Asian and Islamic Ceramics and Works of Art

A pair of Chinese Canton famille rose turquoise ground porcelain vases, mid to late 19th century, each applied with gilt Buddhistic lion handles and chilong to shoulders, the tapering body and flared neck painted with dragons amidst peonies, unmarked, height 25.7cm.

A Tibetan thangka, early to mid-19th century, painted on fabric, depicting White Tara seated in lalitasana on a lotus throne with arched mandala, within a surround of further bodhisattvas, all seated in lalitasana, amidst clouds, 83cm x 63cm, unframed. Provenance: property of a West Sussex private collector.

Two Chinese blue and white porcelain vases and covers, marks of Kangxi but late 19th century, each of baluster form, one painted with a figural scene, the other with bird and peonies, underglaze blue four-character mark to bases, heights 36cm (minor chips to covers), together with a similar smaller vase, painted with figures, height 26cm (drilled hole near to base).

A pair of Chinese blue and white porcelain bottle vases, mark of Kangxi but late 19th century, each decorated with dragons amidst peonies, underglaze blue four-character mark to bases, heights 31.5cm.

A Tibetan conch shell, the top carved in low relief with a flowerhead and stem, length 16cm.

A Tibetan copper circular box and cover, early 20th century, with pierced and embossed decoration, the top with a seated deity within borders of lanca script, dragons, lotus and foliate scrolls, keyfret and beaded rims, the underside with double vajra, height 10cm, diameter 17.5cm.

A Chinese blue and white circular dish, late 19th century, painted with four boys and an elder within a rim of Buddhistic emblems, flowers and foliage, diameter 30.7cm.

A pair of Chinese blue and white crackle glazed porcelain vases and covers, mark of Kangxi but late 19th/early 20th century, each baluster body painted with dragons amidst peony, underglaze blue four-character mark to bases, height 27.5cm (one with repair to neck), together with a Chinese Canton famille rose vase, mid to late 19th century, painted with figures, flowers and birds, height 25.2cm (reduced neck).

A Tibetan bronze tingsha cymbal, 20th century, of typical plain circular form, diameter 8.4cm, with leather cord and horn striker, within a circular box and cover, diameter 10.5cm, together with a bronze bell, height 11.5cm.

A Tibetan copper teapot and cover, late 19th century, with embossed applied motifs and bands, height 20.5cm.

A pair of Japanese Imari porcelain vases, early 20th century, each of shouldered tapering form, painted with opposing panels of a ho-o bird, flowers and bamboo, reserved against a simulated brocade-filled kiku mon and gilt vermicular ground, underglaze blue mark to bases, height 21.5cm, together with a Chinese famille verte porcelain cylinder vase, height 20cm.

Liu Kuo-Sung (Liu Guosong), Chinese b. 1932 - 'Sink into Mountains Breath', dated 1968, mixed media printed and hand colouring, depicting a mountainous landscape, black text and red artists seal to lower right corner, inscribed and dated verso, 38cm x 89cm, framed and glazed, bearing 'Hugh M. Moss' paper sticker label to back of frame. Note: Liu Kuo-Sung (Liu Guosong), born in 1932, is a world-renowned Chinese artist based in Taiwan. He is widely regarded as one of the earliest and most important practitioners of modernist Chinese painting.

A Chinese 'clobbered' blue and white porcelain jar, Kangxi period and later, the lobed ovoid body painted in underglaze blue with panels of flowers, later embellished in red, green, pink and gilt, on a circular foot, height 15cm (lacking cover).

A Tibetan copper and brass prayer wheel, late 19th century, the cylindrical body decorated in relief with two bands of lança script, the ends with lappet borders, the interior containing rolls of paper prayers, fitted with a wood handle, length 29cm, together with a similar copper prayer wheel, embossed with two bands of lança script, heightened in gilt, the interior containing prayers, length 19cm (lacking handle).

A group of three Tibetan prayer wheels, late 19th/early 20th century, comprising a brass and horn example with carved lança script, length 10.5cm (lacking handle), and two larger brass prayer wheels, one with embossed bands of script, lengths 10.2cm and 25cm (some faults).

A Chinese blue and white porcelain jar, Kangxi period, of baluster form, painted with blossoming prunus branches on a cracked ice ground, underglaze blue double ring to base, height 35cm (repaired).

A pair of Chinese Canton famille rose porcelain vases, mid to late 19th century, each ovoid body painted with opposing figural panels within gilt keyfret framing, reserved against a ground of flowers, butterflies and precious objects, the similarly decorated flared neck applied with gilt chilong and Buddhistic lion handles, height 23cm (minor rim chips).

A Chinese blue and white export porcelain diminutive vase, Kangxi period, with later silver mounts, the quatrelobed baluster body painted with Long Elizas and flowers, beneath a pair of dragon handles, silver collar and stopper, height 12.4cm.

A Chinese blanc-de-Chine porcelain censer, Kangxi style but probably later, of circular bombé form with moulded lion mask handles, impressed seal mark to base, height 7.3cm, rim diameter 12.6cm, width across handles 15.5cm.