Our catalogue > Chinese & Japanese Antiques
Presented here are antique items produced in China, often for the overseas Chinese markets or for the Tibetan & other Himalayan markets. Also, the occasional items we might have from Japan can be found here.
All items are sourced from within the UK.
Also see our Chinese Export Silver page.
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Enquiry about object: 8611
Fine, Brisé-style Chinese Silver-Gilt Filigree Fan
Guangdong (Canton), China circa 1830
length of arm: 21cm, width of arm: 2.5cm, width of unfolded fan: 35cm, weight: 185g
Provenance
UK art matrket
Enquiry about object: 8715
Rare Mongolian Repoussed Copper Plaque of a Lokapala
Mongolia 18th century
height: 33cm, width: 28.5cm, weight: 901g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 8739
Chinese Carved Mother-of-Pearl Shell
China 19th century
width: 20.6cm, length: 16cm, weight: 138g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 9070
Ancient Tibetan Dzi Bead
Tibet Ancient
length: 2.4cm, width: 1.5cm, weight: 8g
Provenance
private collection, London.
Enquiry about object: 8974
Japanese Shingon Sect Gilded Copper Dharma Wheel (Rinbo)
Japan 13th century, Kamakura period (1185–1333)
diameter: 11.2cm, weight: 234g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 8978
Japanese Shingon Sect Gomadan Altar Gilded Copper Vajra (Sankosho)
Japan Edo Period, 18th-19th century
length: 15.1cm, weight: 252g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 8981
Japanese Shingon Sect Gomadan Altar Gilded Copper ‘Pestle’ Vajra (Tokkosho)
Japan Edo Period, 18th-19th century
length: 14.7cm weight: 161g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 8980
Japanese Shingon Sect Gomadan Altar Gilded Copper ‘Pestle’ Vajra (Tokkosho)
Japan Edo Period, 18th-19th century
length: 11.7cm, weight: 81g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 8979
Japanese Shingon Sect Gomadan Altar Gilded Copper Two-Part Vajra (Sankosho)
Japan Edo Period, 18th-19th century
length: 13.3cm, weight: 249g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 7310
Chinese Court Gold & Pearl Hat or Headdress Ornament
China 18th-19th century
height: 6.6cm, width: 5.5g, weight: 5.98g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 8493
Tibetan Silver Yak Butter Lamp
Tibet early 20th century
height: approximately 20cm, width: 15cm, weight: 561g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 7052
Rare Liao Dynasty Gilded Silver Belt or Horse-Harness Fitting
North-eastern China & Inner Mongolia Liao Dynasty (10-12th century AD)
length: 12.6cm, width: 5cm, depth: 1.2cm, weight: 60g
Provenance
Roger Keverne, London, UK.
Enquiry about object: 7108
Chinese Export Silver Book-Shaped Snuff Box by Yao Jie
China 19th century
length: 4.1cm, width: 2.7cm, depth: 1.3cm, weight: 27g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5315
Embroidered Chinese Wall Hanging with Shou (寿) & other Daoist Deities
China, exported to the Straits Settlements 19th century
dimensions of backing material: 120cm x 84cm
Provenance
collected by Alwyn Sidney Haynes (1878-1963), and thence by descent. Haynes was a colonial administrator in Malaya and the Straits Settlements between 1901 and 1934. He held many posts including Acting British Resident, Pahang (1924); British Resident, Perak (1925); British Advisor, Kedah (1925); British Advisor, Kelantan (1930); and Acting Colonial Administrator, Straits Settlements (1933), after which he retired and returned to England, and lived near Stratford-upon-Avon, and then in Leamington Spa. Haynes loaned some of the items he collected in Malaya to the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford in 1939. He was awarded an Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1950.
