Single-Owner Collections

A pair of Chinese blue camaïeu enamelled European armorial export porcelain circular dishes, Qianlong period, each enamelled in tones of blue with a rampant lion on a shield between a pair of wyverns, within floral festoon and scroll borders, diameter 31.6cm (the centre of one possibly re-enamelled).

A Chinese blue and white export porcelain bottle, Qianlong period, probably later blue enamelled with a scene of the nativity to one side and crucifixion to the other, height 25.5cm (small hairline to rim), together with another bottle vase and jug, Qianlong period, each later decorated with American ships, heights 24cm and 16.5cm.

A Chinese white glazed figure of Li Tieguai, late Qing dynasty, the immortal modelled holding a crutch and double gourd bottle on a rocky base, height 31cm, together with a Chinese white glazed porcelain candle holder, Qing dynasty, modelled with a coiled dragon holding the sconce between a pair of immortals, each standing on the head of a carp, height 13.2cm (chips and losses).

A Chinese sancai glazed biscuit porcelain Buddhistic lion jostick holder, Kangxi period, modelled seated on a pierced rectangular plinth, height 20cm (faults), together with an aubergine glazed pottery figure of a kylin, 19th century, modelled in a seated pose, height 19.8cm (restoration to tail and ear).

A Chinese 'clobbered' porcelain peach form teapot, Qing dynasty, the body European decorated with Oriental fish and flowers on an iron red ground, height 12cm (lacking cover and hairline crack to handle).

A Chinese sancai glazed pottery funerary offerings table, Ming dynasty, the yellow and green glazed rectangular top with incised meandering scroll border, length 22cm, together with two matching horseshoe-back armchairs, heights 18.5cm and 19.5cm (some faults).

A collection of Chinese export porcelain, 18th century, comprising an armorial meat dish, Qianlong period, painted en grisaille with a coat of arms, length 42.2cm, a grisaille decorated punch bowl, diameter 26cm, a blue glazed punch bowl with iron red decoration to interior, diameter 26.3cm, an oval sauce boat, painted with armorials, length 19.5cm, four plates and a soup plate (all with faults).

A small group of Chinese porcelain, 18th century and later, comprising a famille rose baluster vase, Qianlong period, painted with flowers, height 23.5cm, a famille rose cylindrical tankard, height 16.5cm, a famille rose armorial jug, a Canton dish, a tortoise box and cover and three provincial underglaze blue and red circular dishes (faults).

A Chinese famille rose enamelled blue ground porcelain rectangular plaque, late Qing dynasty, painted in colourful enamels with four dragons, each grasping either a peony or a lotus, amidst scrolling leafy tendrils, within a keyfret border, all against a blue ground, 45cm x 30cm, within a hardwood frame.

A collection of fourteen Chinese export porcelain tureen lids, 18th century, including famille rose, blue banded armorial, Imari, famille verte and blue and white, comprising six oval, one circular and seven of cut-cornered rectangular shape (some with faults).

A collection of thirty-one Chinese blue and white export porcelain lids, Kangxi period and later, of various sizes, shapes and patterns (some with faults).

A Chinese famille verte export porcelain domed lid, Kangxi period, painted with a pheasant perched on rocks beside a blossoming branch, birds and peonies, diameter 26cm, together with a small group of seven other famille verte export porcelain lids and sixteen other export porcelain lids (24 in total).

A collection of thirty-three Chinese famille rose export porcelain lids, Yongzheng period and later, of various shapes, sizes and patterns (some with faults).

A pair of Chinese export style famille rose porcelain circular plaques, mid-20th century, each depicting a European hunting scene within a floral border, diameter 35.5cm, framed.

A pair of Chinese Canton export watercolours on rice paper, mid-19th century, each painted with a study of exotic birds, flowers and tree, 19cm x 31cm, framed and glazed, together with a similar smaller painting of an ornamental pheasant, 15cm x 22cm, framed and glazed.

A Chinese watercolour painting on silk, late Qing dynasty, depicting a lady and her maid carrying her guqin and books, two lines of black text and red seal to upper right corner, 64cm x 22.5cm, together with two other Chinese watercolours, 20th century, of a prunus branch and chrysanthemum, all framed and glazed.

A Canton school export gouache painting on paper, early 19th century, depicting three gardeners watering trees, 37cm x 50cm, framed and glazed. Note: produced for export in the 18th and 19th century, gouache paintings of popular subjects such as Chinese commerce and agricultural production were painted by studios of artists working in the thriving port of Guangdong. Perhaps the most prolific studio was that of the artist Guan Lianchang, known to westerners by the name Tingqua (1809-1870).

A group of three Anglo-Chinese botanical study watercolour paintings on paper, early 19th century, including a white lily and its elements and a chrysanthemum, black signature to lower left corners, 40cm x 50.5cm, together with a smaller similar study of millet and its root, black signature to lower right corner, 26.5cm x 31.5cm, all framed and glazed.

A fine Chinese export reverse mirror glass painting, Qianlong period, exceptionally well painted with a lady seated on a rock seat, beside a lotus pond with conjugal pairs of pheasants, mandarin ducks and chickens, a pleasure barge on the water beyond before an opulent residence on the far shore, 58cm x 77.5cm, within a carved and pierced rococo scroll openwork giltwood frame.