Asian and Islamic Ceramics and Works of Art

A Chinese carved and pierced cornelian pendant, 20th century, in the form of two peaches and Buddha's hand citron, set with a gold bat and scrolling vapours mount, the suspension loop detailed '14K', length 7cm, together with a carved jadeite pendant in the form of gourds, vine and leaves, length 5.4cm, and a smaller peach and Buddha's hand citron pendant, length 4cm.

A Chinese famille rose porcelain teapot and cover, late Qing dynasty/Republic period, the dished circular top and cover painted with flowers, the body with figural scenes, iron red printed seal mark to base, height 7.5cm, diameter of top 11.9cm.

A Chinese silver photograph frame by Luenwo of Shanghai, late 19th/early 20th century, the rectangular frame cast and pierced with four sparrows amidst bamboo, stamped maker's mark to reverse, height 9.3cm.

A Sino-Tibetan brown patinated and gilt bronze figure of Buddha, Qing dynasty, possibly 17th/18th century, modelled wearing a long gilt robe, his right hand raised in abhaya mudra, unusually seated on a breakfront throne with engraved foliate borders, height 14.5cm.

A pair of ormolu mounted Chinese export style famille rose porcelain saucers, 19th century, each circular fluted saucer, probably Samson, painted in the Yongzheng style with bird and flowers, mounted with an ormolu rim above four foliate scroll supports and a quatrefoil base with cast foliate scroll border, height 11cm, diameter 10.8cm.

A Chinese pale celadon jade belt plaque, Ming dynasty style but possibly later, of rectangular form, carved and pierced with a dragon amidst lotus flowerheads, leaves and scrolling foliage, 5.8cm x 8.5cm.

A Chinese Imari porcelain teapot and cover, Kangxi period, of octagonal baluster form, painted and gilt with panels of flowers, height 8.7cm, together with a similar blue and white teapot and cover with plated mounts, the body painted with figures and flowers, height 11.3cm (cover repaired). Provenance: from the private collection of David Armitage, former conservator to the Department of Eastern Art at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, between 1970 and 1999.

A small group of Chinese export porcelain, Qianlong period, comprising a pair of oval dishes, length 17.5cm, sauceboat and stand and custard cup and cover, each piece painted with a circular puce landscape panel within scattered famille rose flower and bellflower borders (chip to sauceboat rim and custard cup cover).

A Chinese 'clobbered' miniature teapot and cover, 18th century, the globular body and domed cover decorated with dragons on a green ground, iron red enamelled leaf mark to base, height 6.7cm (crack to rim).

A Chinese blue and white export porcelain jug and cover, Kangxi period, with later Dutch silver mounts, the low-bellied baluster body painted with four maidens in a terraced garden setting, flanked by a scroll handle, height 15.4cm (glaze fritting to handle).

A pair of Chinese famille rose porcelain bottle vases, early 20th century, each painted with pavilions in a mountain landscape, opposing four lines of black text and red seal, iron red seal mark to bases, height 12.5cm.

A Chinese wucai porcelain jar and cover, Transitional period (mid-17th century), the ovoid body painted with peony and rocks, height 12.3cm. Provenance: from the private collection of David Armitage, former conservator to the Department of Eastern Art at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, between 1970 and 1999.

A Chinese iron rust glazed porcelain bombé censer, Qing dynasty, probably 18th century, the compressed circular body with pair of loop handles on three short feet, the rim and exterior covered in an iron oxide glaze, the interior and underside left unglazed, part wax Jianding export seal to underside, height 7cm, rim diameter 11.9cm.

A Chinese pewter mounted Yixing stoneware diminutive teapot and cover, late Qing dynasty, of tapered hexagonal form, engraved with flowers and foliage, mounted with celadon jade finial, handle and spout, stamped seal mark to underside, height 7cm.

A pair of Chinese Canton export enamel plates, mark of Qianlong but probably later Qing dynasty, each painted with a pair of fenghuang perched on rocks within a flower and fruit filled rim, blue enamelled seal mark to bases, diameter 18.7cm (hairline cracks and losses to underside of one rim).

A Chinese blue and white export porcelain square tile, Kangxi period, painted with a circular panel of two birds flying above a blossoming branch and rocks, 13cm x 13cm, gilt framed, together with another blue and white porcelain square tile, painted with a figure crossing a bridge in a coastal landscape, 15cm x 15.5cm, framed. Provenance: from the private collection of David Armitage, former conservator to the Department of Eastern Art at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, between 1970 and 1999.

A Chinese underglaze red and white porcelain bottle vase, mark of Kangxi but later Qing dynasty, the globular body and narrow neck painted with a standing figure and two bats flying above, underglaze blue six-character mark to base, height 13.2cm (restored rim), with carved hardwood stand. Provenance: from the private collection of David Armitage, former conservator to the Department of Eastern Art at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, between 1970 and 1999.

A Japanese cast iron tsuba, Meiji period, of quatrelobed form, each side cast in relief with figures, pavilions, pine and bamboo, finely picked out in gilt shakudo detail, unsigned, length 8.5cm.

A Chinese famille rose porcelain trick bowl, mark of Tongzhi but probably Republic period, the exterior painted with figures in landscape, the interior with central well with pop-up figure of a bearded gentleman, red printed seal mark to base, height 8.3cm, diameter 8.9cm.