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A pair of large pottery figures of officials, standing with their hands clasped in front of them.

Tang dynasty
Height: 34 1/4”, 82 cm

13
A fine sancai-glazed pottery amphora, the elegant, tapered body rises from a splayed flat foot to a slender, waisted neck and terminates in a flared mouth with an everted rim.

Tang dynasty
Height: 14 3/4”, 37.5 cm

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14
A very fine pottery figure of a lady, holding a covered jar in both hands, her head is slightly inclined.

Late Six dynasties
Height: 12 1/2”, 31.8 cm

15
A fine pottery figure of a foreign groom, his full face is well detailed with large ears, heavy eyebrows and a bulbous nose, his mouth is slightly open revealing his teeth and he has traces of a beard.

Tang dynasty
Height: 20 1/4”, 51.4 cm

16
A pair of unusual pottery horses and riders, each is finely modelled and stands four square on a rectangular base.

Tang dynasty
Height: 14”, 35.5 cm

17
A very well modelled pottery figure of a horse and rider,
the horse stands four square on a rectangular base with its head turned slightly to the left.

Tang dynasty
Height: 14 1/4”, 36.1 cm

18
A very fine and large glazed pottery model of a camel standing four square on an unglazed base.

Tang dynasty
Height: 31 7/8”, 81 cm

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19
A very fine pottery model of a kneeling camel, its head is slightly raised and its tail is flicked around its haunches.

Northern Wei dynasty
Length: 9 3/4”, 24.7 cm

20
A rare, large Northern blackware bowl, the sides flare from a slightly spreading ring foot and turn up to form a vertical mouth rim.

Northern Song or Jin dynasty, 12th/13th centuries
Diameter: 7 1/4”, 18.4 cm

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21
A rare small Dingyao stoneware jar, the well-rounded body rises from a very short ring foot and terminates in a rolled lip.

Song dynasty
Height: 2 1/4”, 5.7 cm

22
A Cizhou stoneware jar and cover, the sides are
supported on a slightly spreading ring foot.

Jin dynasty
Height: 3 3/4”, 9.5 cm

23
A Yaozhou stoneware bowl standing on a short ring foot with a broad rim flange to the exterior.

Northern Song or Jin dynasty
Diameter: 7 1/2” , 19 cm

24
A Yaozhou stoneware bowl of conical shape
supported on a short ring foot, the sides terminate in a rolled lip.

Northern Song or Jin dynasty
Diameter: 7 1/8”, 18.2 cm

25
A Yaozhou stoneware bowl, the rounded sides rise from a short ring foot and terminate in an everted lip.

Northern Song or Jin dynasty
Diameter: 5 1/2”, 14 cm

26
A Longquan celadon tripod incense burner of archaic bronze li form.

Southern Song dynasty
Diameter: 3 7/8”, 9.9 cm

27
A fine Longquan celadon bulb bowl supported on three
animal mask feet.

Southern Song to
Yuan dynasty
Diameter: 9 7/8”, 25 cm

28
A small square Longquan celadon saucer with moulded decoration of a spotted deer amid clouds and lingzhi fungus.

Yuan dynasty
3 1/4”, 8.3 cm square

29
A rare Longquan celadon box and cover, the cover is impressed with a floral branch within a shaped border.

Early Ming dynasty
Diameter: 5 1/2”, 14 cm

30
A fine stoneware vase, the slightly depressed globular body rises from a spreading foot to a short neck and terminates in an everted mouth.

Western Jin dynasty
Height: 3 7/8”, 9.9 cm

31
A fine qingbai ewer, standing on a short, flat ring foot.

Song dynasty
Height: 5 1/2”, 14 cm

32
A qingbai ewer of lobed section, standing on a slightly recessed base.

Song to Yuan dynasty
Height: 3 3/8”, 8.6 cm

33
A rare qingbai zhadou, the rounded sides rise to a waisted neck and terminate in a wide, flared rim.

Song dynasty
Diameter: 7”, 17.7 cm

34
A rare and unusual pottery figure of a scholar, seated on a cloth-draped chair.

Ming dynasty
Height: 15 1/8”, 38.3 cm

35
A very fine and unusual porcelain wine jar (guan), the well-rounded sides rise from a spreading slightly recessed foot and terminate in a short neck with a rolled lip.

Ming dynasty, late 15th century
Height: 14 3/4”, 37.5 cm

36
A very fine tileworks figure of a luohan, seated on a base simulating rockwork, his left hand rests on his raised left knee.

Ming dynasty
Height: 24”, 61 cm

37
A tileworks figure of a warrior with his left hand on his thigh and his right raised in a clenched fist.

Ming dynasty
Height: 20 1/2”, 52 cm

38
A fine Dehua figure, probably depicting Qu Yuan, standing on a rockwork base in a thoughtful pose, holding a scroll in his left hand.

17th/18th centuries
Height: 13 1/4”, 33.6 cm

39
A rare blanc-de-Chine teapot and cover, standing on a short ring foot.

18th century
Length: 6 1/2”, 16.5 cm

40
A fine and unusual porcelain vase of archaistic square baluster form with two mock handles in the form of monster masks suspending rings.

18th century
Height: 11 1/2”, 29.1 cm

41
A fine, large porcelain vase, with a long neck above a gently tapering body, covered with a lustrous dark blue glaze stopping in an even line just short of the foot. The base is recessed and glazed white. With a wood stand.

18th century
Height: 20 1/2”, 52 cm

42
A fine, large porcelain vase, the well-rounded body rises to a waisted neck and terminates in a widely flaring mouth, all covered with a lustrous flambé glaze.

18th century
Height: 17 3/4”, 45 cm

43
A fine porcelain vase, the tapered body, with a waisted neck and flared mouth, is covered with a vibrant turquoise glaze with bold purple splashes.

18th century
Height: 12 5/8”, 32 cm

44
An unusual porcelain vase, the body rises from a short ring foot to a waisted neck and terminates in a flared mouth, all covered with a vivid, dappled turquoise glaze.

18th century
Height: 13 5/8”, 34.6 cm

45
A fine porcelain rouleau vase, standing on a ring foot, painted in gilt on a powder-blue ground.

Kangxi period
Height: 17 1/2”, 44.5 cm

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46
A fine porcelain brush rest, delicately painted in underglaze blue and the famille-rose palette with a scene of an elderly gentleman seated in a garden.

Length: 3 1/2”, 8.8 cm

47
A fine porcelain bowl, the well-rounded sides rise from the ring foot and terminate in a flared rim.

Diameter: 7 1/8”, 18.2 cm

48
An octagonal porcelain box and cover, finely painted in underglaze blue and the famille-rose palette with a scene of a lady and gentleman seated at tables.

18th century
Width: 2 1/2”, 6.3 cm

49
A pair of porcelain plates, painted in the famille-rose palette with the Eight Horses of Mu Wang, four on each plate.

18th century
Diameter: 9”, 22.8 cm

50
A porcelain bottle with a later silver mount.

Qianlong period, circa 1760
Height: 9 3/8”, 23.8 cm

51
A rare porcelain plate, finely painted in the famille-rose palette with an erotic scene of a man and a woman embracing.

18th century
Diameter: 8 7/8”, 22.5 cm

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