Asian and Islamic Ceramics and Works of Art

A collection of Chinese blue and white porcelain, mostly 19th century, including a small bottle vase, painted with a dragon amidst peonies, height 11.5cm, a baluster jar, painted with figures, height 22cm (restored rim), a pair of baluster vases, painted with birds and flowers within iron oxide borders, height 24.5cm (repaired rims), and three ginger jars (some faults), together with a Japanese blue and white porcelain vase (cracked).

A small group of Chinese porcelain, late 19th century and later, including a pair of famille verte decorated crackle glazed vases and covers, height 17cm (both covers damaged), a set of four famille rose bowls, painted with birds and flowers, diameter 11cm, and a large famille rose circular bowl, painted with boys, height 15.7cm (faults).

A Japanese Imari porcelain circular dish, Meiji period, the centre painted with birds, flowers and blossoming branches, reserved against a brocade ground, diameter 31.5cm, together with four Japanese porcelain cups, painted with red-capped cranes and bamboo.

A Chinese hanging scroll painting, 20th century, depicting riverside pavilions in a mountainous landscape, black signature and red oval seal to lower right corner, 37cm x 41.5cm, with silk mounts and a pair of soapstone scroll weights.

A Gandhara grey schist figure of Buddha, 3rd/4th century, carved seated, wearing voluminous robes, the face with heavily lidded eyes and closed mouth, his hair arranged in delicate wavy strands rising to a domed usnisa, backed by a halo, height 34cm, with wood stand.

A Chinese blue and white porcelain circular saucer dish, mark of Guangxu but later, the centre and underside painted with dragons chasing flaming pearls amidst vapours, underglaze blue six-character mark to base, diameter 16.6cm.

A Chinese nickel plated water pipe, early 20th century, the body engraved with two maidens seated in a garden opposing lines of calligraphic text, height 37cm.

A pair of Chinese bamboo brush pots, early 20th century, each carved in relief with scenes of scholars in a bamboo grove above figures playing Go outside a pavilion, height 35cm.

A Chinese sancai glazed pottery figure of a seated dignitary, Qing dynasty, modelled wearing a flat court hat and long robe, height 13.6cm, together with a turquoise glazed pottery animal, length 12cm.

A small group of Chinese export porcelain, 18th century, comprising a blue and white teapot, Kangxi period, painted with fruiting vines, length 17cm, a famille rose teapot and cover, Qianlong period, painted with flowers, height 14.5cm, two famille rose tankards, heights 12.5cm and 13.2cm, and a sparrow beak jug and cover (faults). 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 Cairo ware small brass jardinière pot, late 19th/early 20th century, overlaid in copper and silver with reserves of Arabic script, height 10.6cm.

A South Indian bronze figure of Shiva Nataraj dancing on Apasmara Purusha, early 20th century, modelled within a ring of flames, height 15cm, together with a carved stone mask, length 10cm.

A pair of Chinese blue and white porcelain circular bowls, Qing dynasty, each interior painted with a pair of fenghuang and peony, underglaze blue six-character mark to bases, diameters 14.7cm (one repaired), with hardwood folding stands.

A group of five Indian white metal figures of gods, including Shiva holding a trident and Balakrishna, each detailed 'Pure' to base, total weight 322.1g, heights ranging from 4cm to 6.6cm.

An Indian carved sandstone frieze, probably 10th/11th century, finely carved in high relief with half-length portraits of Shiva and Parvati, each god wearing headdress and bead jewellery, height 46.5cm.

A South Indian brown patinated bronze figure of a four-armed god, late 19th century, modelled seated with acolyte and attributes beneath a naga (cobra) hood, height 8cm, together with an Indian brass model of an elephant adorned with saddle cloth and howdah, height 14.5cm.

A pair of Japanese lacquered hardwood bezique markers, Meiji/Taisho period, each rectangular base with gilt and silvered lacquer floral decoration, the eight hinged ivory tabs inlaid with hardstone birds and insects, length 9.2cm (one inlaid bird missing), together with a similar lacquered bezique marker, length 9.2cm. Note: a non-transferrable ivory exemption certificate has been granted for the sale of this item.

Two Chinese Cultural Revolution propaganda rectangular porcelain plaques, circa 1966-1978, each decorated in red, white and black, one with a farmer swinging a scythe above lines of script, the other with the head of Chairman Mao surrounded by eight other figures of varying professions, 36.5cm x 25cm and 37cm x 25.2cm.

A Chinese blue and white porcelain vase, Kangxi style but modern, of baluster form, painted with a figural scene, height 22.6cm.