Embracing Shadows; Arts of Asia

A PALE-BLUE GLAZED HU VASE China, six-character Guangxu mark and probably of the period The rectangular-section, pear-shaped body moulded to the...

A POTTERY FIGURE OF A DANCER China, Tang dynasty or later Wearing an elaborate headdress and a flowing court robe with long sleeves, standing in...

A QINGBAI WATER SPRINKLER China, Song Dynasty The ovoid body gently tapered towards the foot, with a tall slender neck applied with two horizont...

A HENAN 'TENMOKU' TEABOWL WITH ATTACHED KILN MOULD China, Song dynasty The tapered, brown-glazed bowl with black inclusions permanently attached...

A JIANYAO BOWL WITH A LACQUER STAND China, Song dynasty The conical body decorated with unctous black glaze with orange streaks draining from th...

A BROWN-GLAZED ALMS BOWL China, Gongxian, Henan kiln, probably Song dynasty The tapered body decorated to the exterior with dark brown lustre gl...

A CIZHOU WARE CARVED 'PEONY' BOWL China, Song / Yuan dynasty, 12th / 13th century The flared body rising from a tall foot to a rim with a wide l...

A PERMISSON-GLAZED BOWL AND A 'HARE'S FUR' BOWL China, Song dynasty or later Each of a conical form, with an unglazed foot, one decorated with p...

A JIZHOU 'PAPER-CUT' BOWL China, possibly Song dynasty With a conical body decorated to the interior with three black birds on a flowing buff gr...

A LONGQUAN 'DRAGON' CHARGER China, Song / Yuan dynasty, 10th - 14th century The centre moulded with a scaly beast surrounded by stylised foliage...

A SMALL CELADON-GLAZED JARLET China, probably Yuan dynasty The ovoid body with a bulging showder and two loop handles each side of a short neck,...

A BROWN-GLAZED POTTERY JAR China, Ming dynasty, 15th century The tall body with a tapered foot encircled with raised bands applied to the should...

A LONGQUAN CELADON CHARGER China, Ming dynasty The thickly potted body carved to the centre with a chevron pattern within scalloped borders, the...

A SWATOW WARE BLUE-GROUND SLIP-DECORATED CHARGER China, late Ming dynasty, 16th century Decorated to the centre with a spray of white chrysanthe...

A BLUE-GLAZED BOTTLE VASE, YUHUCHUNPING China, Ming dynasty With a pear-shaped body narrowing towards the neck with a flared rim, incised with t...

A SMALL FAMILLE VERTE 'QILIN' JAR China, Transitional period, circa 1644 The gently tapered body painted with four panels containing mythical be...

A BLANC DE CHINE DEHUA FIGURE OF 'ADAM' China, Kangxi period, 17th century Standing on a rocky outcrop, with hair long neatly divided in the cen...

A LARGE BLANC DE CHINE DEHUA FIGURE OF AN OFFICIAL China, Qing dynasty, 19th century Standing on a cluster of stylised clouds, holding an unroll...

A BLUE AND WHITE KOSOMETSUKE 'PEONY AND CHRYSANTHEMUM' DISH China, Ming dynasty, 17th century Produced for the Japanese export market, painted w...

A BLUE AND WHITE 'LOTUS' JAR China, early Qing dynasty, 17th / 18th century The ovoid body painted with lotus blossoms divided by stylised shou ...

A PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE 'LANDSCAPE' JARS China, 18th / 19th century Each with an ovoid body painted with huts beneath trees scattered in a moun...

A PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE VASES China, Qing dynasty, 18th / 19th century Produced for the Middle Eastern market, each with a pear-shaped body pai...

A CIRCULAR CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL 'QILIN' BOX AND COVER China, Qing dynasty With a compressed circular body, the cover decorated with a mythical creat...

A BRONZE INCENSE BURNER China, Qing dynasty, 18th/19th century With a compressed circular body supported on three tapered feet, the rim with a p...

A SET OF FIVE PAKTONG FISH-SHAPED TEACUP SAUCERS China, Qing dynasty, 19th century Each formed as a fish, with a central circular dip to accommo...

A RED-GLAZED VASE, MEIPING China, Qing dynasty, 18th/19th century With a tapered body beneath a bulging shoulder and a short neck, all decorated...

A GROUP OF TWENTY CIRCULAR MOTHER-OF-PEARL COUNTERS China, Qing dynasty, 19th century Containing a set of twelve counters, and a set of seven co...

