Nephrite of pebble material; with a very wide mouth, the hollowing on the interior leaving a solid area above the foot, the base flattened, the body with a pyramid-shaped section enclosed by a dark patch enveloping the shoulders.

Porcelain; the soft-paste body decorated in underglaze-blue and white with a scaly dragon in flight among dense cloud billows in pursuit of a flaming pearl, the base glazed Jingdezhen kilns, 1820-1860.

Glass; painted on the inside with a bronze vessel and a jardinière beside a tall spray of peach blossom and an inscription, the reverse with a bird of prey perched on the gnarled trunk of a tree, By Yan Yutian, signed dated at the Capital, 1895. 

Chalcedony; supported on a shallow foot rim with broad edges, a natural inclusion on front edited to reveal a bird perched on a rocky bank beneath the branches of a tree, Official School.

Cinnabar lacquer; deeply carved on a dark green diaper background with a man and woman in court robes standing in front of a pavilion flanked by pine trees and rocks, an assistant offering a tray with a teapot, the reverse with a figure in a conical hat resting on his haunches beside a tethered horses to watch a boy carrying boxes and a qin attached to a pole on his shoulders, the mouth and foot applied with gilt-bronze fittings, Imperial workshops, Beijing.

Amber; of imposing size with a flattened mouth and low foot rim with broad edges, the flawless material suffused with crizzling and very well hollowed. 

Chalcedony; with a concave lip and supported on a foot rim with rounded edges, suffused on front with a russet splash edged in black, well hollowed, Official School. 

Agate; the pear-shaped body with a tall neck surmounted by a lipped rim with a wide mouth, supported on a neatly carved foot rim of oval section with rounded edges, the shoulders carved with mask and ring handles, the body suffused with parallel bands of differing colour encircling the lower part and the shoulders, very well hollowed, attributed to the Beijing Palace workshops. 

Glass; of flattened pear shape and lime-green colour with a narrow mouth, carved on each shoulder with a chilong clambering up towards the neck, each with a broad flat head resting on the front and reverse, their tails interlocked to form the foot rim, attributed to the Imperial glassworks, Beijing.

Glass; the ovoid body with a wide mouth and supported on a raised foot rim of oval section, the sapphire-blue glass splashed with white dapples beneath a clear overlay.

Glass; of double-gourd shape encircled by fluting and surmounted by a slender upper bulb with a flared neck and wide mouth, the yellow of pale lemon tone, attributed to the Imperial glassworks, Beijing.

Porcelain; decorated in underglaze-blue and white on one side with two crabs and a spray of millet and on the reverse with a pair of magpies perched on the branches of a willow tree, the shoulders moulded with elaborate taotie masks suspending rings, the base inscribed Yun shi zhi, ‘Made by the Rock Weeder’, Jingdezhen kilns.

Porcelain; moulded with a wickerwork pattern beneath a transparent brown glaze, the shoulders with lion mask and ring handles, the flared neck covered in a celadon glaze, Jingdezhen kilns.

Chalcedony; with a flared neck and flattened mouth, resting on a small recessed base, very well hollowed out to leave a cloud-like pattern, Official School.

Glass; the opaque white body with an unusually wide mouth and resting on a flat base, suffused with cinnabar-red splashes rolled into the surface.

Porcelain; of baluster shape, decorated in underglaze-blue and white with a stylised lotus scroll, the flowers enclosed by undulating stems with dense leaves, Jingdezhen kilns.

Chalcedony; of small size, carved with a sage in a dark jacket plucking plums from a tree, watched by a second figure on a rocky promontory an inscription in relief characters on the shoulders Jun mei yuan, ‘Spring in the Plum Garden’ the reverse with a gnarled pine springing from a complex formation of hills, with a natural gold crystalline inclusion at the foot, hidden within the rocks, School of Zhiting, Suzhou. 

Chalcedony; with a wide mouth and concave lip, supported on a neatly carved foot rim with rounded edges, the material of golden amber colour suffused with cloud-like markings from the hollowing, Official School.

Glass; the transparent pale amber-coloured body overlaid in yellow on each side with a slender coiled chilong, one facing down and the other up, the raised foot rim with a rounded edge.

Glass; the body of very pale yellow tone, overlaid in ruby-red with a thick collar around the narrow mouth, the front with a scaly dragon with limbs extended and four claws, chasing a flaming pearl among stylised clouds, above a second dragon emerging from waves around the countersunk base.

Jadeite; of translucent apple-green colour with a small mouth and flattened base, well hollowed, the neck encircled by a natural deep russet collar.

Chalcedony; with a slightly concave lip and supported on a raised foot rim with flattened edges, the shoulders carved with mask and ring handles, a natural inclusion on front representing a lady in long robes and with an elaborate hair-style, looking up at the cloudy sky.