Asian and Islamic Ceramics and Works of Art

A Chinese pale celadon jade figure group of a seated immortal and attendant boy, length 8.5cm, and a celadon jade carving of a Buddhistic lion and cub, length 6.5cm.

A Chinese blue and white porcelain 'Lotus' bowl, mark of Yongzhang but later, of steep sided circular form, the exterior painted with three stylized lotus sprays alternating with floral arabesques and leaves, underglaze blue pseudo six-character mark within double ring to base, diameter 10.5cm, height 5.7cm.

A Japanese Satsuma earthenware circular bowl by Koshida, Meiji/Taisho period, painted and gilt inside and out with dense flowers, iron red and gilt signature and Shimazu mon to base, diameter 21.7cm, height 8.7cm, together with a smaller Satsuma earthenware bowl, width 10cm.

A Chinese blue and white porcelain ginger jar and cover, mark of Kangxi but late 19th century, painted with blossoming prunus branches, underglaze blue four-character mark to base, height 14.5cm.

A pair of Chinese famille rose porcelain vases, Republic period, each shouldered tapering body painted with a figural scene opposing black text and red seals, within black borders, height 26cm (drilled hole to bases and chip to rim of one).

A Chinese green hardstone snuff bottle, probably early 20th century, of flattened rounded form with coral mounted stopper, height 7cm.

A Chinese hardwood single pedestal writing desk, late Qing dynasty, the gallery back carved and pierced with birds amidst fruiting vine, flanked by a shelf, cupboard and drawer to one side and single drawer to other, each front carved in low relief with birds and blossoming branches, the panelled top above an arrangement of seven similarly decorated drawers and a pair of lion mask shouldered scroll legs with carved peony decoration, on claw and ball feet, height 167cm, width 94cm, depth 71cm.

A Chinese blue and white export porcelain saucer dish, Kangxi period, painted with peony and chrysanthemum, diameter 27.5cm (faults), together with a pale celadon glazed incense burner/jostick holder, modelled as a recumbent mythical beast supporting an oval dish on its back with central aperture and moulded in low relief with opposing cranes, length 13cm (repaired).

A group of Chinese celadon jade carvings, comprising a group of two monkeys flanking a peach on a bench, height 5.6cm, a drum carved in relief with four masks, height 3.1cm, a seated figure and cat pendant, and a recumbent ram.

A Chinese pale celadon jade carving, probably 20th century, modelled as bamboo shoots and leaves, length 6.7cm, together with a celadon jade pendant, carved as a lingzhi fungus, length 6.7cm, and a carved jade bird pendant, modelled with wings outstretched, length 5.7cm.

A group of Chinese jade carvings, probably 20th century, comprising a two-piece buckle of celadon tone, total length 8.7cm, a white jade bangle, diameter 7.8cm, and two pendants, length 4.8cm and 4.3cm.

A Chinese Dingyao porcelain circular dish, covered in a cream glaze, carved in low relief with a recumbent deer amidst peony and other flowers beneath a keyfret border and unglazed rim, diameter 21.2cm.

A Chinese famille verte porcelain ginger jar, Kangxi style but later, the ovoid body painted with birds flying above chrysanthemum and rocks, height 22.5cm.

A Chinese blue and white porcelain vase, mark of Kangxi but probably 20th century, painted with blossoming prunus branches, underglaze blue four-character mark to base, height 24cm.

A Chinese sang-de-boeuf glazed bottle vase, late Qing dynasty, the globular body and narrow neck covered in an oxblood glaze, height 18.6cm.

A Sino-Tibetan bronze figure of a bodhisattva, probably 20th century, the six-armed and three-faced deity modelled seated in dhyanasana on a double lotus moulded base with traces of gilt and red pigment, height 17.5cm.

A Chinese moulded 'twin bat' porcelain bowl, mark of Daoguang and possibly of the period, moulded in relief with a pair of confronting bats with outstretched wings, the heads forming the handles, painted in iron red and gilt, reserved against a blue enamelled incised wave ground, the interior turquoise glazed, iron red painted seal mark to base, height 9cm, length 14.8cm.

A group of three Chinese Swatow provincial blue and white porcelain side dishes, late Ming dynasty, each painted with a qilin amidst vapours, framed by a fluted cavetto and shaped rim, diameters 19.5cm (minor faults).

A Chinese celadon jade pendant, probably 20th century, carved and pierced with a goose and turtle sharing a branch, length 5.3cm, height 4cm.