Asian and Islamic Ceramics and Works of Art

Toyohara Chikanobu (1838-1912) - two Japanese polychrome woodblock oban tateye prints, Meiji period, each depicting a portrait of maidens, 33cm x 22.5cm, framed and glazed, together with five other Japanese woodblock oban tateye prints, framed and glazed.

A collection of Chinese hardstone and jade carvings, mostly 20th century and later, including an archaistic bird, length 6.5cm, and a celadon jade archer's ring, length 4cm.

A Chinese cinnabar style covered metal tripod censer and cover, 20th century, of globular form with archaistic decoration, height 31cm, on a wood stand.

A collection of Japanese pottery, Meiji period and later, including an Imari jar and cover with Buddhistic lion finial, height 13.5cm, an earthenware figure of a recumbent dog of Fo, length 27cm, and a pair of Imari jars and domed covers, height 17cm.

A pair of Chinese blue and white aster pattern export porcelain saucer dishes, Kangxi period, each painted with four central flowerheads on a whorl ground within a segmented rim of further aster flowers, diameter 22cm (one with minor rim chip, the other with hairline to rim).

A Chinese black lacquered and mother-of-pearl inlaid screen and slotted stand, late 19th/early 20th century, the three-panel screen decorated with fishermen and pavilions in coastal scenes, all within carved and pierced frames, the stand similarly decorated, total height 87cm (minor faults).

A Chinese blue glazed porcelain vase, 19th century, of baluster form, decorated in white slip with a dragon chasing a flaming pearl, height 36.5cm (repaired), together with a collection of Oriental pottery, including a Chinese Transitional style wucai vase, height 29cm, a Chinese blue glazed and white slip decorated triple gourd shaped vase, mark of Yongzheng but modern, height 28.8cm, and a Japanese Kutani ewer and cover, height 29.5cm (some with faults).

A collection of approximately thirty-five Chinese and Japanese wood stands, late 19th and 20th century, the majority with carved decoration (some faults).

A large Japanese cloisonné jardinière, Meiji period, of compressed circular form, decorated with alternating red and green lappet panels, filled with dragons and ho-o birds, beneath simulated brocade band and short flared neck, height 36cm, rim diameter 41.6cm (repaired).

A Chinese hardwood stand, late 19th/early 20th century, the lobed top inset with a rouge marble panel within a carved beaded border, above a carved and pierced apron with Buddhistic lion mask shouldered scroll legs, height 45.5cm.

A Chinese blanc-de-Chine figure of Guanyin, Qing dynasty, modelled in a seated pose, height 17.7cm.

A Chinese iron red decorated porcelain brush pot of cylindrical form, painted with immortals, attendants and flying bats, unmarked, height 14.5cm.

A Chinese famille rose porcelain vase, Republic period, the shouldered tapering body painted with a figural scene opposing lines of black text, height 22.5cm.

A Chinese blue and white porcelain vase, mark of Kangxi but late 19th century, of baluster form, painted with dragons and vapours, underglaze blue four-character mark to base, height 23.2cm (minor rim chips and hairline crack to body).

A Chinese watercolour on silk scroll painting, Qing dynasty, painted with a full-length portrait of an emperor or dignitary wearing court robes and seated on a throne, against a polychrome cloud ground, 166cm x 80cm (faults).

A group of three Chinese hanging scroll rubbings, one depicting a warrior on horseback below a seal and text, 106cm x 56cm, the other two with mountainous landscapes and text, 86cm x 46.5cm and 186cm x 74cm.

A Chinese watercolour painting on silk, 20th century, depicting a bust portrait of Han Gaozu, the first emperor of the Han Dynasty, beneath lines of black text, 32cm x 17cm, framed and glazed, together with a Chinese watercolour painting of a pheasant and a Thai temple rubbing, both framed and glazed.

A Chinese silk embroidered panel, early 20th century, worked in muted colour threads with butterflies and peony on a cream ground, 51.5cm x 46cm, framed and glazed, together with two later embroidered panels, framed and glazed.

A group of seven Chinese scroll paintings, mostly 20th century, depicting landscapes and flowers (some faults).