Asian and Islamic Ceramics and Works of Art

A pair of Japanese inlaid lacquer rectangular panels, Meiji period, each painted and gilt with figures in landscapes with Mount Fuji beyond, each figure inlaid with bone hands and heads, 25cm x 33cm, bamboo framed.

A Chinese famille rose export porcelain punch bowl, Qianlong period, painted in the Mandarin palette, the exterior with opposing figural scenes, height 12cm, diameter 29cm (hairline cracks to rim).

A large Chinese carved hardwood figure group of Shoulao and a boy acolyte seated on the back of a deer with crane beside, early 20th century, the standing god modelled with a gnarled staff and peach branch, height 69.5cm (top of staff drilled for light fitting).

A Chinese brown patinated bronze censer, late Qing dynasty, of squat circular form with lion mask handles, cast dragon roundel mark to base, width across handles 13.5cm (tear to one side), together with a Sino-Tibetan copper box, 19th century, the hinged lid and sides pierced and embossed with dragon, bats, lotus and scrolls, picked out in gilt, length 14.6cm, and two Chinese bronze brushpots, 20th century, one cast with Arabic script, height 8cm, the other with goats in landscape, height 12.8cm.

A Japanese Satsuma earthenware vase, Meiji period, the shouldered body painted and gilt with opposing figural scenes within borders of flower vignettes and simulated brocade, unsigned, height 40cm.

A pair of Chinese famille verte enamelled biscuit porcelain vases, 20th century, each flattened baluster body with rectangular neck and oval rim, each side moulded in relief with a crane amidst lotus, on a turquoise ground, flanked by a pair of aubergine glazed elephant mask handles, moulded 'China' mark to base, height 22.6cm (both with rim restoration).

A Japanese bone sectional wakizashi (shortsword), early 20th century, the handle and scabbard carved in low relief with figures, the metal mounts decorated with Tokugawa mon, length 84.5cm.

A Chinese carved and green stained ivory snuff bottle and stopper, early 20th century, in the form of a chili pepper, the stalk forming the screw stopper, length 8.5cm, a similar green stained ivory prickly cucumber snuff bottle and stopper, length 5.5cm, a Chinese Canton ivory puzzle box (some pieces missing) and a Japanese lacquered wood netsuke in the form of Okame, height 4cm.

A Chinese brown patinated bronze vase, Qing dynasty, the baluster body with leafy branch handles, height 29cm.

A Chinese blue glazed porcelain vase, mark and period of Qianlong, of stout ovoid form, covered in a dark blue glaze, underglaze blue Qianlong Minyao seal mark to base, height 25cm (faint star hairline to base).

A pair of Chinese famille verte enamelled porcelain jars and a cover, Qing dynasty, each ovoid body painted with three arched panels of flowers and rocks within iron red chrysanthemum and scroll borders, possibly later decorated, heights 21.2cm and 18cm (minor chips and one with small hairline to rim).

A Chinese white jade belthook, Qing dynasty, of serpentine form, carved with a phoenix head terminal, the stone with brown and russet inclusions, length 10.5cm (silver band repair to neck), together with a celadon jade belthook with carved dragon head terminal, length 9.5cm, and a Chinese pale green and brown mottled soapstone belthook, carved and pierced with a crouching chilong confronting a dragon head terminal, length 11.8cm.

A Chinese blue and white porcelain bowl, mark of Kangxi but late 19th century, painted with panels of figures and landscapes, underglaze blue four-character mark to base, diameter 15cm.

A pair of Chinese blue and white soft paste porcelain bowls, late 19th century, each painted with a figure in a fenced garden with deer and bat, diameter 12cm, each with hardwood stand.

A Chinese blue and white porcelain kendi, Kangxi period, with later applied white metal collar and cover, the globular body painted with a phoenix amidst peonies, height 16cm (minor chip to spout).

Two Chinese provincial blue and white porcelain saucer dishes, late Ming dynasty, each interior painted with kylin within a border of flowering peony, diameter 24.5cm (both cracked).

A Chinese brown patinated bronze figure of a kneeling sage wearing a long robe, on a circular base decorated with dragons, height 8.7cm.

A Chinese famille verte enamelled porcelain circular dish, mark of Kangxi but probably 20th century, painted with a dragon chasing a flaming pearl, underglaze blue six-character mark within double ring to base, diameter 28.8cm.

A Chinese blue and white porcelain circular dish, late Ming dynasty, painted with a fish swimming amidst weeds, diameter 32.5cm (cracked and repaired).