Asian and Islamic Ceramics and Works of Art

A Chinese blue and white porcelain jardinière, late 19th/early 20th century, the body painted with a dragon and phoenix chasing a flaming pearl amidst vapours, between stylized wave and ruyi head borders, unmarked, height 32cm.

A Chinese Canton export watercolour painting on rice paper, mid-19th century, depicting ten different insects including a grasshopper and six butterflies, 23cm x 16.5cm, within a verre églomisé mounted frame.

A Chinese famille verte yellow ground porcelain vase and cover, late 19th century, the shouldered tapering body painted with bats surmounting opposing panels of warriors and performers before a dignitary, surrounded by lotus scrolls and flowers, unmarked, height 27cm (restored), together with a Chinese blue and white crackle glazed vase with iron oxide borders, height 44.5cm (repaired), six Chinese turquoise ground porcelain bowls, four Japanese blue and white chargers and two vases.

A Chinese Kangxi style blue and white porcelain circular bowl, modern, the flared body painted inside and out with four fish, unmarked, diameter 20.8cm.

A Chinese blue and white crackle glazed porcelain vase, late 19th century, the baluster body painted with Buddhistic lions amidst clouds and vapours between iron oxide borders, the gently flared neck flanked by prunus blossom handles, pseudo seal mark to base, height 35.5cm, together with a small group of similarly decorated porcelain, comprising a pair of ginger jars and covers, height 16cm, with hardwood stands, a pair of cylindrical vases, height 20.5cm, and a ginger jar, height 13.5cm (some faults and repairs).

A Japanese Arita blue and white porcelain circular charger, Meiji period, painted with a peacock perched between a diaper and a cell patterned panel within a keyfret rim, unmarked, diameter 53.5cm (faults).

A Chinese famille rose crackle glazed porcelain vase, early 20th century, painted with warriors within iron oxide borders, height 29.5cm, together with a Chinese famille verte porcelain jar and cover, 20th century, of bulbous form, painted with warriors, red printed seal mark to base, height 19cm.

A Japanese Satsuma earthenware vase, Meiji period, painted and gilt with figures and dragon on a blue ground, with moulded simulated bamboo handles and feet, height 55cm (three feet repaired).

A Chinese carved sandalwood rectangular box and cover, mid-20th century, the hinged lid carved in relief with a figural panel framed by prunus and flowers, length 29cm, together with two carved sandalwood figure groups, one of a family with barrow cart, length 22.5cm, the other a rickshaw group, length 26cm (minor faults).

A Chinese hardwood occasional table, late 19th/early 20th century, the square panelled top above a carved frieze of precious vessels, on slender legs united by stretchers, height 72.5cm, width 40cm, together with a pair of smaller similar interfitting occasional tables with pierced scroll friezes, on slender legs, height 58cm (some faults).

A Chinese famille rose footed porcelain dish, mid-19th century, the quatrelobed bowl painted with a band of flowers to the exterior, length 27cm (chips to rim), a similarly shaped smaller dish with puce and brown enamelled floral decoration, length 18.6cm, and a collection of assorted Oriental pottery and cloisonné (some faults).

A collection of Chinese export porcelain, including a 'clobbered' blue and white teapot and cover, Kangxi period, height 10.5cm (cracked and repaired cover), two famille rose circular bowls, Qianlong period, diameters 23.2cm, and two blue and white meat plates, length 42cm (all with faults).

A Chinese bronze and cloisonné jardinière, late 19th/early 20th century, the bulbous body decorated with two archaistic bands against a textured ground, height 12cm, a pair of Chinese brass cylindrical jostick holders, each engraved with a dragon, length 30.2cm, and a polished bronze bird mount, length 15cm.

A Chinese Ming style underglaze red porcelain moonflask, probably 20th century, the flattened circular body painted with opposing birds on blossoming prunus branches within scroll borders, unmarked, height 18cm.

A pair of Chinese power blue glazed porcelain ginger jars and covers, Kangxi style but 19th century, decorated in gilt with pagodas on islands beneath a border of floral panels, unmarked, height 24cm (decoration rubbed, faults to both covers).

A collection of six Chinese hardwood stands, late Qing dynasty and later, comprising a dish/plate stand, height 21.5cm, four circular stands with carved and pierced decoration, diameters 13.5cm, 10.5cm, 8.5cm and 6.5cm, and a dish/plate stand of naturalistic pierced form, height 11cm.

A pair of Chinese blue and white export porcelain tea caddies and covers, mid-19th century, each of lobed oval form, painted with opposing panels of birds or butterflies and framed by birds amidst flowers, the shoulders with bats amidst vapours, unmarked, height 20cm (faults and repairs).

A Chinese silk embroidered panel, early 20th century, worked in coloured threads with two butterflies and peonies, 38.5cm x 34.5cm, together with another embroidered panel depicting two figures and a buffalo in a landscape, 30cm x 31cm, both framed and glazed.

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) - two Japanese woodblock oban tateye prints from the series 'Gojusan Tsugi Meisho Zue' (the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road), depicting Oiso with Saigyo's Hermitage at Snipe Marsh and Seki with junction of the side road to the shrine, together with a similar print from the series 'Meisho Edo Hyakkei' (One Hundred Views of Edo), depicting the Armour-hanging Tree at Hakkeizaka, all approx 32.5cm x 21.5cm, framed and glazed.