Asian and Islamic Ceramics and Works of Art

A Chinese famille verte porcelain rouleau vase, late Qing dynasty, painted with figures, unmarked, height 24.9cm (chip to footrim), together with a Chinese famille rose porcelain jar of ovoid form, painted with opposing figural panels reserved against a blue ground filled with lotus and scrolling tendrils, unmarked, height 17cm.

A Chinese Qingbai style vase, the globular body incised with a bird beneath a flared neck and frill rim, all covered in a pale bluish glaze, height 15.4cm.

A Chinese famille rose enamelled and calligraphic pea green ground porcelain wall vase, mark of Qianlong but modern, the body reserved with a gilt framed panel filled with five lines of black text and two red seals, the pea green ground filled with polychrome lotus and scrolling tendrils, with brown and gilt archaistic scroll handles and integral stand, gilt six-character mark to base, height 21.2cm.

A Japanese cloisonné oval box and cover, Meiji period, decorated with a peony on a red ground, the sides decorated with polychrome flowers on a turquoise ground, length 6.8cm, together with a small group of Chinese enamel and cloisonné, including a cylindrical box and cover, a jue vessel and a pair of hexagonal boxes and covers (some faults).

A collection of Chinese and Japanese export porcelain, 18th century and 19th century, including famille rose teabowls, an Imari oval dish, length 23.7cm, an Arita Imari beaker vase, height 22cm, and two Chinese blue and white egg cups (some faults).

A Chinese blue and white porcelain cylindrical censer, Kangxi style but later, the exterior painted with two seated figures on a fenced terrace, on short tripod feet, height 7.4cm, diameter 10.5cm.

A Chinese soapstone vase, early 20th century, carved with dragons and peonies, height 18cm (faults), together with another soapstone vase, carved with a bat and pine, height 12.7cm.

A collection of assorted Japanese porcelain, Meiji period and later, including blue and white vases and dishes, an Imari bowl and four Imari porcelain dishes (some faults).

A Chinese stained and painted bamboo three-tier wedding basket and cover, early 20th century, of cylindrical form, painted with birds and flowers, with overhead handle, height 60cm, together with a similar oval basket, the sides painted and gilt with figural and landscape panels against a floral and dragon-filled ground, length 55cm.

A Straits Chinese black lacquer and red woven cane three-tier wedding basket and cover, late Qing dynasty, the top decorated in gilt with a figural scene, the sides with flowers, beneath an overhead handle, height 41cm.

A Japanese wood framed and lacquer triptych folding mirror, early 20th century, inset with two lacquer panels painted in gilt with figural scenes, height 37cm.

A small group of Chinese soapstone and works of art, mostly 20th century, including a soapstone carving of a horse, length 16.2cm, a carved soapstone teapot and cover, a jue ritual vessel, a cinnabar style rectangular box and a rectangular tray (some faults).

A Chinese famille rose baluster vase, mark of Qianlong but modern, painted with children, height 21.2cm, together with a small group of other Chinese pottery, including a sancai glazed figure, height 47cm, a crackle glazed vase of square tapering form, enamelled with characters, height 25.2cm, and a celadon glazed bowl, diameter 14.5cm (faults).

A large green glazed red earthenware vase, possibly Islamic, of ovoid form, slip-trailed with bands of storks and other animals, below a short neck with flared rim, unmarked, height 36cm.

A collection of Chinese academic pottery fragments from archaeological excavations, some with inked details, others with applied labels.

A collection of twenty-six 'Transactions of The Oriental Ceramic Society' volumes, ranging from 1942-43 to 1995-96.

A Chinese porcelain rectangular plaque, 20th century, finely painted with a riverside landscape of boats, pavilions and trees nestled within mountains, lines of black text and red signature seal for Wang Xiaoting to upper left corner, 30cm x 52cm, framed. Note: Wang Xiaoting (1906-1970) was a renowned landscape artist, active throughout the founding of the People's Republic and its early years before dying in the Cultural Revolution. He was the son of the well-known Republic ceramicist Wang Yeting.