Anita Gray deals in Asian and European porcelain and works of art. We have been established in Davies Street, London, for over 45 years.
Our speciality is Chinese porcelain and works of art from the 16th to the 18th century. Focussing on items made for the Imperial court, the Chinese domestic market and export markets.
Porcelain & Ceramics
Of shouldered baluster form, rising from a waisted foot to a short inverted neck, boldly painted in vibrant shades of underglaze blue; a rare continuous design around the centre of two fearsome Fo...
Porcelain & Ceramics
The mythical creature modeled four-square, the body painted in shades of underglaze blue with foliate scrolls and flames, the neck with a collar suspending a bell, a curled tail to the rear, the cover...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Of circular form, decorated in underglaze blue with in the centre ducks-in-a-pond motif, the birds finely painted with the their wings and feathers well-delineated, large branches of detailed lotus...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Of circular form, decorated in underglaze blue with on the central cavetto a large pot decorated in various patterns, with protruding roots, and filled with budding and blossoming peony and...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Of circular form, decorated in underglaze blue, painted on the central cavetto with a large pot decorated in various patterns, and filled with budding and blossoming chrysanthemum and a scroll,...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Modelled as a crouching lion with head raised and a trumpet-shaped aperture to the back, covered overall in an olive-green glaze....
Porcelain & Ceramics
Of round form, thinly and finely potted with an everted and barbed rim, the steep walls decorated in bright underglaze blue with eight panels of auspicious symbols, including the rare addition of an...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Based on Meissen originals (1735-1740), modelled as scalloped shells on three short scroll feet, with a gilt line to the rim, finely painted in the centres with elaborate armorials of the Swedish...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Of square section, the four straight sides rising to domed shoulders, set with a short and narrow cylindrical ridged neck, decorated in shades of underglaze blue, each side painted with a fantastical...
Porcelain & Ceramics
The bulbous sides painted with a dignitary and attendants within a rectangular panel, the reverse with a second panel depicting a boat on a river before mountains and trees, the neck with Buddhist...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Of round form, thinly and finely potted with an everted and barbed rim, the steep walls decorated in bright underglaze blue with six panels, three filled with precious symbols including books and a...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Of circular form with foliate rim, decorated in underglaze blue, the centre with two deer in a wooded landscape standing in the shade of an old pine tree with gnarled trunk, surrounded by stylised...
Porcelain & Ceramics
The bodies decorated with shaped cartouches containing a ‘Long Eliza’ in a fenced garden and a jardinière on a stand with precious objects against a stippled green ground interspersed by florets,...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Of circular deep form with gently foliate rim, painted in vibrant shades of underglaze blue, the central roundel decorated with a jardiniere in a terraced garden bearing chrysanthemum and other...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Of round shape, with steep curving sides and subtle foliate rim, raised on a short circular foot, decorated in bright shades of underglaze blue, painted to the exterior with large panels bordered by...
Porcelain & Ceramics
The unusual form with broad shouldered body surmounted by a tall waisted neck with garlic mouth and slightly flared rim decorated in vibrant shades of underglaze cobalt blue with three vases of...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Of ovoid form, the body supported on a circular footring, the rounded shoulder rising to a short, slightly curved neck, decorated in bright shades of underglaze blue, painted around the centre with...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Set in a wood-framed and metal-clasped box with four large rectangular panels on the long sides, the interior and the top of the cover and two square panels on the narrow sides, the panels decorated...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Of round form decorated in famille rose enamels with a large central roundel depicting a scene set in a rocky landscape of Shoulao holding his emblem, the peach, in his hand and carrying a ruyi-stick...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Of round form decorated in famille rose enamels with a large central roundel depicting a scene set in a mountainous and rocky landscape with two scholars dressed in long robes conversing at a table...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Of square form with chamfered corners, a double scrolling foliate border painted in black on light green on the inside rim, and an octagonal panel decorated with European gentlemen in a woodland...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Of square section with tapering sides with a flat base and a short, flared neck, each of the four corners with decorative flanges reaching midway down the sides from the squared shoulder, enameled in...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Of square form with chamfered corners, painted around the exterior with a continuous scene of two European gentlemen, one seated on a rock underneath a tree, dressed in pink short robes, green knee...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Of round form and deep bowl with a flattened foliate rim, painted in shades of underglaze blue, the central medallion decorated with auspicious objects including a double gourd and ruyi-heads, all...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Modelled in the shape of a carp leaping from lively cresting waves, two further small fish swimming alongside, set with a slender loop handle and spout, expressively glazed on the biscuit in splashes...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Of round shape, deep bowl and foliate edge, finely painted in vibrant blue, the centre decorated with a bird perched on stylised rockwork another bird hovering above and a butterfly in flight, issuing...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Circular, of European silver form with scalloped edges, the interior of the bowl of the salt moulded with spiral panels each containing a flower, alternating between two types of flowers, each on a...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Of barrel shape with a moulded, rounded and slightly everted short foot, decorated on the body with four large gently moulded cartouches painted with scenes of flowering and budding branches issuing...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Of round form with foliate rim, decorated in shades of underglaze blue, the well painted in sprays of chrysanthemum, lotus, prunus and peony, set within a border of eight lotus petal panels, each...
Porcelain & Ceramics
The lid embossed and painted with a trophy of the chase, showing a powder flask, hunting horn, dead hare and a bandoliere inscribed: 'A la chasse amoureuse', the base with flower sprays reserved on a...
