Asian and Islamic Ceramics and Works of Art

A Chinese banded agate snuff bottle, late Qing dynasty, of well-hollowed rounded form on an oval foot, with agate stopper, height 7.3cm.

A Chinese watercolour and gouache painting on paper laid onto fabric, late Qianlong period, finely painted with a scene of an informal family gathering in the grounds of a lakeside palace, with pine trees and islets beyond, 96cm x 127cm, framed. Provenance: Sir Evelyn de la Rue (1879-1950) and his daughter Miss Diana de la Rue (1914-1998) of Lockleys, Hertfordshire, and Normans, Rusper. Their ancestors founded the printing firm which secured the Royal Warrant to produce playing cards, postage stamps and banknotes throughout the British Empire. This painting is illustrated on page 53 of Country Life, Vol XLVIII No. 1227, Saturday July 10th 1920, shown hanging above the fireplace at Lockleys in 'The Chinese Room from the South-East'; a copy of the Country Life magazine is included in the lot. The painting was sold by Toovey's on 16th April 1998, Lot 360, as part of the collection belonging to the late Miss Diana de la Rue, and illustrated in the sale catalogue.

A Chinese red silk embroidered skirt, 20th century, worked in coloured threads with flowers within silver wire thread borders, length 81cm.

A Japanese cloisonné tray, Meiji period, of rectangular form with rounded corners, decorated with two doves beneath a blossoming branch on a pale blue/green ground, within a varicoloured rim of flowers and scrolling tendrils, the underside with large peony reserved against a turquoise ground filled with scrolling red leafy tendrils, length 31.5cm.

A pair of Chinese yellow ground porcelain vases and domed covers, late 19th century, each baluster body painted with opposing figural panels, reserved against a yellow ground filled with pink, green and white lotus and scrolling tendrils, between moulded lion mask and ring handles, unmarked, height 27.5cm (one with hairline to rim and repaired cover).

A Chinese underglaze copper red and white porcelain bottle vase, mark of Kangxi but later, the ovoid body and narrow neck painted with a dragon with green speckled decoration, underglaze blue six-character mark to base, height 17.6cm.

A Chinese blue and white porcelain circular dish, mark of Kangxi but late 19th century, painted with a figure crossing a bridge with two seated figures, trees and pavilions in a coastal landscape, underglaze blue four-character mark to base, diameter 33.7cm, together with a Chinese famille rose enamelled porcelain figure of a maiden holding a peach, early 20th century, height 28.8cm.

A pair of Japanese Imari porcelain vases, Meiji period, of shouldered tapering form, painted with panels of flowers, unmarked, height 25.7cm.

A Chinese blue and white circular dish, Qianlong period, painted with flower sprays within trellis and foliate scroll borders, diameter 35cm (repaired).

A pair of Chinese blue and white porcelain vases and domed covers, mark of Kangxi but late 19th century, each baluster body painted with birds and butterflies amidst peony and other blossoming branches, underglaze blue four-character mark to bases, height 31cm (one with two small hairlines to rim and small chip to rim of cover).

A Chinese cloisonné circular bowl, early 20th century, of shallow form with inverted rim, the interior decorated with a boy grasping a large carp against a blue ground filled with lotus, the sides with mythical beasts on a blue ground, inlaid four-character mark to base, diameter 25cm.

A pair of large Chinese white enamelled celadon ground porcelain vases, 19th century, each ovoid body and flared neck decorated with birds, flowers, butterflies, lotus and blossoming and fruiting branches, between pierced dragon scroll handles, height 88.5cm (some loss to handles).

A Chinese hardstone flower arrangement, late 20th century, with rectangular planter, height 50cm, together with two Chinese crystal balls with wood stands and a small group of carvings, 20th century, comprising a pair of carved green hardstone kylins, a figure of a maiden and a censer and cover.

A Khmer-type sandstone head of a male deity, Angkor Wat 12th century style but 20th century, carved with elongated earlobes and facial detail, his hair arranged in braided rows rising to a conical chignon, height 25cm, on a black plinth.

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 Japanese Kutani porcelain vase, Meiji period, the ovoid body painted and gilt with opposing panels of figures in landscape and two mandarin ducks and flowers at the water's edge, beneath a flared neck with simulated brocade borders, height 36.5cm (hairline to base), together with a Japanese 'famille rose' decorated porcelain jar and cover, early 20th century, painted with figures and flowers, height 31.5cm (rim of cover and finial repaired).

A South-east Asian carved stone Buddha head, Tang style but probably 20th century, carved with serene expression, with half-closed eyes and elongated earlobes, his hair tightly curled and rising to a domed usnisa, height 30cm.

A Chinese blue and white porcelain vase, late 19th/early 20th century, the baluster body painted with a fenghuang perched on a rock beside peony, height 26cm.

A Japanese Fukagawa porcelain dish, Meiji period, of fluted circular form, painted and gilt with a butterfly and peonies on a midnight blue ground with gilt decoration, underglaze blue mark to base, diameter 30.6cm (minor rim repair).