Asian and Islamic Ceramics and Works of Art

A Chinese famille rose porcelain teapot and cover, early 20th century, of ribbed squat circular form, painted with figures, unmarked, height 8cm (chip to spout).

A pair of Chinese blue and white porcelain cylinder vases, mark of Xuantong and probably of the period, each painted with flowers and leafy tendrils, underglaze blue four-character mark to bases, height 35.2cm (one cracked).

A pair of Chinese porcelain bottle vases, Republic period, each double gourd shaped body painted with a pavilion and fishermen in a lakeside landscape, each neck with three lines of black text and red seal, iron red enamelled seal mark of Wang Yeting to bases, height 20.6cm.

A Korean silver inlaid iron brush pot, Joseon dynasty, probably 19th century, of rectangular section, each side worked with a panel of a fish on a wave ground, the underside with inlaid pseudo Qianlong seal mark to base, height 13.4cm.

A Chinese blue and white porcelain ginger jar, late 19th century, the ovoid body painted with four lobed panels, each filled with birds and flowers, reserved against a prunus ground, underglaze blue double ring to base, height 27cm.

A pair of large Chinese pale brown soapstone seals, each carved and pierced with a Buddhistic lion and cubs surmount on a cube base, the underside intaglio cut with four characters, height 23cm, together with a similar smaller seal, height 21.8cm.

A Chinese hardwood stand, late 19th/early 20th century, the square top inset with a rouge marble panel within a carved simulated bamboo surround, the pierced apron, scroll legs and undertier with similarly carved decoration, height 21.7cm.

A collection of Chinese blue and white porcelain, late 19th century, comprising a cylindrical vase, painted with figures in a fenced garden, height 31cm, a pair of crackle glazed vases, painted with Buddhistic lions within iron oxide borders, height 26cm, a ginger jar and cover, painted with figures, height 15cm, and a baluster vase and cover, painted with a bird and flowers, height 32.5cm (latter badly damaged, the others with minor faults).

A Chinese famille verte porcelain vase, Kangxi style but late 19th century, the baluster body painted with a black ground ruyi head collar filled with flowerheads and scrolling tendrils, supporting precious object pendants, divided by four dragon roundels above lotus and scrolling tendrils, unmarked, height 27.7cm (converted to a table lamp with drilled base and brass table lamp fittings).

A pair of Chinese Canton blue and white porcelain circular dishes, mid to late 19th century, each painted with pagoda and pavilions in a coastal landscape, diameter 37.2cm.

A Chinese blue and white porcelain vase, late 19th century, the tapering body and flared neck painted with two dragons amidst peony, height 38cm (hairline crack to rim and body).

A Chinese export porcelain part dinner service, early 19th century, each piece painted with an ornithological study depicting various birds perched in branches, with gilt line borders, comprising six dinner plates, three soup plates, four dessert plates and six side plates, dinner plate diameter 24cm (minor faults).

A set of seven Chinese export watercolour paintings on paper, early 19th century, each depicting a different botanical study, painted black two of three characters to margin, 28cm x 31cm, framed and glazed.

A Chinese Canton famille rose enamelled and underglaze blue celadon ground porcelain vase, mid-19th century, the tapering body and pinched flared neck painted with butterflies, fruit and flowers scattered between moulded underglaze blue precious objects and foliate roundels, the neck with simulated tied ribbon bow flanked by a pair of Buddhistic lion and cub handles, unmarked, height 59.5cm (rivet repaired).

A large Chinese blue and white export porcelain circular dish, Qianlong period, the centre painted with a figure standing beneath a pine tree in a shoreside setting, the rim filled with scrolling panels and butterflies, diameter 54.8cm (restoration).

A Chinese Ming style blue and white porcelain stem cup, mark of Xuande but modern, painted with dragons and crashing waves, underglaze blue six-character mark to bowl interior, height 8.2cm.

A Straits Chinese Peranakan or Baba-Nyonya famille rose enamelled porcelain ginger jar, 18th century, painted with opposing panels, each filled with an immortal seated on a kylin and standing attendant in a fenced garden, reserved against a yellow ground filled with polychrome lotus, scrolling tendrils and blue characters, height 20.8cm.

A Chinese silver gilt filigree rectangular card case, each side decorated in relief with two snakes and foliage, length 10.5cm, together with a Chinese silver and enamel hinged bangle, inside diameter 6.5cm, a Japanese cloisonné rectangular box with hinged lid, length 9.2cm, and a Chinese brass and blue enamel rectangular box, decorated in relief with dragon and phoenix, length 16.5cm.

A Chinese underglaze blue and red decorated porcelain vase, mark of Qianlong but probably 20th century, the shouldered ovoid body painted with opposing quatrelobed panels filled with a red dragon amidst blue vapours above a red fish amongst blue waves, reserved against a ground of lotus and scrolling tendrils, between blue stylized phoenix handles, underglaze blue pseudo seal mark to base, height 19.8cm.