(1628-1643) painted in a good underglaze blue with two fan shape panels, one depicting a scholar and attendant in a garden, the opposing panel with a dancer; amongst floral sprays, the foot with upright pendant leaves; height: 16.5/8 in. condition: some repair SOLD

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Chinese blue and white kraak kendi, Wanli (1573-16 Ref: R976
Chinese blue and white kraak kendi, Wanli (1573-1619), decorated with six lobed panels alternating with galloping horses, peony, stag and flowering lotus, height: 7 1/2in. 19cm. Condition: large shallow chip to rim and another small chip, loss of glaze to edge of lip of rim, small frits to spout, star crack to spout SOLD

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Chinese blue and white vase, Transitional period, Ref: V397
Chinese blue and white vase, Transitional period, mid 17th century, decorated on the exterior with scenes from 'The Journey of Salvation of Ludongbin' with a band of stylized chrysanthemum and aster motifs to the neck, height: 12in. 36cm. SOLD

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Chinese blue and white vase, Transitional period, Ref: V398
Chinese blue and white vase, Transitional period, mid 17th century, of tapering form decorated on the exterior with figures and a horse in a mountainous landscape with pine trees, plantains, scrolling clouds and an awning, height: condition: damage to rim SOLD

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Chinese celadon vase, Ming, 15th century, decorat Ref: V475
Chinese celadon vase, Ming, 15th century, decorated with carved designs of peonies, height: 16 1/2in. 42cm. condition: neck cut down SOLD

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Chinese blue and white plate, Shunzhi (1644-61), d Ref: TL160
Chinese blue and white plate, Shunzhi (1644-61), decorated with the eight immortals, diameter: 10 7/16in. 36cm. SOLD

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Chinese wucai baluster jar, 17th century painted w Ref: Q723
Chinese wucai baluster jar, 17th century painted with a central panel of alternating dragon and phoenix, height: 11 3/4in., 29.8cm. Condition: 5 haircracks SOLD

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Chinese wucai baluster vase and cover, Chongzhen ( Ref: V331
Chinese wucai baluster vase and cover, Chongzhen (1628-1645), decorated with , height: condition: restoration SOLD

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Chinese blue and white transitional bottle necked Ref: V372
Chinese blue and white transitional bottle necked vase, Chongzhen (1628 -1643), decorated with figures on horseback within a landscape, height: 17in. 43.2cm. SOLD

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Chinese blue and white basin, 16th century, decora Ref: V417
Chinese blue and white basin, 16th century, decorated in the centre with a dragon amongst cloud scrolls, surrounded by six roundels of flowers, the rim with scrolling foliage, the underside decorated with a pair of dragons, seal mark, diameter: 13 1/2in. 34.3cm. condition: breaks to rim neatly restored, two chips to footrim SOLD

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Chinese blue and white plate, Kangxi (1662-1722), Ref: R912
Chinese blue and white plate, Kangxi (1662-1722), deocrated in the centre with a lady presenting a branch of flowers to a lady standing on a veranda, the decoration repeated on the rim which is divided into eight panels alternating with cherry blossom, diameter: 12 1/4in., 31cm, condition: neatly restored section of rim broken in 3 pieces and restuck and chips to underside

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Price: £550.00

Chinese blue and white kraak kendi, Wanli (1573-16 Ref: R730
Chinese blue and white kraak kendi, Wanli (1573-1620), decorated with six alternate panels with lotus plants and a bird on a rock with a butterfly, height: 7 1/2in., 19cm SOLD

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Chinese Kangxi cloisonne meiping, Kangxi (1662-172 Ref: Q811
Chinese Kangxi cloisonne meiping, Kangxi (1662-1722) decorated with butterflies among scattered flower heads and stems of lotus and magnolia, all against a turquoise background, gilded base and inner neck; height: 15.7 cm.; condition: small dent to neck SOLD

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Chinese polychrome Swatow bowl, Wanli (1573-1619), Ref: V399
Chinese polychrome Swatow bowl, Wanli (1573-1619), decorated with, diameter: 15 3/8in. 39cm. Condition: restoration to rim SOLD

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