Chinese Portrait
A watercolour on paper depicting a young girl with a demure expression before a formal trellis wall, with one hand holding her bound foot resting on marble barrel stool, and the other holding a fan.
Silk Panel
A finely embroidered silk panel depicting a noble family and servants at leisure within their garden fence.
Chinese Export Table
A very good example of an English style side table made in Canton for export to England. The top is decorated in gold lacquer on a black ground with exotic pavilions upon a rocky island. The fretwork and legs with further gilt lacquer decoration. (All lacquer in remarkable condition.)
Snuff Box
An extremely rare model of a chinese export snuff box. The lid is delicately carved with cross hatched squares and gold inlaid studs. The bottom with more traditional scholar scenes under a fruit tree with further inlaid gold decoration. Canton.
Square Enamel Dish
A good copper ground dish decorated over a bright blue ground with Buddhist symbols among floral tendrils within a gilt border. The underneath with gilt Jixiang ruyi characters.
Celadon Censer
A good eight trigrams tripod censer, with sea green glaze, supported on three mask and paw feet.
Pair of Windows
A pair of lattice wooden windows, with a square border, the reticulated circular opening with a repeated floral pattern.
A Pair of Lantern Stands
A pair of Imperial gilt lacquer lantern stands. Each decorated with a recumbent elephant in full ceremonial harness bearing fluted vases supporting further gilt lacquer columns with carved decorated platforms.
Pewter Tray
A good and heavy brass–inlaid pewter rectangular tray, the centre decorated with a scholar and attendant viewing exotic birds among pine and palms under stylised clouds. The base with a gilt lacquer inscription.
Lacquer Box
A rectangular box carved with two scholars in a boat within a mountainous landscape with summer pavilions, on a diaper ground. As found condition.