A famille rose dish. Qianlong six-character mark. Decorated with a flowering peach tree; with a brocade box [rim chipped] ; 13 inches [33 cms.] diameter - Estimate: £400 - 600

A famille rose dish. Qianlong six-character mark. Decorated with a flowering peach tree; with a brocade box [rim chipped] ; 13 inches [33 cms.] diameter - Estimate: £400 - 600

A famille rose dish. Qianlong six-character mark. Decorated with Shoulao and two Daoist scholars standing beneath a knarled pine tree; with a brocade box, 11.75 inches [32.5 cms.] diameter [2] - Estimate: £400 - 600

Two famille rose vases. Qianlong four-character marks. One decorated with a scholar seated beside two acolytes; the other decorated with five Manchu/Chinese boys beside a tree; each with a brocade box ; The taller 9 inches [23 cms.] high [4] - Estimate: £1,000 - 1,500

Two famille rose bowls. One with Qianlong six-character mark; the other with six-character hall-mark
The larger bowl decorated with butterflies amongst flowers and foliage; and the other depicting a scholar riding on a crane towards an ethereal mountainous retreat [possibly the wizard and physician Su She of Tsi riding towards Mount Horai to seek the elixir of everlasting life] - The larger bowl 5.5 inches [14 cms.] diameter [2] - Estimate: £600 - 800

Two dishes: one doucai and one famille rose. The former with Qianlong six-character mark; the latter with underglaze blue six-character mark. The first decorated with a central roundel, radiating design and formal lotus beside scrolling foliage. The second dish decorated with four bats, formal lotus, peaches and auspicious symbols [some visible chips and cracks] - Both approximately 7.5 inches [19 cms.] diameter [2] - Estimate: £400 - 600 

A famille rose vase. Qianlong four-character mark. Decorated with the Chinese Queen of the Fairies, Si Wang Mu standing beside a large cart of peaches drawn by two boys; with a brocade box. 11.5 inches [29.5 cms.] high [2] - Estimate: £700 - 1,000 

A famille rose bottle vase. Qianlong four-character mark. Decorated with five children beside a tree bearing large peaches; three-line inscription; with a brocade box - 13 inches [33 cms.] high [2] - Estimate: £500 - 800

A pair of famille rose vases. Both with Qianlong four-character marks. Each vase decorated with a blue-crested bird beside a dragonfly, hovering above water-lotus flowers; with lines of script on the main body; each with a brocade box - 10.5 inches [27 cms.] high [4] - Estimate: £500 - 800

Two famille rose, tomato-ground bowls. Qianlong six-character marks. Each bowl decorated on the exterior with four Daoist precious emblems, including: the pilgrim's gourd [Hu-lu]; the fan [Shan]; and the sword [Chien] - 4.75 inches [12 cms.] diameter [2] - Estimate: £500 - 800

A vase and dish. Both with Qianlong four-character mark. Each one decorated in copper-red and en-grisaille; the dish with two seated scholars beside a consort; the vase with a gathering of Buddhist devotees; both with a brocade box. The vase 9 inches [23 cms.] high; the dish 9.75 [24 cms.] diameter [4] - Estimate: £800 - 1,200

A famille rose bowl. Qianlong four-character mark. Decorated on the exterior with playful Buddhistic lions playing with brocade balls; with a box. 7.5 inches [19.5 cms.] diameter [2] - Estimate: £500 - 800

A famille rose bowl. Qianlong four-character mark. Decorated on both the interior and exterior with bamboo intertwined with exotic flowers, gourds and tendrils; with a brocade box. 7.5 inches [19.2 cms.] diameter [2] - Estimate: £800 - 1,200

A famille rose bowl. Qianlong six-character mark. Decorated on the exterior with sacred iconography, including: the Te-ch'ing [the single sonorous stone] and a Ko-ch'ing [singer's stone-chime] designed as conjoined fish; with a brocade box. 5.5 inches [14.5 cms.] diameter [2] - Estimate: £600 - 800

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A pair of famille rose vases. Qianlong six-character marks. Each vase decorated with exotic birds clutching lingzhi in their beaks, perched on a rocky outcrop beside a tree peony - 11 inches [28 cms.] high [2] - Estimate: £1,000 - 1,500