Single-Owner Collections

A Chinese blue and white porcelain ginger jar, Kangxi period, of ovoid form, painted with three panels of precious objects, reserved against a prunus and cracked ice ground, underglaze blue double ring to base, height 22cm.

A Chinese blue and white porcelain ginger jar, Kangxi period, of stout ovoid form, painted with opposing panels of precious objects, reserved against a prunus and cracked ice ground, height 18.5cm.

A near pair of Chinese blue and white export porcelain circular dishes, Kangxi period, each interior painted with blossoming prunus branches on a cracked ice ground, underglaze blue conch mark and artemisia leaf mark to bases, diameter 36.5cm (rim chips/fritting and one with small hairline).

A pair of Chinese blue and white export porcelain circular dishes, Kangxi period, each painted with a central panel and rim of prunus on a cracked ice ground, underglaze blue Mandarin mark of honour and double ring to bases, diameter 36.5cm (one with hairline crack and rim chips/fritting to both).

A group of five Chinese blue and white export porcelain dishes, Qianlong period, each painted with a different floral design, diameters ranging from 24cm to 32.5cm (minor fritting and rim chips).

A Chinese blue and white porcelain ginger jar, Kangxi period, of ovoid form, painted with four lozenge shaped panels of figures and precious objects, reserved against a ground of lotus and other flowers, underglaze blue Mandarin mark of honour and double ring to base, height 26.5cm (drill hole near to base).

A Chinese blue and white porcelain ginger jar, Kangxi period, of stout ovoid form, painted with prunus on a cracked ice ground, unmarked, height 20.5cm.

A Chinese blue and white porcelain jar, Kangxi period, of ovoid form, painted with four foliate framed panels containing precious objects and fan shaped figural and landscape panels, divided by lotus and peony sprays, underglaze blue Mandarin mark of honour and double ring to base, height 31cm, with carved and pierced hardwood domed cover with knop finial.

A Chinese blue and white porcelain jar, Kangxi period, of ovoid form, painted with four foliate shaped panels depicting women and children, unmarked, height 31cm.

A Chinese blue and white porcelain circular dish, mark and period of Kangxi, painted with a design of radiating panels filled with various flowers, birds and blossoming branches, underglaze blue six character mark and double ring to base, diameter 37cm (two chips, typical fritting and hairline to rim).

A pair of Chinese blue and white export porcelain circular dishes, Kangxi period, each painted with a central circular panel of dense fruiting and flowering branches emanating from rocks, within a segmented panelled border and rim filled with flowers, underglaze blue lu (rank) seal mark and double ring to bases, diameters 34cm and 34.5cm (one with hairline cracks).

A Chinese famille rose export porcelain ginger jar, Qianlong period, of stout ovoid form, painted with two colourful birds amidst flowers and rocks, height 21.5cm.

A Chinese powder blue glazed porcelain ewer, Kangxi period, the pear shaped body with narrow neck and scroll handle, the scroll spout attached to the neck by an 'S' shaped bridge, decorated in gilt with opposing Buddhistic lions, height 17.5cm (lacking cover and decoration rubbed).

A Chinese blue glazed porcelain bottle vase (tianqiuping), mark of Qianlong and probably of the period, the thickly potted globular body rising to a tall cylindrical neck, covered in a dark blue glaze thinning towards the rim, leaving the interior and base glazed white, underglaze blue seal mark to base, height 55.3cm (restoration to neck). Note: a similar cobalt blue bottle vase was included in 'The Wonders of the Potter's Palette' exhibition, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1984, number 85.

A small group of four Chinese monochrome glazed porcelain vases, Qing dynasty, comprising a reddish pink glazed bottle vase, height 12.2cm (minor rim chips), a blue glazed bottle vase, height 10.3cm, and two black glazed vases, heights 14cm and 8cm (one with rim chips, the other with repaired neck and rim).

A Chinese famille rose enamelled export porcelain stand, Qing dynasty, modelled as an iron red dragon fish emerging through green and white waves, the top moulded and pierced with five apertures, length 25cm (some faults).

A Chinese Export porcelain bulb pot in the form of a French Louis XV bombé commode, Qianlong period, the serpentine front moulded with two short and two long drawers with gilt detail, the sides with puce landscape and flower vignettes, all reserved against a blue 'cracked ice' ground, the top with five circular apertures, height 12.5cm, width 21.5cm (wear to gilt and enamels). Note: a pair of similar form pots and covers with detailed discussion is illustrated by William R. Sargeant in 'The Copeland Collection: Chinese and Japanese Ceramic Figures', The Peabody Museum of Salem, 1991, pages 226 and 227. A similar bulb pot can be found in the Detroit Institute of Arts Collection, No. F1985.102.

A Chinese famille rose export porcelain jar and cover, 19th century, the ovoid body painted with figures in and out of doors, flanked by a pine tree and banana plant, height 33.5cm (cover repaired).

A pair of Chinese export porcelain urns and covers, late Qianlong period, each body moulded in relief with opposing gilt ovals enclosing iron red painted landscapes with famille rose flower and ribbon pendant framing, above moulded iron red and gilt bellflower swags, flanked by a pair of gilt pistol handles, on a circular foot and faux rosso antico marbled square base, height 36cm.