Tang

A large pair of Chinese high-fired ceramic ying qing, qingbai, storage vases and covers, each applied on the slender body with twelve standing figures and a further kneeling figure, beneath high-relief dragons writhing around the neck, with the moon, or a large circular pearl supported on a cloud spray, all amongst appliqués, including a further standing figure, deer, horse, qilin and cranes beneath a pie-crust relief band, the covers surmounted by cranes.

Chinese pottery sancai and blue glazed pillow or wrist rest, carved on the curved top with two ducks facing each other and resting on large lotus flower heads between ruyi and amongst other plants, on a rich lapis blue ground, the four sides with chestnut and white splashes extending on three sides to the foot, the base unglazed, revealing the biscuit body.

Chinese pottery sancai, three-colour glazed miniature circular box and cover, he, with gently domed cover, straight sides with a curved foot and flat base, the glaze evenly splashed falling short at the foot rim revealing the unglazed buff-coloured body.

Chinese pottery two-colour globular pouring vessel, hu, with broad rounded body, short neck, flared rim and hexagonal spout on a gently everted foot and recessed base, covered overall in a rich and lustrous green and white splashed glaze extending on the interior of the rim with a clear glaze in the well, falling short of the foot and base revealing the buff-coloured body, the shoulder with a ribbed and raised band, the rim with a further ridge.

A very fine and rare Chinese junyao lavender-glazed lotus-bud form waterpot, jixin’guan, covered overall with a rich and even lustrous lavender sky-blue glaze, extending to the interior and the base, thinning towards the light brown rim, all on a slightly splayed short unglazed brown knife-cut foot rim.