A Chinese earthenware cocoon jar, Han dynasty (206 BC-AD 220), the plump shape in imitation of a...

A large Chinese pottery figure, Tang dynasty (618-907), of a matron standing in an elegant swaying...

A Chinese qingbai ware cup stand, Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127), of typical form covered with a...

A Chinese qingbai ware vase, Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127), of octagonal form on a tall foot with...

A Chinese qingbai ware cup stand, Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279), of typical form in the shape of...

A collection of Chinese jarlets, Song to Ming dynasty, 4 to 8cm, including a blue and white example...

A collection of Chinese jarlets, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368), comprising: five Longquan celadon...

A collection of Chinese Longquan celadon jarlets, Song-Yuan dynasty, moulded with ribs or flowers...

A large Chinese blue and white bowl, of circular form on a short circular foot with flared mouth...

A Chinese Longquan celadon plate, Song-Yuan dynasty, the centre incised with a lotus flower above a...

A Chinese Longquan celadon censer, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368), of circular form with a tapering base...

A Chinese Longquan celadon teapot, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368), of globular form with an everted rim...

A Chinese Ding ware bowl, of circular form on a short circular foot, the centre incised with a...

A Chinese Ding ware dish, of circular form, the centre moulded with a rock in a garden within a...

A Chinese Jun glazed pottery flask, moulded in imitation of leather skins for a water or wine pouch...

A Chinese Cizhou ware vase, of baluster form on a flared foot, painted with incised scrolling lotus...

A Chinese Jun ware tea bowl, of circular form on a short circular foot, all covered in a blue glaze...

A Chinese blue and white vase, in the Yuan style, the pear-shaped body painted with scrolling...

A Chinese Ding ware vase, Jin to Ming dynasty, of baluster form on a short flared foot, the mouth in...

A Chinese wucai gu vase, Wanli (1573-1620), painted with scrolling lotus in underglaze blue and...

A Chinese blue and white vase, late Ming, of lobed form, painted with sprigs of flowers under a key...

A Chinese blue and white bowl, late Ming dynasty, of circular form, painted with figures on a boat...

A Chinese blue and white vase, Transitional period, of baluster form with a tall cylindrical neck...

A Chinese blue and white kendi, late Ming dynasty, painted with sprigs of flowers in shaped panels...

A Chinese wucai charger, Kangxi (1662-1722), the centre painted with mandarin ducks in a lotus pond...

A Chinese famille verte jar, 17th century, of ovoid form, painted with peony in red and yellow...

A Chinese iron red vase, Kangxi (1662-1722), the pear-shaped body on a short foot with a tall...

A Chinese blue and white gu vase, Kangxi (1662-1722), the top section painted with figures in a...

A Chinese sancai Guanyin, Kangxi (1662-1722), seated on a lotus pedestal on a raised stepped plinth...

A Chinese wucai dish, Transitional period, of quatrefoil shape, painted with a literatus seated in a...