Asian and Islamic Ceramics and Works of Art

A Chinese blue and white porcelain bottle vase, Qing dynasty, the ovoid body and slightly tapered cylindrical neck painted with a dragon, vapours and flaming pearl above a leaping carp, unmarked, height 37cm (drilled hole to base, neck damage and some loss).

A Chinese blue and white export porcelain vase, late Qianlong period, of baluster form, painted with two figures below a pine tree, height 12.5cm.

A Chinese Empress Dowager Cixi style yellow ground porcelain bowl, mark of Jiaqing but 20th century, the exterior painted with a pair of iron red and grey dragons amidst white peony on a yellow ground, beneath a turquoise and black keyfret rim, underglaze red pseudo seal mark to base, height 7cm, width 13.2cm.

A Chinese archaistic polished bronze hu vase, mark of Xuande but late 19th century, cast with archaistic band and lappet panels between elephant mask handles, cast six-character mark to side, height 13.7cm, together with a Chinese polished bronze censer, late 19th century, of squat globular form, three-character mark to base, height 9cm.

A Chinese wucai porcelain vase, Qing dynasty, of baluster form with flared neck, painted in underglaze blue with crayfish surrounded by green weeds and waves on an iron red enamelled whorl ground, unmarked, height 32.5cm (starcrack to base and chips to rim and footrim).

A Chinese blue and white porcelain ginger jar, late 19th century, of ovoid form, painted with a figural scene, height 21.8cm (restoration).

A Japanese Imari porcelain jar and domed cover, 19th century, the ovoid body painted and gilt with panels of chrysanthemum-charged urns, height 36.5cm.

A Chinese archaistic blue glazed porcelain vase, probably late Qing dynasty, of rectangular baluster form with panelled sides below a flared neck with dragon scroll band, flanked by moulded mask and ring handles, on a rectangular base, incised lengthy text incorporating six-character mark of Xuande to base, height 34cm.

A pair of Chinese Ming style blue and white porcelain circular dishes, mark of Jiaqing but probably later Qing dynasty, each painted with a central panel of lotus and scrolling leafy tendrils, underglaze blue seal mark and incised character to bases, diameter 25.5cm (one with small hairline and minor rim chips).

A Chinese 'clobbered' blue and white porcelain spirit bottle, Kangxi period and later, of barrel form, painted in underglaze blue with flowers and leafy stems, later embellished in red, green and gilt, height 14cm, together with a pair of 'clobbered' blue and white porcelain hors d'oeuvres dishes, lengths 16.2cm and 16.4cm (rim chips).

A Chinese streaky glazed stoneware vase, late Qing dynasty, of tapered cylindrical form with short flared neck, covered in a blue and purple streaky glaze, height 37.5cm (repaired rim).

A Chinese underglaze red decorated porcelain vase, Qing dynasty, the shouldered tapering body and cylindrical neck painted with a dragon, flaming pearl and vapours above crashing waves, height 38cm (reduced and repaired neck).

A Chinese famille verte porcelain vase, late 19th century, the baluster body and flared neck painted with dragons and peony on a black foliate scroll-filled green ground, height 46.2cm (rim damage, hairline crack and restoration).

A Chinese carved giltwood figure group, late Qing dynasty, modelled as Guanyin seated on the back of a kylin, height 49cm, on a later hardwood stand (minor faults and repairs).

A large Chinese Canton famille rose porcelain vase, mid-19th century, the swollen cylindrical body and flared neck painted and gilt with variously shaped figural panels reserved against a ground of flowers, butterflies and precious objects, the neck applied with a pair of gilt Buddhistic lion and cub handles above similarly applied chilong to shoulders, height 63.5cm (restoration to rim).

A pair of Chinese blue and white porcelain jars and covers, 20th century, of stout ovoid form, painted with dragons and vapours beneath a keyfret rim, height 30cm.

A Chinese blue and white porcelain vase, late 19th century, of cylindrical form with flared neck, painted with a dragon amidst peony, unmarked, height 44.5cm (restoration).

A Chinese turquoise glazed porcelain kylin censer, late 19th century, the beast modelled standing four-square with detachable head cover, height 29cm (chips and restoration to cover).

A pair of Japanese Arita porcelain vases by Hichozan Shinpo, Meiji period, each ovoid body with flared neck and frill rim, painted with birds, blossoming branches, flowers and rocks on an iron red ground, iron red painted seven-character mark to base, heights 39.5cm (minor rim chips).