Fine Asian Art

A CHINESE CELADON AND RUSSET JADE 'TIGER AND CALLIGRAPHY' SNUFF BOTTLE 18TH/19TH CENTURY Carved with a tiger, the reverse inscribed with a poem, ...

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE 'BOYS' SNUFF BOTTLEFOUR-CHARACTER QIANLONG MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1736-95Decorated with scenes of the 'Hundred Boys' engagi...

A CHINESE MOULDED FAMILLE ROSE 'PRUNUS AND BAMBOO' SNUFF BOTTLESIX-CHARACTER DAOGUANG MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1821-50Moulded and painted with a flo...

A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE 'LIU HAI AND TOAD' SNUFF BOTTLE18TH/19TH CENTURYThe pale celadon stone with russet skin, carved as the God of Wealth r...

A CHINESE GREEN-OVERLAY WHITE AND PINK GLASS 'PEACH' SNUFF BOTTLE18TH/19TH CENTURYThe bottle is carved through the green glass to form a leafy ste...

λ THREE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE-ENAMELLED WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLESQING DYNASTYOne of lobed form painted with the Bajixiang, with a Guyue xuan mark t...

*** Please note the dating and description of this lot has changed to ‘Late Qing Dynasty, Inscribed for the Xianmao Year' and ‘signed Zhou Leyuan ...

A CHINESE INTERIOR-PAINTED GLASS 'LANDSCAPE' SNUFF BOTTLELATE 19TH CENTURYPainted with a continuous watery landscape scene, with a waterfall in th...

*** Please note the dating and description of this lot has changed to 'Late Qing Dynasty, Inscribed for the Xinmao Year’ and ‘signed Zhou Leyuan b...

A CHINESE INTERIOR-PAINTED ROCK CRYSTAL 'BIRDS AND FLOWERS' SNUFF BOTTLEDATED 1892Dated the renchen year, decorated with swallows flying amidst a ...

*** Please note the description of this lot has changed to ‘each with a signature of Zhou Leyuan but probably by his followers’.λ TWO CHINESE INTE...

λ A CHINESE INTERIOR-PAINTED GLASS 'HUNDRED ANTIQUES' SNUFF BOTTLEDATED 1899One side painted with two fan paintings along with fragments of callig...

λ A CHINESE INTERIOR-PAINTED ROCK CRYSTAL 'LIU HAI' SNUFF BOTTLEDATED 1896Dated the bingshen year, decorated with Liu Hai holding a string of cash...

A CHINESE INTERIOR-PAINTED GLASS 'BOY AND WATER BUFFALO' SNUFF BOTTLEEARLY 20TH CENTURY One side is painted with a snowy scene with a boy and a wa...

A CHINESE INTERIOR-PAINTED GLASS 'ELEPHANT' SNUFF BOTTLEDATED 1901Dated the xinchou year, one side painted with a black elephant bathing in front ...

λ THREE CHINESE INTERIOR-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLESLATE QING DYNASTYOne dated the wuxu year (1898), decorated with grasshoppers and a fisherman c...

λ A CHINESE INTERIOR-PAINTED HAIR CRYSTAL 'FISH' SNUFF BOTTLEDated 1905Dated the yiji year, each side painted with swimming goldfish, signed Ye Zh...

λ A RARE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE 'LOTUS' SNUFF BOTTLEC.1800-30The flattened pear-shaped body painted with a lotus pond, one side with a frog and the ...

λ A CHINESE INTERIOR-PAINTED ROCK CRYSTAL SNUFF BOTTLEDATED 1889Dated the jichou year, each side painted with figures in a watery landscape with d...

A CHINESE RED-OVERLAY GLASS 'BAT AND BUTTERFLY' CALLIGRAPHIC SNUFF BOTTLE18TH/19TH CENTURYProbably Yangzhou school, the semi-translucent white bod...

A CHINESE SAPPHIRE-BLUE OVERLAY GLASS ‘LONGEVITY’ SNUFF BOTTLE18TH/19TH CENTURYAttributed to the Imperial Beijing glassworks, the slender milky-wh...

λ A CHINESE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE AND A JADE 'BUTTERFLY' SNUFF BOTTLE 18TH/19TH CENTURY The agate bottle with a smooth, flattened ovoid body, with t...

A CHINESE OVERLAY RED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE19TH CENTURYThe ruby-red glass body with black and white overlay glass, each side carved with a scaly carp...

λ A CHINESE BLUE-OVERLAY GLASS SNUFF BOTTLEQIANLONG 1736-95The flattened ovoid body decorated with bamboo, plantain trees, chrysanthemums, pine tr...

TWO CHINESE OVERLAY GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES19TH CENTURYEach with a rectangular milky-white body, one decorated with the horses of Mu Wang in pink glas...

*** Please note this lot has a revised estimate of £1,200-£1,500.λ A CHINESE CARVED WHITE GLASS 'LANDSCAPE' SNUFF BOTTLE LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENT...

*** Please note this lot has a revised estimate of £1,000-£2,000.λ A CHINESE JASPER 'LONELY SCHOLAR' SNUFF BOTTLE 1780-1850 The deep green stone ...

A RARE CHINESE PINK AND GREEN-OVERLAY GLASS SNUFF BOTTLEYANGZHOU SCHOOL, DATED 1857Carved in low relief with three ducks in a pond and butterflies...

*** Please note this lot has a revised estimate of £1,500-£2,000.A CHINESE JADE 'MONKEY AND SACK' SNUFF BOTTLE 1780-1850 Carved as a tied sack wi...

*** Please note that this lot has a revised estimate of £1,500-£2,000.λ A CHINESE CELADON JADE SNUFF BOTTLE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY The flattened...

