Chinese, Japanese & South East Asian Art: Day One

A Chinese grey jade 'dragon' cup standMing dynastyOf rectangular form with canted corners, carved in relief with two writhing dragons around centr...

A Chinese mottled creamy and mushroom jade archaistic cupMing dynasty The tapering shape thinly carved and incised to the exterior with c-scrolls,...

A small Chinese celadon and black jade congMing dynastyCarved from a mottled celadon stone with black streaky inclusions, with cylindrical central...

A Chinese inscribed jade congYuan/Ming dynastyCarved from a mottled grey/black stone, with typical cylindrical aperture and square section, each f...

A Chinese dark grey 'chicken bone' jade recumbent mythical beastMing dynastyCarved from a mottled grey stone with streaked black inclusions, the h...

A Chinese 'chicken bone' jade thumb ringQing dynasty, 17th/18th centuryCarved from a creamy-white stone with streaky russet inclusions with a chil...

A Chinese pale green jade circular pendant plaqueQing dynasty, 18th/19th centuryCarved and pierced with a bat amid flowering lotus scrolls, 8.5cm ...

A Chinese pale green jade 'bats' circular pendant plaqueLate Qing dynastyCarved and pierced with three bats around two central characters, wood st...

A Chinese white jade buttonQing dynasty, 18th centuryCarved and pierced as a taijitu set on a reticulated endless knot, with reverse boss, the tra...

A Chinese jadeite-inset silver-gilt filigree braceletLate Qing dynasty/Republic periodDelicately worked with a meander of leafy chrysanthemums enc...

A Chinese apple-green jadeite bead necklaceRepublic periodComprising thirty-five beads mounted on a green silk chord and with gold clasp, the bead...

A Chinese agate beaded necklaceLate Qing dynasty/Republic periodComprising of seven large and thirty-one small beads mounted on a knotted olive-gr...

A Chinese translucent agate hairpinQing dynasty, 18th/19th centuryOf elegant, plain form, terminating in cabochon finial, the translucent stone do...

A Chinese hediao bead necklaceLate Qing dynasty, 19th/early 20th centuryComprising eighteen beads, each variously carved with figures in landscape...

A Chinese 'butterscotch' amber bead necklaceLate Qing dynastyComprising sixty-seven spherical beads, suspending two gilt mounted oval beads each i...

A Japanese painted clay figure of KannonMeiji periodHer flowing robes finely painted with various brocade patterns, the standing deity finely carv...

Six Japanese iron Tsubas15th-19th centuryTwo inlaid with silver and gold, one pierced with stylised floral motif, 8cm - 7cm wide.Provenance: Acqui...

A  large Japanese hiramaki-e on nashiji lacquer rectangular box and coverEdo periodThe box and cover similarly decorated in gilt and silver hirama...

An Indian marble yoni of a Shiva Lingam20th centuryOf square section with circular opening and elongated beak, 15cm long.Provenance: Acquired by c...

A Chinese pipeRepublic periodWith bamboo shaft, pewter bowl and bone mouthpiece, 41cm long.Provenance: Acquired by captain André Le Gac (1895-1960...

A Chinese kesi silk 'boys' panelMing dynasty, 17th centuryThe rectangular polychrome panel decorated with boys at play in a pagoda and landscape, ...

Fragments of a Chinese silk brocade and a Ikat panel 18th - 19th centuryComprising: a blue ground brocade with ruyi and floral design, 83.5 x 22.5...

A pair of Tibetan kesi and couched silk panels17th centuryEach panel decorated with four alternating reserves of Buddhist emblems and landscapes w...

A pair of Chinese woven silk 'one hundred boys' panels,Ming dynasty, 17th centuryEach decorated with one hundred boys in eight rows, amid deer and...

A Chinese coral red ground 'peony' brocadeQing dynasty, 18th/19th centuryWoven with peonies in three colours, each in a row, among scrolling folia...

A Chinese coral ground embroidery panelQing dynasty, 19th CenturyEmbroidered with alternating roundels and ruyi clouds in various rows, 219 x 148c...

A Chinese silk brocade 'dragon and phoenix' panelMing dynasty, 15th-16th centuryDecorated in polychrome and couched silk with a row of dragons bet...

A Chinese silk Peking knot and couched 'Guanyin' Buddhist temple hanging,Late Qing dynastyCentred with Guanyin seated on a lotus throne beneath a ...

A Chinese silk embroidered pale blue ground skirtQing dynasty, late 19th centuryThe pale blue pleated brocade silk skirt with embroidered trim and...

A Chinese silk two-piece skirtLate Qing dynastyEach section decorated in couched thread with floral sprays and a vibrant panel depicting a phoenix...

A Chinese silk embroidered Buddhist monk's robe, jiashaQing dynasty, mid-19th centuryDecorated with panels auspicious characters in couched thread...

