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 dish, Wanli (1573-1619), decorated in the centre with a landscape of mountainous islands with pagodas and pavilions, the border with cranes and lotus flowers....
Porcelain & Ceramics
A well-potted small ‘Longquan’ celadon tripod censer, Ming, the bulbous body covered in sea-green glaze of a good colour, the heavily potted incurved body raised on three mask/paw feet, the upper...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Chinese Longquan celadon dish, Ming dynasty (1368-1626), decorated to the centre with an incised lotus head and scrolling foliage to the rim....
Art & Antiques
Chinese bronze figure of Avalokiteshvara, Ming dynasty (1368-1626), seated in dhyanasana holding a cup in the left hand, dressed in flowing robes and wearing elaborate jewellery, the figure's face...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Chinese stoneware bowl, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368), of conical form, partially covered with a brown-black glaze which stops above the foot to reveal the buff stoneware body, the interior with three...
Art & Antiques
Silver inlaid bronze belt hook, Daigou, Warring States Period (480 B.C. -222 B.C.), the slender shaft decorated with silver sheet and wire inlay forming four horizontal lines and two spearhead scrolls...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Chinese blue and white kraak dish with lobed rim, Transitional Period (1620-1683), c.1630, decorated in the central lobed octagonal roundel with floral sprays of peony and chrysanthemum, enclosed by...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Chinese blue and white klapmuts bowl, Wanli (1573-1619), decorated in the centre with a vessel of archaic form with tall square handle containing peaches and foliage, the deep cavetto with alternating...
Art & Antiques
Chinese lacquered wooden box, late Ming, early 17th century, decorated on the lid with four ladies and a child on a terrace, with trees issuing from rockwork, all within a black framework with gilt...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Small Chinese Qingbai jar and cover, Northern Song, 12th century, with a short neck and a bulbous body, the sea-green glaze thinning to the rim and base, the bottom unglazed, the flanged rim of the...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Chinese blue and white kraak dish, Wanli (1573-1619), decorated to the centre with an eight-pointed star cartouche in reserve containing three precious beribboned objects: a scroll, an artemisia leaf...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Chinese blue and white kraak dish, Wanli (1573-1619), decorated to the centre with an eight-pointed star cartouche in reserve containing a watery landscape scene with a pair of mandarin ducks perched...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Chinese small blue and white reticulated bowl from the Hatcher collection, Chongzhen (1627-1644), c.1643, the fine reticulated body with six medallions containing a mountainous landscape scene, all...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Chinese Cizhou straight-sided jar, Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279), incurving to a short upright rim attractively painted with stylized flowers and birds in chocolate brown, the milky glaze...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Chinese earthenware oviform jar, Neolithic period, possibly Yangshao culture, its buff body made from coiled clay, with a flared rim, narrowly tapering foot and two small lugs on either side of the...
Art & Antiques
Thai bronze standing figure of Avalokiteshvara, 8th century, standing upright with her left arm outstretched and wearing an elaborate headdress....
Porcelain & Ceramics
Chinese shipwreck bowl from the Jepara Wreck, Song dynasty, 10th-12th century, with wide rim tapering to a narrow foot, decorated with a celadon glaze and freely incised stylised floral design into...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Chinese pottery figure of a bird with a little bird on its back, Tang (618 - 906), Waxhaping kiln, Changsha, the bird with a short tail, long curving neck and feathered head, the smaller bird perched...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Chinese shipwreck bowl from the Jepara Wreck, Song dynasty, 10th-12th century, with wide rim tapering to a narrow foot, decorated with a celadon glaze and freely incised stylised floral design into...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Chinese shipwreck bowl from the Jepara Wreck, Song dynasty, 10th-12th century, with wide rim tapering to narrow foot, decorated with a celadon glaze and freely incised stylised floral design to the...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Chinese earthenware oviform jar, Neolithic period, possibly Yangshao culture, its buff body made from coiled clay, with a flared rim, narrowly tapering foot and two small lugs on either side of the...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Small Chinese blue and white 'Hatcher Cargo' octagonal bowl, Transitional period (1627-1662), decorated with eight panels containing the flowers of the four seasons prunus, orchid, lotus and...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Small Chinese white glazed jar (guan), 14/15th century, of globular form with short spreading neck and tubular lug handles to the shoulders, the body covered with a thick white glaze and decorated...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Anamese Oil Jar, 15th century, of ovoid form with short, narrow neck, the stoneware body covered in a translucent glaze with a design of fruiting boughs issuing from the neck in underglaze cobalt...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Chinese shipwreck bowl from the Jepara Wreck, Song dynasty, 10th-12th century, with wide rim tapering to narrow foot, decorated with a celadon glaze and freely incised stylised floral design to the...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Chinese small blue and white reticulated bowl from the Hatcher collection, Chongzhen (1627-1644), c.1643, the fine reticulated body with six medallions containing a mountainous landscape scene, all...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Straw-glazed pottery figure of a cockerel, Tang (680-960), its wings and tail with incised feather detail...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Chinese Qingbai saucer dish, Song/Yuan dynasty, decorated in the centre with an incised foliate design....
Art & Antiques
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...
Art & Antiques
Japanese kozuka (small blade handle), inlaid with three galloping kirin in gilt relief, against a dark ‘nanako’ ground....
