An exceptional Chinese cinnabar lacquer 'Wang Xizhi and Geese' brush pot, bitong, Qianlong/Jiaqing, of cylindrical form and finely carved with a continuous scene of Wang Xizhi contemplating geese in a pond from his veranda beside a village in a rocky landscape with figures crossing a bridge, the inside and base painted dark brown, 12.4cm high
Sold for £155,000

A large and impressive Chinese blue and white bottle vase, tianqiuping,Yongzheng seal mark and possibly of the period, well potted and of elegant proportions, decorated with a band of lappets under a main body of interwoven lotus, peony, camellia and other flowers finely painted with scrolling tendrils under a delicately shaded ruyi-head collar and and trailing leafy band beneath the tapered cylindrical neck rendered with stylised upright banana leaves under a ruyi and dart border at the rim, the six-character mark in seal script on the recessed base, 55cm (21 5/8 inches ) high
Sold for £150,000

An impressive pair of Chinese famille rose turquoise ground 'lotus' vases and covers, Daoguang seal marks and of the period, of ovoid form, the domed covers with cone finials, finely painted with lotus flowers, peaches, bats and scrolling foliage around gilt 'double-happiness' symbols, within ruyi and lappet borders, all against a turquoise ground, the interiors and bases with a pale sea-green glaze, 28cm high
Sold for £85,000