Chinese artworks from an Apartment by Jed Johnson @ Christie's London

A Chinese bronze tripod vessel, ding. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2010.

Cast in the Shang dynasty style with taotie on a leiwen ground below two arch handles at the rim, with green encrustation - 8¾ in. (22.5 cm.) high - Estimate £600 - £800 Price Realized £51,650

A set of twelve Chinese painted pottery 'zodiacal' tomb figures. Probably Ming dynasty (1368-1644).  Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2010.

Each holding an animal of the zodiac, variously painted in red, black, white, olive and turquoise-green - 7¼ in. (18.5 cm.) high (12). Estimate £1,000 - £2,000 Price Realized £5,250

Two large Chinese blue and white vases and covers. Kangxi period (1662-1722). Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2010.

Each painted in a deep cobalt blue with boldly scrolling lotus, one of the finials replaced by a Buddhist lion, probably blanc-de-chine with later gilding - 23¾ in. (60 cm.) high and similar (2). Estimate £1,500 - £2,500 Price Realized £4,375

A large Chinese blue and white 'kraak porselein' dish. Wanli period (1573-1619). Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2010.

Well painted with a basket of peony and scrolls at the centre, the roots of the peony descending from the basket, within a typical border of radiating lappets enclosing precious emblems and floral motifs - 19½ in. (50 cm.) diameter.  Estimate £800 - £1,200 Price Realized £3,000

Notes: A similar dish is in the Santos Palace Collection, Lisbon (see Maura Rinaldi, Kraak Porcelain, London, 1989, pl. 95, p. 105).

Three Chinese blue and white vases. 17th and 18th centuries. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2010.

The first painted with three oval panels each of a scholar and a boy attendant, one also with a deer, reserved on a scrolling foliage ground, mid 17th Century; a baluster jar with scrolling lotus; and the third with quatrefoil panels and floral sprays, both Kangxi - The largest 13¾ in. (35 cm.) high (3) - Estimate £800 - £1,200 Price Realized £3,000

A Chinese blue and white globular vase. 17th century. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2010.

Of globular form with waisted neck and foot, painted with panels of figures reserved on a floral ground - 14½ in. (37 cm.) high -Estimate £800 - £1,200 Price Realized £2,000

A Chinese porcelain and gilt bronze mounted twin handled vase. The mounts French, late 19th century. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2010.

16½ in. (42 cm.) high - Estimate £600 - £900 Price Realized £1,750

Four Chinese green and ochre-glazed pottery ladies. Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644). Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2010.

Standing on square bases, their unglazed heads with red and black painted details, two holding unglazed musical instruments and two holding ochre-glazed objects - 8¼ in. (21 cm.) high (4) - Estimate £400 - £600 Price Realized £938

Two Chinese hardstone and gilt-metal small boxes and covers. 18th/19th century. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2010.

The first of olive-green jade and of circular form with pierced centre, covered on the upper and lower exterior surfaces with gilt metal repoussé and pierced with a design of wild beasts and floral sprays; and the second of a grey hardstone and of rectangular form, similarly decorated in gilt metal, the box interior divided into two compartments - 2¼ in. (5.7 cm.) diameter; 2¼ in. (5.7 cm.) wide (2). - Estimate £300 - £500 Price Realized £250

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