Asian and Islamic Ceramics and Works of Art

A Chinese famille verte biscuit porcelain jar and cover, late Qing dynasty, of ovoid form, moulded in relief with a crane amidst lotus on a turquoise ground, height 28cm (drilled through cover and impressed seal mark to base, cover repaired and rim chips), with carved hardwood stand.

A Chinese famille noir enamelled biscuit porcelain jar, mark of Kangxi but late 19th century, of lobed ovoid form, moulded in relief with a band of immortals picked out in aubergine, yellow and green beneath a similarly coloured ruyi-head collar, all against a black glazed ground, black enamelled seal mark to base, height 24.3cm (faint star crack to base).

A small group of Chinese famille rose export porcelain, Qianlong period and later, comprising a small oval dish, painted with flower sprays, length 12.5cm, a matching trencher salt, length 8.4cm (chipped and cracked), a taperstick holder, the shallow dish with barbed rim applied with five fruits and centred with a cylindrical holder, diameter 13.5cm (minor rim restoration), and a Canton rectangular dish, painted with birds, butterflies and flowers, length 22cm.

A Chinese blue and white porcelain circular bowl, Kangxi style but late 19th century, the interior painted with a dragon roundel beneath a rim of Long Elizas and fence, the exterior with the eight horses of Muwang, underglaze blue mark to base, height 8.4cm, diameter 24cm.

A Chinese porcelain café-au-lait glazed figure of Zhong Kui, Republic period, modelled slouched on a naturalistic chair with sword slung over the back, his right hand holding a fan and left foot resting on a wine jar, with gilt detail, impressed mark to base, height 32.5cm, with wood stand.

A small group of South-east Asian collectors' items, comprising a Chinese bronze horse, height 4.8cm, a similar gilt horse, height 4.5cm, a Hongshan type green hardstone carved mask pendant, length 8.1cm, a Thai pottery votive plaque, height 4.3cm, and a Himalayan pottery votive stupa, height 2cm.

A pair of Chinese archaistic brown patinated bronze hu vases, Ming dynasty, each pear-form body cast with a band of archaic scrolls between kylin mask handles, on an oval base, height 29cm.

A Chinese blue and white export porcelain tankard, Qianlong period, the cylindrical body painted with peony and bamboo in a fenced garden, height 12.2cm, together with a Chinese blue and white export porcelain tea caddy and cover, Qianlong period, painted with pavilions in a coastal landscape, height 12.4cm, and a blue and white export porcelain sauce tureen and cover, length 18cm (minor faults).

A Chinese famille rose export porcelain plate, Qianlong period, painted with flowers, diameter 22.8cm, together with a larger famille rose export porcelain dish, Yongzheng period, painted with a flower filled leaf shaped panel against a prunus, bamboo and brown whorl ground, diameter 35.8cm (restoration).

A Chinese famille rose porcelain bottle vase, mid to late 19th century, the globular body with narrow neck and onion mouth, painted with a red-capped crane flying through clouds above a pine tree and a gathering of gods, maidens and attendants in a fenced garden setting, unmarked, height 44cm (restoration to neck).

A Japanese Satsuma earthenware koro and cover, Meiji period, with lion finial, the globular body painted and gilt with figures within simulated brocade borders, on tripod legs, height 44.5cm (cover repaired), together with a Japanese Kutani porcelain vase, Meiji period, painted and gilt with goose and swallows above Buddhistic lions, brocade balls and flowers, height 33.5cm.

A pair of Japanese Imari porcelain vases, Meiji period, of ovoid form with flared neck, painted with flowers, height 24.3cm.

A Chinese pink glazed porcelain vase, late Qing dynasty, the shouldered tapering body with flared neck, applied with a pair of Buddhistic lion and cub handles above four chilong to shoulder, unmarked, height 60cm (drilled hole to base).

A pair of Chinese huanghuali hardwood stands, 19th century, each square panelled top above a waisted apron, on block legs united by humpbacked stretchers, height 51.5cm, width 41cm.

An impressive large Thai gilt bronze figure of Buddha, possibly 17th/18th century, modelled with tightly curled hair rising to a domed unisa and flame surmount, seated in dhyanasana on a naga coiled three-tier throne and plain base, height 119cm (missing Muchalinda naga hood).

Takeji Asano (1900-1999) - a Japanese polychrome woodblock print depicting rain in Hibashi-Honganji Temple, Kyoto, signature to lower left corner, 23.5cm x 35.5cm, framed and glazed with card mount.

A pair of Chinese blue and white export porcelain plates, Kangxi period, painted with flowers and rocks, diameter 22cm (one with hairline crack to rim), together with a Chinese blue and white export porcelain circular dish, Kangxi period, painted with two geese, rocks and lotus in landscape within a segmented border, diameter 20.7cm (hairline cracks to rim), and a Chinese provincial blue and white ginger jar, painted with a coastal landscape, height 20cm (cracked).

A Chinese silk embroidered rectangular panel, late Qing dynasty, worked in coloured thread with a pair of ornamental pheasants, ducks, cranes and other birds around a lotus pond with pine tree above, on a blue ground, 108cm x 68cm, framed and glazed.

A Chinese silk embroidered rectangular panel, late Qing dynasty, worked in coloured threads with a peacock, a pair of red-capped cranes and other birds amidst blossoming branches and flowers on a black ground, 113cm x 73cm, framed and glazed.