Asian and Islamic Ceramics and Works of Art

A Japanese Arita blue and white porcelain jar and domed cover with Buddhistic lion finial, Meiji period, painted with panels of playful puppies, height 70cm (hairline crack to body).

An Indian Bidri ware circular stand, 18th/19th century, decorated with a border of foliate panels, diameter 28.3cm.

A Mughal style jade circular bowl, probably 20th century, the exterior carved in relief with bands of flowers and meandering leafy tendrils, the stone of greyish tone with russet hairline inclusions, diameter 15.7cm, height 6.6cm.

A Mughal style two-colour jade dagger handle, carved in relief with opposing circular lotus motifs each centred with a red stone, against an overlapping foliate ground, length 13.5cm.

A Mughal style pale celadon jade dagger handle, probably 20th century, carved and pierced in the form of a flower urn issuing three flower buds, length 13.2cm.

A Japanese Imari porcelain circular bowl, 18th century, painted in predominantly underglaze blue with dragons and phoenix, heightened in green, red and gilt detail, underglaze blue pseudo six-character mark of Chenghua to base, height 10cm, diameter 22cm.

A Japanese silver inlaid bronze vase, Meiji period, the globular body covered in an iron red and brown mottled patination, inset with a silver flowerhead and two buds, between a pair of mask and loose ring handles, height 20cm (some dents to body).

A Japanese Kakiemon porcelain dish, Edo period, mid to late 17th century, of octolobed outline, the shallow dish decorated in iron red, blue, green and yellow with a pair of pheasants amongst rocks and tree peony, within a rim of flowers and foliage, width 13.5cm (minor hairline to rim).

A Chinese soapstone miniature seal, probably late Qing dynasty, carved and pierced with Buddhistic lion surmount, on a cube base with carved four-character matrix, height 3.7cm, together with a carved soapstone figure of Shoulau, height 7cm, and a carved boxwood seated figure, height 6.5cm.

A Chinese famille verte porcelain circular bowl, Kangxi style but later Qing dynasty, the exterior painted with eight immortals seated on various mythical beasts, iron red seal and leaf to side, height 10.5cm, diameter 21cm (faults).

A Chinese blue and white Kraak style porcelain circular dish, Kangxi period, the centre painted with a grasshopper, rocks and flowers, framed by a segmented rim of flowers and precious objects, underglaze blue pseudo seal mark within double-ring to base, diameter 27cm (repair to rim).

A Japanese brown patinated bronze figure of a woman, Meiji/Taisho period, modelled standing, wearing a long tunic and necklace, height 24cm, with carved wood stand.

A Chinese tixi lacquer seal box and cover, late Ming dynasty and later, the multi-layered cinnabar and black/brown cover and base carved in relief with inward pointed ruyi heads, diameter 7.9cm, height 4cm. Note: base possibly a later match.