A Chinese Daoist priest's silk embroidered robe, jiangyiQing dynasty, mid-19th centuryThe cuffs, trim, and collar finely decorated in Peking knot ...

A Chinese silk embroidered Daoist priest's cream ground robe, jiangyiQing dynasty, mid-19th centuryElaborately decorated to the reverse in gold me...

A Chinese three-colour cinnabar lacquer 'pomegranate' box and coverQing dynasty, Qianlong periodThe cover carved with a pair of ripe pomegranates ...

A Chinese boxwood ‘figurative’ hair pinQing dynasty, 18th centuryPierced and carved to one end of the pin with a coachman awaiting two scholars wh...

A Chinese reticulated boxwood 'scholar and crane' panelQing dynasty, 17th/18th centuryFinely carved and pierced with a smiling scholar under a pin...

A Chinese carved 'liu qing' bamboo wrist restLate Qing dynasty, 19th century, 'Zhang' seal markCarved in shallow relief using the 'liu qing' techn...

A Chinese carved 'Wang Xizhi' bamboo brush pot, bitongEarly Qing dynasty, 17th/18th centuryFinely and deeply carved with Wang Xizhi overlooking fr...

A fine Chinese reticulated black bamboo 'ladies and boys' parfumierQing dynasty, 18th centuryThe black striated wood finely carved and pierced wit...

A Chinese silver-inlaid cast iron stirrupMing/Qing dynasty, 17th centuryWith oval plate and overhead loop, the base inlaid with keyfret pattern, t...

A Chinese bronze 'trigrams' foliate mirrorYuan dynastyCast with chrysanthemums around a foliate centre and trigrams in each of the petals, 16.5cm ...

A Chinese bronze small tripod incense burnerMing dynasty, 17th-18th centuryof typical bombe form, apocryphal Xuande six-character mark to base, 7c...

A Chinese parcel-gilt bronze 'bixie' weightSong-Ming dynastyFinely cast as a recumbent beast with long curly eyebrows, scaly spine and bifurcated ...

A Chinese silver-inlaid bronze archaistic incense vaseSong/Ming dynastyModelled after the archaic ritual wine vessel, zhi, and inlaid in silver wi...

A magnificent Tibetan gilt bronze figure of Chaturbhuja Manjushri, Namasangiti18th centuryThe deity seated in padmasana on a waisted double lotus ...

A Chinese brass-mounted copper-alloy tripod incense burnerQing dynasty, 18th centuryThe bowl of rounded shape, mounted with a pair of mythical-bea...

A Chinese bronze tripod incense burner and standQing dynasty, 17th/18th century, Yutang Zhenwan markWith paired tabbed C-scroll handles, the three...

A Chinese bronze archaic tripod ritual wine vessel, jueShang dynastyCast with whorl-capped posts, prominent spout and flaring tripod legs, the mid...

A Chinese cloisonné-enamel stem box and coverQing dynasty, 18th centuryThe compressed circular form decorated with scrolling lotus on turquoise gr...

A Chinese incised yellow metal (tests as 22ct gold) bowlRepublic periodrising from short splayed foot to rounded sides and lipped rim, incised to ...

A cinnabar lacquer 'Lu Dongbin' box and coverQing dynasty, Qianlong periodIn form of a peach, delicately carved to the cover within a panel encirc...

A Chinese mother-of-pearl-inlaid 'Scholars' box and coverQing dynasty, Kangxi Period, Qianli markFinely decorated to the cover with a scene of a s...

Chinese SchoolEarly 19th centuryA set of eight sericulture (silk production) gouache on paper laid on panel paintings, showing the various stages ...

Zhang Yu (1734 - 1803)A Chinese painting of prunus on steep slope, ink on paper, mounted as hanging scroll, signed Xue Hong with two seals of the ...

Cao Yong (18th century)A Chinese ink and colour on paper painting mounted in the form of a hanging scroll, of a study of a court official sitting ...

An impressive pair of Chinese zitan 'elephant' lantern stands, Qing dynastyWith finely cast gilt bronze S-shaped arms cast with dragon's heads, th...

A large Chinese Cizhou-type carved storage jarYuan dynastyThe tapering body rising from a recessed base to a gently rounded shoulder and wide, lip...

A Chinese Henan russet-glazed rice measureSong dynastyThe vessel thinly potted with gently rounded sides rising to an everted, rolled rim, covered...

A small Chinese 'Guan' Longquan crackled celadon-glazed ewerSong/Yuan dynasty, 13th/14th centuryThe miniature pear-shaped vessel thickly potted an...

A fine Chinese blue and white 'floral' miniature bottle vaseQing dynasty, Kangxi period Finely painted to the pear-shaped body with vertical panel...