Asian and Islamic Ceramics and Works of Art

A collection of nine Chinese blue and white porcelain ginger jars and five covers, 20th century, each painted with prunus, heights ranging from 9.2cm to 15cm.

A Chinese blue and white porcelain ginger jar and cover, mark of Kangxi but late 19th century, painted with prunus, underglaze blue four-character mark to base, height 14cm, together with two other similar ginger jars and covers (one cracked) and two other similarly decorated ginger jars.

A pair of Chinese silk embroidered sleeve panels, late Qing dynasty, each worked in coloured and gilt threads with buildings in landscapes, on a patterned cream silk ground, 63cm x 19.5cm, framed and glazed.

A Chinese blue and white export porcelain meat dish, Qianlong period, the centre painted with pavilions in a coastal landscape within a peony-filled border, length 38.2cm, together with three Chinese blue and white export porcelain plates, diameters 22.6cm to 23.2cm (rim chips and two with hairline cracks).

A Chinese famille verte relief moulded porcelain vase, probably Republic period, the body moulded in relief and painted with eight immortals, bats, cranes and four characters above crashing waves, the neck painted with precious vessels, height 65cm.

A Chinese Guan-type two-handled vase, the globular body and flared narrow neck covered in an olive green glaze suffused with a network of black and brown crackles, height 26cm.

A Chinese clair-de-lune glazed porcelain vase, mark of Qianlong but probably later Qing dynasty, the shouldered tapering body moulded in low relief with opposing dragons and flaming pearls above crashing waves, underglaze blue four-character mark to base, height 33cm.

A Chinese silver beaker, early 20th century, of tapering cylindrical form, decorated in relief with a dragon chasing a flaming pearl opposing the crossed flags of the Wuhan Army and the First Republic of China (Beiyang Government), mark to base, weight 71.4g, height 9.3cm.

A Chinese famille rose porcelain beaker, late Qing dynasty, of bell form, the exterior enamelled with a warrior and maiden, separated by calligraphic panels, height 7.6cm.

A Chinese carved rhinoceros horn water coupe or shallow libation cup, probably Kangxi period, the shallow leaf shaped bowl carved in low relief with fruiting vines rising to a similarly carved and pierced angled handle inhabited by a squirrel, the horn of honey brown colour darkening towards the base, weight 39.3g, length 11.5cm (minor chips). Note: as this lot incorporates rhinoceros horn, it would be very unlikely that a re-export certificate would be granted beyond the UK. Customers outside the UK are requested NOT to bid on this item.

A Chinese blue and white export porcelain plate, Kangxi period, painted with a central figural scene within peony and prunus border and ruyi-head rim, diameter 22.5cm (minor rim chip and hairline), together with a similar blue and white export plate, painted with peony and bamboo, diameter 23cm (minor rim chip).

A Chinese famille rose export porcelain teapot and cover, Qianlong period, the globular body painted with opposing figural scenes within trellis borders, fitted with a replacement silver spout, height 16.5cm, together with a small group of similar teaware, comprising two teabowls, two saucers and a cover (some faults).

A Chinese sang-de-boeuf glazed porcelain bottle vase, height 18cm.

A set of five Chinese jade circular bowls, late Qing dynasty, each of hemispherical form, diameter 6.1cm, together with two Chinese glass snuff bottles, height 7.2cm and 6.5cm, a pair of Chinese red and black Lithyalin glass wine cups, height 2.6cm, two jade carved and pierced Buddhistic emblem pendants and two coquilla nut carvings.

A Chinese Transitional blue and white porcelain jar, mid-17th century, the swollen ovoid body painted with two birds perched in blossoming branches beside bamboo, rocks and insects, all beneath a leaf band to neck, height 12cm (minor rim chips and firing crack to base), together with a carved and pierced hardwood stand and cover (lacking finial).

A group of three Chinese porcelain tea bowls, late Qing dynasty and later, comprising a Ming style blue and white bowl, painted with bamboo, pine and prunus, underglaze blue six-character mark of Jiajing to base, height 5.5cm (hairlines), a Kangxi style blue and white bowl, height 5.1cm, and a celadon glazed bowl, height 5.2cm.

A Chinese famille rose porcelain circular dish, painted with a Cultural Revolution figural scene beneath lines of black text and iron red and gilt seals, within a black and gilt border rim, iron red and gilt Zhong Guo Jingdezhen Zhi (made at Jingdezhen) seal mark to base, diameter 27.7cm.

A pair or Chinese famille rose porcelain vases, Yongzheng style but late Qing dynasty, of tapered cylindrical form, each enamelled with a magpie perched in a blossoming prunus branch beside rocks and peony, all beneath a floral filled ruyi-head and lappet collar and a pink and turquoise panelled neck, iron red printed seal mark to base, height 24.5cm (one with hairline crack to body).

A Chinese famille rose porcelain vase, mark of Qianlong but probably Republic period, the swollen cylindrical body painted with five boys and three goats in a fenced garden, with ruyi and lappet borders, underglaze blue seal mark to base, height 24cm.