Guest and Gray have been dealing in early ceramics for over forty years. Nearly all the pieces in their collection date from before 1800.
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Chinese shipwreck bowl from the Jepara Wreck, Song dynasty, 10th-12th century, with wide rim tapering to a narrow foot, decorated with a celadon glaze and freely incised stylised floral design into...
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Chinese earthenware oviform jar, Neolithic period, possibly Yangshao culture, its buff body made from coiled clay, with a flared rim, narrowly tapering foot and two small lugs on either side of the...
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Chinese Cizhou straight-sided jar, Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279), incurving to a short upright rim attractively painted with stylized flowers and birds in chocolate brown, the milky glaze...
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Chinese small blue and white reticulated bowl from the Hatcher collection, Chongzhen (1627-1644), c.1643, the fine reticulated body with six medallions containing a mountainous landscape scene, all...
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Chinese blue and white kraak dish, Wanli (1573-1619), decorated to the centre with an eight-pointed star cartouche in reserve containing a watery landscape scene with a pair of mandarin ducks perched...
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Chinese blue and white kraak dish, Wanli (1573-1619), decorated to the centre with an eight-pointed star cartouche in reserve containing three precious beribboned objects: a scroll, an artemisia leaf...
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Small Chinese Qingbai jar and cover, Northern Song, 12th century, with a short neck and a bulbous body, the sea-green glaze thinning to the rim and base, the bottom unglazed, the flanged rim of the...
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Chinese blue and white klapmuts bowl, Wanli (1573-1619), decorated in the centre with a vessel of archaic form with tall square handle containing peaches and foliage, the deep cavetto with alternating...
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Chinese blue and white kraak dish with lobed rim, Transitional Period (1620-1683), c.1630, decorated in the central lobed octagonal roundel with floral sprays of peony and chrysanthemum, enclosed by...
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Chinese stoneware bowl, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368), of conical form, partially covered with a brown-black glaze which stops above the foot to reveal the buff stoneware body, the interior with three...
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Chinese Longquan celadon dish, Ming dynasty (1368-1626), decorated to the centre with an incised lotus head and scrolling foliage to the rim....
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A well-potted small ‘Longquan’ celadon tripod censer, Ming, the bulbous body covered in sea-green glaze of a good colour, the heavily potted incurved body raised on three mask/paw feet, the upper...
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Chinese blue and white dish, Wanli (1573-1619), decorated in the centre with a landscape of mountainous islands with pagodas and pavilions, the border with cranes and lotus flowers....
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Chinese Junyao bowl with a purple splash; Song/Yuan (1279-1368), of heavily potted form with deep, rounded sides, covered overall with a lavender blue celadon glaze, turning to a darker hue at the...
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Small ribbed celadon jar, Yuan Dynasty (1280-1368)...
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Pair of Chinese famille verte caddies with covers, Kangxi (1662-1722), each supported on four low feet and decorated in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze coloured enamels, the two large sides of...
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Chinese blue and white moulded bowl, Kangxi (1662-1722), of flaring form with foliate rim, the exterior decorated with three bands of petal-shaped panels containing flowers including chrysanthemum,...
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A wucai baluster jar and cover, Shunzhi period (1644-1661), with wide shoulders and tapering foot, decorated in underglaze cobalt blue and coloured enamels of red, green, turquoise, yellow and black...
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Chinese blue and white pedestal salt, Kangxi (1662-1722), of square form with waisted foot, decorated in underglaze cobalt blue to the top section with a fenced garden scene, depicting a young boy...
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Large Rose Imari Armorial ‘Provinces’ Charger, Yongzheng (1723-35), decorated in underglaze blue and overglaze enamels including red, green, pink and gilt to the central roundel with an elaborate...
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Chinese famille rose figure of Lu Dongbin, Qianlong (1736-95), supported on a turquoise plinth with pink floral motif, dressed in long chequered robes of blue, navy, white and turquoise, holding a...
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Chinese famille rose figure of He Xiangu, Qianlong (1736-95), standing with a lotus bloom in her left hand, dressed in long flowing robes of blue with star and cloud roundel pattern, tied with a red...
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Chinese Famille Verte dish, Kangxi (1662-1722), decorated in bright enamels to the central roundel with a figurative scene depicting the ‘beauty trap’ episode from Chapter 8 of the Romance of the...
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Pair of Chinese powder blue ground saucers, Kangxi (1662-1722), the rims with traces of gilt, each decorated overall with clusters of prunus blossom in reserve with iron-red detail, the reverse rim...
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Brinjal bowl with wooden stand, Kangxi (1662-1722), on a short foot with everted rim, the biscuit body decorated inside and out with ‘egg and spinach’ glazes of green brown and yellow, the base...
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Near pair of Chinese blue and white bottle vases, Kangxi (1662-1722), of bulbous form with tall columnar necks, the bodies and necks decorated in bright underglaze cobalt blue with a continuous design...
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Pair of blue and white dishes, Kangxi (1662-1722), each decorated to the centre with boughs of flowering peony and seed pods issuing from rockwork, with winged insects and a pair of birds, one...
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Pair of famille verte Daoist immortal figures, Kangxi (1662-1722), each seated, with one knee raised and right foot protruding from the hem of his mantle, upon a hexagonal base with Daoist symbols...
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An extraordinary rare blue and white mythical creatures vase with six-character Xuande mark, Kangxi (1662-1722), of elongated baluster form with flaring trumpet rim and spreading foot, with a smooth...
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Chinese hexagonal bowl, 19th/20th century, with a flaring rim, decorated in overglaze enamels with a blue shaped band to the rim and circular cartouches to the six sides of the body, containing...
