Asian and Islamic Ceramics and Works of Art

A Chinese Yixing stoneware miniature tea set, Qing dynasty, comprising teapot and cover, incised two-character mark to base, height 2.7cm, two cups and a circular tray, impressed seal mark to base, diameter 5.4cm (cups with minor rim chips).

A Japanese carved ivory okimono figure group of tortoises, Meiji period, finely modelled with a large tortoise grasping a lotus stem, as three small tortoises clamber over its shell, unsigned, length 7.5cm, height 3.6cm.

A Japanese carved ivory okimono figure of a tortoise, Meiji period, modelled in a walking pose, unsigned, length 7.5cm.

A Tibetan carved ivory phurba, Qing dynasty, the handle carved in relief with three Hayagriva masks beneath a crown final, length 16cm (re-tipped).

A Chinese hardwood and hardstone inlaid table screen and stand, late Qing dynasty, the rectangular soapstone panel applied with varicoloured hardstone flowers, rocks and branches, the pierced hardwood frame and slotted stand inset with oval and elliptical carved cornelian and amethyst floral panels, total height 34.2cm (minor faults).

A Japanese Imari porcelain dish, Meiji period, modelled as two fans on a hexagonal ground, painted and gilt with birds and flowers, length 35.5cm, together with an Imari lobed circular dish, diameter 36.2cm, and a later circular dish, diameter 41cm.

A Japanese Arita porcelain vase, Meiji period, of baluster form with a pair of flower moulded scroll handles, painted with birds and butterflies flying about a hanging flower basket within gilt overlaid iron red borders, height 60cm (small hairline to neck and converted to a table lamp with brass mounts), total height 87cm.

A Chinese cloisonné circular dish, modern, decorated with seven red-capped cranes at a pond, diameter 39cm, together with four other similar Chinese cloisonné dishes, decorated with birds and flowers, diameters 39cm.

A pair of Japanese Kutani porcelain vases, Meiji period, each lobed ovoid body painted with birds and flowers, height 30.5cm (chip to rim of one).

A Chinese famille rose porcelain ginger jar and cover, late Qing dynasty, the ovoid body painted with a figural scene of maidens, attendants and boys in a terraced garden, beneath keyfret and foliate bands, underglaze blue double ring to base, height 25cm, with carved wood stand.

A Chinese famille rose enamelled celadon glazed porcelain dish, late Qing dynasty, painted with a phoenix amidst peony within a wavy rim filled with Buddhistic emblems, indistinct red printed seal mark to base, diameter 24cm (small chip to rim), together with two similar leaf form bowls, painted and gilt with flowers and insects on a celadon ground, iron red painted four-character mark to bases, length 27.6cm and diameter 21cm (chips to rims).

A Chinese Ming style blue and white porcelain circular dish, 19th century, painted with a formal design of lotus and scrolling leafy tendrils, repeated on the underside, underglaze blue four-character mark to base, diameter 35.2cm (hairline cracks to rim).

Two Chinese silk embroidered sleeve panels, 19th century, one worked in coloured threads with figures and flowers within a border of insects and flowers, 73cm x 40cm, the other with coloured and gilt threads depicting flower-charged vases within a border of flowers and baskets, 69.5cm x 37cm, both framed and glazed.

A Japanese Kutani porcelain jar, Meiji period, the ovoid body painted and gilt with opposing figural and bird panels reserved against a simulated brocade ground, on a pierced base and scroll feet, height 17.8cm (lacking cover), together with a small collection of other Kutani porcelain, comprising two circular dishes, diameters 37.2cm and 30.3cm, and three vases (some faults).

An Indian watercolour on paper, late 19th/early 20th century, finely painted and heightened in gilt with an interior scene of a seated princess and her female attendants, within blue and iron red banded borders filled with gilt foliate scrolls, 30cm x 41.5cm, framed and glazed.

A Chinese blue and white porcelain circular bowl, 20th century, painted with dragons, diameter 19cm, together with a Chinese hardwood stand, carved hardstone tortoise and a blue and white teabowl.

A Chinese iron red ground porcelain bowl, Republic period, the exterior painted with opposing landscape panels flanked by small text vignettes, reserved against an iron red ground filled with gilt scrolls, diameter 16.8cm, together with a Chinese famille rose millefleurs decorated ginger jar and cover, mark of Qianlong but early 20th century, iron red six-character mark to base, height 19.5cm (cover with hairline crack), a famille rose jar and cover, Republic period, painted with figures, height 12cm (cracked), and a famille rose baluster vase, modern, painted with a figural scene, height 45cm (drilled hole to base).

A Chinese famille verte porcelain ginger jar, early 20th century, painted with figures, height 12cm, together with a Japanese Imari circular box and cover, diameter 14.5cm, and an export style vase, modern, painted with opposing armorials and famille rose flowers, height 21.5cm.

An Indian watercolour and gouache on paper, early 20th century, painted with a maharajah seated on a throne within a surround of attendants in a garden terrace, within a green floral border, 34.5cm x 27cm, framed and glazed, together with another Indian watercolour painted on silk, 20th century, depicting Krishna and attendants standing within a herd of cattle, 51cm x 41cm, framed and glazed.