Asian and Islamic Ceramics and Works of Art

A Japanese shakudo mixed metal inlaid rectangular box with canted corners, Meiji period, the top finely worked in relief with lotus flower and leaf, peony and crab, incised silver signature plaque to lower left corner, length 10.9cm (lacking feet).

A Chinese blue and white porcelain snuff bottle, late 19th century, of flattened circular form, painted with opposing figural scenes, underglaze blue four-character mark to base, height 8.3cm (minor glaze fritting/chips).

A Japanese Tsuiki-Jippo cloisonné enamelled silver vase by Hattori Tadasaburo, Meiji period, of ovoid form, decorated with birds in flight and perched on rocks above crashing waves, on a graduated translucent green to pale blue ground, incised three-character signature to silver base, height 10.5cm (minor hairlines).

A pair of Japanese Satsuma earthenware diminutive bottle vases, Meiji period, each globular body painted and gilt with seated figures beneath simulated brocade and floral cylindrical neck, black and gilt signature to bases, height 8.3cm (one with minor hairline to rim).

A pair of Japanese Satsuma earthenware vases by Kinkozan, Meiji period, each ovoid body painted and gilt with an expansive scene of figures, pavilions, bridge and pine, divided by a vertical panel of sparrows flying above peony and fence, iron red and gilt signature seal mark and Shimazu mon to bases, height 19cm (one with small chip to rim).

A Japanese Satsuma earthenware vase, Meiji period, of waisted form, painted and gilt with chrysanthemum and fence, iron red enamelled signature to base, height 11.4cm (minor hairline to rim).

A Japanese Satsuma earthenware diminutive vase by Kinkozan, Meiji period, of flattened ovoid form, painted and gilt with opposing panels of samurai and bijin, reserved against a blue and gilt ground, gilt four-character signature to base, height 8.5cm (minor rim repair).

A Japanese Satsuma earthenware circular box and cover, Meiji period, the cover painted and gilt with radiating panels of simulated brocade, black painted six-character signature to base, diameter 11cm, together with a Japanese Satsuma sake bottle, painted and gilt with flowers and blossoming branches beneath a simulated brocade collar, black signature and impressed seal to base, height 14.2cm.

A Japanese bronze tsuba, probably 20th century, both sides cast with a dragon emerging from vapours, picked out in silvered detail, length 7.5cm.

A Japanese silver double-skinned rectangular cigar box, Meiji period, the hinged lid and sides exterior embossed and chased with iris, wooden dam and stream on a stippled ground, stamped signature and Jungin mark to base, total weight 1450g, length 24.7cm.

A pair of Japanese Satsuma earthenware vases, Meiji period, each triangular tapering body painted and gilt with samurai in battle scenes, gilt signatures to bases, height 15cm (minor rim chip to one), together with a Satsuma earthenware koro and cover, Meiji period, painted and gilt with rakan, height 18cm (faults), and another Satsuma vase, Meiji period, painted and gilt with bijin and children in landscape, height 18.4cm (footrim chipped)

A group of seven Japanese Satsuma earthenware figures of gods by Kozan, Meiji period, each with enamelled and gilt decoration, gilt signature panels to back of six and painted signature to base of larger figure, heights ranging from 6cm to 10.8cm, together with six wood stands.

A Japanese Satsuma earthenware vase by Hizan, Meiji period, of shouldered tapering form, painted and gilt with butterflies flying with a gilt net ground, gilt and iron red signature to base, height 15.7cm.

A Japanese Satsuma earthenware vase by Genzan, Meiji period, of slender baluster form, painted and gilt with butterflies on a gilt net ground above a band of iris, gilt and black signature to base, height 15.2cm.

A Japanese silver vase, 20th century, of shouldered tapering form with applied gilt kiku mon, stamped four-character Jungin mark and 'S' within star mark to base, weight 923g, height 26cm, together with an ebonized stand and wood case.

A Japanese carved turquoise netsuke, Meiji/Taisho period, modelled as a recumbent horse, length 5.2cm.

A Japanese Satsuma earthenware circular bowl by Ryuzan, Meiji period, the interior and exterior painted and gilt with millefleurs, gilt and black signature seal to base, height 5cm, diameter 12.4cm.

A pair of Chinese Canton export porcelain oval dishes, early 19th century, made for the American market, each painted in sepia enamel with a central monogram within a border of figures, vessels and flowers, the rim with black and gilt foliate scrolls, length 27cm.

A pair of Chinese blue and white export porcelain plates, Kangxi period, each painted with flowers and leafy tendrils, diameters 21.7cm and 22.2cm (chips and glaze fritting to rims).