A Chinese snuff bottle made of porcelain, painted in underglaze blue with the demon-queller Zhong Kui and a bat. The stopper is made from brown glass with a bone spoon. Condition: the stopper with a small chip, the porcelain with few tiny black spots, traces of usage. Dimension: c. 8.8 cm high.

Pair of ancient paintings on cotton, with polychrome colours and gold. The first painting represents a noble man in formal attire and sitting on a throne. The second painting represents a noble lady, in formal attire, sitting on an throne . Sizes 95 X 49 cm for both paintings. Very fine details and delicate rendering of faces and textiles. China, Qing Dynasty, 19th century. Acquired from a Hong Kong antique dealer in 1987.

Chinese tomb pottery shrine decorated with Sancai glaze in yellow and green with red slip painted details. The shrine is sculpted with lattice doors and filigree roof.

Age: Ming Dynasty (1366 – 1644)

Dimensions: 17" high x 14 1/2" wide x 8 1/2" deep

Chinese antique group of 5 pottery court attendant figures and palanquin. Sancai glaze with green, yellow and black. The faces and hands are painted with slip. The palanquin is similarly glazed and has nice yellow drips.

Age: Ming Dynasty (1366 – 1644)

Dimensions: Figures: 10 1/2" high x 4 1/4" wide x 4 1/2" deep. Palanquin: 15" high x 5 1/4" wide x 5 1/2" deep

Diameter approximately 21.5 cm. There are some crack glazed. There are two hairlines to the rim. In good condition.

Diameter approximately 20 cm. There are some crack glazes. No hairline and no repair. In good condition.

A Chinese snuff bottle made of snowflake glass, with red overlay. Both sides with a carved and engraved chilong-dragon. The stopper is made from green glass and a bone spoon. Condition: the stopper eventually not original, traces of usage, bottle inside with some snuff residue. Dimension: c. 8.3 cm high.

A Chinese cloisonne enamel vase, late Qianlong, circa 1780-1800, with gilt bronze dragon head and tongue handles. Height 20.2 cms. With wood stand.

A fine Chinese scholar's agate brusher washer with many of the stems and leaves worked away from the vessel in an open worked manner. The stone is a translucent light grey to almost clear color with the stems and leaves having light russet colors terminating in the leaves to an orange hue. The overall appearance resembles a lotus leaf curling on the edges with stems, leaves, and seed pod that are worked over top and around all sides including the bottom...

A Set of 6 Chinese Blue and White Sweet Pea Pattern Jars. Circa, 1644-1911, Qing Dynasty. These set of pots feature an underglaze sweet pea pattern decoration with matching covers that have a mythical beast figure on top. One of the jars is topped with an antique Narra cover...

A Chinese Zhangzhou Blue and White Porcelain Plate, Circa, 1572-1620, Wanli, Ming Dynasty. Found in the Philippines. This plate features an underglaze decoration of an animal and foliate motif with patterns that run along its exterior rim. The back of the plate is shaped with a rounded cavetto that flares out to its mouth with kiln grit adhering to its foot rim...

A Chinese Longquan Celadon Bowl. Circa, 1368-1644, Ming Dynasty. Found in the Philippines. Featuring deep walls rising from a tall foot and is decorated with slender chrysanthemum-like petals encircling the exterior and its interior with a carved decoration. It is covered overall in a green celadon glaze except for the unglazed firing ring on the base. Measurements: height (8cm), diameter (11cm) across. Condition: in perfect condition. No cracks, no chips, no restorations...

A Chinese Blue and White High-Footed Cup. Circa, 1464-1487, Chenghua, Ming Dynasty. Found in the Philippines. Featuring a vegetal motif on its exterior and the interior is decorated with a bordered central flower head and patterns around the rim. Its base is fully glazed, except for its foot-ring. Measurements: diameter (9.4cm) across. Condition: there is a small rim frit but is overall in very good condition...

Late 19c Chinese Blackwood or possibly Zitan wood brush pot in the classic style with smooth sides and a raised ring at mouth and bottom having 3 low standing low profile feet with drain hole in center bottom of pot. Carved from a single piece of wood, it still retains its original plug which is easily removed for drainage. In excellent condition commensurate with age, it measures 4-5/8" high x 4-1/8" diameter.

Large Chinese Qing dynasty cylindrical form lidded porcelain food container decorated on the front and slightly domed cover in famille rose enamel leafy flowers and on the back with three rows of black calligraphy holding a poem which translates loosely as: "Hundreds of grasses and thousands of plants wait for spring. The most amazing is the color of the green poplar. The rain and dew on the horizon are strong every year...

A fine Chinese snuff bottle made from Carnelian, well hollowed. One side carved in relief with a bird on a rock beneath a bat, the backside engraved with a ruyi scepter. The stopper is made from white jadeit with a green spot and a bone spoon. Condition: the stopper eventually not original, traces of usage. Dimension: c. 6.2 cm high.

Early 20th Century rose quartz carving of 2 beauties. Made of one piece, it is difficult to find a double figure carving like this. Presented on a custom rosewood stand, this rose quartz carving has really nice details that we were not able to fully capture with a camera. It is much nicer in person and you won't be disappointed. In excellent condition, it measures on stand 10-1/2" high x 5" wide x 2". Carving alone measures 9-1/8" high.

Chinese porcelain vase. Enamelled background in a beautiful deep red-orange. Decor of plants and flowers painted in "Famille rose" enamels. Probably Chinese work but perhaps Japanese. Below, no mark allowing precise dating. 20th century or earlier. Good condition, slight wear from use. Height: 145mm Diameter: 120mm