Asian and Islamic Ceramics and Works of Art

A Chinese Longquan celadon glazed censer, of shallow circular form with relief moulded studs below rim, on short tripod feet, height 5.5cm, diameter 18.5cm.

A Japanese mixed-metal inlaid bronze and hardwood rectangular box and cover, Meiji period, the top finely inlaid with silver, gold and coppered flower, petals and leaves on a polished bronze ground, incised three-character signature to bottom left corner, length 14.5cm.

A Chinese porcelain rice bowl and cover/stand with matching spoon, mid-20th century, each piece painted with a design of lotus and scrolling tendrils on a ruby ground, iron red printed mark to base, bowl diameter 13.6cm.

Two Chinese blue and white porcelain jars and covers, marks of Kangxi but late 19th century, each of baluster form, one painted with dragons and peony, the other with figures, height 16.5cm (one cover chipped, the other cover repaired), together with a small group of export porcelain, 18th century, including a blue and white teabowl and saucer, Kangxi period, painted with figures and flowers (faults). Provenance: from the private collection of David Armitage, former conservator to the Department of Eastern Art at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, between 1970 and 1999.

A Chinese pink glazed porcelain bowl, mark of Guangxu and possibly of the period, of steep-sided circular form with slightly flared rim, underglaze blue six-character mark to base, height 7.5cm, diameter 16.2cm, with carved wood stand, together with a similar pink glazed porcelain saucer dish, iron red mark of Guangxu to base, diameter 19.9cm.

A Chinese carved hardwood figure group, early 20th century, modelled as Shoulao accompanied by a monkey, height 41.5cm, together with a carved hardwood figure of a seated Buddha, height 23cm (some faults).

A Chinese laque burgauté tea box, Qing dynasty, of canted corner form, the hinged lid and sides inlaid in mother-of-pearl with flowers and birds on a black ground, fitted with a brass key escutcheon and a pair of drop handles, length 38cm, height 28.3cm (some faults).

A Chinese Dowager Empress Cixi style porcelain teabowl and saucer, probably Guangxu period, each painted in iron red, grey and gilt with dragons amidst white peonies on a turquoise ground, iron red seal mark to bases, diameter of bowl 9.1cm (hairline to rim of both), together with a Japanese Fukagawa Imari porcelain hexagonal bowl, width 24.2cm, and a pair of Japanese cloisonné vases, decorated with irises on a sand coloured ground, height 18.2cm (faults).

A group of four Chinese Canton watercolour paintings on rice paper, mid to late 19th century, each depicting a figure, framed and glazed, approx 19cm x 13.5cm and 19cm x 13cm.

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 provincial blue and white porcelain ginger jar and cover, late 19th/early 20th century, painted with characters amidst scrolling foliage, height 23.3cm.

A group of Chinese porcelain, 18th century and later, including a famille rose enamelled blue ground porcelain circular bowl and cover, each piece with four gilt characters, reserved against a ground of lotus and scrolling tendrils within keyfret borders, iron red four-character mark to base and top of cover, diameter 23.4cm (chip to rim), a famille rose vase, height 35.2cm, two export porcelain teapots, Qianlong period, a Canton teapot and cover and a blue and white meat dish, length 20cm (some faults).

A collection of Japanese porcelain, Meiji period and later, including an Imari circular dish, diameter 28cm, a pair of Noritake porcelain vases, each painted with desert scenes of Bedouin camps, height 10cm, and Imari bowls, covers and stands (some faults).

A large Japanese Imari porcelain circular dish, late 17th/early 18th century, painted and gilt with a flower-charged coopered basket within a surround of cranes and flowers, diameter 54.7cm (restored).

A Chinese carved hardwood figure, early 20th century, modelled standing on a rocky outcrop, accompanied by a Buddhistic lion cub, height 24.2cm.

A Japanese Imari porcelain circular dish, late 17th/early 18th century, painted and gilt with a central basket of flowers and blossoming branches, the rim filled with irises, diameter 32.7cm.

A Chinese blue and white export porcelain coffee pot and domed cover, late Qianlong period, the baluster body painted with pavilions in coastal landscapes, height 24.2cm (restored handle and chip to rim of cover).

A Chinese blue and white export porcelain circular dish, Qianlong period, painted with precious vessels, bamboo and peony within a gilt and iron red flower and fruit spray rim, diameter 35.2cm, together with three Chinese blue and white export porcelain dishes, painted with flower baskets, diameters 35.2cm, 27.7cm and 25.2cm (all with faults and repairs). Provenance: from the private collection of David Armitage, former conservator to the Department of Eastern Art at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, between 1970 and 1999.

A Chinese sang-de-boeuf glazed vase, 20th century, of baluster form with gourd shaped neck, covered in an oxblood glaze with black splashes, height 19.3cm.