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
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...
Art & Antiques
Stoutly potted, the wide cylindrical body decorated in shades of underglaze blue, painted to the exterior with a dynamic scene of the the Eight Daoist Immortals led by Zhongli Quan; followed by Li...
Art & Antiques
Supported on a domed circular foot, the moulded sides rising to a foliate rim, linearly decorated in underglaze blue, painted to the exterior with lotus and foliate scroll, the interior with a floral...
Art & Antiques
Comprising: one trumpet vase, two hexagonal vases and covers. Each decorated in bright shades of underglaze blue and with reticulated mid-section, the hexagonal vases raised on a circular spreading...
Art & Antiques
Robustly potted, supported on a flat circular base, the sides sweeping to a wide rounded shoulder, the short neck with flared rim, decorated in rich shades of underglaze blue, the body painted with a...
Art & Antiques
Of circular shallow form with out-turned rim decorated in shades of underglaze cobalt blue with a white hare/rabbit on a blue background bearing an alert expression sitting under a tree looking at the...
Art & Antiques
Of circular form, freely painted in underglaze blue with a hare seated beside pierced rockwork and looking up at the moon....
Art & Antiques
Attached with gilt-bronze mounts, the barrel-form bodies reserved with four shaped panels enclosing birds among flowering peonies and rockwork alternating with three ruyi-head shaped panels on a...
Porcelain & Ceramics
The rotund figure seated in rajalilaasana, the pose of royal ease, wearing a cheerful expression, the robes around the shoulders and legs in a turquoise glaze, the belly, arms, and head in the...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Of squat stem shape with slightly flaring foot, following a European metal form, the bowl painted with a broad band of peony blooms around the sand perforations, an incised blue line at the rim and on...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Of octagonal form, richly decorated in bright overglaze enamels highlighted with gilding, the centre with two finely enamelled pheasants, one, its wings outstretched, hovering above a lotus tree, the...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Richly decorated in bright overglaze enamels highlighted with gilding, the centre with two pheasants perched upon flowering branches, the border with four cartouches containing insects and foliage...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Of circular section and unusual ribbed form, decorated in famille verte enamels and formed in ridged registers of 'bamboo cane' ribs, the lowest with a band of lotus scroll beneath a band of diaper...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Of triple gourd form decorated in vibrant shades of underglaze blue, raised on a short straight foot, the slender cylindrical neck rising to everted, trumpet-shaped mouth rim; the lower gourd...
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...
