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 blue and white figure of Zhongli Quan, Ming (1368 – 1644), late 16th/early 17th century, in flowing robes with a central badge containing the moon rabbit, one of the twelve ornaments;...
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Chinese famille rose cockerel plate, Yongzheng (1723-35), decorated to the centre with a cockerel and two chicks beside a wall with flowering peony and prunus, the border with pomegranate shaped...
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Japanese blue and white Arita tankard, circa 1680, the bulbous body decorated in bright underglaze blue with three shaped panels containing three landscape scenes; birds perching and in flight around...
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Chinese blue and white ovoid vase, Kangxi (1662-1722), the body decorated with sprays of flowers and leaves, between bands of large stylised ruyi-heads containing scrolling lotus to the shoulder and...
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Chinese Verte Imari dish, Yongzheng, circa 1730, decorated in the centre with an elegant lady seated on the veranda of a pavilion playing a flute while a young boy attendant dances, with a fenghua...
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Large Chinese famille-verte dish, early Kangxi (1662-1722), the centre with a jardinière on a stand containing peacock feathers, a ruyi sceptre, a branch of coral and a spray of flowers, interspersed...
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Chinese famille verte ‘pie-crust’ rim octagonal platter, Kangxi (1662-1722), the centre decorated with phoenix amongst peony, peony seed heads, chrysanthemum, magnolia and foliage, the border with...
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Italian Savona maiolica blue and white charger, circa 1700, decorated with the Triumph of Neptune with putti and sea monsters, in a classical landscape, mark to base in underglaze blue, diameter 13...
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Chinese famille verte cockerel circular tureen and cover, Kangxi (1662-1722), the exterior of the bowl with large clusters of iron-red and gilt leafy peony with seed heads, hibiscus and prunus, the...
Art & Antiques
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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Chinese famille verte oval fluted basin, Kangxi (1662-1722), with gilded details, the centre decorated with a pair of birds perched on flowering branches, the fluted cavetto containing a variety of...
Art & Antiques
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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Pair of Chinese blue and white saucers, Kangxi (1662-1722), decorated in the centres with a basket of peony and a either a beribboned scroll or double-gourd vase, encircled by concentric narrow bands,...
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Small Chinese 'cizhou' russet-splashed black-glazed jar, Song dynasty, of depressed globuar form with a wide lip, the lustrous dark glaze splashed with russet, the foot ring left unglazed, revealing...
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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 multi-faceted vase, Kangxi (1662-1722), of slender elongated baluster form, the body decorated with two rows of shaped cartouches; the lower row containing qilin on a rocky...
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Chinese blue and white ginger jar, Kangxi (1662-1722), decorated with three large ogee-shaped panels containing an assortment of archaistic bronze-form vessels, stools and a weiqi board, surrounded by...
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Large Chinese powder blue baluster vase and cover, Kangxi (1662-1722), the body decorated with three large ogee-shaped panels enclosing a phoenix flying above flowers issuing from rockwork and a duck...
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Chinese blue and white dish, Kangxi (1662-1722), decorated in the centre with a Buddhistic lion with flowers, the reverse of the rim with 5 precious emblems, Chenghua mark to the base, diameter: 10...
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Chinese famille verte dish, Kangxi (1662-1722), decorated in the centre with the Three Star Gods, Shoulao, Fuxing and Luxing, amidst pine trees accompanied by two boys, a deer and a crane in flight...
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Japanese blue and white kakiemon style lobed dish, Edo period (late 17th century), decorated in the centre with two figures or scholars on a riverbank gazing at a waterfall from beneath a pine tree,...
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Massive Chinese blue and white kraak charger, Wanli (1573-1619), with broad upturned rim and barbed edge, decorated to the centre with a large ogee medallion containing a tripod jardinière of peony...
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Chinese famille verte gin flask, Kangxi (1662-1722), with later European ormolu mount, the square section body divided into four panels variously containing branches of flowering peony with...
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Pair of Chinese imari gin bottles, Kangxi (1662-1722), with later European mounts incorporating a porcelain moulded flowerhead, the bodies of square section form with opposing ogee-topped panels...
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Large Chinese octagonal famille rose tureen and cover, Qianlong (1736-95), with moulded hare-head handles, the body decorated with sprays of flowers issuing from rockwork, the shallow domed cover...
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Chinese famille rose basket, Qianlong (1736-95), the interior decorated with sprays of peony issuing from stylised rockwork and a ruyi within a cellular hatch border to the rim, the pierced sides of...
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Pair of Chinese famille rose teabowls and saucers, Yongzheng (1723-35), decorated in the centre with a roundel containing a lotus, surrounded by flowerheads and scrolling decoration, diameter of...
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Pair of large Chinese famille rose jugs and covers, Qianlong (1736-95), each decorated to the body with floral sprays of peonies within a lambrequin border with a wide band of alternating pink and...
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Chinese blanc de chine ‘Marco Polo’ censer and cover, Kangxi (1662-1722), the moulded octagonal body decorated with panels of relief decoration containing flower scrolls and geometric motifs, on...
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Chinese blue and white transitional jar, Chongzhen (1628-1644), the body decorated with a continuous scene of floral sprays and grasses, with lappets to the neck....
