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Japanese silver metal censer, Taisho-Showa
Japanese silver metal censer, Taisho-Showa, in the shape of a woven basket with insects and flowers and signed Shunpo. With a fitted and signed box....
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Art & Antiques
Japanese silver metal censer, Taisho-Showa, in the shape of a woven basket with insects and flowers and signed Shunpo. With a fitted and signed box....
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Rare Japanese bronze group of Buddha holding a child with a peach in its hand, late 18th century, standing upon an upturned lotus flower which is placed on an inscribed octagonal base; one of the...
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Japanese bronze figure of a crane, 19th century, Meiji period (1868-1912); the bird depicted in a seated position with its legs tucked underneath its body, decorated with incised featherwork....
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Large fine Canton enamel lobed tray, Qianlong (1736-1795), c.1760, on four feet, decorated to the centre with a scene of an elegant pagoda garden with pine, flowering chrysanthemum and rockwork, in...
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Small finely cast bronze incense burner, late Ming style but probably 19th century, the compressed globular body rising from a spreading shallow foot to an everted rim, the sides with two opposing...
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Small hardstone snuff bottle of flattened form with hardstone top....
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Extremely large Chinese bronze censer, late 19th century, with scrolling decoration and two handles in the form of beasts....
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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 celadon jade group of the Hehe Erxian, Qing dynasty, the pale green body carved into the twin spirits of Mirth and Harmony, with jovial expressions, jointly holding a bat over a peach with a...
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Rare Chinese red-overlay yellow glass snuff bottle, Qing dynasty, 19th century, the elongated body with a cylindrical neck, flat neck and an oval foot ring, the ruby red overlay carved with fruiting...
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A Japanese Satsuma tea caddy with lid, Meiji (1868-1912), in glazed cream-coloured earthenware, of square section form and raised on four scroll-form feet, each of the sides decorated in fine...
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Chinese famille verte plate, Kangxi (1662-1722), decorated in overglaze enamels with an assortment of scholarly objects and antiques, including a central bowl containing Buddha’s hand citron upon a...
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Chinese famille verte plate, Kangxi (1662-1722), decorated to the central roundel with a scene from the play ‘Xi Xiang Ji’ (‘The Romance of the Western Chamber’) in which Zhang Sheng receives...
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Japanese kakiemon lobed saucer, 17th century, of moulded form with scalloped rim, decorated in delicate overglaze enamels to the interior with three stylised floral sprays containing foliage and red...
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Chinese famille rose oval tureen and cover, Qianlong (1736-95), the base with shell-shaped handles and decorated to either side with a pair of peacocks wandering in a flower garden amongst rockwork...
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Chinese famille rose baluster jar, Yongzheng (1722-1735), painted in bright enamels with two men astride galloping horses with attendants following on foot carrying lanterns, all in a fenced rocky...
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Chinese famille rose figure of Liu Hai and the money toad, Qianlong (1736-95), with a laughing Liu Hai standing upon a rockwork base, with right arm outstretched, one foot upon his three-legged toad...
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Chinese blue and white kendi, Wanli (1573-1619), of round bulbous form, the body with roundels containing flying cranes amongst scrolling clouds, the spout with beribboned precious objects and leafy...
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Rare Chinese turquoise 'five peak mountain' brush rest, Kangxi (1662-1722), the biscuit covered with a turquoise glaze; on one side a dragon with qilin-like features including hooves and scaly hide,...
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Chinese pair of blanc de chine cups, Kangxi (1622-1722) or earlier with bamboo bracket handles and flaring lip, together with wooden stands...
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Chinese armorial saucer, Qianlong (1736-1795), decorated in the Imari palette with underglaze blue and overglaze iron red enamels, the centre with the arms of Horsemonden (Gules a saltire argent over...
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Japanese Imari plate, Genroku period, c.1700, decorated in underglaze blue, overglaze enamels and gilt highlights with a central roundel containing a jardinière of foliate peony upon a wooden...
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Pair of Chinese ribbed ovoid jars, Kangxi (1662-1722), the bodies each with two roundels containing scholarly accoutrements including archaic bronze censers, scrolls, artemisia leaf, a ruyi-head...
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Chinese blue and white plate, Kangxi (1662-1722), decorated to the central roundel with a dream scene from the drama ‘Xi Xiang Ji’ (‘The Romance of the Western Chamber’), in which Zhang Sheng...
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Chinese blue and white plate, Kangxi (1662-1722), decorated to the central roundel with a dream scene from the drama ‘Xi Xiang Ji’ (‘The Romance of the Western Chamber’), in which Zhang Sheng...
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Pair of Chinese pseudo-tobacco leaf plates, Qianlong (1736-95), with foliate rims, decorated in bright polychrome enamels, underglaze blue and gilt highlights with an assortment of scrolling tropical...
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Pair of Chinese pseudo-tobacco leaf plates, Qianlong (1736-95), with foliate rims, decorated in bright polychrome enamels, underglaze blue and gilt highlights with an assortment of scrolling tropical...
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Pair of Chinese pseudo-tobacco leaf plates, Qianlong (1736-95), with foliate rims, decorated in bright polychrome enamels, underglaze blue and gilt highlights with an assortment of scrolling tropical...
Art & Antiques
Pair of Chinese pseudo-tobacco leaf plates, Qianlong (1736-95), with foliate rims, decorated in bright polychrome enamels, underglaze blue and gilt highlights with an assortment of scrolling tropical...
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Chinese double gourd vase, Kangxi (1662-1722), the bulbous lower section decorated with an assortment of the hundred antiques including ancient bronze-form vessels and incense burners, texts, brushes...