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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Indian painting on paper of an elephant, circa 1800, depicting a prince seated on an elephant in a howdah with an attendant and driver, with inscriptions, width: 9.5cm; height: 16.5cm; condition:...
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Chinese jade pig, late Qing, the body carved into a recumbent animal with its head resting on its front hooves and hind legs tucked under its body, the tail curling around the left haunch, length: 2...
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Chinese boxwood ruyi sceptre, 19th/20th century, the body formed into a gnarled branch encircled by tendrils of vines and smaller fungi, terminating in a flat head of lingzhi fungus shape....
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Pair of Chinese miniature cloisonné vases, 19th century, of cylindrical ‘lantern’ form, decorated to the main mid-section with an interlocking wire design and birds and butterflies in flight...
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Pair of Canton enamel quatrefoil saucers, 18th century, of lobed form and decorated in bright enamels, the centres with scrolling foliage and peony heads against a yellow ground encircled by a narrow...
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Chinese Canton enamel tea bowl, 18th century, on a short foot with everted rim, decorated in enamels with large peony heads and scrolling foliage against a yellow ground, the foot encircled by a band...
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Pair of Chinese miniature cloisonné tazza, 18th century, each with a shallow bowl on a short stem, decorated with flowerheads and foliate scroll against a turquoise ground, the bases of the bowls and...
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Rare Chinese canton enamel inkstand, Qianlong (1736-1795), of rectangular form and raised on low feet with four main compartments including a lidded box for storing brushes, a small pen stand and...
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Chinese Canton enamel dish, c.1800, decorated in brightly coloured enamels with an assortment of the ‘hundred antiques’, including two ritualistic bronze vessels, coral, feathers, a ruyi-head...
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Chinese Canton enamel bowl and cover, c.1800, decorated in brightly coloured enamels with four panels containing an assortment of the ‘hundred antiques’ including two bronze ritualistic vessels,...
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A lac-burgaute box and cover, Qing dynasty, early 19th century, of oblong shape, the top finely inlaid with mother-of-pearl and gold foils against a black lacquer ground with children playing and...
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Canton enamel octagonal platter, late 18th century, decorated in the centre with peonies, chrysanthemums and insects including a butterfly and dragonfly enclosed by a narrow blue band with florets and...
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Chinese silver mug, late 19th century, of European tankard form with an ornate curved dragon handle and ribbing to the rim and footrim; embossed with a scene of scholars in a wooded grove amongst...
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Chinese Canton enamel tea canister, Qianlong (1736-95), with chamfered corners, each of the four sides decorated with a panel containing various archaistic burners and ritual vessels with coral,...
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Chinese inscribed lacquer plaque, 17th century, decorated on one side with a standing official in flowing robes with two attendants; one behind him holding a fan, the other kneeling in front bearing a...
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Chinese lac burgauté square bowl, Kangxi (1662-1722), inlaid with mother-of-pearl, decorated with a continuous scene of three ladies in a garden with a pagoda amongst rockwork and trailing willow...
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Chinese gold and silver-thread embroidered rank badge, 19th century, with a design of a peacock in flight with its wings outstretched and plumage trailing behind, amongst cloud-scrolls, above foaming...
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Chinese Canton enamel tray, Qianlong (1736-95), of square form with chamfered corners, decorated with a narrative scene set in a rocky landscape, with a man reading a scroll to Mu Guiying, the female...
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Chinese Canton enamel tray, Qianlong (1736-95), of square form with chamfered corners, decorated with a narrative scene of two scholars in a landscape engaged in reading beneath a pine tree, with an...
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Pair of green Chinese Peking glass bowls, each rising from a short foot and with an everted rim....
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Pair of green Chinese Peking glass bowls, each rising from a short foot and with an everted rim....
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Pair of Chinese Canton enamel bowls and covers, Qianlong (1736-95), rising from a narrow yellow foot, decorated to the bodies and covers with rectangular cartouches featuring an assortment of the...
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Chinese lac burgauté lobed cup-stand, Kangxi (1662-1722), inlaid with mother-of-pearl, decorated with branches of flower blossoms and fruits....
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Chinese bowenite carved pendant, 19th-early 20th century, in the form of the 'shou' character surrounded by stylised cloud scrolls....
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Pair of ribbed Chinese Canton enamel cups, 19th century, of lobed form and decorated in coloured enamels with flowers and fruit amongst curling tendrils...
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Chinese Canton enamel tray, Qianlong (1736-95), of square form with chamfered corners, decorated with an elderly scholar watching two boys at play in a garden outside a pavilion, with stylized foliate...
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Chinese Peking glass snuff bottle, 19th-20th century, decorated with a leaping carp and waterbird amongst tall reeds and blooming lotus....
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Chinese red overlay glass snuff bottle, 20th century, decorated with three monkeys and a tree....
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Chinese Canton enamel ewer, circa 1800, the pear-shaped body rising from a short spreading foot to a tall waisted knopped neck, with a large loop handle and gently sloping s-shaped spout, brightly...
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Chinese ruby glass overlay snuff bottle, Qing dynasty, 19th century, in opaque white glass with ruby overlay carved in relief; the pear-shaped body decorated with a pair of qilong, their bodies and...
