Asian and Islamic Ceramics and Works of Art

A pair of Chinese archaistic bronze fittings, each cast and pierced cylindrical shaft with slip-on Buddhistic lion mask and loose ring terminals, length 19cm.

A Chinese famille rose enamelled biscuit porcelain figure of Buddha, 20th century, modelled seated wearing a gaping robe, height 12.5cm, together with a Chinese celadon glazed bottle vase with incised decoration, incised four-character mark to base, height 17cm, and a Chinese soapstone cylindrical box and cover, diameter 7.5cm.

A Chinese famille rose porcelain plate, mark of Qianlong but Republic period, painted with a figural scene within a black and iron red printed rim, blue enamelled pseudo four-character mark to base, diameter 24.5cm.

A pair of Chinese bronze wine jars and covers (fang hu), Han dynasty (206 BC- 220 AD), each of square baluster form with taotie mask and loose ring handles, covered in verdigris patination, height 35.5cm.

A group of Japanese pottery, mostly 19th century, including a Tamayama Kyoto earthenware bowl, Meiji period, painted and gilt with two maidens on a pleasure boat within complex simulated brocade borders, gilt signature to base, diameter 12cm (chip to rim), a Sobei Kinkozan shell shaped teapot, a similar small jar and cover, and three Kutani porcelain side plates (some faults).

A Japanese Arita blue and white porcelain jar and domed cover with Buddhistic lion finial, Meiji period, the ovoid body painted with opposing panels of playful puppies, height 70cm (hairline crack to body).

A pair of Chinese mother-of-pearl inlaid lacquer rectangular panels, 20th century, each decorated with butterflies and flowers on a brown ground, 60cm x 30cm, together with a Chinese export lacquer rectangular box with hinged lid, 19th century, gilt with figural panels on a dark brown ground, length 16.5cm.

A Chinese famille verte enamelled crackle glazed porcelain vase, early 20th century, the ovoid body and flared neck decorated with warriors within iron oxide washed borders and applied Buddhistic lion cub handles, height 42.5cm.

Two pairs of Chinese famille rose porcelain bottle vases, 20th century, each globular body painted with a bird in a blossoming branch opposing lines of black text and red seals, each narrow neck with black printed decoration, iron red printed seal mark to bases, heights 18.5cm and 19cm, together with a famille rose vase, painted with a maiden and attendant boy opposing lines of black text and red seal, height 22.1cm.

A Chinese famille rose export porcelain plate, Qianlong period, the centre painted and gilt with a group of birds including geese and pheasants, the rim with scattered flower sprays, diameter 27cm (minor rim chips), together with three Chinese famille rose export porcelain covers/lids, Qianlong period, each painted with flowers, comprising two circular, diameters 24.5cm and 19cm (the smaller with chips to rim), and one of oval outline, length 27.5cm.

A set of nine Chinese Canton export watercolours on paper, late 19th century, each depicting a different boat or vessel, each 5.3cm x 9cm, framed and glazed as one, together with a set of six similar paintings of botanical studies and a set of six figural studies, each framed and glazed as one.

A Chinese watercolour painting, 20th century, depicting a riverboat beneath a rocky crag and pine branch, black painted signature and red seal to upper right corner, 26cm x 16.5cm, framed and glazed, together with another Chinese painting depicting a blossoming stem and bamboo, black signature and red seal to left margin, 31cm x 43cm, framed and glazed.

A Chinese hanging scroll painting, modern, depicting a group of maidens in a pavilion and garden, including musicians, 95cm x 59.5cm, beneath a panel of four large black characters and two red seals.

A Japanese parquetry inlaid display side cabinet, Meiji period, fitted with an arrangement of shelves, drawers and cupboards, all with geometric inlaid decoration, height 138cm, width 65.5cm (missing a drawer and two sliding cupboard doors and other minor faults).

A Chinese famille rose porcelain vase, mark of Qianlong but 20th century, of elongated ovoid form with flared neck, painted with five scholars playing and watching Go at a table and accompanied by four child attendants, opposing lines of black text and three red seals, within black borders, iron red pseudo seal mark to base, height 61cm (chip to rim).

A group of Oriental ceramics, mostly 19th/20th century, including a Chinese grey crackle glazed bottle vase, height 16cm, a Chinese teadust glazed pot of squat globular form, underglaze blue pseudo four character mark of Jiaqing to base, height 5.2cm, three Yixing stoneware teaspoons, a Kutani seated cat and a streaky glazed bottle vase (some with faults).

A Chinese carved hardwood display cabinet, late 19th/early 20th century, the rectangular panelled top with carved and pierced foliate three-quarter gallery above an asymmetrical arrangement of shelves with carved and pierced lotus and tendril borders, height 150cm, width 77cm.

A Chinese famille rose porcelain cylindrical jar and cover, modern, painted with lotus, tendrils and bats on a blue ground, height 24cm, together with a modern famille rose punch bowl and teapot.

A Chinese famille rose porcelain jardinière, modern, painted with birds, trees and flowers opposing lines of black text and red seals, height 16cm, together with another jardinière and a bottle vase, modern, heights 16cm and 32.5cm.