A BLUE AND WHITE BALUSTER VASE China, Qing dynasty, 19th century Painted with shaped panels containing precious objects on a cracked-ice ground ...

A FAMILLE ROSE 'PEASANTS' BOWL China, Qing dynasty 18th / 19th century The interior painted to the centre with a peasant family in a bucolic lan...

THREE BENCHARONG STEM CUPS China, Qing dynasty, 19th century Produced for the Thai market, each with a flat cup and a lobed rim, rinsing form a ...

A LARGE FAMILLE ROSE TEAPOT AND COVER China, Qing dyansty, 18th century The ovoid body set with a C-shaped handle and a curved spout, painted in...

THREE CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN PIECES China, Qing dynasty, late 18th century and later Comprising a famille rose 'Cabbage' dish, a blue and whit...

A WHITE-GLAZED AND TWO FAMILLE ROSE FIGURES OF BUDAI HESHANG China, 18th and 20th centuries Each seated in a typical pose, wrapped in a monk's r...

A LARGE POWDER BLUE-GROUND FAMILLE ROSE FISHBOWL China, late Qing dynasty With a tapered body applied with lion handles to the bulging shoulder ...

A GROUP OF CHINESE ITEMS China, 19th and 20th century Including a root wood figure of a boy on a water buffalo, a famille rose figure of a young...

A SMALL FAMILLE ROSE TULIP VASE China, late Qing / Republic period The square-section body divided by plain bands into sections painted with geo...

A FAMILLE ROSE 'FLOWERS' BOWL China, Republic period The wide, shallow body with a gently everted rim, painted with peonies and chrysanthemums, ...

A PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE 'EIGHT HORSES' BOWLS China, late Qing dynasty Each with a flared body painted with playful horses of various colouring,...

A BLUE AND WHITE 'LOTUS' JAR AND COVER China, late Qing dyansty, 19th / 20th century With an ovoid body painted with stylised floral tendrils is...

A 'PEACH BLOOM' BRUSH WASHER China, late Qing / Republic period With a tapered body rising to a rounded shoulder and an inverted rim, decorated ...

A YIXING TEA SET BY SHISHĒNG China, 20th century, circa 1960 Including a tray incised with a bamboo shoot, a lobed teapot and cover inscribed an...

A GILT LACQUERED BRONZE FIGURE OF LOKAPALA China, 19th / 20th century Seaten on a lion, wearing a chained armour, high boots and a lobed tiara, ...

TWO RITUAL BUDDHIST SILVER LAMPS Tibet, 19th / 20th century Including a chalice-like yak butter lamp with straight sided cup on a tall flared fo...

A WOOD MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID OPIUM TRAY Vietnam, 19th century The rectangular tray with corners reinforced with Paktong mounts resting on four ...

A PIERCED, GILT AND PAINTED HIDE FAN WITH HORN HANDLEThailand, South East Asia, second half 19th century The scalloped fan head made of pierced, ...

A BALINESE GOLD RINGIndonesia, South East Asia, 19th - 20th century Of typical shape, with an oval bezel set with a cabochon star ruby (untested)...

A BALINESE GOLD RINGIndonesia, South East Asia, 19th - 20th century Of typical shape, with an oval bezel set with a light blue cabochon bead, pos...

AN ANTIQUE BURMESE GOLD RINGPossibly Burma (Myanmar) or Northern Thailand, 14th - 15th century Of typical shape, with a rounded bezel pinched on ...

A GILT RUBY-SET EAGLE BROOCHPossibly Sri Lanka or Southern India, 19th - 20th century Designed in the shape of a single-headed eagle with curved,...

A GILT EAGLE BROOCH SET WITH RUBIES, SAPPHIRES AND PEARLSPossibly Sri Lanka or Southern India, 19th - 20th century Designed in the shape of a sin...

THREE PARCEL-GILT BROOCHES WITH DOVES AND ROSESThailand made for the Chinese market, late 19th - early 20th century, stamped Xiang Li Huai Compri...

A LARGE PARCEL-GILT BROOCH WITH DOVES AND ROSESBangkok, Thailand made for the Chinese market, ca. 1880 - 1910, stamped Xiang He Made of two secti...

THREE ENCRUSTED PARCEL-GILT BROOCHESPossibly Burma (Myanmar) or Thailand made for the Chinese market, late 19th - early 20th century, stamped Ju Z...

A SRI LANKAN RUBY-SET PARCEL-GILT SILVER HAIRPIN (KONDAKOORA)Sri Lanka, South Asia, late 19th century Made of two sections joint together, the lo...