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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Hispano-Moresque lustre dish, 17th century, decorated to the centre with a large bird in flight with its wings outstretched, against a stippled ground with scrolling vines, enclosed within concentric...
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Chinese inkstand, Qianlong (1736-95), of oval form and supported on three short legs moulded in the form of animal masks with two further moulded animal mask handles, decorated in polychrome overglaze...
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Pair of Chinese miniature cloisonné tazza, 18th century, each with a shallow bowl on a short stem, decorated with flowerheads and foliate scroll against a turquoise ground, the bases of the bowls and...
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Massive Chinese 'longquan' celadon tripod censer, early Ming dynasty (1368-1644) the bulbous body coverd in a dark green glaze and rising from three splayed animal and paw feet, with a short recessed...
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Chinese Transitional Gu-form beaker vase, Chongzhen (1627-1644), with spreading base and flaring trumpet rim, superbly painted in shades of high 'transitional' vibrant underglaze cobalt blue, the...
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A Longquan celadon-glazed shallow dish, Yuan or Ming Dynasty, with a flat barbed rim, decorated to the centre with an incised cash and trellis diaper pattern within an ogee-shaped roundel, the cavetto...
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Chinese blue and white charger, Kangxi (1662-1722), decorated to the central roundel with a pavilion garden scene, with a court official dressed in long flowing robes and a wide-brimmed hat gesturing...
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Chinese famille verte ‘hundred antiques’ jar, Kangxi (1662-1722), decorated with four scalloped panels against a green stippled ground strewn with flowerheads, with yellow borders and red...
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Chinese blue and white ginger jar, Kangxi (1662-1722), of ovoid form, decorated in brilliant underglaze cobalt blue with three deer roaming a rocky lakeside landscape amongst pine and swirling clouds,...
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Pair of Chinese blue and white bottle vases, Kangxi (1662-1722), of bulbous form with tall columnar necks, the bodies and necks decorated in bright underglaze cobalt blue with a continuous design of...
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Chinese silver mug, late 19th century, of European tankard form with an ornate curved dragon handle and ribbing to the rim and footrim; embossed with a scene of scholars in a wooded grove amongst...
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Chinese Peking glass bottle vase, possibly 18th century, of bulbous form on tall flaring foot with a long cylindrical neck rising to a straight rim, the base with a Qianlong four character mark....
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Canton enamel octagonal platter, late 18th century, decorated in the centre with peonies, chrysanthemums and insects including a butterfly and dragonfly enclosed by a narrow blue band with florets and...
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A lac-burgaute box and cover, Qing dynasty, early 19th century, of oblong shape, the top finely inlaid with mother-of-pearl and gold foils against a black lacquer ground with children playing and...
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Chinese Canton enamel bowl and cover, c.1800, decorated in brightly coloured enamels with four panels containing an assortment of the ‘hundred antiques’ including two bronze ritualistic vessels,...
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Chinese Canton enamel dish, c.1800, decorated in brightly coloured enamels with an assortment of the ‘hundred antiques’, including two ritualistic bronze vessels, coral, feathers, a ruyi-head...
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Pair of Chinese Imari plates, Qianlong (1736-95), decorated in underglaze cobalt blue, overglaze enamels and gilt to the central roundels with flowers including chrysanthemum, peony and lotus in a...
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Pair of Chinese rouge-de-fer moulded shell-shaped dishes, Kangxi (1662-1722), decorated in predominantly iron-red enamel with blue and gilt, painted with a central floral roundel and stems including...
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Pair of Chinese Imari plates, Qianlong (1736-95), decorated in underglaze cobalt blue, overglaze enamels and gilt to the central roundels with flowers including chrysanthemum, peony and lotus in a...
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Chinese Imari plate, Qianlong (1736-95) decorated in red and blue enamels with gilt highlights to the centre with boughs of flowering peony and foliage issuing from rockwork, the cavetto with four...
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Chinese Imari Pronk 'Lady with a Parasol' plate, c.1740, decorated to the central roundel with a lady standing beside a waterbed with reed stems leaning forward to feed waterbirds as her attendant...
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Chinese imari plate, Qianlong (1736-95), decorated with flowering prunus and bamboo issuing from rockwork, with large stylised flowerheads with alternating blue and iron-red diaper petals, the top of...
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Chinese, probably soft paste, blue and white miniature teapot, Kangxi (1662-1722), of squat globular form with stylised pattern of radiating lappets containing lotus heads above bands of tight...
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Junyao saucer, Song/Yuan (960 - 1368), supported on a short foot and decorated inside and out with a thick greyish sky-blue glaze paling to a dark mushroom tone at the rim and forming thick dripping...
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Chinese Qingbai bowl, Song (960 - 1279), rising from a narrow foot to an everted unglazed rim, decorated with a whitish-blue glaze and incised to the interior with boys playing amongst scrolling lotus...
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Japanese Pronk ‘Dame au Parasol’ plate, 1736-1740, decorated in the Imari palette with underglaze cobalt blue, polychrome enamels and gilt to the central well with an oiran wearing a richly...
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Chinese Canton enamel tea bowl, 18th century, on a short foot with everted rim, decorated in enamels with large peony heads and scrolling foliage against a yellow ground, the foot encircled by a band...
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Pair of Canton enamel quatrefoil saucers, 18th century, of lobed form and decorated in bright enamels, the centres with scrolling foliage and peony heads against a yellow ground encircled by a narrow...
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Hispano-Moresque lustre bowl, 17th century, the centre decorated with a bull surrounded by curling vines and stylised foliage, the rim with a band of further abstract leaves and vines, the reverse...
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Hispano-Moresque plate, Valencia (Manises), 16th century, the decoration divided into two main sections, one with sprouting foliage and large stylised flowerheads against a ground with leaves and...
