Spring Catalogue Sale - Day One

A Chinese Amber Vase and Cover], of flattened ovoid form, with ring handles and small dragon finial, the sides with birds and monkeys in the branches

A Chinese Amber Snuff Bottle], possibly Peking workshops, with a pair of loop handles, predominantly clear and of brown tone, {6.3cm} {See illustratio

A Chinese Amber Snuff Bottle], of flattened pear form, the opaque mass carved in low relief with a continuous frieze of European flowers including but

A Chinese Amber Snuff Bottle], similar to the previous lot, though with bolder treatment, {7.8cm} (chipped neck) {See illustration} £200-400

A Chinese Amber Snuff Bottle], of flattened triangular form, carved in high relief with a figure tending a horse beneath a pine tree in which hides a

A Well-carved Chinese Amber Snuff Bottle, 18th/19th Century], conceived as five monkeys and a single bat hovering and scrambling through the fruiting

A Chinese Amber Snuff Bottle], possibly Peking workshops, of pale yellow colour, clear on one side and milky opaque on the other, {6.3cm} {See illustr

A Peking Carved Yellow Glass Water Pot], of near spherical form, the smoky egg-yolk yellow exterior carved with a low relief of two flowering branches

A Small Chinese Amber Water Coupe], boldly carved with a pair of magpies in the branches of a prunus tree cupping a shallow vessel within, {9.5cm}, wi

"The Temptation" A European Amber Carving of Eve and the Serpent beneath the Tree of Life, {7.5cm} £100-200

A Chinese Amber Carving of a Peach and Buddha's Hand Citron], on a common openwork branch, {8cm} with a wood stand {See illustration} £50-100

A Chinese Amber Carving of Guanyin], seated with a scroll, of cinnamon brown tone, {7.8cm}, with wood stand £100-150

A Chinese Amber Water Coupe], of fine clear tone, carved as a deeply hollowed pomegranate, a single bat flying between Buddha's hand citron and ...

A Chinese Amber Plaque], probably from a ruyi sceptre, pierced with a low relief of Liuhai with cash strings for frogs against a sky of pierced clouds

A Chinese Amber Water Coupe], carved as an oblong cluster of leaves and branches, of lustrous dense mahogany red colour, {12cm} on pierced wood stand

A Chinese Carving of a Family of Five Monkeys], of speckled marmalade tone, two parents seated with three juveniles, {6.2cm} {See illustration} ...

A Small Chinese Amber Water Coupe], the small pebble-shaped vessel contained within high relief prunus concealing a pair of magpies, {6. 2cm} {See ill

A Chinese Amber Ornament], carved with the Three Sages amongst rocks and peaches, {12.8cm} £50-100

A Chinese Amber Water Coupe], of marmalade tones, the flower centre embraced by three hammer-headed dragons amongst prunus branches, {12cm} £10...

A Chinese Amber Carving of Butai], seated with five small boys frolicking about him, {7cm} with wood stand £100-200