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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Small Chinese Qingbai jar and cover, Northern Song, 12th century, with a short neck and a bulbous body, the sea-green glaze thinning to the rim and base, the bottom unglazed, the flanged rim of the...
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Chinese lacquered wooden box, late Ming, early 17th century, decorated on the lid with four ladies and a child on a terrace, with trees issuing from rockwork, all within a black framework with gilt...
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Chinese blue and white klapmuts bowl, Wanli (1573-1619), decorated in the centre with a vessel of archaic form with tall square handle containing peaches and foliage, the deep cavetto with alternating...
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Chinese blue and white kraak dish with lobed rim, Transitional Period (1620-1683), c.1630, decorated in the central lobed octagonal roundel with floral sprays of peony and chrysanthemum, enclosed by...
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Silver inlaid bronze belt hook, Daigou, Warring States Period (480 B.C. -222 B.C.), the slender shaft decorated with silver sheet and wire inlay forming four horizontal lines and two spearhead scrolls...
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Chinese stoneware bowl, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368), of conical form, partially covered with a brown-black glaze which stops above the foot to reveal the buff stoneware body, the interior with three...
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Chinese bronze figure of Avalokiteshvara, Ming dynasty (1368-1626), seated in dhyanasana holding a cup in the left hand, dressed in flowing robes and wearing elaborate jewellery, the figure's face...
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Chinese Longquan celadon dish, Ming dynasty (1368-1626), decorated to the centre with an incised lotus head and scrolling foliage to the rim....
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A well-potted small ‘Longquan’ celadon tripod censer, Ming, the bulbous body covered in sea-green glaze of a good colour, the heavily potted incurved body raised on three mask/paw feet, the upper...
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Chinese blue and white dish, Wanli (1573-1619), decorated in the centre with a landscape of mountainous islands with pagodas and pavilions, the border with cranes and lotus flowers....
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Chinese Junyao bowl with a purple splash; Song/Yuan (1279-1368), of heavily potted form with deep, rounded sides, covered overall with a lavender blue celadon glaze, turning to a darker hue at the...
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Small ribbed celadon jar, Yuan Dynasty (1280-1368)...
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Chinese circular bronze mirror, Han dynasty (206 B.C. - 220 A.D.), the centre with a hemispherical knob, with bands of dogtooth decoration....
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Japanese drawing of two Chinese Immortals Lan Caihe and Li Tieguai, both standing and watching a small figure recede into the distance; Lan Caihe (藍采和) on the left and depicted holding a hoe in...
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Framed Japanese polychrome nishiki-e woodblock print, 1864, by Utagawa Yoshiiku (1833-1904, also known as Ochiai Yoshiiku), ink on paper in vertical ōban format, signed ‘Ikkeisai Yoshiiku ga’ and...
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Japanese tobacco pouch mount (mae-kanagu), the metal decorated with a ‘nanako uchi’ ground, inlaid with a design rendered in ‘iroe takazogan’ of a man holding a basket working in a garden....
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Japanese cloisonné vase with white metal mounts, c.1900, the copper body with an applied white metal rim and base plate decorated in a soft pastel palette of predominantly blue enamels with a single...
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Japanese wood and lacquer mimidarai (耳盥) basin, Meji period (1868-1912), with tall foot and two applied trilobed ear-shaped handles, decorated in black lacquer and ‘maki-e’ gold, with a...
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Japanese lacquer portable water bottle with handle, 19th century, in wood decorated in black lacquer and gold, of tall rectangular form with each of the four sides painted in gold with birds in flight...
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Japanese iron sukashi tsuba (sword guard with openwork detail), of circular ‘marugata’ form, carved and pierced with an asymmetrical openwork pattern of autumn leaves (momiji) around one central...
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Japanese kozuka (small blade handle), inlaid with three galloping kirin in gilt relief, against a dark ‘nanako’ ground....
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Set of six Japanese gilt-steel knives and forks with kozuka handles, circa 1880, the kozuka handles with gilt and engraved low relief decoration in shibuichi (copper silver alloy) with various motifs...
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Japanese bronze menuki, in the form of a running boar, the beast with outstretched hind legs, upturned snout and sharp tusks, the tusks and eyes in a paler shade, its body with bristle detail....
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A pair of Japanese cloisonné vases, Meiji period, each of elongated hexagonal form with tapering foot, flat shoulders and trumpet rim, decorated against a dark ground with an inlaid enamel design...
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A pair of Japanese cloisonné vases, Meiji period, each of elongated form with tapering foot, flat shoulders and trumpet rim, decorated against a dark ground with an inlaid enamel design featuring a...
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Pair of Chinese famille verte caddies with covers, Kangxi (1662-1722), each supported on four low feet and decorated in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze coloured enamels, the two large sides of...
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Chinese blue and white moulded bowl, Kangxi (1662-1722), of flaring form with foliate rim, the exterior decorated with three bands of petal-shaped panels containing flowers including chrysanthemum,...
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A framed Wedgwood jasperware muses plaque, 19th century, of rectangular shape and decorated in raised white relief against a black ground with a depiction of five of the Nine Classical Muses in...
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Rare Delft water bottle vase, circa 1750, London or Bristol, of bulbous form with narrow neck and flared rim, decorated in blue with a continuous pastoral landscape scene, with a man and his horse...
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Meissen teabowl, circa 1740, decorated in overglaze enamels and gilt with a continuous watery landscape scene, with two main figures standing amongst workmen, ropes, cargo and low shrubbery, distant...