Enquiry about object: 7098
Kangxi Chinese Porcelain Snuff Bottle with Indian (or Related) Engraved Silver Mounts
China & India or similar Kangxi Dynasty, 17th-18th century
height: 9.6cm, width: 3.8cm, weight: 51g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 6618
Pair of Chinese Silver Marriage Bracelets
China 19th century
internal diameter: approximately 6.7 x 5.9cm, thickness: 1cm, eight: 79g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 6412
Victorian-Era Display Panel of Ancient Chinese Coins & Tokens
China 19th century
dimensions of frame: 58cm x 37.8cm
Provenance
private collection, UK; the coins are believed to have been collected in China in the 1870s
Enquiry about object: 6796
Fine, Chinese Silver-Gilt Bracelet with Large, Semi-Precious Stones
China early 20th century
internal diameter: 5.9cm, total length: 17.5cm, height: 3.1cm, weight: 49g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 6734
Dutch Colonial Tortoiseshell Snuff Box with Silver Filigree & Enamel
Dutch Colonial - Batavia, Dutch East Indies, or China 18th century
width: 7.4cm, depth: 5cm, height: 3.1cm, weight: 56g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 6236
Chinese Export Silver Taza by Wang Hing
Maker: Wang Hing, China circa 1875
height: 15.6cm, diameter: 13.4cm, weight: 271g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 5846
Five Chinese Enamelled Hanging Ornaments
China circa 1850
lengths: 65cm-98cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 6243
Rare & Large Pair of Chinese Export Silver Bowls by Wang Hing
Maker: Wang Hing, Guangdong (Canton) & Hong Kong, China circa 1890
heights: 11cm, diameters: 24.5cm, weights: 1,083g & 1,087g
Provenance
from an important private collection, UK.
Enquiry about object: 6114
Chinese Cloisonne & Gilt Vase Decorated with Taotie Motifs
China 18th-early 19th century
height: 23.3cm, weight: 946g
Provenance
acquired by the previous owner's father at Christie's London in the 1990s
Enquiry about object: 6231
Chinese Export Silver Bowl by Yok Sang
Maker: Yok Sang, China circa 1895
diameter: 22cm, height: 11cm, weight: 828g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 6242
Japanese-style Chinese Export Silver Bowl by Wang Hing
Maker: Wang Hing, Guangdong (Canton) & Hong Kong, China 1890s
diameter: 19.5cm, height: 13cm, weight: 730g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 6230
Chinese Export Silver Centre Piece by Tuck Chang with original Carved Blackwood Stand
Maker: Tuck Chang, Shanghai, China circa 1900
height (with stand): 40cm, without stand: 32cm, diameter: 27cm, weight (without wooden stand): 1,428g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 6235
Unusual & Fine Chinese Export Silver Bowl by Sunshing
Maker: Sunshing, Guangdong (Canton) & Hong Kong, China second half of the 19th century
height: 12cm, diameter: 18.5cm, weight: 516g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 6234
Chinese Export Silver Cigar Lighter by Wang Hing
Maker: Wang Hing, Guangdong (Canton) & Hong Kong, China late 19th century
height: 12cm, width: 8cm, weight: 204g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 6220
Peranakan or Straits Chinese Altar Front Cloth (Tok Wi)
Straits Chinese or Peranakan, possibly produced in Java, Indonesia circa 1900
height: 97cm, width: 89cm
Provenance
Private collection, UK; originally acquired in Singapore.
Enquiry about object: 6221
Peranakan or Straits Chinese Altar Front Cloth (Tok Wi)
Private collection, UK; originally acquired in Singapore. early 20th century
height: 92cm, width: 104cm
Provenance
Private collection, UK; originally acquired in Singapore.
Enquiry about object: 6238
Chinese Export Silver Bowl by Luen Wo
Maker: Luen Wo, Shanghai, China late 19th century
diameter: 26cm, height: 15cm, weight: 1.437kg
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 6218
Peranakan or Straits Chinese Altar Front Cloth (Tok Wi)
Straits Chinese or Peranakan, possibly commissioned from China early to mid-20th century
height: 93cm, width: 95.5cm
Provenance
Private collection, UK; originally acquired in Singapore.
