Asian and Islamic Ceramics and Works of Art

A Chinese Yixing stoneware teapot and cover, Qing dynasty, of low-bellied circular form with loop handle, incised eight-character mark to base, height 4.5cm (chips and hairline to inner rim of cover).

A Chinese inlaid bronze circular mirror, Warring States style but later, inlaid in silver and gilt with archaistic beasts and scrolls within a geometric border, diameter 20.8cm.

A Chinese porcelain plate, Republic period, painted with a tiger resting upon a rocky outcrop with mountainous landscape beyond, black script and red seal above, all within a black keyfret rim, diameter 26.3cm.

A Chinese lavender blue glazed porcelain hu vase, mark of Qianlong but probably 20th century, the pear-form body with moulded deer mask handles, underglaze blue pseudo seal mark to base, height 17cm.

A Burmese parabaik (folding book), late 19th century, painted in watercolour and gouache on card, the entire book comprising fifty-four individual leaves, painted with two, four or six-fold scenes from a royal tournament or festival, including paddy field ploughing, procession of elephants and carts drawn by oxen, polo players, spear throwing, horsemanship contests, royalty, tiger and elephants, elephant training enclosure, various other elephant scenes, cock fighting and processional scene with African attendants, each scene with yellow border and black titles, the end papers/covers painted as a pair of doors, 41cm x 17.9cm when closed.

A Japanese cloisonné oval tray, Meiji period, decorated with birds, blossoming branches and fans on a blue ground, length 24.6cm.

A Chinese famille rose enamelled porcelain vase, mark of Jiaqing but 20th century, the body and flared neck painted with four magpies perched on blossoming branches above chrysanthemums and rocks, red enamelled pseudo seal mark to base, height 27cm.

A pair of Chinese famille rose porcelain bowls, probably Republic period, each painted with flowering rockwork and phoenix, printed marks to bases, diameter 13cm, together with hardwood stands.

A Japanese carved ivory okimono figure, Meiji period, modelled as a standing bearded gentleman holding a Buddha in his left hand, incised signature to base, height 16.5cm.

A Chinese carved ivory figure group, early 20th century, modelled as a standing elder wearing a long robe and holding a fan, a boy and goose at his feet, height 25cm, with carved wood stand.

A Japanese cast bronze mirror, early 20th century, one side decorated with two cranes beneath a rising sun, length 33.6cm, together with a Japanese wrought iron hanging lantern, an antimony box and cover, a lacquer picnic box, a Chinese soapstone spill vase and a table screen.

A collection of Oriental pottery and works of art, including a Satsuma earthenware koro and cover, Meiji period, height 40.5cm, two Thai dishes, a pair of Japanese blue and white porcelain bottle vases and a small group of Chinese cloisonné (some faults).

A Chinese elm and rattan low table, 20th century, the rectangular top inset with a rattan panel on scroll legs, height 46cm, length 128cm, width 99cm.

A Chinese watercolour painting and silk embroidered panel, late 19th/early 20th century, worked in coloured threads with three cranes and painted with nine further cranes in flight and amidst lotus, signed in black to lower right corner, 94cm x 44cm, together with another painting of a crane and flower and a painting of a pheasant and flowers, all framed and glazed.

A Chinese doucai porcelain teapot and cover, mark of Yongzheng but later, the circular body painted with a pair of fenghuang (phoenix) and other birds amidst flowers and vapours, beneath an overhead handle, underglaze blue six-character mark to base, height 16.3cm.

A pair of Chinese Fuzhou lacquer vases, probably early 20th century, each shouldered ovoid body and flared neck decorated in gilt with a dragon flanked by a pair of Buddhistic lions, height 37.5cm (some faults).

A Japanese hanging scroll painting, 20th century, depicting a mythical elderly warrior with white beard and prominent nose, standing amidst clouds beside a female attendant with an army of further warriors beyond, black signature and red seal to lower right corner, 128.5cm x 55cm.

A Japanese Imari porcelain bowl, early 18th century, painted with peonies, chrysanthemums and lotus, height 8.2cm, diameter 17cm, together with a small group of Chinese export porcelain, including an armorial coffee cup, height 6.5cm (hairline crack to rim), and a blue and white tea bowl and saucer (some with faults).

A Chinese carved rose quartz vase and cover, late Qing dynasty, carved in high relief with a boy walking across a lotus pond with his feet resting on leaves above waves, height 17cm (some faults), mounted on a painted giltwood stand with table lamp fittings.