Guest and Gray have been dealing in early ceramics for over forty years. Nearly all the pieces in their collection date from before 1800.
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Japanese blue and white pear-shaped vase, Edo Period, with slim tapering neck, painted to the bulbous body with large peony heads and scrolling leafwork design against a blue ground, the foot with...
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Japanese Imari barber's bowl, c.1700, decorated to the centre with a jardinière of peony and sprays of millet, the rim with swirling cloud and prunus flowers against a blue ground adorned with cash...
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Small Japanese Arita Imari bowl, c.1700, decorated to the exterior with stylised tulip-shaped cartouches and sprays of flowers including peony, prunus, dianthus and chrysanthemum, the foot with blue...
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Japanese Imari dish, circa 1800, decorated in shades of underglaze blue with red and gilt highlights with a large a large bamboo plant with hanging leaves, amongst rockwork and small shrubs with red...
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Small Japanese Imari figure of a Bijin 'beauty', late 17th/early 18th century, Edo period, standing with her head slightly upturned, dressed in a sumptuous kimono with long sleeves ('furisode'),...
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Japanese Imari bowl, 19th century, with slightly everted rim, decorated to the exterior with an abstract design comprised of various shapes with contrasting patterns, a landscape scene depicting...
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Japanese Imari barber's bowl, early 18th century, Edo period, decorated to the centre with a jardinière decorated with a single lotus bloom, containing foliate peony and other flowers on a fenced...
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Japanese Imari bowl and cover, c.1700, Edo period, the body and lid decorated with leafy branches of hydrangea issuing from rockwork in a fenced garden, with concentric blue circles, the lid...
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Japanese Imari barber's bowl, 17th century, decorated in the centre with a double-gourd jardinière of flowers and grasses, the rims with three shaped cartouches containing chrysanthemum, peony and...
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Japanese blue and white deep octagonal bowl, 18th century, the exterior decorated with a continuous scene of boys amongst plantain with cockerels, all within a fenced garden, the rim with a cellular...
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Pair of Japanese Imari baluster vases and covers, c.1700, each with wide shoulders and flaring foot, each decorated in underglaze cobalt blue, overglaze enamels and gilt to the bodies with sprays of...
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Pair of Japanese Imari bowls, early 18th century, each decorated to the exterior with an ogee-shaped panel containing a landscape scene with two figures looking out from a bridge at a rocky waterfall,...
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Japanese Arita blue and white kraak-style plate, c.1700, decorated in deep cobalt blue to the central roundel with a pair of birds in flight, another pair below on the ground amongst grasses, seedpods...
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A blue and white ewer for the Islamic market, Kangxi (1662-1722), of pear-shaped form with curved s-shaped spout, its flattened sides rising from a stepped hexagonal foot; decorated in underglaze...
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A Chinese 'Da Lien' purse, circa 1880, embroidered with butterflies, flowers and locust in Peking knot stitch, fine knotted tassels....
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Chinese blue and white caddy and cover, Qianlong (1736-95), decorated in underglaze blue and gilt, with a pagoda in a fenced garden with a lake landscape with boats and islands with houses, the...
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Chinese blue and white fluted sauce boat, Qianlong (1736-1795), with scalloped rim and curled loop handle, the interior painted with a lady in flowing robes with a small dog punting on a river...
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Pair of Chinese blue and white oval bowls, late Qianlong (1736-95), with barbed foliate rims, decorated in the centres with blooming peony and other flowers in a fenced rocky garden, the interior rims...
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Chinese rouge-de-fer teabowl and saucer, Kangxi (1622-1722), decorated in iron-red overglaze enamels with a vase upon an artemisia-leaf table, containing a stem of flowering lotus and surrounded by...
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Chinese imari hexagonal caddy, Qianlong (1736-95), decorated with a mountainous landscape, trees in blossom and scrolling clouds, the flat shoulders similarly decorated, the base with raised feet....
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Chinese Verte Imari dish, Kangxi (1662-1722), decorated to the central roundel with a jardinière containing pine, chrysanthemum and peony, encircled by a narrow blue band with gilt diaper decoration...
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Chinese teapot stand, Yongzheng (1723-35), of lobed hexagonal form, decorated with sprays of flowers including chrysanthemum, peony and prunus around a central flowerhead, all painted 'en grisaille'...
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Chinese famille rose teapot, Qianlong (1736-95), decorated to either side with a panel with scrolling edges containing a bouquet of flowers tied with a ribbon and smaller floral sprigs, with further...
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Chinese milk jug, Yongzheng (1723-35), of slightly bulbous form with attached ear-shaped handle, decorated in enamels and gilt with foliate scrolling panels containing en grisaille floral sprays of...
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Chinese famille rose teabowl and saucer, Yongzheng (1723-35), with gently barbed rims, decorated with alternating panels of peony and landscapes with pine trees and rockwork, all contained within...
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Chinese famille rose teapot and cover, Qianlong (1736-95), decorated to either side with a bouquet of flowers and butterflies, surrounded by smaller floral sprays; the shoulders with a foliate garland...
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Chinese famille rose teapot and cover, Qianlong (1736-95), of cylindrical form with straight spout and twisted double strap handle ending in moulded foliate terminals, the body decorated in overglaze...
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Chinese famille rose teabowl, Qianlong (1736-95), of moulded form with lobed rim and stepped foot, decorated in overglaze enamels on one side with a stylised flowerhead and foliage within red and blue...
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Chinese famille rose teapot decorated in London, Qianlong (1736-95), the body decorated in overglaze enamels with delicate floral sprays, the lid with further flowers and surmounted by a bud-shaped...
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Chinese famille rose lighthouse chocolate pot and a cover, Qianlong (1736-95), of tall tapering form with spout and side-handle, decorated in overglaze enamels to one side with a beribboned basket of...
