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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Porcelain & Ceramics
Chinese canton enamel winepot, Qianlong (1736-95), the chamfered body raised on four low feet and decorated with four panels, three of which contain scenes with dignitaries, ladies, children and...
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Chinese famille-verte moulded wine pot and cover, Kangxi (1662-1722), the moulded body decorated with eight panels of flowers, containing peony, prunus and chrysanthemum with gilding, with birds and...
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Chinese famille verte baluster vase, Kangxi (1662-1722), the body decorated with opposing panels of two cranes and a hawk amidst crashing waves amidst with flowering branches, interspersed by roundels...
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Pair of Chinese famille verte porcelain square-section vases, Kangxi (1662-1722), upon spreading feet with lappets, the base sections each decorated with four roundels containing prunus, lotus,...
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Chinese verte-imari ‘Governor Duff’ plate, Yongzheng, circa 1725-30, decorated in the centre with a Dutchman and his wife strolling in a fenced garden accompanied by their dog, amongst foliage and...
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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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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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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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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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Chinese famille verte dish, Kangxi (1662-1722), decorated with a phoenix in a fenced garden with branches of peony and chrysanthemum issuing from rockwork and a jardinière containing prunus, bamboo...
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Chinese blue and white brush pot, Bitong, Kangxi (1662-1722), c.1700-15, with compact body and slightly concave sides, finely painted with two panels; the first with a literati scene of a scholar...
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Pair of Chinese famille verte facetted bottle vases, Kangxi (1662-1722), the bodies decorated with shaped cartouches containing a ‘Long Eliza’ in a fenced garden and a jardieniere on a stand with...
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Chinese blue and white plate, Kangxi (1662-1722), with foliate rim, decorated to the central roundel with two warriors on horseback engaged in combat within a cliffy landscape, with an overhanging...
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Chinese famille verte figure of Guanyin, , in sancai overglaze enamels, the bodhisattva seated in a variation of the lalitasana mudra (royal position), her chignon covered with flowing headdress and a...
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Chinese lead-glazed turquoise figure of Guanyin, late Ming, seated within a pagoda throne with lotus-bud finials, a perching bird on a ledge to her left side and a ewer on the other, a small child at...
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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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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 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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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 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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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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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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Pair of Chinese blue and white porcelain vases, Kangxi (1662-1722), of bulbous form with long slender necks and flared rims, decorated in underglaze blue with mythical beasts with forked tails and...
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Chinese blue and white jar, Kangxi (1662-1722), decorated in underglaze cobalt blue with a pair of deer roaming a cliffy landscape amongst pine and swirling clouds with two cranes in flight overhead,...
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Chinese blue and white cracked ice ginger jar and cover, Kangxi (1662-1722), decorated with ogee-shaped reserves containing an assortment of archaistic bronze-form vessels, stools and bound papers,...
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Chinese blue and white plate, Kangxi (1662-1722), decorated to the central roundel with a scene from the drama ‘Xi Xiang Ji’ (‘The Romance of the Western Chamber’), in which the traitorous...
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Pair of Chinese famille verte plates, Kangxi (1662-1722), each decorated with a phoenix (fenghuang) with long tail feathers and bright plumage in flight over a peony garden, with butterflies and other...
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Chinese famille rose 'cockerel' plate, Qianlong (1736-95), decorated in overglaze enamels to the centre with a cockerel perched upon rockwork with branches of flowering peony and a blossoming climbing...
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Chinese famille verte biscuit mountain brushwasher, Kangxi (1662-1722), with wooden stand, the base modelled in the shape of an artemisia leaf, upon which stands two pagodas situated against a rocky...
