Asian and Islamic Ceramics and Works of Art

A Chinese carved and pierced bamboo brush pot, early 20th century, decorated with scholars amidst bamboo and pine, height 27.5cm.

A Japanese blue and white porcelain jar, Meiji period, of compressed circular form with moulded butterfly handles, the body painted with opposing panels of a Buddhistic lion amidst peonies, reserved against a leafy whorl ground with scattered objects, height 20cm (lacking cover).

A Chinese Canton enamel circular box and cover, early 19th century, decorated with a design of dense pink and blue flowers and scrolling tendrils on a turquoise ground, the top with a shou medallion with bat surround, diameter 22.8cm, together with a Canton enamel cylindrical jar and cover, painted with flowers on a pink ground, diameter 18.8cm, and a Chinese treacle glazed pottery jar and cover in the form of a seated Buddhistic lion with removable head, height 15.7cm (faults).

A Chinese blue and white porcelain vase, mark of Kangxi but late 19th century, painted with a dragon amidst peonies, height 15.5cm, together with a pair of blue and white baluster jars and covers, mark of Kangxi but late 19th/early 20th century, each decorated with prunus, height 14cm (minor restoration to rims of covers), two blue and white ginger jars and a famille verte crackle glazed baluster vase, height 23cm.

A collection of Chinese Canton enamel wares, 20th century, variously painted with figures in landscapes and flowers on pink and blue grounds, comprising two trays, length 33.6cm, two square boxes and covers, width 10cm, two pairs of cylindrical boxes and covers, diameter 9.1cm, two pairs of dishes and a small circular dish (minor faults).

A Japanese Kutani porcelain model of a sleeping cat, Meiji/Taisho period, with gilt fur detail and red ribbon bow tied around its neck, length 24cm, together with a similar smaller model of a black and white sleeping cat, length 10.5cm, and a Japanese Kutani porcelain model of a rabbit with gilt fur detail, length 10cm.

A Japanese mixed metal inlaid bronze vase, Meiji period, the ovoid body and flared neck finely decorated with peonies and prunus branch to one side and a bird flying over lotus to the other, incised mark to base, height 23.7cm.

A Chinese famille rose porcelain bowl, mark of Tongzhi but probably later, of slightly flared circular form, the exterior painted with a band of lotus and scrolling tendrils framing four gilt character circular panels, iron red enamelled seal mark to base, diameter 19cm.

A small group of Chinese blue and white porcelain, Ming dynasty, comprising a circular dish, painted with a leaf, diameter 20cm, two other blue and white saucer dishes, diameters 16.4cm and 21cm, a bowl and a teabowl, together with a Chinese Imari porcelain teabowl (faults).

A Chinese blue and white porcelain rouleau vase, Mark of Kangxi but late Qing dynasty, the body painted with a group of nine kylin beneath a cylindrical neck, underglaze blue pseudo six-character mark to base, height 47.5cm.

A Thai silver and niello work bowl, late 19th century, the shallow foliate moulded body and domed foot decorated with stylized foliate panels, unmarked, height 10cm.

A group of three Japanese Ando cloisonné enamel dishes, 20th century, comprising two square dishes and a rectangular dish, each decorated with pink flowers and green leaves on a white ground, two with applied paper makers' labels to bases, lengths 17.7cm, 17.8cm and 23.2cm (minor chips).

A Chinese celadon crackle glazed porcelain vase, late Qing dynasty, of baluster form with flared cylindrical neck, all covered in a greyish green glaze, height 34cm.

A pair of Japanese cloisonné vases, Meiji period, of elongated ovoid form with short flared necks, each body decorated with opposing peach and red gourd shaped panels, filled with butterflies and ho-o birds, within wisteria and blossom borders on a gilt speckled green ground, unsigned, height 25.2cm.

A Chinese silver bowl, late 19th/early 20th century, the circular body decorated in relief with dragons and vapours, raised on simulated bamboo tripod legs, maker's mark of Tuck Chang & Co of Shanghai, height 7.6cm, on a carved hardwood stand.

A Chinese famille rose export porcelain globular teapot and domed cover, Qianlong period, painted with opposing figural panels, height 13.8cm (faint hairline to handle).

A pair of Chinese sancai glazed pottery figures of attendants, Ming dynasty, each modelled standing wearing a green robe, heights 20.5cm and 21cm.

A Chinese jade box and cover, 20th century, the top carved in low relief with figures within a keyfret border, length 17.2cm (repair to cover and chips).

A Chinese blue and white porcelain punch bowl, late 19th century, the exterior painted with a pair of opposing fenghuang amidst peonies, height 12cm, diameter 30cm.