Asian and Islamic Ceramics and Works of Art

A Chinese porcelain wine cup, mark of Guangxu but probably later, the flared body painted with two iron red dragons chasing a flaming pearl amidst vapours beneath a keyfret rim, iron red six-character mark to base, height 6.2cm (haircrack).

A Chinese archaistic polished bronze vase, late Qing dynasty, the flattened pear shaped body cast with lappet panels, flanked by tubular handles, unmarked, height 21cm.

A Chinese famille verte porcelain circular dish, late 19th/early 20th century, painted with panels of peony, chrysanthemum, lily and prunus against a red stippled ground, diameter 37.5cm (rim restored).

A pair of Japanese cloisonné circular dishes, Meiji period, each central blue ground floral panel within a wide panelled border of flowers, scrolls and butterflies, diameter 30.5cm.

A Chinese cloisonné pale green ground bottle vase, early 20th century, the bulbous body with extended cylindrical neck, decorated overall with flowers and foliage amidst polychrome scrolls, impressed 'China' to base, height 26.5cm.

A Japanese brown patinated bronze figure of a woman, Meiji/Taisho period, modelled standing, wearing a long tunic and necklace, height 24cm, with carved wood stand.

A Chinese blue and white porcelain brushpot, Kangxi style but 20th century, of gently waisted cylindrical form, painted with a continuous scene of a dignitary and eight attendants being presented an ox within a landscape setting, unmarked, height 15.7cm.

A Chinese Guan type crackle glazed moonflask, Song style but 20th century, the flattened circular body covered in a pale grey glaze with a pair of loop handles to each side, unmarked, height 17.3cm.

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 Sino-Tibetan gilt bronze figure of Jambhala, probably Qing dynasty, the god of wealth modelled standing astride in alidhasana, atop a prone figure, holding a kapala (skull cap) and a jewel-spewing mongoose, wearing an elaborately jewelled headdress and beaded jewellery, all raised on a double-lotus moulded base, height 29cm (minor losses to hardstone jewels and aperture to his back).

A Japanese blue and white octagonal bowl, 18th century, painted inside and out with birds and flowers, height 6.6cm, width 14.8cm, together with a pair of Japanese Arita blue and white porcelain dishes, 19th century, each painted with a coastal landscape, underglaze blue pseudo seal mark to bases, diameter 16cm.

A Chinese blanc-de-Chine porcelain figure of Guanyin, Kangxi period, modelled seated in dhyanasana on a pierced rocky base, height 23.5cm (restoration), together with a later figure of Guanyin, 20th century, modelled on a lotus throne, height 27cm.

A pair of Japanese Imari porcelain circular side dishes, Meiji period, painted with panels of pine and blossoming branches, reserved against an iron red ground filled with gilt foliage, underglaze blue pseudo Chinese six-character mark of Wanli to bases, diameter 17.1cm.

A Chinese carved celadon jade figure of a camel, early 20th century, modelled standing with head lowered, length 9.2cm (leg repaired and lacking tail), with wood stand, together with two Japanese carved ivory okimono netsuke, Meiji/Taisho period, each modelled as a seated boy, height 3.8cm, two carved ivory Buddhas, height 4.5cm, and an ivory hippopotamus, length 9.5cm.

A Chinese Canton enamel circular box and cover, mark of Qianlong and probably of the period, the domed cover painted with a circular panel depicting warriors on horseback above three smaller panels depicting aquatic creatures, the base with three figural landscape panels, all against a ground of fruit, flowers, butterflies and a bat, the interior with floral decoration, blue painted seal mark to base, diameter 22.5cm (minor faults and restoration).

A Chinese blue and white export porcelain tea caddy, Kangxi period, of ovoid form, painted with a continuous landscape including figures, boats and pagodas beneath a chevron band, underglaze blue painted mark to base, height 11cm, fitted with a later Dutch silver cover with floral finial.

A Chinese celadon glazed porcelain mallet vase, Song style but probably late Qing dynasty, the cylindrical neck flanked by a pair of phoenix handles above a shouldered slightly tapering cylindrical body, height 16.3cm.

A Chinese famille verte porcelain circular bowl, Kangxi period, with gently everted rim, the exterior painted with opposing panels of Buddhistic lions, flanked by fan shaped panels of fish reserved against a green ground of dense flowers and foliage, the interior with lotus beneath a floral rim reserved with panels of crustacea, enamelled artemisia leaf mark to base, diameter 17.8cm (minor restored chip, minor hairline and chips to rim).

A Chinese famille rose export porcelain tankard, Qianlong period, painted in the Mandarin palette with a main figural scene and smaller vignettes against a chicken skin textured ground between diaper borders, unmarked, height 13.5cm (lacking handle, faults), together with a Chinese famille rose export porcelain saucer, Qianlong period, painted in the Mandarin palette with a figural scene, diameter 12.5cm.