Asian and Islamic Ceramics and Works of Art

A Chinese celadon jade mounted brass rectangular box, 18th century and later, the jade top finely carved and pierced with four sheep and a monkey among the branches of a broad leafed peach tree, the same subject repeated on the engraved hinged lid interior, the sides engraved with twelve further sheep and two monkeys, stamped mark to base, length 8.3cm, height 4.5cm.

A pair of Chinese famille rose enamelled porcelain small circular dishes, mark of Guangxu and possibly of the period, each interior painted with confronting dragon and phoenix amidst clouds, red enamelled six-character mark to bases, diameter 8.6cm.

A Chinese famille rose enamelled porcelain brushpot, Yongzheng period, of cylindrical form, painted with a maiden musician seated beside a table with two attendant boys, height 12.5cm.

A Chinese soapstone seal, early 20th century, finely carved with a seated Buddhistic lion finial on a cube base, the underside carved with four characters, height 5.3cm, together with a pair of Chinese soapstone seals, each surmount carved with fish and waves, the underside with characters, height 8.4cm (minor chips to bases).

A Sino-Tibetan bronze figure of Mahakala, modelled standing wearing an elaborate skull headdress, the face with copper detail, standing with legs apart, height 17.6cm, later mounted on a hardwood plinth base.

A pair of Chinese blue and white porcelain miniature moonflasks, late 19th/early 20th century, each side painted with figures in a landscape within blossom borders, height 9.8cm.

A Chinese brown patinated bronze figure/scroll weight in the form of a Buddhistic lion, Qing dynasty, modelled in a seated pose, height 5.6cm, a Chinese bronze figure/scroll weight of a recumbent chilong, Qing dynasty, length 7cm, and a Tibetan bronze vajra with crown terminals, length 9.6cm.

A pair of Japanese cloisonné hexagonal vases, Meiji period, each decorated with chrysanthemums on a midnight blue ground, unsigned, height 15.3cm.

A collection of Chinese snuff bottle stoppers, mostly late Qing dynasty, including jade, agate, rock crystal, ivory and coral examples (approximately 98 in total), some fitted with bone or ivory spoons and some spoons loose (some faults).

A Chinese amber snuff bottle, probably late Qing dynasty, carved in low relief with a fish and toad, height 6.1cm, with stopper.

A Chinese famille rose export porcelain teapot and cover, Yongzheng period, the ovoid body enamelled with peonies and rocks above a panelled band of further flowers, height 11cm (finial re-glued and minor chip to spout).

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 famille rose export porcelain plate, Yongzheng period, painted with a cockerel beneath a blossoming and fruiting pomegranate branch, the black ruyi and lappet outlined rim filled with peonies and chrysanthemums on pink and iron red whorl grounds, diameter 22.6cm (minor rim chips), together with a similar famille rose export porcelain plate, Yongzheng period, painted with flowers, diameter 23cm (hairline to rim).

A near set of six Japanese mixed metal handled steel forks, Meiji period, each copper handle variously decorated in relief and picked out in silver and gilt with flowers, Fukurokuju, insects, bamboo and birds, applied silver oval signature plaque, total length 16cm.

A Chinese Guan-type crackle glazed stoneware censer, probably late Qing dynasty/Republic period, of archaistic hexagonal gui form, flanked by a pair of scroll handles, the body moulded in relief with the Eight Trigrams (Bagua), covered in a greyish-green glaze suffused with a network of two-tone iron oxide crackles, spur marks to interior and base, height 9cm, width across handles 19cm.

A Chinese Longquan celadon small bowl/brushwasher, of shaped square outline, covered in a lightly crackled olive green glaze, height 3.6cm, width 8cm.

A Chinese reconstituted amber mountain carving, probably 20th century, finely modelled with two figures seated and standing beneath an overhanging rock face with branches, the amber of semi-translucent tone, height 10.7cm.

A pair of Chinese famille rose porcelain vases, mark of Kangxi but late 19th century, each of baluster form, painted with two flying magpies and a fenghuang (phoenix) perched on a rocky outcrop amidst peonies, above two mandarin ducks on a lotus pond, underglaze blue pseudo four-character mark to bases, height 30cm (one with hairline crack to rim).

A Chinese Imari export porcelain tea caddy, late Kangxi period, of shaped outline, moulded in relief and painted with a pavilion and landscape, height 9cm.