Asian and Islamic Ceramics and Works of Art

A group of four Thai pottery votive plaques/tablets, various dates, each moulded in relief with Buddha, heights ranging from 12.5cm to 15.5cm. Provenance: local private collection.

A group of three Thai pottery votive plaques/tablets, various dates, each moulded in relief with representations of Buddha, including one of arched form with gilt detail, heights ranging from 10cm to 12.5cm. Provenance: local private collection.

Two Thai pottery votive plaques/tablets, each moulded in relief with a seated Buddha within an arched surround, heights 13cm x 13.2cm. Provenance: local private collection.

Two Thai pottery votive plaques/tablets, each moulded in relief with Buddha within an arched surround, heights 12.5cm and 14.2cm. Provenance: local private collection.

Two Thai pottery votive plaques/tablets, each of arched form, moulded in relief with Buddhas, one with reddish brown and gilt detail, heights 14.6cm and 12.5cm. Provenance: local private collection.

Two Thai red pottery votive plaques/tablets, each of arched form and moulded in relief with a design of fifty-four small Buddhas arranged around a larger central Buddha, heights 14.2cm and 13cm. Note: for a similar example, see Item 14, Page 65 of 'Thai Ceramics, The James and Elaine Connell Collection, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco', published by Oxford University Press 1993, which attributes the plaque to Sukhothai, 14th-15th century. Provenance: local private collection.

A Thai red pottery votive plaque/tablet of rectangular form with curved top, moulded in relief with thirty standing Buddhas, arranged in rows of six, height 20cm, together with a Thai cast metal votive plaque/tablet, decorated in relief with a standing Buddha within a surround of smaller seated Buddhas, height 20.5cm (damaged). Provenance: local private collection.

A South-east Asian bound book of pali script, length 20cm (faults). Provenance: local private collection.

A Thai gilt bronze figure of Buddha, modelled seated in dhyanasana on a double lotus throne, height 10.4cm. Provenance: local private collection.

A Thai gilt bronze figure of Buddha, modelled seated in dhyanasana on a double lotus throne, height 9.6cm. Provenance: local private collection.

A Thai black painted mother-of-pearl palad khik pendant, the phallic amulet decorated with flowers, characters and scrolls, fitted with a gilt metal mount and suspension loop, length 9.4cm, together with a similar pottery palad khik with incised characters to one side, length 7.3cm. Provenance: local private collection.

A group of six Thai gilt lacquered pottery and wood votive figures, including one of triangular plaque form, moulded in relief with a seated Buddha, and three Phra Pidta figure amulets in the form of closed eyes Buddha, heights ranging from 3.5cm to 7.2cm. Provenance: local private collection.

A collection of eleven Thai pottery bead rollers, various dates, of spherical and cylindrical form, moulded in relief with patterns, lengths 2cm to 3.6cm, together with a similar stamp and three small votive plaques/amulets. Provenance: local private collection.

A small group of Thai amulets, including bronze Phra Pidta figural amulets in the form of closed eyes Buddha, heights ranging from 2.1cm to 3cm, a cast metal arch shaped amulet, decorated in relief with standing Buddha, height 7.4cm, and three cased Buddha amulets. Provenance: local private collection.

A group of Thai votive plaques/amulets, various dates, the majority Phra Pidta amulets depicting closed eyes Buddha, two with metal mounts (some faults). Provenance: local private collection.

A group of six Thai takrut tubular amulets, each hardwood body incised and gilt with script, lengths ranging from 17.5cm to 15.5cm, together with a turned bronze handle. Provenance: local private collection.

A group of Chinese export porcelain, Kangxi and Qianlong periods, comprising a blue and white cylindrical tankard, painted with a fenced peony garden, height 13cm (handle repaired), a famille rose sparrow beak cream jug, height 10.1cm (hairline crack), four beakers, saucer and a cup (faults).

A Chinese blue and white porcelain bowl, Kangxi period, of steep sided circular form, the exterior painted with precious vessels, height 15cm, diameter 22.5cm (crack to base and lacking cover).

A Chinese blue and white export porcelain bowl, 18th century, painted with foliate medallions below a trellis rim, height 8.7cm, diameter 20cm.