Asian and Islamic Ceramics and Works of Art

A Chinese carved soapstone figure of Shoulao, 20th century, modelled seated on a rock, height 7.7cm, together with a pair of Japanese ginbari cloisonné vases, Meiji period, each baluster body decorated with a pair of red-capped cranes and flowers on a blue enamel and foil backed ground, height 15.2cm, and a Canton export ivory square puzzle box with sliding cover, the interior with later plastic pieces, width 5cm (faults).

A pair of Chinese blue and white porcelain moonflasks, late 19th century, each flattened circular body painted with opposing dragon and peony panels, height 17cm.

A near pair of Chinese doucai porcelain bowls, mark of Yongzheng but probably later, of hemispherical circular form, each exterior enamelled with continuous clusters of pale apple-green and pale lime-green bamboo shoots and leaves, outlined in underglaze blue, underglaze blue pseudo six-character mark and double ring to bases, heights 3.9cm, diameters 9.2cm (one with minor chip to rim).

A Chinese blue and white porcelain bowl, Kangxi period, of steep-sided 'U' form, the exterior painted with a design of lotus and tendrils, height 14.3cm (lacking cover).

A Japanese cloisonné dish, Meiji period, of foliate outline, the centre filled with an iris roundel within a foliate border, width 18.4cm, together with a cloisonné censer and cover, decorated with Buddhistic emblems, flowers and other motifs on a white ground, unsigned, height 14cm, with wood stand.

A Chinese Imari export porcelain circular bowl, Qianlong period, the exterior painted with pavilions and figures in a coastal landscape, picked out in gilt, diameter 19.8cm, height 8.5cm, together with a carved hardwood stand.

A Chinese export porcelain teabowl and saucer, Qianlong period, each piece painted en grisaille with an immortal and attendant boy on horseback, accompanied by another attendant boy on foot, black line rims, diameter of saucer 11.6cm, bearing Guest & Gray paper label to bases.

An impressive Chinese cloisonné vase, 18th century, with gilt copper mounts, the baluster body decorated in polychrome enamels with two birds perched on blossoming peony stems, emanating from rock on a keyfret filled turquoise ground, between ruyi head and keyfret borders to neck and foot, height 42cm (some faults).

A collection of Chinese export porcelain, Qianlong period, including a pair of famille rose plates, painted and gilt with a fallow deer beside gilt bamboo and polychrome lingzhi fungus, diameters 23.1cm, a famille rose circular bowl, painted with flowers, diameter 20.3cm, and a blue and white shaped oval meat dish, length 37.3cm (faults).

A Chinese celadon glazed porcelain vase, early 20th century, the shouldered tapering body decorated in low relief with lotus and scrolling tendrils beneath a ruyi head band to shoulder and short flared neck with upright leaf band, drilled through underglaze blue six-character mark of Yongzheng and impressed 'China' to base, height 31.8cm, with hardwood stand (reduced neck, drilled hole through mark to base and converted to a table lamp).

A collection of Chinese pottery, late 19th century and later, comprising a pair of Canton famille rose porcelain rouleau vases, height 23cm (one with hairline cracks to rim, the other badly damaged), a pair of blue and white cylinder vases with prunus branch decoration, height 19.2cm, a blue and white crackle glazed cylinder vase, height 25.7cm (cracked), a Provincial blue and white ginger jar and a pair of pottery figures groups of a female immortal seated on the back of a recumbent fallow deer, length 19cm, with wood stands (faults and other head missing).

A near pair of Japanese cloisonné enamel circular dishes, Meiji period, one decorated with a bird amidst flowers, the other with flowers, each on a turquoise ground, within a foliate rim, diameters 36cm (minor faults).

A Chinese Qianjiang porcelain rectangular plaque, painted with a bird perched on a blossoming branch and bamboo, three lines of black text and iron red Jin Pinqing seal mark to left margin, 38.8cm x 26.2cm, within a later frame.

A Japanese Imari porcelain circular charger, Meiji period, painted with a central landscape roundel within a segmented border, diameter 39.5cm (chip to rim).

A Chinese walnut scholar's table, late Qing dynasty, the rectangular panelled top above a pierced frieze, on block legs, length 88.5cm, height 88cm.

A Chinese blue and white porcelain meiping, Ming style but modern, the baluster body painted with pine, bamboo, banana plants and prunus, height 38cm (converted to a table lamp).

A Chinese four-fold screen, 20th century, painted on silk depicting a snowy landscape with fisherman, pavilion, trees and mountains on a gilt ground, black painted text and red seal to upper left corner and further red seal to lower left corner, gilt framed with metal corner mounts, total height 68cm, total length 138cm.

A Chinese hardwood stand, early 20th century, of scroll form, stamped four-character and leaf mark to underside, length 54.4cm, width 30cm.

A Chinese 'clobbered' blue and white porcelain coffee cup, Kangxi period, painted with a figure, later embellished in iron red and gilt with flowers, height 6cm (repaired handle and chipped), together with a Chinese famille verte ginger jar and cover, early 20th century, painted with warriors, height 14cm, and a blue and white porcelain ewer, 20th century, painted with flowers, height 19.2cm.