Asian and Islamic Ceramics and Works of Art

A pair of Japanese brown patinated bronze vases, Meiji/Taisho period, each cast with birds and pine, on three supports and circular base, height 21.2cm.

A pair of Chinese yellow glazed porcelain models of cockerels, early 20th century, each modelled standing with moulded plumage on a naturalistic base, impressed 'China' to undersides, height 22cm (beaks chipped).

A Chinese silk embroidered child's festival hat, early 20th century, probably Yunnan Province, worked in coloured threads with ruyi heads, scrolls and spring bobbles and hung with tassels, width 20cm.

A Chinese blue and white porcelain bowl, mark of Daoguang and possibly of the period, of steep-sided hemispherical form, the exterior painted with three lotus flower and scrolling tendril sprays, the interior with similarly filled roundel, underglaze blue seal mark to base, height 6.9cm, diameter 12.4cm.

A pair of Chinese famille rose enamelled porcelain figures of maidens by Wei Hong Tai, late Qing dynasty/early Republic period, each modelled standing wearing colourful dress, applied moulded signature plaque to each interior underside, height 27.8cm (some restoration and minor faults).

A Chinese carved coral figure of a maiden, late Qing dynasty, the slender figure finely carved wearing a long robe and holding flowers, height 14.4cm (repaired), on a wood stand.

A pair of Chinese blue and white export porcelain beakers, Kangxi period, each of 'U' form, painted with panels of blossoming branches beneath iron oxide washed rims, heights 7.6cm x 7.8cm (hairline to one and minor faults).

An Indian inlaid and silvered brass bottle vase, late 19th/early 20th century, the globular body and tapered cylindrical neck decorated with scrolling foliage, on a circular foot, height 23cm.

A Chinese Canton famille rose porcelain oval dish, mid-19th century, painted with a figural scene within a rim of birds, flowers and butterflies, length 36.5cm.

An impressive Chinese blue and white Kraak porcelain circular dish (schootel), late Ming dynasty, Chongzhen period, vibrantly painted in two contrasting shades of underglaze blue with a central scene of a dignitary and two attendants in a fenced garden setting, the wide flat upturned foliate rim divided into eight radiating panels filled with landscape scenes of a seated scholar, wood gatherer, farmer with hoe and fisherman, alternating with stylized pomegranates, flowers and scrolling foliage, all divided by narrow vertical stylized flower panels, the underside with seven stylized tulip-filled ruyi-head panels divided by pine, bamboo and prunus uprights, diameter 47cm (minor glaze fritting to rim). Note: for similarly decorated dishes, see fig. 18 on page 39, item 51 on page 282, item 52 on page 286 and item 53 on page 290 of 'Kraak Porcelain' by Jorge Welsh, 2008.

A Japanese cloisonné vase, Meiji period, of shouldered square tapering form, finely worked with a sparrow flying above chrysanthemums and rocks on a midnight blue ground, height 18.4cm.

A Japanese cloisonné vase, Meiji period, of elongated ovoid form, decorated with a sparrow flying above flowers on a red foil-backed ground, unsigned, height 18cm.

A pair of Japanese cloisonné vases, Meiji period, of hexagonal tapering form, each decorated with sparrows in flight on a midnight blue/black ground, unsigned, height 15.2cm (one with chip to shoulder and neck).

A Chinese famille rose porcelain teabowl and cover, early 20th century, painted and gilt with dragons, flaming pearls and vapours, iron red painted four-character mark to cover and base, height 9cm (chips to rim of cover).

A Chinese flambé glazed porcelain vase, late Qing dynasty, of baluster form, covered in a streaky and mottled purple and blue glaze, unmarked, height 32.8cm, with a carved hardwood stand.

A pair of Chinese blue and white porcelain vases, late 19th/early 20th century, each baluster body painted with figures in landscape within iron oxide borders, height 18.5cm.

A pair of Chinese Canton lacquered bamboo brushpots, mid-19th century, each gilt with opposing scenes of standing figures divided by lines of text on a dark brown/black ground, height 16.8cm (some faults).

A Chinese carved soapstone plaque with carved hardwood stand, early 20th century, the circular plaque decorated in relief with immortals, the stand of carved and pierced gnarled branch form, total height 21.5cm.

A Chinese Canton export sandalwood rectangular box, late 19th century, the hinged lid and sides carved in relief with figures in village scenes within shaped borders, length 26.5cm.