Asian and Islamic Ceramics and Works of Art

A Chinese export lacquer work box, early 19th century, of oblong form with canted corners, the hinged lid, sides and frieze drawer decorated in iron red and gilt with figures in landscapes within borders of flowers and precious objects, length 37cm, together with a Chinese hardwood circular stand, the turned top above a carved and pierced apron, diameter 19cm, and a brass bowl, engraved with dragons.

A Chinese hardwood quartetto nest of occasional tables, late Qing dynasty, each rectangular panelled top with carved simulated bamboo borders above a carved and pierced bamboo apron, on similarly decorated legs, width 51.5cm, height 75cm.

A pair of Chinese silk embroidered rectangular panels, early 20th century, worked in coloured gilt threads with a butterfly, flowers and precious objects, 23cm x 27.5cm, framed and glazed, together with a Chinese silk embroidered and gilt thread sleeve panel depicting figures, jardinières and landscapes, 47.5cm x 8cm, framed and glazed.

A pair of Chinese carved rootwood figures of Li Tieguai, late Qing dynasty, each sectional figure on an openwork base, height 53cm and 46cm (one with missing legs and some faults).

A Chinese blue and white porcelain jardinière, Qing dynasty, the body painted with two dragons amidst peonies between ruyi head and keyfret borders, black painted two-character mark to base, height 28.5cm, diameter 35.6cm.

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 blue and white Batavian ware tea bowl and saucer, Qianlong period, each piece painted with a fan shaped landscape panel, each underside with café-au-lait glaze, height 4.2cm, together with a Chinese blue and white porcelain cup, Kangxi period, painted with flowers, height 7.2cm (chip to rim), and a Chinese blue and white bowl, late Ming dynasty, painted with scrolling tendrils, height 6.5cm (hairline cracks).

A Japanese cloisonné plate, Meiji period, decorated with a censer, butterfly, serpent and flowers on a pink ground, diameter 24.3cm.

A Chinese pale blue and gilt decorated porcelain jarlet, mark of Qianlong but probably 20th century, of ovoid form, decorated in gilt with a ruyi head collar, lotus and tendril band and lappet border, all against a pale blue glazed ground, gilt pseudo seal mark to base, height 6cm.

A Chinese yellow ground famille rose medallion bowl, mark and period of Daoguang, the exterior with four circular medallions filled with flowers and blossoming branches, reserved against a yellow enamelled sgraffito ground with polychrome lingzhi and lotus divisions, the interior painted in underglaze blue with a central peony roundel encircled by chrysanthemums, lotus and flowering branch sprays, underglaze blue seal mark to base, diameter 14.2cm, height 6.2cm (restoration).

A collection of nineteen Chinese hardwood stands, late Qing dynasty and later, of circular, rectangular and square form, some with carved and pierced friezes, smallest diameter 6.7cm, largest width 22.5cm (minor faults).

A Japanese carved ivory okimono netsuke, Meiji/Taisho period, modelled as a mask-maker seated beside a giant mask, height 3.7cm, together with three other carved ivory okimono netsuke and a carved wood fish.

A pair of Japanese Imari porcelain dishes, Meiji period, each of shaped outline, painted with birds, flowers and bamboo on turquoise, red and brown panelled grounds, length 35.6cm.

A Chinese blue and white porcelain ginger jar, late 19th century, of ovoid form, painted with opposing panels of tigers and dragons within prunus borders, height 23cm, and another Chinese blue and white porcelain ginger jar, mark of Qianlong but late 19th century, painted with alternating figural and floral panels within lotus and scrolling tendril borders, underglaze blue pseudo seal mark to base, height 23cm (both with minor rim restoration), together with a blue and white domed cover and a famille rose domed cover.

A Chinese sang-de-boeuf glazed porcelain vase, mark of Tongzhi but later, of pear form with flared narrow neck, underglaze blue six-character mark to base, height 30.5cm.

A collection of Chinese blue and white porcelain teaware, Kangxi period and later, comprising various teabowls and saucers, together with a Chinese blue and white soft paste diminutive teapot and cover, a Chinese Imari bowl and a small blue and white teapot (lacking cover).

A Chinese Ming style bronze figure of a seated bodhisattva, Qing dynasty, modelled seated holding a ruyi sceptre and wearing a long robe, crisply cast with eight Buddhistic emblem roundels, with gilt detail, cast six-character mark to back, height 25cm.

A Chinese blanc-de-Chine porcelain figure of Caishen, Kangxi style but late Qing dynasty, the god of wealth modelled seated wearing a long robe and holding an ingot in his right hand, impressed four-character seal mark to back, height 38.4cm.

A group of three Japanese carved and stained ivory okimono netsuke, Meiji/Taisho period, each modelled as a basket-maker, height 5.2cm.