***Please note that this lot has a revised estimate of £1,200-£1,500.λ A CHINESE YELLOW JADE 'TWO DEER' SNUFF BOTTLE 1760-1850 Carved in low reli...

***Please note that this lot has a revised estimate of £1,000-£2,000.A CHINESE WHITE JADE 'DOUBLE HAPPINESS' SNUFF BOTTLE 1750-1820 Carved in low...

ANONYMOUS (QING DYNASTY)LUOHANA Chinese scroll painting, ink and colour on paper, with a collector's seal, which reads Ben Ba Wan Liu Qian Fa, 40c...

ZHAO SHAO'ANG (1905-98)NINE CARP IN THE WATERA Chinese painting, ink and colour on paper, inscribed and dated Autumn in the jiawu year, signed Sha...

ATTRIBUTED TO ZHAO YONG (QING DYNASTY)LITERARY GATHERINGA Chinese scroll painting, ink and colour on silk, signed Zhao Yong, with an artist's seal...

ATTRIBUTED TO SHEN QUAN (QING DYNASTY)BIRDS AND BAMBOOA Chinese scroll painting, ink and colour on silk, inscribed and signed, with two illegible ...

AFTER QIAN GU (QING DYNASTY)PURIFICATION AT THE ORCHID PAVILIONA Chinese scroll painting, ink and colour on silk, inscribed and dated the gengzi y...

λ A SMALL CHINESE INLAID-HUANGHUALI 'BIRDS AND FLOWERS' DISHPROBABLY 18TH CENTURYThe shallow circular dish with gently curving sides, embellished ...

λ A SMALL CHINESE INLAID-HUANGHUALI BOX, GUANPIXIANGQING DYNASTYThe hinged cover inlaid in soapstone and mother of pearl with two birds perched on...

A CHINESE CARVED BAMBOO 'SCHOLAR AND CRANE' BRUSHPOT, BITONG17TH/18TH CENTURYThe cylindrical brushpot carved in relief with a scene of a scholar a...

A LARGE CHINESE BAMBOO 'IMMORTALS' MOUNTAIN CARVING18TH/19TH CENTURYCarved as a craggy mountainscape detailed with pavilions amongst wutong and pi...

λ A CHINESE HUANGHUALI RECTANGULAR LOW TABLE, KANGZHUOLATE MING/EARLY QING DYNASTYThe rectangular panelled top with a moulded edge above a plain f...

A CHINESE RECTANGULAR HARDWOOD ‘DRAGON’ TABLEQING DYNASTYThe rectangular two-panel top set within a wide frame, with a moulded and lotus petal-car...

A TIBETAN GILT-BRONZE MINIATURE FIGURE OF KING GESAR18TH CENTURYWearing a long-sleeved brocade garment with high heavy boots and a traditional Tib...

A BRONZE FIGURE OF PADMAPANIKASHMIR, 11TH CENTURYThe Bodhisattva of Compassion seated in padmasana on a high narrow lotus throne, his right hand i...

A TIBETAN BRONZE FIGURE OF VAJRAPANI12TH/13TH CENTURYThe protective deity stands in pratyalidhasana, the warrior pose, leaning to his right, holdi...

A TIBETAN GILT-BRONZE FIGURE GROUP OF CHAKRASAMVARA AND VAJRAVARAHI16TH CENTURY The four-faced twelve-armed deity depicted in yab-yum with his fem...

A TIBETAN BRONZE FIGURE OF ACALA14TH CENTURYStanding in pratyalidhasana upon a double lotus base, one hand in tarjani mudra and the other wielding...

A TIBETAN GILT-COPPER FIGURE OF YAMANTAKA16TH CENTURYThe buffalo-headed deity standing in pratyalidhasana on the back of a recumbent bull over a l...

A SMALL TIBETAN BRONZE FIGURE OF KUBERA 13TH CENTURY The God of Wealth is seated on a lotus throne, holding a fruit in his right hand and a mongo...

A TIBETAN COPPER FIGURE OF KUBERA12TH CENTURYThe God of Wealth seated on a double lotus throne, holding a fruit in his right hand and a mongoose i...

A LARGE TIBETAN 'DRAGON' CHEST18TH/19TH CENTURYPainted on a sized cotton ground with a central cartouche containing a front-facing dragon and Budd...

A PAIR OF TIBETAN PAINTED WOODEN DOORS19TH CENTURYProbably from a monastic cabinet, each door painted with Mahakala's face below which offerings a...

A LARGE TIBETAN GILT AND POLYCHROME-DECORATED MANUSCRIPT COVER 15TH/16TH CENTURYCarved in high relief, depicting Adi-Buddha Vajradhara seated on a...

A SET OF EIGHT FRAMED TIBETAN 'TEN WRATHFUL KINGS' PAINTINGS16TH/17TH CENTURYEach of the Ten Wrathful Kings, depicted with three heads and six arm...

A NEPALESE GILT-COPPER FIGURE OF VISHNU13TH/14TH CENTURYThe four-armed deity standing in samabhanga on a round pedestal, holding his attributes, t...

A TIBETAN GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF AMITAYUS18TH CENTURYSeated in dhyanasana on a double-lotus base with his hands held in dhyanamudra, wearing elabor...

A TIBETAN PARCEL-GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF MANJUSHRI17TH CENTURYThe God of Wisdom seated in dhyanasana on a double lotus base, his right hand in varan...

A TIBETAN GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF VAISHRAVANA18TH CENTURYThe God of Wealth seated in lalitasana upon a recumbent Buddhist lion, adorned with elabora...

A TIBETAN BRONZE FIGURE OF VAJRAPANI13TH/14TH CENTURYThe protector deity standing in pratyalidhasana, holding a vajra in his right hand with the l...