Single-Owner Collections

A Chinese export porcelain urn and cover, late Qianlong period, the body moulded in relief with opposing blue and gilt ovals above bellflower swags, flanked by a pair of gilt pistol handles, on a similarly decorated circular foot, height 35cm (minor faults).

A Chinese blue and white porcelain circular dish, Kangxi period, painted with a central foliate roundel framed by a trellis cavetto with flower vignettes, the rim with further flowers, diameter 35.4cm (minor rim chips).

A Chinese blue and white porcelain circular dish, mark and period of Kangxi, the centre painted with two figures standing in a doorway bidding farewell to a departing figure, within a trellis rim framing four fruiting branch vignettes, underglaze blue six character mark and double ring to base, diameter 26.7cm (rim chip, faint hairline and minor fritting to rim).

A Chinese blue and white porcelain saucer dish, Kangxi period, the interior painted with a pair of confronted dragons with flaming pearl and vapours, underglaze blue seal mark and double ring to base, diameter 28cm.

A Chinese blue and white porcelain circular dish, mark of Chenghua but Kangxi period, the centre painted with two maidens in a landscape, within a rim of floral vignettes against a trellis ground, underglaze blue six character mark and double ring to base, diameter 21cm.

A pair of Chinese blue and white porcelain plates, Kangxi period, each painted with a central panel of a boy, pavilion and flower-filled vase, within a border of precious objects and foliate roundels, underglaze blue censer mark to base, diameter 22.5cm (minor rim chips), together with another Chinese blue and white plate, mark of Chenghua but Kangxi period, painted with a central eight pointed panel containing a lotus spray against a diaper ground, the rim with repeated lotus scrolls, underglaze blue six character mark and double ring to base, diameter 21.1cm (hairline crack to rim).

A Chinese famille verte porcelain saucer dish, Kangxi period, enamelled with a design of four leaf shaped panels containing a maiden seated or standing in a terraced garden, reserved against a green ground, divided by iron red stylized buds, all centred by a cruciform motif with four blue glazed leaves, the underside with six ribboned precious emblems, underglaze blue lotus mark and double ring to base, diameter 28.5cm (hairline and minor repair to rim). Note: a similar pair of dishes was sold by Christie's, London, 17th June 2003, Lot 128, from the Hon. Mrs Nellie Ionides Collections.

A pair of Chinese famille verte export porcelain wall vases, Kangxi period, each of baluster form with flat back, on a skirted foot, painted with a scene of figures standing on a balcony above further figures and a red capped crane below, height 29cm.

A Chinese famille verte porcelain vase, Kangxi style but probably 19th century, the ovoid body painted with four flower-filled planters between lappet borders filled with lotus and scrolling tendrils, height 48cm (vertical hairline cracks to body).

A pair of Chinese famille verte porcelain circular dishes, Kangxi period, each centre painted with a landscape, one with a shoreside scene of figures in a boat and crossing a bridge between rocks and trees with mountain beyond, the other with women sorting silkworms within pavilions, as children skip-rope outside, each within an iron red diaper border divided by six cartouches filled with birds and flowers, underglaze blue seal marks to bases, diameter 37.5cm (glaze fritting to rims). Note: a similar dish can be found in the V&A Collection, Museum Number CIRC 648-1931.

A Chinese blue and white porcelain ginger jar, Kangxi period, of stout ovoid form, painted with three panels of precious objects, reserved against a prunus and cracked ice ground, underglaze blue double ring to base, height 20.3cm.

A Chinese blue and white porcelain ginger jar, Kangxi period, of stout ovoid form, painted with three panels of precious objects, reserved against a prunus and cracked ice ground, unmarked, height 21cm.

A Chinese blue and white porcelain ginger jar, Kangxi period, of stout ovoid form, painted with three panels of precious objects, one containing a circular and square seal mark, reserved against a prunus and lattice ground, underglaze blue double ring to base, height 22cm.

A Chinese blue and white porcelain ginger jar, Kangxi period, of stout ovoid form, the body painted with three precious object panels, reserved against a prunus and cracked ice ground, underglaze blue double ring to base, height 21cm (two chips and small hairline to rim).

A Chinese blue and white export porcelain saucer dish, Qing dynasty, painted with five foliated leaves united by scrolling tendrils within a border and rim of lanca characters, the underside similarly decorated, underglaze blue four character mark of the Hall of Colourful Flowers (cai hua tang zhi) and double ring to base, diameter 25.7cm. Note: for a similar dish with four foliated leaves and without the lanca characters, see Krahl & Ayers 'Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum Istanbul, a Complete Catalogue III, Qing Dynasty Porcelains', Sotheby's 1986, page 980, plate 2061. A similarly decorated Daoguang mark and period bowl was sold by Sotheby's, Hong Kong, 1st-2nd June 2015, Lot 529.

A Chinese blue and white porcelain circular bowl and cover, Kangxi period, each piece painted with opposing quatrelobed panels filled with precious vessels and objects, reserved against a prunus and cracked ice ground, underglaze blue double ring to base, height 22.5cm (two chips to rim of cover).

A Chinese blue and white porcelain ginger jar, mark of Chenghua but Kangxi period, the rib moulded ovoid body painted with four circular figural panels between floral banded borders, underglaze blue six character mark and double ring to base, height 19cm.

A Chinese blue and white porcelain circular dish, Kangxi period, the interior painted with a flower basket within a rim of further flowers, the underside with four ribboned precious emblems, underglaze blue Mandarin mark of honour and double ring to base, diameter 38.5cm (small hairline and glaze fritting to rim).

A Chinese blue and white porcelain jar, Kangxi period, of ovoid form, painted with four panels of precious objects and flower baskets, within borders of scrolling tendrils and trellis, height 34.3cm, with a carved and pierced hardwood cover (cover with faults).