Asian and Islamic Ceramics and Works of Art

A Chinese ring-formed trinket/necklace basket, late Qing dynasty, finely worked to the base and cover with ventilated cash trellis bands, embellished with eight Buddhistic infinity knots, diameter 19cm, containing a single row necklace of one hundred and eight translucent amber spherical beads, length 141cm.

A Japanese ivory bezique marker, Meiji/Taisho period, the rectangular base carved in low relief with a monkey and its young, the eight hinged tabs with further monkeys and insects, length 6.3cm.

A Chinese Guan-type crackle glazed stoneware tripod censer, probably 20th century, of squat circular form on three short feet, height 5cm.

A Chinese carved soapstone figure group of a seated luohan and shishi puppy, probably 20th century, modelled with the puppy playfully biting his ear, his robe incised with vapours and shou medallions, the stone of amber brown tone, incised two-character mark to back, height 11cm, the soapstone oval stand incised with lotus and scrolling tendrils, length 10.7cm.

A Chinese famille rose porcelain circular dish, late 19th century, enamelled with two birds perched upon and flying above peonies, rocks and other flowers, diameter 38cm (minor chip to rim).

A pair of Chinese Canton export porcelain circular dishes, early 20th century, each painted with butterflies against large overlapping green leaves beneath a fruit and foliate filled rim, iron red printed marks to bases, diameter 34.3cm, together with a Japanese Imari circular dish, diameter 30cm.

A Chinese watercolour painting on rice paper, mid to late 19th century, depicting a procession of three bannermen and a figure wearing a clam shell, 18.5cm x 31cm, framed and glazed.

A Chinese red painted carved wood washstand, early 20th century, the back with carved dragon head surmounts above a panelled back, carved in low relief with a figure and Buddhistic lion, the folding base supporting a blue and white porcelain wash bowl, total height 167cm (some faults).

A Chinese hardwood framed and lacquered four-fold screen, Qing dynasty, one side carved in low relief and coloured in polychrome with figures in pavilion and garden settings above smaller panels of precious vessels, the reverse inset with vari-coloured soapstones, wood, mother-of-pearl and ivory, depicting figures out of doors above birds and blossoming branches, 163.5cm x 213cm (some faults).

A Chinese hardwood bench, late Qing dynasty, the rectangular top above a carved and pierced scroll apron, each support carved and pierced with a ruyi head and scroll aperture, length 153cm, height 59cm, depth 27.5cm.

A pair of Chinese hardwood stands, late 19th century, each square panelled top raised on block legs united by shaped stretchers, height 51cm, width 44.5cm.

A Chinese lacquer six-fold screen, early 20th century, one side inset with soapstone and gilt with scenes of figures and pavilion settings above smaller panels of birds in blossoming and fruiting branches on a black ground, within mother-of-pearl inlaid trellis borders, the reverse with gilt flowers on a red ground, 183cm x 244.5cm (minor faults).

A Chinese lacquered softwood side cabinet, late Qing dynasty, the pair of hinged doors with pierced lotus and archaistic scroll panels, the sides pierced with keyfret panels, the interior with three shelves and two drawers, height 95cm, width 74.5cm.

A Chinese hardwood low table, late 19th/early 20th century, the rectangular panelled top with curved openwork scroll ends, the frieze carved and pierced with dragons, length 82cm, height 26.5cm.

A Chinese pale celadon jade lotus and vase ornament, early 20th century, carved in high relief with three bold lotus flowers, stems and pad framing a raised rectangular vase on rocky pedestal, the stone of polished pale green tone, height 22.2cm, mounted as a table lamp, on a carved hardwood base.

A Chinese doucai porcelain small brushpot, probably 18th century, the heavily potted cylindrical body painted with an informal composition of a bird perched in a peony branch descending from rocks above, unmarked, height 12.9cm.

A Chinese famille rose enamelled porcelain circular bowl, mark and period of Guangxu, the exterior painted with four fenghuang (phoenixes) amidst scrolling polychrome tendrils between iron red ground keyfret borders, iron red six-character mark to base, diameter 14cm, height 6.4cm (repaired and minor rim chips).

A Chinese famille rose porcelain rectangular plaque, Republic period, painted with a female flower seller bowing before a female dignitary and her two maiden attendants, iron red seal to lower right corner, 39.5cm x 25cm, within a wood frame, the back panel painted with a gilt phoenix perched on a branch beside two lines of black text.