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
Large Japanese Arita blue and white tankard, Edo period, late 17th century, with rounded belly and strap handle, the body decorated in underglaze cobalt blue with two long shaped panels containing...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Chinese blue and white ribbed plate, early eighteenth century, of moulded form with gently lobed edge, decorated in underglaze cobalt blue with a fierce dragon, decorated with a fierce dragon chasing...
Art & Antiques
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...
Porcelain & Ceramics
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...
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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...
Porcelain & Ceramics
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...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Chinese famille verte plate, Kangxi (1662-1722), decorated to the central roundel with a magnolia tree adorned with red and golden blooms, chrysanthemum and grasses growing at its base; the cavetto...
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Chinese famille rose octagonal plate, Qianlong (1736-95), painted with a central scene of birds perching beneath flowering hibiscus and peony amongst ceramic vessels of ancient bronze form, the border...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Pair of Chinese famille rose octagonal plates, Qianlong (1736-95), painted with a central scene of birds perching beneath flowering hibiscus and peony amongst ceramic vessels of ancient bronze form,...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Pair of Chinese famille rose octagonal plates, Qianlong (1736-95), painted with a central scene of birds perching beneath flowering hibiscus and peony amongst ceramic vessels of ancient bronze form,...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Pair of Chinese famille rose octagonal deep plates, Qianlong (1736-95), painted with a central scene of birds perching beneath flowering hibiscus and peony amongst ceramic vessels of ancient bronze...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Pair of Japanese blue and white jugs, c.1680, each of rounded ovoid form with long neck, flaring footrim and applied strap handle, decorated in underglaze cobalt blue to the body with flowering peony,...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Chinese blue and white kraak dish, Wanli (1573-1619), decorated to the central star-shaped roundel with an archaic tripod censer filled with scrolls, leaves and flowers, the wide rim with eight...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Japanese dish, Edo (1603-1868), circa 1700, decorated to the central roundel with four ho-ho birds; two perched upon a rocky outcrop, another two in flight, surrounded by peony heads and stylised...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Chinese blue and white Kraak dish, Wanli (1573-1619), the centre with an octagonal cartouche in reserve decorated in underglaze cobalt blue with a large tripod jardiniere containing peony and fruiting...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Japanese blue and white plate, circa 1700, decorated to the central roundel with a censer containing a floral arrangement of seed pods, peony and prunus, with one bird perching and another flying...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Japanese blue and white charger, circa 1700, painted to the central roundel with a flowering cherry tree in a grove with birds perching and in flight, and winged insects, the cavetto with six panels...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Chinese imari silver-metal mounted mustard pot and cover, 18th century, of globular form, decorated in underglaze blue and iron-red enamels, the body with large heads of peony amongst sprouting...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Chinese blue and white jar and cover, Kangxi (1662-1722), decorated to the body with four central roundels containing chrysanthemum head and scrolling leafwork, with spearheaded bands containing lotus...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Chinese ruby ground lobed brush washer, Daoguang mark and period (1820-1850), of moulded ruyi head form, the body with four shaped cartouches containing scenes of flowers emerging from rockwork and...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Chinese 'phoenix' blue and white vase, 17th century, the fluted body decorated with a central roundel containing a phoenix in flight, bands of precious objects and lozenge motifs to the base and neck,...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Chinese blue and white beaker vase, Kangxi (1662-1722), of archaic gu form, the bulbous mid-section, upper and lower registers with shaped cartouches alternately containing precious objects and...
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Chinese blue and white moulded teabowl and saucer, Kangxi (1662-1722), the teabowl decorated with swirling panels painted alternately with floral sprays, prunus and pine, the swirling panels of the...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Small Chinese moulded blue and white deep dish, Kangxi (1662-1722), with barbed rim, painted in a bright underglaze blue, the central roundel containing a lakeside scene with rockwork, willow, a...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Japanese Arita coffee pot and cover with later gilt metal mounts, c.1680, Edo period (1603-1868), the tapering body supported on three feet and decorated in underglaze blue with ho-ho birds perched on...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Chinese blue and white dish, late Kangxi (1662-1722), with foliate rim, decorated to the central roundel with a scene of two lovers meeting beside a lake in the moonlight underneath a willow tree...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Japanese kakiemon bowl, Edo Period (1603-1868), c.1690, with fluted sides and scalloped rim, decorated to the interior with peony heads and prunus blossom around a central imperial chrysanthemum...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Chinese Blanc De Chine Guanyin, 17th-18th century, seated upon a rocky base in a cross-legged position with a child on her lap, her hands in a variation of the Dhyana and Shuni mudras, attended by two...
Porcelain & Ceramics
German tankard, 18th century, of bulbous form, the body decorated with stamped and incised scrolling flower and berry design picked out in blue, the reserve in manganese wash, height: 16.5cm. (6...
Porcelain & Ceramics
German moulded tankard with pewter lid, 18th century, decorated with blue and manganese, stamped scrolling bands of birds and beasts to the top and bottom, the centre with scrolling leaf design;...
