Asian and Islamic Ceramics and Works of Art

A Chinese Canton export tortoiseshell circular box and cover, mid-19th century, the top and base carved in low relief with village scenes of figures, trees and pavilions, diameter 9.2cm (minor faults).

A Chinese celadon crackle glazed porcelain vase, late Qing dynasty, of baluster form, height 25.5cm.

A Chinese crackle glazed porcelain vase, late Qing dynasty, of rectangular baluster form with moulded mask handles, covered in a white glaze with grey and iron oxide crackles, height 30cm (drilled hole to base).

A Chinese yellow glazed porcelain bottle vase, early 20th century, the globular body and slightly flared cylindrical neck covered in a streaky ochre yellow glaze, height 35cm.

A Chinese carved and stained ivory model of a nine-storey pagoda, late Qing dynasty, each level carved in relief with figures beneath green stained graduated tiered eaves, each hung with bells, raised on a carved hardwood hexagonal stand, height 58cm (some faults and losses).

An Indian cast brass figure of Ganesh, early 20th century, modelled seated on a square base, height 10.5cm.

A Chinese bronze pricket candlestick, modern, the circular drip pan and rectangular base applied with seven frogs beside a turtle carrying an ingot on its shell, incised three-character mark to base, length 11cm.

A pair of Chinese polychrome enamelled copper boxes and covers, 20th century, of lobed outline, one decorated with precious objects and Buddhistic emblems, the other with a scene of a farmer ploughing a field, length 11.6cm.

A Chinese underglaze blue and red porcelain brushpot, Kangxi style but a later copy, the exterior painted with a figural scene, underglaze blue lozenge mark to base, height 17cm.

A Persian manuscript page, probably 16th century, painted with central figural scenes within borders of red and black script, further script to reverse, 29cm x 19.5cm, unframed, together with a group of three Indian watercolour and gouache paintings, all framed and glazed.

A pair of Chinese archaistic bronze fittings, each cast and pierced cylindrical shaft with slip-on Buddhistic lion mask and loose ring terminals, length 19cm.

A Chinese blue and white porcelain vase, late Qing dynasty, painted with fruit-filled bowls, tables and precious objects, height 42cm, together with a Chinese blue and white double gourd vase, mark of Kangxi but late 19th century, painted with figures, height 35.5cm (converted to a table lamp), a bronze two-handled vase, incised with birds in branches, height 35.5cm (drilled hole to base), and a yellow and blue glazed dish and small jardinière.

A Chinese famille rose porcelain vase, mid to late 20th century, the body painted with a mountainous coastal landscape opposing lines of text beneath a pink ground neck, filled with polychrome lotus and scrolling tendrils, red printed pseudo seal mark to base, height 61cm, together with another Chinese vase, decorated with butterflies on a black ground, height 61.7cm.

A Chinese hardwood circular low table, late Qing dynasty, the circular top above a shaped apron and cabriole legs, height 47cm, diameter 75cm.

A Chinese hardwood centre table, late Qing dynasty, with rectangular panelled top, the pierced apron carved in relief with bats and clouds supporting two-tone carved fenghuang (phoenixes) and peaches, above a cloud carved shaped stretcher, the shouldered square legs with further clouds on carved scroll feet, length 81cm, height 80cm, width 46.5cm.

A Japanese bronze vase, early 20th century, the low-bellied body and flared neck cast with foliate panels, flanked by a pair of detachable jumping carp handles, height 30.5cm.

A Chinese carved hardwood figure group of Li Tieguai and acolyte, early 20th century, the immortal modelled standing with foot resting on a gnarled crutch, accompanied by a boy on a pierced naturalistic rocky base, height 44.5cm (minor faults).

A Japanese Arita blue and white porcelain jardinière, Meiji period, of stout swollen cylindrical form, painted with a continuous landscape with pavilions, bridges and mountains beyond, the rim filled with a band of flowers and scrolling tendrils, height 31cm, diameter 48.5cm (restoration).

A pair of Japanese brass and cloisonné vases, Meiji period, of Chinese archaistic form, each baluster body decorated with polychrome floral bands, flanked by a pair of mask and tongue handles, above vertical flanges, height 29cm.