Asian and Islamic Ceramics and Works of Art

A pair of Japanese Satsuma earthenware vases by Ryuzan, Meiji period, each ovoid body with flared narrow neck, painted and gilt with opposing panels of bijin and children in lakeside landscape scenes, reserved against a midnight blue ground filled with gilt and enamelled chrysanthemum, gilt signature to bases, height 31cm.

A pair of Japanese Kutani porcelain vases, Meiji period, of ovoid form, each painted with panels of figures in landscape, reserved against a predominantly gilt simulated brocade ground, iron red marks to bases, height 8.7cm.

A Japanese Satsuma earthenware bowl by Kanzan, Meiji period, of circular form with shaped rim, the interior painted and gilt with a figural scene of gods and children, all beneath a border of red-capped cranes, the exterior with a band of dense flowers, gilt and black signature to base, diameter 15.5cm, together with a Satsuma earthenware vase, Meiji period, painted with figures, height 12.1cm.

A Japanese Satsuma earthenware vase, Meiji period, of ovoid form with short flared narrow neck, painted and gilt with a procession between simulated brocade borders, iron red and gilt signature and Shimazu mon to base, height 13.5cm.

A Japanese Satsuma earthenware figure of Hotei, Meiji period, modelled seated with his sack, wearing an open-fronted long robe painted and gilt with floral mon and scrolling foliage, the sack decorated with precious objects on a green glazed ground, height 21.5cm (minor chip and repair to fan).

A Chinese blue and white porcelain bottle vase, mark of Kangxi but late 19th century, painted with dragons and vapours, underglaze blue four-character mark to base, height 24.8cm (chip to footrim), together with a similar blue and white baluster vase, painted with blossoming prunus branches, underglaze blue four-character mark to base, height 25.5cm.

A Chinese wire inlaid brown patinated bronze tripod censer, 18th/19th century, the squat circular body inlaid with bamboo and trellis band, flanked by a pair of upright handles, raised on three scroll feet, inlaid shi shou two-character mark to base, weight 682g, height 10.6cm, rim diameter 11.8cm, together with carved and pierced hardwood cover and stand.

Two Chinese famille rose enamelled celadon ground porcelain plates, mid to late 19th century, one painted with birds, butterflies and flowers, diameter 19cm (hairline to rim), the other with figures, Buddhistic emblems, butterflies and flowers, diameter 19.2cm, together with a pair of Chinese famille rose octagonal wine cups, painted with flowers and calligraphy, height 3.6cm (hairline cracks).

A Chinese famille rose enamelled porcelain vase, mark of Qianlong but probably 20th century, of slender baluster form, painted with a grasshopper, millet and flowers on a rocky outcrop, opposing four lines of black calligraphic text between three red seals, underglaze blue pseudo seal mark to base, height 15.6cm.

A Chinese blue and white export porcelain ginger jar, 18th century, of ovoid form, painted with precious vessels and Buddhistic emblems, underglaze blue double ring to base, height 15.2cm, with a carved and pierced hardwood cover and a wood stand.

A Chinese famille rose export porcelain plate, Yongzheng period, painted with figures crossing a bridge to a mountainside pavilion, diameter 22.5cm (hairline crack to rim), together with three Chinese Imari export porcelain plates, 18th century, painted and gilt with flowers, diameters 22cm and 22.6cm (minor glaze fritting/chips to rims), and a Yongzheng style famille rose porcelain plate, diameter 23.7cm (hairline crack to rim).

A Chinese famille rose porcelain figure of Shoulao, early 20th century, modelled standing wearing a yellow and blue long robe decorated with gilt shou medallions and polychrome vapours, holding peaches and a gnarled wood staff, height 33cm, with hardwood stand.

A Chinese carved boxwood figure of Shoulao, late Qing dynasty, modelled standing wearing a long robe and holding a ruyi sceptre and gnarled wood staff, height 19cm (minor chips and staff reglued).

A Chinese blanc-de-Chine porcelain figure group of Guanyin and her attendants, probably Kangxi period, the seated bodhisattva modelled with child on her lap, above two standing acolytes and a pair of dragons on a rocky base, height 34cm (repaired at neck, crack to front and other minor faults). Note: for a similarly modelled figure group, see plate 75 of P.J. Donnelly's 'Blanc de Chine', 1969.

A Chinese famille verte yellow ground enamelled biscuit porcelain vase, Kangxi style but late 19th century, the square tapering body painted with figural panels within trellis borders, beneath a similarly decorated flared neck with moulded elephant mask handles, height 33.5cm.

A Chinese blue and white porcelain vase, mark of Kangxi but late 19th century, of baluster form, painted with opposing pairs of boys flanking large vases amidst blossoming prunus, underglaze blue four-character mark to base, height 31.5cm (drilled hole near to base and restoration to neck).

A Chinese blue and white porcelain circular dish, mark of Kangxi but late 19th century, painted with a confronted fenghuang and dragon with peony between, underglaze blue four-character mark to base, diameter 29.6cm.

A Chinese famille rose porcelain hat stand vase, late Qing dynasty, of hexagonal form with six pierced quatrelobed apertures, painted with figures and precious objects, unmarked, height 27.5cm.

A Chinese famille verte enamelled porcelain figure of Guandi, late 19th/early 20th century, modelled seated wearing armour and a long robe, height 26cm (minor restoration), mounted on a carved and pierced table lamp stand.