Asian and Islamic Ceramics and Works of Art

A Chinese famille rose export porcelain plate, Qianlong period, painted with a pair of Buddhistic lions playing with two brocade balls, framed by iron red and gilt flowers, the rim with four floral sprays, diameter 22.5cm.

A pair of Chinese famille rose millefleurs black ground porcelain saucer dishes, mark of Qianlong but 20th century, each painted with dense flowers, painted iron red six-character mark to bases, diameter 14.5cm.

A Sino-Tibetan gilt and brown patinated bronze figure of Jambhala, probably late Qing dynasty, the God of Wealth modelled seated wearing a headdress, celestial scarf and bead jewellery, holding a nakala mongoose in his left hand and a shell, on a double lotus throne, height 20.5cm.

A Chinese brown patinated bronze censer, Qing dynasty, the cylindrical body with incised wave band above lappet panels, raised on three scroll legs, height 7.9cm, together with a Chinese bronze Buddhistic lion, modelled in a seated pose, height 7cm.

A Japanese carved hardwood stand, Meiji period, the oval top above a carved and pierced crashing wave frieze, raised on four scroll legs united by a stretcher, height 15cm, length 30.4cm.

A Chinese brown patinated bronze vase, Qing dynasty, the shouldered baluster body applied with a chilong, twelve character mark to base, height 31cm.

A Chinese blue and white porcelain vase, Qing dynasty, the rectangular body painted with opposing panels of a dragon and a phoenix amidst scrolling lotus tendrils, the side panels with further tendrils and pierced archaistic scroll handles, beneath a tapered rectangular neck filled with further scrolling tendrils, height 33cm (restoration).

A Chinese gilt bronze figure group of Guanyin seated on the back of a recumbent Buddhistic lion, probably Qing dynasty, the Bodhisattva modelled wearing elaborate headress and beaded jewellery, with traces of gilt and polychrome detail, raised on a lotus moulded base, height 22.5cm.

A Chinese carved brown soapstone figure of Guanyin, probably 20th century, modelled standing on a naturalistic base, height 21cm (chipped fingers), together with a pair of Chinese carved soapstone seals, 20th century, each with Buddhistic lion and cub finial, on a cube base, height 15.5cm

A Chinese Canton enamel circular box and cover, mark of Qianlong and probably of the period, the domed cover painted with a circular panel depicting warriors on horseback above three smaller panels depicting aquatic creatures, the base with three figural landscape panels, all against a ground of fruit, flowers, butterflies and a bat, the interior with floral decoration, blue painted seal mark to base, diameter 22.5cm (minor faults and restoration).

A Chinese cloisonnÚ pale green ground bottle vase, early 20th century, the bulbous body with extended cylindrical neck, decorated overall with flowers and foliage amidst polychrome scrolls, impressed 'China' to base, height 26.5cm.

A Chinese Jun type stoneware vase, Song dynasty style but probably later, of ovoid form with flared neck, covered in a blue glaze with purple splash to shoulder, height 19.6cm.

A Chinese famille rose porcelain saucer dish, mark of Chenghua but late Qing dynasty, painted with three iron red bats, framed by a border of three auspicious fruit branches divided by three gilt characters, iron red enamelled four-character mark to base, diameter 14cm, together with a Chinese famille rose provincial porcelain dish, diameter 17.5cm, and a porcelain octagonal dish, painted with warriors, width 21cm.

A Chinese Canton export ivory rectangular box, mid to late 19th century, the hinge lid and sides carved in low relief and pierced with figural panels, trellis ground and floral borders, length 14.6cm, together with a similar smaller box decorated with dragons, length 8.7cm (some faults).

A group of three Chinese Canton export ivory chess pieces, 19th century, comprising a king and queen finely carved as an emperor and empress on octagonal bases, height 13.5cm and 11.2cm, and a bishop, modelled as a mandarin on an oval base, height 9.5cm.

A small group of Chinese ivory carvings, late 19th/early 20th century, including a Canton paperknife with figural handle, length 26cm, a Canton 'puzzleball' and stand, height 19cm, a Canton bangle carved with dragons, diameter 7.5cm, and a figure of a fisherman, height 19cm, together with an Indian ivory figure, height 10.8cm (some faults).

A group of Chinese blue and white porcelain, 18th century and later, comprising a Batavian export ware bowl, painted with fish, diameter 12.2cm, an ovoid jar, painted with prunus, height 12.1cm, a cylindrical vase, painted with figures and birds, height 15.1cm, a ginger jar and a globular pot, height 5.7cm (some faults).

A Chinese yellow and green enamelled porcelain 'dragon' bowl, mark of Qianlong and possibly of the period, the exterior decorated with a pair of green five-clawed dragons in pursuit of a flaming pearl amidst vapours, reserved against a yellow ground, underglaze blue seal mark to base, diameter 11.7cm (some restoration to rim).

A Chinese gilt bronze Buddha, Ming style but probably 19th/20th century, modelled seated in dhyanasana, on a pierced rectangular plinth base, the front decorated in relief with two Buddhistic lions, the reverse with a line of twelve characters, height 28cm.