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Thai bronze standing figure of Avalokiteshvara, 8th century
Thai bronze standing figure of Avalokiteshvara, 8th century, standing upright with her left arm outstretched and wearing an elaborate headdress....
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Guest and Gray
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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Chinese earthenware oviform jar, Neolithic period, possibly Yangshao culture
Chinese earthenware oviform jar, Neolithic period, possibly Yangshao culture, its buff body made from coiled clay, with a flared rim, narrowly tapering foot and two small lugs on either side of the...
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Chinese Cizhou straight-sided jar, Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279)
Chinese Cizhou straight-sided jar, Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279), incurving to a short upright rim attractively painted with stylized flowers and birds in chocolate brown, the milky glaze...
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Chinese small blue and white reticulated bowl from the Hatcher collection, Chongzhen (1627-1644), c.1643
Chinese small blue and white reticulated bowl from the Hatcher collection, Chongzhen (1627-1644), c.1643, the fine reticulated body with six medallions containing a mountainous landscape scene, all...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Chinese blue and white kraak dish, Wanli (1573-1619)
Chinese blue and white kraak dish, Wanli (1573-1619), decorated to the centre with an eight-pointed star cartouche in reserve containing a watery landscape scene with a pair of mandarin ducks perched...
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Chinese blue and white Kraak dish, Wanli (1573-1619)
Chinese blue and white kraak dish, Wanli (1573-1619), decorated to the centre with an eight-pointed star cartouche in reserve containing three precious beribboned objects: a scroll, an artemisia leaf...
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Small Chinese Qingbai jar and cover, Northern Song, 12th century
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
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...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Chinese blue and white klapmuts bowl, Wanli (1573-1619)
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
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.)
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)
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)
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)
Chinese Longquan celadon dish, Ming dynasty (1368-1626), decorated to the centre with an incised lotus head and scrolling foliage to the rim....
Porcelain & Ceramics
A well-potted small ‘Longquan’ celadon tripod censer, Ming
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)
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)
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)
Small ribbed celadon jar, Yuan Dynasty (1280-1368)...
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Chinese circular bronze mirror, Han dynasty (206 B.C. - 220 A.D.)
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
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
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)
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
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 basin, Meji period (1868-1912)
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
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)
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)
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
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
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
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...
