variously moulded in flower shape and incised with stylised flowers

[2]

the censer covered with a dark crackled glaze and the shallow celadon saucer suffused with a network of crackles

[2]

comprising one deep plate, two bowls, one milk-jug, one teapot and one mounted dish (small damages)

[6]

six with various floral decorations and two with figures (various damages, hairlines and chips)

[8]

each side painted with a cartouche enclosing a figural scene on a ground of flowers, symbols and bats reserved on blue, each with apocryphal Xianfeng mark to the base

[2]

of realistic shape, head detachable (wear as expected)

[1]

painted with scattered flower bouquets and butterflies, with rope handles and fruit finial decorated in iron-red and gilt

[1]

decorated with a cockerel and chicks in a garden with peony (wear to the enamels, old frits to standring)

[1]

carved and openworked as lotus and various other flowers, the stone of a pale green tone (some small cracks and minute nicks)

[1]

carved with dragon-head handles, the stone of a delicate translucent brown and grey tone, on wood stand (one ring of handle broken, horns of dragons damaged)

[2]

the serpentine cup of even shape, the soapstone cup carved with a ruyi-form handle (serpentine cup with crack)

[2]

on short foot, the rounded sides with elephant's-head handles, the base cast with apocryphal 'Xuan' mark

[1]

one parcel-gilt and formed as a dragon, one a chilong and the third a buddhist lion

[3]

dressed in long robes and holding a bell and alms bowl

[1]

carved in relief with prunus, pine and bamboo (some wear as expected)

[1]

the sides carved with branches of prunus forming the base and handle, the interior with remnants of silver (small chips to branch)

[1]

carved in relief with scholars at tables in a landscape, the wood of a caramel tone

[1]

decorated with pavilions in a landscape, the base with impressed seal mark

[1]

with short spout and flat cover, the base with inscription

[1]

[2]

similarly carved with figures among pavilions (one with missing pin)

[2]

incised with facial features, the stone of green tone with yellow alterations

[1]

modelled in standing position with string of prayer beads in his hand, his large belly exposed

[1]

the deity shown with four main arms and six radiating arms each holding a symbol, seated on a lotus throne and wearing a high crown and long robes (damages, some losses and repairs)

[1]

carved as squirrels among fruit, in a gilt-metal pendant, the stone of varying soft blue tones (some small nicks to the edges and natural internal cracks to the stone)

[1]

one carved as a butterfly and mounted as a broche, the other a circular pendant openworked with a deer among flowers, the stone of a pale celadon tone (very minute nicks)

[2]

the fruit carved with stem and leaves, the stone of a pale green tone with light russet veins (small nicks to the rims, some polishing)

each carved with everted rim, the thin stone of a mottled dark green tone (minor wear)

[2]

one with relief decoration, the second with inlaid decoration and the last with geometrical decoration in low relief with traces of silver (wear as expected)

[3]

the stone of a dark green and brown tone, drilled through

[1]

in imitation of an Imperial robe, embroidered in gold thread with the nine dragons, the hem with stripes and linzghi-shaped clouds (worn, repairs and losses)

[1]

comprising various publications on Chinese blue and white porcelain, ceramics, glass, lacquer and jade, including, amongst others:

• Adrian Joseph, 'Chinese and Annamese Ceramics', London 1973;
• Daisy Lion-Goldschmidt, 'Ming Porcelain', London 1978;
• John Alexander Pope, 'Chinese Porcelains from the Ardebil Shrine', Washinton 1981;
• C.J.A. Jörg, 'Porcelain and the Dutch China trade', The Hague 1982.

[44]

one with silver-wire inlay of Liu Hai and his three-legged toad, the other of an emaciated monk (some wear and some splits to the wood)

[2]

carved with a central flower head

[1]

the square dish inlaid with a scholar and a boy approaching a pavilion, the reverse inscribed with eight characters (some cracks to the lacquer, some small losses to inlays)

[1]

inlaid with mother-of-pearl depicting flower-vases and fruiting vines

[1]

depicting punishments (some creases and tears)

[1]

painted with a scholar and a boy in a fenced garden, the base with an apocryphal Qianlong mark (loss of enamel with related repair to box of ca. 2 x 0.5 cm)

[1]

painted with figures in a garden setting, the lacquered bamboo sticks gilt with figures (some wear and small damages to the paper)

[1]

decorated with lotus and leafy scrolls on soft yellow and pink grounds (finial restored)

[1]

the cover carved in relief with figures at a riverside pavilion, the sides and box carved with a diaper pattern (small damages)

[1]

With three lion masks and paws.

[1]

in crouching position, the stone altered to cream and brown tones, together with a hardstone carving of a rat (some wear as expected)

[2]

of green tone with altered areas

[1]

the hook terminating in a dragon head, the stone of an even pale tone

[1]

each side carved in relief with a bat and lingzhi fungus, the stone of a pale green tone with some russet inclusions (very minute nicks to the rim)

[1]