Asian and Islamic Ceramics and Works of Art

A Chinese soapstone seal, early 20th century, finely carved with a seated Buddhistic lion finial on a cube base, the underside carved with four characters, height 5.3cm, together with a pair of Chinese soapstone seals, each surmount carved with fish and waves, the underside with characters, height 8.4cm (minor chips to bases).

A Chinese blue and white porcelain moonflask, mark of Kangxi but late 19th century, the flattened circular body painted with opposing landscape panels within peony and scroll borders, the neck flanked by ruyi sceptre handles, blue painted four-character mark to base, height 20.5cm.

A Chinese 'clobbered' blue and white porcelain diminutive vase, Kangxi period and later, the lobed pear shaped body with stepped circular foot and cup shaped bladed neck, painted in underglaze blue with four figural panels flanked by flowering urns, later embellished with iron red, green and gilt decoration, underglaze blue painted mark to base, height 11.3cm (some glaze fritting), together with a Chinese miniature blue and white porcelain bottle vase, Qianlong period, painted with chrysanthemums, height 6cm (chip to rim), and a wood stand.

A Chinese famille rose export porcelain spoon tray, Qianlong period, painted with a figural scene, width 12.7cm, a 'clobbered' blue and white small circular dish, 18th century, with later embellished decoration, diameter 11cm, a Chinese white glazed porcelain water coupe of Buddhistic lion form, length 6.1cm, two clay figures, heights 5.7cm and 3.8cm, and an iron red and gilt decorated export porcelain teabowl (minor faults).

A Chinese famille verte porcelain circular dish, probably late Qing dynasty, painted with a dragon and flaming pearl amidst vapours, diameter 34.5cm.

A Chinese famille verte porcelain triple-gourd shaped vase, Kangxi style but late Qing dynasty, painted with panels of birds in blossoming branches and Buddhistic lions in garden settings, reserved against green grounds filled with lotus tendrils and precious objects, underglaze blue double-ring and green enamelled leaf mark to base, height 34.2cm (repaired neck).

A Chinese blue and white porcelain baluster vase, late 19th century, painted with two dragons chasing a flaming pearl amidst cloud vapours, underglaze blue double-ring to base, height 22.5cm.

A Chinese archaistic carved soapstone libation cup, late Qing dynasty, the handle carved and pierced with an entwined chilong, its head resting on the rim of the cup, grasping a lingzhi branch in its mouth, the body carved in low relief with a taotie band beneath a keyfret rim, height 10cm (small chip to foot and hairline crack to rim).

A Chinese inside painted glass snuff bottle, 20th century, of flattened ovoid form, painted with a mountainous landscape view with black text and a red seal opposing a watery landscape view, with lapis lazuli stopper, height 7.5cm, with a box.

A Chinese blue and white porcelain 'dragon' saucer dish, mark of Qianlong and possibly of the period, the centre painted with a five-clawed dragon writhing above crashing waves, the exterior with a continuous border of further dragons and waves, underglaze blue seal mark to base, diameter 17.9cm (glaze fritting/minor chips to rim).

A pair of Chinese silk embroidered sleeve panels, late Qing dynasty, joined as one and worked in coloured threads with figures and butterflies amidst trees and flowers on a cream ground, 54cm x 21cm, within a glazed hardwood frame, carved and pierced with dragons and vapours.

A Chinese carved hardwood figure of the immortal Liu Hai, early 20th century, modelled recumbent, cash in his right hand and his three-legged toad on his left thigh, raised on a gnarled pierced hardwood base, length 42.5cm (faults).

A pair of Chinese cloisonné jars and covers, early 20th century, each of globular form on a tapering stem and circular foot, decorated with dragons on a black ground, height 20cm, together with a pair of similarly decorated bottle vases, height 10.2cm, and a cloisonné bowl, diameter 13.1cm (minor faults).

A group of Chinese export porcelain, 18th century and later, including a pair of famille rose teabowls, painted with opposing figural panels against a gilt scroll ground, reserved with smaller floral and landscape panels, diameter 7.3cm, an Imari teabowl, a provincial blue and white saucer dish, diameter 9.5cm, a pair of Canton celadon ground dishes, diameter 24.5cm, and a Canton plate, diameter 20.5cm (faults).

A Chinese Canton famille rose porcelain punchbowl, mid to late 19th century, the interior and exterior painted with panels of figures, birds and flowers within floral borders, height 17cm, diameter 41cm, with hardwood stand.

A pair of Chinese Canton famille rose vases, mid to late 19th century, each ovoid body and flared neck painted and gilt with figural panels within borders of butterflies, flowers, bat and precious objects, each neck applied with gilt Buddhistic lion and cub handles above applied gilt chilong to shoulders, height 44cm (one repaired), with wood stands (damaged).

A pair of Chinese Canton famille rose porcelain vases, late 19th century, each slender baluster body with flared neck, painted with figural and foliate panels against a gilt ground filled with flowers, tendrils and butterflies, flanked by moulded gilt mask and ring handles, height 25.5cm (one repaired), with two wood stands, together with a Chinese crackle glazed porcelain circular bowl, painted with dragons and vapours, diameter 25cm.

A pair of Chinese jadeite panels, 20th century, each of fan shape, applied with hardstones forming displays of peonies beneath white magnolias, each supported within a carved and pierced hardwood stand applied with carved bone roses, total height 41cm (minor faults).

A small group of Oriental metalware, 19th century and later, including a pair of Japanese brown patinated bronze vases, Meiji period, each shouldered body cast in relief with sparrows flying amidst chrysanthemums, height 18cm, a Chinese polished bronze censer of lobed oval form with lotus stand, diameter 12cm, and an Indian bronze handle with Nandi bull finial, length 10cm.