Asian and Islamic Ceramics and Works of Art

A Japanese turned ivory circular compact box and screw cover, Meiji/Taisho period, the top incised and stained with two tigers, the cover interior fitted with a mirror, diameter 6.7cm.

A Chinese silver parasol/cane handle, late 19th/early 20th century, decorated in low relief with a dragon, length 10cm, together with five silver coffee spoons, London 1939.

A Chinese celadon glazed rectangular planter, early 20th century, the sides moulded in relief with panels of lotus and scrolling tendrils, indistinct impressed mark to base, length 23.2cm.

A Chinese dark brown/black glazed stoneware dish of shallow circular form, on an unglazed foot, diameter 11.1cm.

A Chinese brown 'hare's fur' glazed pottery bowl, Song dynasty style but possibly later, the circular tapering body covered inside and out with a finely streaked cinnamon to dark brown glaze, height 5.5cm, diameter 12cm.

A Chinese silver model of a dragon boat, late 19th/early 20th century, hallmarked for Wang Hing, length 17cm, on a carved and pierced hardwood stand.

A Chinese brown stained ivory figure of a maiden, late Qing dynasty, modelled standing holding a lotus stem, height 12cm, together with a Japanese ivory okimono figure of Gama Sennin and a three-legged toad, height 10.5cm, and an ivory half-tusk, carved in relief with a pangolin, length 10.1cm (some faults).

A Chinese turquoise enamelled biscuit porcelain vase, late Qing dynasty, modelled in the form of a Buddha's hand citron, on a leaf moulded base, height 23cm.

A Chinese famille rose porcelain bowl, early 20th century, the exterior painted with a fenghuang (phoenix) and peony, the pink ground rims filled with polychrome lotus and Buddhistic emblems, red printed four-character mark to base, height 8.5cm, diameter 20.1cm, together with a Chinese famille rose millefleurs bowl, cover and stand, 20th century, iron red marks to two pieces, total height 9.3cm.

A Chinese famille verte porcelain circular dish, late 19th century, painted with a scene of an emperor on horseback, warriors and bannermen within a trellis rim framing four lotus vignettes, diameter 46.5cm.

A Chinese Ming style dark brown patinated bronze vase, mark of Xuande but Qing dynasty, the low-bellied baluster body cast with trellis ground beneath a rectangular neck with splashes on a wave ground, flanked by a pair of slender mask and tongue scroll handles, cast stylized six-character mark to neck, height 23.5cm.

A Chinese laque burgauté circular seal box and cover, late Qing dynasty, finely inlaid with flowers within a complex geometric border, diameter 8cm.

A Chinese Canton enamel side dish, Qianlong period, of shaped outline, painted with a scene of two figures beneath a black scroll and turquoise ground rim, puce painted seal mark to base, length 16cm, together with a small collection of Chinese porcelain, comprising a pair of export coffee cups, height 6cm and 6.2cm, a blue and white circular dish, Ming dynasty, diameter 13cm, a yellow glazed bowl, diameter 12.5cm, a blue and white bowl, diameter 18.2cm, and a small dish, length 17.2cm (some faults).

A Chinese Guan-type celadon crackle glazed vase, Song style but later, the ribbed globular body with narrow neck and onion mouth, covered in a greyish green glaze suffused with an iron oxide crackle, height 12.3cm.

A Chinese famille rose export porcelain garniture of three vases, Qianlong period, comprising a pair of trumpet beaker vases and a baluster vase, each painted with a pheasant perched on blue rockwork amidst flowers and blossoming branches, heights 23cm, 24cm and 24cm (baluster vase with rim restoration).

Two Chinese school trade watercolour paintings on paper, early 19th century, one depicting a stork-billed kingfisher perched on a blossoming branch, the other depicting a pair of swallows on a willow branch above pink prunus, both signed, 31.5cm x 38cm, framed and glazed.

A Chinese Canton export lacquer rectangular framed dressing table mirror, 19th century, painted in gilt with scenes of figures, pavilions and trees on an iron red ground, 63.5cm x 48.5cm.

A Chinese famille verte porcelain circular dish, early 20th century, painted with panels of peonies, lotus, chrysanthemums and prunus on an iron red speckled ground within a trellis rim, diameter 37.5cm (restoration to rim).

A Chinese famille verte crackle glazed porcelain vase, mark of Jiajing but early 20th century, the ovoid body painted with four Buddhistic lion panels, iron red six-character mark to shoulder, height 17cm, together with a Chinese blue and white bottle vase and a red stoneware vase.