Asian Art - Including the Anthony du Boulay Collection

STRAW-GLAZED POTTERY HORSE FIGURE, TANG DYNASTY, the muscular animal standing erect with its head turned slightly to the left and mouth open, the head with amber splashes, the saddle reserved in…

POTTERY FIGURE OF AN EARTH SPIRIT CH'I-T'OU, TANG DYNASTY seated with hoof feet, wings, twin horns and crested head, covered in splashed brown, green and white glazes, 35.5cm

GREEN-GLAZED POTTERY EAR CUP, HAN DYNASTY, of oval form with side handles, the upper surface covered in an iridescent green glaze, the underside unglazed, the base and handles with kiln debris, Han…

LARGE BROWN-GLAZED POTTERY BALUSTER VASE, HAN DYNASTY flared and dished top and a rounded body with several relief bow-string registers and two applied taotie masks, on a tall conical foot, 43cm high…

YUEYAO GREEN-GLAZED MELON-SHAPED EWER, FIVE DYNASTIES PERIOD, 10TH CENTURY, of segmented form with a flared neck, strap handle and tapering curved spout, the shoulder with two strap suspension loops,…

YUEYAO GREEN-GLAZED ROUNDEL, FIVE DYNASTIES PERIOD, 10TH CENTURY (originally the central well of a dish or bowl), incised with two opposing parrots beneath an even greyish-green glaze, 11cm diam…

GREEN-GLAZED POTTERY LEATHER-FORM 'PILGRIM' FLASK, LIAO DYNASTY, the top with a cylindrical neck and two pierced suspension holes, the spreading saddle-shaped body incised on each side with a foliate…

WHITE-GLAZED MINIATURE XING STYLE PEAR-SHAPED EWER, FIVE DYNASTIES / SONG DYNASTY, 10TH / 11TH CENTURY, the delicately-potted ovoid body beneath a 'pinched' flared spout and strap handle, the lower…

DARK-BROWN GLAZED WIDE-MOUTHED RIBBED JAR, HENAN OR HEBEI, PROVINCE, NORTHERN SONG-JIN DYNASTY the tall straight neck with a rounded rim and strap handles, the ovoid body with a continuous band of…

CIZHOU-TYPE BROWN GLAZED SMALL BOWL, NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY of gently-rounded conical form, the rim covered with white slip which contrasts the dark brown glaze on the interior and exterior, the foot…

LARGE YAOZHOU 'PEONY-SCROLL' CARVED BOWL, NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY, of gently-rounded form covered in a glassy olive-toned glaze, the interior carved with a fluid design of peony blossom and leafy…

GREEN JUNYAO BOWL, NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY, of gently rounded form with a slightly incurved lip and pronounced spreading foot rim, the glaze a glassy olive-green tone, four incised lines near the base,…

GREEN JUNYAO TRIPOD CENSER, NORTHERN SONG / JIN DYNASTY, the dished rim and waisted neck above the rounded body and three outswept feet, covered in an even green glaze with fine crackles, only the…

SEA-GREEN JUNYAO PURPLE-SPLASHED BOWL, NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY / JIN DYNASTY, thickly potted and of gently rounded form, the greyish-green glaze with one large and several smaller purple splashes on…

LONGQUAN CELADON 'LOTUS' BOWL, SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY, of deep form with steep sides modelled to suggest a lotus petal, 12.5cm diam Provenance: Bluett & Sons Ltd, 1950s. Note: For similar Longquan …

CELADON SHALLOW DISH, SONG DYNASTY, the gently rounded body with an everted rim, the centre carved with a goose in flight surrounded by a foliate band, under an olive-green glaze, 27.2cm diameter…

RARE QINGBAI 'TWIN BOYS' PILLOW, SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY, the finely-modelled playful children lying head-to-tail on their stomachs with heads turned and legs raised, beneath a lotus leaf-form curved…

QINGBAI SHALLOW CARVED HEXALOBE BOWL, SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY, the gently rounded body with a slightly flared rim, the interior carved with a bold design of a peony flower and foliage beneath a bluish…

SMALL HEXAGONAL MOULDED QINGBAI VASE, SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY, with fluted flared neck and petal rim, the baluster body with monster-head and ring-moulded handles to the shoulder and with small panels…

JIANWARE TEABOWL, SONG DYNASTY, 12TH/13TH CENTURY from the Kilmsat Shuiji, Junjang County, Fujian of conventional form, covered in hare's fur glaze dripping over the foot and pooling black in the…

LIGHT STONEWARE SHALLOW BOWL covered in an off-white glaze of Ding type, the combed design resembling a fish, 16cm diameter Provenance: Duke's, 12th November, 2018, lot 316. Collection of Albert…

LONGQUAN CELADON 'TRIGRAMS' TRIPOD CENSER, YUAN / EARLY MING DYNASTY, the finely-potted cylindrical body flaring slightly and standing on three short cabriole feet surrounding a central support…

BLUE AND WHITE FOLIATE-FORM CIRCULAR COVERED BOX, MING DYNASTY, 15TH CENTURY, the cover moulded and painted to suggest a flower head, 14cm diam Note: this box was almost certainly made to contain…

SMALL FOLIATE-FORM BLUE AND WHITE SAUCER DISH, XUANDE MARK BUT MID-17TH CENTURY decorated in inky-blue tones, the centre showing a galloping horse among waves and prunus, within a conforming border,…