Enquiry about object: 5638
Rare Chinese Yixing Teapot with Vietnamese Pierced Silver Mounts
Jiangsu, China & Vietnam 19th century
length: 20cm, height: 15cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5288
Chinese Export Silver Calling Card Case by Wang Hing
Guangdong (Canton), or Hong Kong, China late 19th-early 20th centuries
length: 9.7cm, width: 6.6cm, weight: 92g
Provenance
from the estate of Alwyn Sidney Haynes (1878-1963), and thence by descent. Haynes was a colonial administrator in Malaya and the Straits Settlements between 1901 and 1934. He held many posts including Acting British Resident, Pahang (1924); British Resident, Perak (1925); British Advisor, Kedah (1925); British Advisor, Kelantan (1930); and Acting Colonial Administrator, Straits Settlements (1933), after which he retired and returned to England, and lived near Stratford-upon-Avon, and then in Leamington Spa. Haynes loaned some of the items he collected in Malaya to the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford in 1939. He was awarded an Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1950.
Enquiry about object: 5671
Kangxi Chinese Porcelain Flask with Indian (or Similar) Engraved Silver Mounts
China & India or similar Kangxi Dynasty, 17th-18th century
height: 9.6cm, weight: 66.8g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 5126
Chinese Gilded-Silver Opium Storage Box
China 19th century
height: 9cm, width: 3.6cm, weight: 110g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4667
Model of a Peacock, Gilded, Enamelled & set with Turquoise & Pearls
China circa 1920
height: 45cm, total weight: 863g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4541
Champleve Enamelled & Gilded Bronze Stupa with Jataka Tales
China Ming Dynasty, circa 15th century
height: 20.2cm, width: 10cm, weight: 1,254g
Provenance
private collection of Maurice Collis (1889-1973); thereafter by descent.
Enquiry about object: 4373
Four Burgaute Lacquered Scholar’s Cups Inlaid with Abalone Nacre & Silver
China early 18th century
height: 4.8cm, diameter: 10.5cm, typical weight per cup: 75g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 1563
Eastern Han Terracotta Funerary Tile (Huaxiangzhuan) of an Elephant and Elephant Tamer
China Eastern Han Dynasty, 25-220 AD
size: 18cm x 18cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 1813
Large, Chinese-Export Carved Mother-of-Pearl Snuff Box Depicting Napoleon’s Tomb, with Silver Mounts
Canton, China circa 1820
diameter: 9.2cm, thickness: 3cm, weight: 277g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 1944
Straits Chinese ‘Brown & Gold’ Ancestral Shrine Cabinet
Straits Chinese community, Straits Settlements (Malacca, Penang, Singapore) 19th century
height: 81cm, width: 70cm, depth: 47cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 2445
Sino-Tibetan Cloisonné and Silver Eating Bowl
Chinese made for the Tibet Market 18th-19th century
height: 4.7cm, diameter: 11.5cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 2491
Liao Dynasty Gilded Silver Dragon Fish-Shaped Earrings
China Liao Dynasty, 10-12th century
width: 3.5cm, height: 3.5cm combined weight: 11g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 2492
Liao Dynasty Gold Pendant Earrings
China Liao Dynasty, 10-12th century
height: 5.3cm, combined weight: 9g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 2496
Pair of Fine, Engraved Liao Gilded-Silver Bracelets
China Liao Dynasty, 10-12th century
diameter at widest point: 6.5cm, combined weight: 66g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 3255
Pair of Chinese Qing Silver Pendants
Southern China 19th-20th century
length: 4.5cm, combined weight: 9g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 3254
Pair of Qing Chinese Silver Earrings
Southern China 19th-20th century
length: 3.6cm, combined weight: 17g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4021
Carved & Polychrome Image of Chu-sheng Niang-niang (the Goddess who Registers Births), Fuzhou Chinese, early 20th century
Hokkien, Teochiu & Fuzhou Chinese Communities in Southeast Asia & China early 20th century
height: 27cm, width: 14cm
Provenance
Private Collection, Keith Stevens, UK.
Enquiry about object: 4416
Kendi with Green-Glazed Chinese Earthenware & Engraved Brass Mounts
Java, Indonesia 19th century
height: 21cm, width 24cm
Provenance
private collection, UK.