Asian and Islamic Ceramics and Works of Art

A Chinese Canton famille rose porcelain vase, mid-19th century, of swollen cylindrical form with flared neck and four moulded gilt Buddhistic lion mask and ring handles to shoulder, painted with various birds and butterflies amidst fruiting and blossoming branches, height 44.5cm.

A Chinese blue and white porcelain ginger jar and cover, late 19th century, painted with prunus pattern on a cracked ice ground, height 19.5cm.

A small group of Chinese blue and white porcelain 18th century and later, comprising a saucer, painted with a dragon, underglaze blue seal mark to base, diameter 11cm, an export porcelain butter shell, painted with flowers, length 10.2cm, a small circular box and cover, painted in polychrome enamels with peaches, pomegranates and Buddha's hand citrons, diameter 4.8cm, a cover, painted with birds, flowers and characters, diameter 9.6cm, and a blue and white baluster vase, height 15cm (some chips).

A Japanese carved ivory netsuke, Meiji period, modelled as a seated man wearing a long robe and holding a stick and hat, unsigned, height 4.4cm.

A Japanese carved ivory netsuke, Meiji period, modelled as a man kneeling over a shallow bowl of noodles, grasping a handful of noodles in his right hand, unsigned, height 3cm.

A pair of Chinese hardwood two-tier stands, late 19th century, each rectangular panelled top above a carved and pierced apron, on block legs united by an undertier, height 79cm, width 44.5cm.

A pair of Japanese boxwood and ivory figures, Meiji/Taisho period, each modelled as a man holding a drum with a box resting at his feet, on a naturalistic base, inset with an incised mother-of-pearl signature panel, height 16.5cm.

A Chinese famille rose enamelled porcelain jar and cover, early 20th century, of ovoid form, each piece painted with a red-capped crane, deer and flowers, iron red printed seal mark to base, height 11.5cm.

A Chinese agate pendant, 20th century, carved in the form of a boy, length 4cm.

A Chinese hardwood altar table, 20th century, with rectangular panelled top, the front apron carved and pierced with bats and dragon scrolls, on plank legs carved in relief with bat pendants and scrolls, length 213cm, depth 65cm, height 86.5cm.

A Chinese carved soapstone figure of a sage, early 20th century, modelled standing on a rock base, height 20.5cm, a carved bamboo and tortoiseshell cylindrical box and cover, height 12.7cm, a papier-mâché rectangular box, length 18.2cm, and three Chinese green hardstone carvings.

A Chinese famille rose and powder blue ground porcelain vase, mark of Kangxi but late 19th century, of baluster form, painted with opposing oval panels, one filled with a lotus pond, the other with a plump bird perched on a prunus branch, underglaze blue pseudo six-character mark to base, height 23.2cm (cracked across footrim), together with a hardwood cover and stand.

A Chinese sang-de-boeuf glazed vase, Qing dynasty, of baluster form, height 38.5cm (repair to neck and converted to a table lamp).

A Chinese brown patinated copper calligrapher's inkstand, 20th century, the rectangular base with lines of calligraphic text, length 23cm.

A pair of Chinese hardwood side tables, late 19th century, each panelled top above a single drawer, each front and side panels carved in relief with archaistic scrolls, above a pierced scroll apron, on reeded legs united by an undertier, height 83.5cm, width 93.5cm, depth 40.5cm.

A Chinese famille verte enamelled porcelain bowl, mark of Yongzheng but later, the exterior decorated with six red-capped cranes flying amidst green vapours above crashing waves on a yellow ground, underglaze blue six-character mark and double ring to base, diameter 15.2cm, height 6.8cm.

A Chinese carved ivory figure of a gentleman, late Qing dynasty, modelled standing wearing a long robe with a sword over his left shoulder, height 14.8cm.

A set of four Chinese famille rose enamelled porcelain interfitting supper dishes, late Qing dynasty, each fan shaped dish painted with pink and yellow lotus and scrolling tendrils on a turquoise ground, each length 16cm.

A pair of Chinese hardstone flower arrangements, late Qing dynasty, each contained within a cloisonné planter with polychrome lotus and scrolling tendril decoration on a turquoise ground, total height 40cm (some faults).