Chinese porcelain semi-eggshell bowl and cover, painted in rich famille rose enamels, the bowl with three lozenge-shaped reserves of flowering chrysanthemum, tree peony and rose, all in luminous pink, turquoise, yellow, blue and red enamels framed with a blue and gilt lozenge, all on a geometric pink ground beneath a band of rope in gilt at the rim, the interior painted with a cockerel standing on pierced rock work amongst flowering peony, looking up at a butterfly in flight, beneath a green diaper band on the upright rim, the cover similarly painted with three floral reserves on a pink diaper and green-bordered ground. The base with a six-character mark of Yongzheng in underglaze blue, within a double ring and of the period, 1723-1735. 4 5/8 inches, 11.7 cm diameter.

Chinese porcelain blue and white, underglaze copper-red and celadon brush pot, bitong, painted and carved in a continuous mountain river landscape scene, with a fisherman in his boat moving towards a village and a viewing pavilion nestled amongst the mountains, with elaborate pine tree and wutong and another viewing pavilion on a rocky promontory, beneath clouds and the setting sun, the unglazed base with recessed glazed centre in imitation of a turned-wood brush pot.

Chinese porcelain blue and white and underglaze copper-red large ovoid jardinière with gently lipped rim, painted in a continuous mountain river landscape scene with a fisherman in his boat and another casting his net from a rocky promontory beside a willow and viewing pavilion, with large pine trees and underglaze copper-red wutong with two other standing scholars looking across the lake amongst rockwork, plants, pavilions all between underglaze blue lines, the base unglazed.

A large and impressive Chinese porcelain famille rose-verte charger, painted with a scene from the “Dream of the Red Chamber” with Lin Daiyu being introduced to her new tutor Jia Yucun by her father Lin Ruhai, within an elaborately decorated pavilion with draped curtains and tables with various ornaments and flowers, the foreground set with pierced garden rocks and flowering shrubs all beneath a prunus tree amongst iron-red, gilt, yellow and blue clouds, all within a gilt and iron-iron floral and diaper border amongst four leaf-shaped panels depicting elegant reclining ladies, the underside glazed white.

A Chinese porcelain large blue and white vase of slender form, decorated with a scene from the “Romance of the Western Chamber” with Zhang Sheng thanking General Du Que for saving his love Cui Yingying, surrounded by various high-ranking soldiers and officials inside the General’s tent with draped curtains and banners, the surrounds decorated with large varying trees and rockwork all beneath clouds, the neck with flower sprays and rockwork above a triangular diaper band, the base glazed-white and decorated with a ribboned artemisia leaf within a double-circle of underglaze-blue.

A Chinese porcelain famille verte ewer and cover, decorated on either side with a descending dragon grasping the flaming pearl above a band of waves and rockwork, the tall, slender neck flanked by a handle and spout decorated with two confronting dragons which meet at the join, the mouth and foot decorated with scrolling bands, the cover with flames surmounted by a finial with an iron-red flower, the base glazed white.

A pair of Chinese porcelain taperstick holders in the form of standing models of elegant nodding ladies holding a fluted baluster vase, each with a black enamel ground long jacket with iron-red sleeves and gilt floral medallions, tied at the waist with a turquoise bow above their lemon-yellow enamel pleated skirts revealing the tip of a foot, each on an integral moulded square raised base with flowerheads and iron-red and washed salmon-pink borders, the bases unglazed.

Chinese porcelain blue and white beaker vase, gu, decorated with four panels of buddhist lions perched atop rockwork, amongst waves, flames and clouds, the central bulb enclosed by two protruding ribs and key-fret borders decorated with flowers and scrolling foliage, the rim and foot with scrolling ruyi clouds, the base glazed white with a double-ring mark in underglaze blue.

A large Chinese porcelain blue and white ovoid ginger jar and cover, painted with lozenge shaped panels of fans, each depicting a figure with his arms raised looking at beehives, between tied bunches of lotus above branches of peony, the original cover with antiques.

A pair of Chinese porcelain blue and white thinly potted saucer dishes each fluted bodies foliate rims, painted with a scene from Xixiang ji, The Romance of The Western Chamber with Zhang Sheng meeting Cui Yingying in a terraced garden scene between a tree, beside an interior with table and stools, all beneath clouds, each underside with two landscapes and viewing pavilions.

A Chinese cloisonné square box and cover, the flat cover decorated with sprays of bamboo and lingzhi in turquoise, sea green, lime green, red, yellow, pink and pale aubergine on a lapis blue ground, the sides with a geometric hexagonal pattern with red prunus flowerheads, the base gilt, the interior lined with an original decorative material.

Chinese porcelain blue and white bottle vase with rounded body and tall flaring neck, painted with four full-facing dragons amongst stylised flames and clouds, each encircling a flaming pearl in a stylised flowerhead reserve, above a band of crested waves and rock work on a flared foot, the neck with phoenix bird medallions above a band of wan characters and ruyi-heads, beneath a further band of ruyi-heads at the flared rim.

A Chinese porcelain blue and white vase of double gourd form, painted on the body with blossoming prunus on a cracked-ice ground with “blobby dots” on the rim, the underside with a leaf mark within a double ring.

A Chinese porcelain famille verte large saucer dish decorated with a scene from The Generals of the Yang Family, depicting Mu Guiying accepting the role of commander offered to her by her grandmother-in-law She Taijun, with Wang Qiang looking over in disapproval, all set in a pavilion scene amongst rock work and trees, the border of alternating floral and diaper ground amongst medallions of auspicious objects, the base glazed white.

Chinese porcelain famille noire and gilt hexagonal brushpot, decorated with six panels containing Buddhist and Daoist figures, Liu Hai and his three-legged toad, Damo amongst waves, Lan Cai He with a staff and basket of flowers, Zhongli Quan with a fan, Jiang Ziya in his fishing hat and He Xiangu holding a flower, all on an elaborate seed green ground amongst flowering peonies, the foot similarly decorated, the rim with a scrolling band in underglaze blue, the base glazed white.

Chinese porcelain imperial bowl with deep rounded sides rising from a short straight foot, covered overall in an even blue glaze, the base with a six-character mark of Kangxi within a double-ring in underglaze blue and of the period.

Chinese porcelain famille verte, wucai, sleeve vase, painted with boys amongst scrolling leaves and flowers, divided with an underglaze blue ground.

A Chinese porcelain wucai baluster vase and cover, painted with seven standing ladies in a fenced garden scene, three playing musical instruments including; drums, music stone and cymbals, with a central dancing lady, her hands beneath her long sleeves, whilst three other ladies look on, all amongst rock work, a large banana plant, pine, flowers and foliage, beneath a crackled ice band at the shoulder, the neck with iron-red, camellia and rose flower sprays; the cover with two boys playing amongst rock work and plants, the unglazed base with Chinese ink characters, and two further characters on the inside of the cover.