Asian and Islamic Ceramics and Works of Art

A Japanese woodblock print, depicting a half-length portrait of a seated bijin, black two-character signature and a red seal to right margin, 38cm x 27.5cm, framed and glazed. Provenance: the property of a West Sussex private collector.

A Chinese reverse painting on glass, 19th century, depicting a head and shoulders portrait of a European naval officer, 25cm x 19.5cm, framed. Provenance: the property of a West Sussex private collector.

A pair of Chinese blue and white porcelain cylindrical vases, late 19th/early 20th century, each painted with blossoming prunus, height 20.8cm, together with a pair of similarly decorated ginger jars and covers, height 14.5cm.

A Chinese red lacquer three-tier box with overhead handle, late 19th/early 20th century, decorated in black and gilt with flowers, scrolls and characters, the cover inset with a blue and white porcelain panel, height 18.6cm, together with a Chinese Canton red lacquer circular box with gilt decoration, diameter 17.5cm, and a Japanese lacquer rectangular box with hinged lid, length 19.5cm (some faults).

A Chinese red silk embroidered and pleated apron skirt, late Qing dynasty, decorated with blue vertical stripes, worked in coloured and gilt threads with precious objects and scrolls, the cream ground borders filled with figures and landscape vignettes, length 96.5cm, together with two Tibetan silk embroidered square panels, Qing dynasty, each worked in coloured threads with a visvavajra (double vajra), 22cm x 21.5cm and 20.5cm x 19cm. Provenance: the property of a West Sussex private collector.

A Chinese famille verte enamelled biscuit porcelain vase, mark of Kangxi but late Qing dynasty, the reticulated square tapering body moulded in relief and pierced with panels of a figure amidst vapours, beneath a flared neck, impressed seal mark to base, height 28.7cm.

A Chinese famille rose porcelain potpourri jar, mark of Qianlong but 20th century, the ovoid body painted with a scene of figures and dog beside a lakeside pavilion, opposing lines of black text and red seals, blue enamelled seal mark to base, height 13cm (lacking cover), together with a Chinese famille rose vase, painted with a seated maiden, height 16.2cm, and two Chinese famille rose yellow ground porcelain jars and covers, 20th century, of barrel form, heights 15.5cm and 11.4cm. Provenance: the property of a West Sussex private collector.

A Chinese flambé glazed porcelain ovoid jar, mark of Yongzheng but 20th century or later, the body moulded in relief with bat and chilong to shoulder, covered in a pale blue and oxblood red streaky glaze, underglaze blue six-character mark to base, height 20.3cm (small hairline to foot).

A Japanese Satsuma earthenware circular dish, Meiji period, painted and gilt with a scene of rakan, Buddha and two child attendants in a landscape, gilt and iron red signature to base, diameter 18.6cm.

A Japanese Arita porcelain jar and cover, 19th century, the ovoid body and domed cover enamelled in blue, green, yellow and iron red with pavilions, rocks and trees in a lakeside landscape, height 15.8cm.

A Chinese doucai porcelain bowl, mark of Yongzheng but 20th century or later, of shallow circular form with petal shaped rim, the centre with iron red lanca character within radiated yellow and green petal shaped panels and a rim of the eight Buddhistic emblems alternating with further lanca characters, repeated on the exterior, underglaze blue six-character mark to base, diameter 20.6cm.

A Chinese inlaid verdigris bronze belt hook, probably Han dynasty, of typical serpentine form with green and red painted decoration, length 21.2cm. Provenance: the property of a West Sussex private collector.

A set of ten Indian miniature paintings on mica, late 19th century, depicting various modes of transport, including elephant with howdah, litter, sedan chair, ox-drawn carriage and horses, 5.2cm x 8.5cm (some faults). Provenance: the property of a West Sussex private collector.

A Chinese iron red decorated porcelain diminutive vase, mark of Qianlong but later, the ovoid body and narrow cylindrical neck painted in iron red with a pavilion beneath a pine tree in a lakeside landscape, underglaze blue seal mark to base, height 9.5cm.

A Chinese porcelain rectangular tray, 19th century, the interior painted with black and gilt cash, ribbon-tied elephant, ram and ruyi-sceptre pendants within a turquoise keyfret rim, the turquoise glazed exterior with iron red keyfret band to side, black seal mark to base, length 20.8cm (minor chip to rim). Provenance: the property of a West Sussex private collector.

A Chinese copper red decorated porcelain stem cup, mark of Xuande but modern, the flared circular bowl decorated with three fish, underglaze blue six-character mark within double ring to base, height 9cm.

A Chinese cloisonné box and cover, early 20th century, decorated with a dragon amidst vapours on a yellow ground, length 6.7cm, together with one hundred and twenty-four Chinese Canton export mother-of-pearl gaming counters, the majority with incised decoration, a Chinese wood stand, a Japanese cloisonné matchbox case, length 7.7cm, and a Benin bronze figure of standing pipe player, height 9.2cm. Provenance: the property of a West Sussex private collector.

A Chinese famille verte porcelain hexagonal brushpot, late Qing dynasty, the green and black keyfret rim above six vertical panels filled with alternating figure in garden, coastal landscape and flower panels within pale green and black 'cracked ice' borders, on ruyi-head feet, unmarked, height 13cm.

A Chinese polished bronze peach-form censer and pierced cover, Qing dynasty, naturalistically modelled as a ripe peach cradled in its own leaves and branches forming the handle and feet, the cover pierced with further leaves below a smaller peach finial, weight 668.8g, height 11.5cm, length 14cm.