Asian and Islamic Ceramics and Works of Art

A Chinese jade cylindrical brushpot, 20th century, the green stone with darker inclusions, height 7.9cm.

A Tibetan thangka, 20th century, painted in gouache and gilt with a wheel shaped design, filled and surrounded by various Buddhistic deities and bodhisattvas within a border of dragons and Buddhistic emblems, 77.5cm x 54.5cm, framed and glazed.

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) - a Japanese woodblock oban tateye print from the series 'Meisho Yedo Hiakkei' (One Hundred Famous Views of Edo), depicting the Moto-Hachiman shrine at Sunamara, 33.5cm x 21.5cm, framed and glazed, together with another oban tateye print depicting a coastal landscape, 35cm x 23cm, framed and glazed.

A Chinese famille rose enamelled biscuit porcelain figure, 18th century, modelled standing wearing a colourful robe, height 21cm (repaired), together with a pair of Indian painted wood figures, height 20.6cm, a Tibetan white metal and copper circular gau (amulet box), diameter 8cm, and a pair of carved hardwood Buddhistic lions, length 24.5cm.

A set of four Japanese bronze bridge post finials, 20th century, each turned cylindrical body engraved with lines of text below a knop finial, height 20cm.

A Tibetan thangka, painted and gilt with a wheel shaped design, filled and surrounded by various bodhisattvas and Buddhistic emblems within a border of dragons, 69cm x 54cm, framed and glazed.

A Japanese silk embroidered four-fold screen, Meiji period, each rectangular panel depicting a continuous landscape scene, the ebonized frame with relief border of red flowers, Tokugawa mon and birds on a gilt ground, height 172cm (faults).

A Japanese brown patinated bronze sectional figure group, Meiji period, modelled as an eagle with wings outstretched, perched upon a rocky outcrop, with dragon's tail disappearing down a hole, height 56.5cm.

A Japanese red lacquered wash basin, Meiji period, of coopered circular form with brass mounts, on five shaped feet, diameter 73cm.

A Japanese parquetry inlaid table cabinet watch stand, Meiji period, in the form of a tower with arched roof, the exterior with brick and window detail, the recessed upper floor with watch stand drawer flanked by a pair of smaller drawers, the larger lower section hinged to reveal an arrangement of drawers and cupboards, all with geometric parquetry decoration, the base with single drawer, height 41cm.

A Chinese silk embroidered rectangular panel, late Qing dynasty, finely worked in coloured threads with a scene of two recumbent horses, 68cm x 104cm, within a silk brocade border and ebonized frame.

Two Japanese silk embroidered rectangular panels, Meiji period, one depicting pavilions in a riverside woodland scene, 28.7cm x 59cm, the other with a waterfall, 38.5cm x 18cm, both framed.

A Chinese Ming style underglaze red porcelain meiping vase, mark of Xuande but modern, painted with peonies and scrolling tendrils, height 55cm.

A Japanese hanging scroll painting, early 20th century, depicting figures on a shoreside with boats and Mount Fuji beyond, black signature and red seal mark to lower left corner, 107cm x 50cm.

A pair of Chinese hardstone Buddha's hand citron arrangements in cloisonné jardinières, 20th century, heights 25cm, together with a small collection of Chinese works of art, including a green hardstone bowl and a sancai glazed Buddhistic lion (some faults).

A Chinese sang-de-boeuf glazed porcelain bottle vase, late Qing dynasty, the globular body with narrow cylindrical neck, unmarked, height 25.5cm.

Two Japanese tenmoku glazed pottery bowls, 20th century, each of circular tapering form, diameters 12.7cm and 13cm.

A Chinese famille rose porcelain saucer dish, late Qing dynasty, enamelled with pairs of peaches, pomegranates and Buddha's hand citrons divided by gilt shou characters, framing three iron red and gilt bats, iron red enamelled four character mark to base, diameter 14cm, together with a Chinese provincial famille rose porcelain dish, painted with lotus, peonies, prunus and peaches, diameter 17.5cm.

A Japanese cloisonné vase, Meiji period, of hexagonal tapering form, decorated with lappet shaped panels filled with dragons and ho-o birds, height 12cm, together with a Japanese cloisonné bottle vase, Meiji period, decorated with flowers and butterflies on a turquoise ground, height 18.5cm.