Asian and Islamic Ceramics and Works of Art

A Chinese brown patinated bronze jar, Qing dynasty, of tapered cylindrical form flanked by a pair of elephant mask handles, stamped seal mark to base, height 22cm, the hardwood cover with Buddhistic lion finial (some faults).

A West Bengal buff terracotta figural fragment, circa 1st century AD, in the form of a lower body section, height 17.5cm (damaged), and a head fragment, length 5.4cm.

An Indian terracotta head, probably Gupta period, 6th century, modelled with hair tied, height 12.5cm, mounted on a wood plinth.

A Nepalese carved stone handle/pommel, possible 17th century, carved in relief with four heads of bodhisattvas above hands held in mudra, height 10.5cm, mounted on a perspex cube base.

An Indonesian terracotta carving, possibly 14th/15th century, height 9.5cm.

A Sumatran Karo batak bamboo lime container, late 19th/early 20th century, the cylindrical body with incised and stained decoration, the hardwood cover with carved figural finial, total height 23.5cm.

A Chinese blue and white porcelain vase, mark of Kangxi but probably 20th century, of quatrelobed baluster form, painted with opposing dragon panels, underglaze blue pseudo four-character mark to base, height 25.3cm.

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) - two Japanese woodblock prints, mid-19th century, from the fifty-three stations of the Tokaido Road series, depicting a Kyoka Tokaido edition scene of Fuch&#8161?, 18cm x 24.5cm, and a vertical Tokaido edition scene of Mitsuke, 34cm x 22.5cm, both unframed.

Three pieces of Japanese Fukagawa Imari porcelain, Meiji/Taisho period, each painted and gilt with irises, comprising an ovoid vase, height 10.2cm, a vase of flattened circular form, height 10.2cm, and a two-handled sugar bowl and cover, height 10.8cm, all with underglaze blue factory mark to base.

A Chinese Ming blue and white porcelain bottle vase, mark of Wanli and probably of the period, the low-bellied body painted with a continuous scene of figures in landscape beneath a narrow neck with lotus and tendril and stiff leaf bands, underglaze blue six-character mark to base, height 19.5cm.

A Chinese underglaze blue and red decorated vase, Transitional style but probably 20th century, the baluster body painted with peony and rocks in a fenced garden, height 23cm.

A Chinese black silk embroidered robe, early 20th century, worked in coloured threads with an overall design of bird roundels, mountains, pavilions, birds and flowers on a black ground, the collar and hem borders decorated with birds, flowers and pavilions on a cream ground, the cuffs with gilt and coloured thread floral design on a blue ground, length 122cm (some faults).

A Chinese mixed metal inlaid incense burner and cover, late Qing dynasty, modelled as a sage sat upon a water buffalo, height 18.5cm, together with a Japanese metal figure of a seated gentleman, height 12.7cm (faults).

A Chinese famille verte enamelled biscuit porcelain vase of hu form, each side moulded in relief with a bird perched in a prunus branch, height 13.5cm.

A Chinese famille rose and yellow enamelled porcelain vase, mark of Yongzheng but late Qing dynasty, the elongated ovoid body painted with alternating green and pink phoenixes amidst peonies and vapours, pseudo four-character mark to base, height 21.5cm.

A Sino-Tibetan bronze figure of Buddha, late 19th/20th century, modelled seated in dhyanasana on a lotus moulded base, height 16.8cm.

A group of six Chinese blue and white export porcelain plates, 18th century, all painted with a variety of coastal landscape designs, diameters ranging from 22.7cm to 23.2cm (faults), together with a later blue and white saucer dish and a quatrelobed dish, length 19cm (both chipped).

A Chinese blue and white porcelain brush pot, mark of Kangxi but later, the cylindrical body painted with figural scene, underglaze blue pseudo four-character mark to base, height 19.5cm.

A Chinese polished bronze censer, late Qing dynasty, the bombé circular body cast with six character medallions between Buddhistic lion mask and tongue handles, weight 494g, height 7.5cm, width across handles 15cm (minor repair).