Asian and Islamic Ceramics and Works of Art

A group of five Indo-Persian paintings, mostly 20th century, including an Indian watercolour and gouache painting of an elephant and howdah, 24cm x 18cm, and a watercolour study of flowers within a floral border, 32.5cm x 24cm.

A Chinese blue and white export porcelain vase, Kangxi period, of lobed baluster form with flared neck, painted with flowers, height 19cm (restored), together with a hardwood stand.

'Chinese Colour Prints of Today', circa 1946, selected and introduced by Jan Tschichold, comprising sixteen prints within a cardboard sleeve with printed cover, length 34cm, together with a folio of twelve prints, 20th century, after Xu Beihong, depicting animals, including eagle, horses, cockerel, cat and water buffalo, each 27.5cm x 31cm, with silk mounted covers and a card outer box.

A Chinese bronze incense burner and cover, mark of Xuande but 20th century, the pierced cover and cylindrical body decorated in relief with simulated bamboo forming bamboo handles and feet, cast six-character mark to base, height 14.5cm.

A Chinese grey glazed Yixing stoneware mountain brush rest of pierced naturalistic rocky form, length 18.5cm.

A Chinese famille rose porcelain vase, mid-20th century, of swollen rectangular section, painted with figural scenes, red printed seal mark to base, height 41cm (drilled hole through mark to base).

A collection of Chinese and Japanese porcelain and works of art, 19th century and later, including a pair of Canton famille rose vases, height 26cm (one repaired), a pair of famille rose crackle glazed vases and covers with iron oxide borders, height 33.5cm, a pair of blue and white crackle glazed bottle vases, height 20.5cm, and a Japanese porcelain vase, painted with dragons on a green ground, height 30cm (some faults).

A pair of Chinese lacquer jars and covers, 20th century, of globular form, decorated with gilt fenghuang (phoenixes) and vapours on an iron red ground, height 19cm.

A Chinese elm armchair, early 20th century, the splat back with a carved panel above a panelled seat, on block legs, height 99cm.

A Chinese Hongmu low table, late Qing dynasty, the rectangular panelled top above a pierced apron and carved archaistic scroll frieze, on block legs, length 76cm, height 42.5cm, width 39cm.

A Chinese dark brown glazed pottery bowl of circular tapering form, the interior faintly decorated with four character panels framing a central flowerhead, height 5.7cm, diameter 10.9cm.

A Chinese blue and white porcelain vase, the baluster body painted with figures amidst clouds, height 30.5cm.

A Chinese blue and white soft paste porcelain bowl, late Qing dynasty, the exterior painted with peony, prunus and four lines of text, diameter 17.5cm (chipped and two hairline cracks), together with a Chinese white glazed tea bowl, diameter 8.5cm, and a Guan-type celadon crackle glazed bottle vase, height 16cm (damage to rim and neck).

A Chinese porcelain saucer dish, probably 20th century, painted in iron red, black and grey with a scene of gods and attendants, within an underglaze blue trellis rim divided by iron red flowerhead vignettes, diameter 22.6cm.

A Japanese Satsuma earthenware koro and cover by Kinkozan, Meiji period, the curved and tapered rectangular body enamelled with four circular panels of Kannon within a surround of dense flowers and flames, the iron red borders filled with gilt flowers, the pierced dome cover with kiku bud finial, black and green painted signature mark to base, height 26.5cm, together with a rectangular hardwood stand.

A Chinese famille rose porcelain footed dish, mark of Jiaqing and probably of the period, of shaped oval outline, the interior painted with a scene of two figures on horseback within a border of butterflies and flowers, the underside with fruiting branches, the foot enamelled with blue and pink key fret border on a lime green ground, iron red and gilt seal mark to base, length 28.5cm (chips to rim).

A Chinese blue and white small porcelain brushpot, Kangxi style but late 19th century, of slightly waisted cylindrical form, painted in vivid blue with a scholar raising his cup in a toast to the moon, opposing a two-line inscription to other side, underglaze blue double ring to base, height 14.4cm (glaze fritting to rim).

A group of South East Asian blue and white wares, 16th/17th century, including Chinese, Sukhothai and Sawankhalok, comprising a ribbed hexagonal jar, painted with flaming pearl motif, height 9.5cm, two small boxes and covers, a larger bun shaped box and cover, a jarlet and cover, five further jarlets and a small ewer (some faults).

A group of Chinese provincial blue and white porcelain wares, mostly 17th century, comprising five bowls, two jarlets, a saucer dish and a wine cup (some faults).