Asian and Islamic Ceramics and Works of Art

A Chinese famille rose porcelain bottle vase, mark of Qianlong but probably Republic period, decorated with scattered flowers and insects, iron red printed seal mark to base, height 24.5cm.

A Chinese brown patinated bronze paper or scroll weight, Ming dynasty, modelled in the form of a boy leaning over a wood framed construction, height 5.2cm.

A Chinese pale celadon jade belt buckle section, Qing dynasty, the curved front panel carved and pierced with lingzhi fungus, flowers and scrolling tendrils, length 5cm.

A Chinese bronze figure of Buddha, 18th century, modelled seated in dhyanasana on a double lotus base, height 13cm, on a marble plinth.

A Chinese bronze figure group of a man and water buffalo, late Ming style but probably later, modelled with the seated buffalo and man standing, height 5.5cm, length 8.2cm.

A Chinese blue enamelled Yixing stoneware teapot and cover, late 19th century, the fluted squat circular body decorated with panels of vertical gilt characters within polychrome enamelled flower, scroll and lappet borders, all against a blue glazed ground, impressed nine-character seal mark to base, height 14.7cm.

A pair of Japanese Satsuma earthenware vases, late Meiji/Taisho period, each of swollen cylindrical form, painted and gilt with a procession of figures, gilt Shimazu mon and signature and brown 'Made in Japan' to bases, heights 18.5cm.

A Japanese Komai-style rectangular musical compact, the hinged lid decorated with a scene of a boat, trees and pavilions with Mount Fuji beyond, length 9cm (corner of mirror damaged to interior).

A Chinese Canton famille rose medallion mug, mid to late 19th century, the cylindrical body typically painted and gilt with panels of figures, birds, butterflies and flowers, height 11cm, together with a similarly decorated Canton vase, height 14.4cm, and bowl, diameter 12.8cm.

A Chinese pale celadon jade pendant, 20th century, carved and pierced in the form of a flower basket with articulated handle, length 5.6cm, together with another celadon jade pendant, one side carved in low relief with a figure, the other side with six characters, length 5.4cm.

A Chinese jadeite pendant, carved in relief with a bird and pine tree, length 5cm, together with a brown jade fruit pendant, length 6.2cm.

A Chinese Canton export lacquer games box, early to mid-19th century, of canted corner rectangular form, the removable cover and sides decorated in gilt with village scenes of figures, pavilions and trees within dragon borders, the interior fitted with seven similarly decorated boxes and covers and ten stacking rectangular counter trays, variously decorated with playing cards and gilt figural scenes, on carved paw feet, length 37.2cm, together with a collection of ninety-two Canton export mother-of-pearl gaming counters, including a set of sixty-seven with finely carved figural scenes and pierced prunus borders, comprising twelve rectangular, twelve circular and forty-three longer rectangular.

A Chinese famille rose enamelled porcelain octagonal footed dish, mark of Xianfeng and possibly of the period, the centre painted and moulded with a taijitu emblem within a surround of the eight trigrams, heightened in gilt, the exterior with flower sprays, the spreading foot with lotus and scrolling tendrils on a turquoise ground band, iron red painted seal mark to base, height 4.1cm, width 9.7cm, together with a Chinese cloisonné bowl of shallow circular form, decorated with dragons on a turquoise ground, diameter 11cm.

An Indian Bidri ware rectangular box and cover, late 19th/early 20th century, decorated with panels of tiger, lotus, deer and crane within trellis and keyfret borders, height 10cm, length 13.1cm.

A Chinese blue and white porcelain small jar, mark of Chenghua but probably 19th century, of ovoid form, painted with scattered prunus, underglaze blue four-character mark to base, height 11.5cm, together with another Chinese blue and white jar, painted with blossoming prunus branches, height 12.7cm.

A pair of Chinese blue and white porcelain jars and domed covers, late 19th century, each of stout baluster form, painted with birds, rocks and peony, underglaze blue double ring to base, height 17.4cm.

A Chinese silver gilt and enamelled snuff bottle and screw stopper, late Qing dynasty, of flattened ovoid form, decorated with filigree scrolls and enamelled in blue, green, aubergine and yellow with opposing flowers and leafy stems, within foliate borders, height 6.3cm.

A pair of Chinese blue and white crackle glazed porcelain vases, late 19th century, each baluster body painted with dragons amidst vapours within moulded iron oxide washed borders, height 24.6cm (each drilled near to base).

A graduated group of eight Burmese bronze opium weights, 19th century, each modelled as a hintha duck, heights ranging from 11cm to 2cm.