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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Art & Antiques
A pair of Japanese cloisonné vases, Meiji period, each of elongated form with tapering foot, flat shoulders and trumpet rim, decorated against a dark ground with an inlaid enamel design featuring a...
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A pair of Japanese cloisonné vases, Meiji period, each of elongated hexagonal form with tapering foot, flat shoulders and trumpet rim, decorated against a dark ground with an inlaid enamel design...
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Japanese bronze menuki, in the form of a running boar, the beast with outstretched hind legs, upturned snout and sharp tusks, the tusks and eyes in a paler shade, its body with bristle detail....
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Set of six Japanese gilt-steel knives and forks with kozuka handles, circa 1880, the kozuka handles with gilt and engraved low relief decoration in shibuichi (copper silver alloy) with various motifs...
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Japanese kozuka (small blade handle), inlaid with three galloping kirin in gilt relief, against a dark ‘nanako’ ground....
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Japanese iron sukashi tsuba (sword guard with openwork detail), of circular ‘marugata’ form, carved and pierced with an asymmetrical openwork pattern of autumn leaves (momiji) around one central...
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Japanese lacquer portable water bottle with handle, 19th century, in wood decorated in black lacquer and gold, of tall rectangular form with each of the four sides painted in gold with birds in flight...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Bow blanc de chine cup with crabstock handle and saucer, circa 1752, the saucer with gently lobed rim, both decorated in relief with applied sprays of prunus blossom....
Porcelain & Ceramics
Meissen teabowl, circa 1740, decorated in overglaze enamels and gilt with a continuous watery landscape scene, with two main figures standing amongst workmen, ropes, cargo and low shrubbery, distant...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Rare Delft water bottle vase, circa 1750, London or Bristol, of bulbous form with narrow neck and flared rim, decorated in blue with a continuous pastoral landscape scene, with a man and his horse...
Porcelain & Ceramics
A framed Wedgwood jasperware muses plaque, 19th century, of rectangular shape and decorated in raised white relief against a black ground with a depiction of five of the Nine Classical Muses in...
Porcelain & Ceramics
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,...
Porcelain & Ceramics
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...
Porcelain & Ceramics
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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Fine Chinese Transitional Chongzhen blue and white ovoid vase, circa 1640, painted in a very good underglaze blue with magnolia/spring orchid, chrysanthemum, lotus and prunus, with the magnolia...
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Chinese blue and white dish, Kangxi (1662-1722), with gently lobed rim, decorated to the central roundel with two ladies meeting in a peony garden; one approaching on a horse while the other stands,...
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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...
Porcelain & Ceramics
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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Pair of Wedgwood creamware condiment bottles, 18th century, decorated in underglaze blue with bands of stylized decoration, height: 11.7cm. (4 5/8in.); condition: chip to foot of each, tops restored....
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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...
