Asian and Islamic Ceramics and Works of Art

A Japanese iron tetsubin (tea kettle) by Ryubundo, Meiji period, the low-bellied body with opposing cast panels beneath an overhead swing handle, the bronze cover with bud finial and incised signature to underside, height 21.3cm, together with a Chinese cast iron figure on horseback, height 17.6cm.

A Japanese iron oxide splashed blue and white studio porcelain vase, 20th century, of swollen cylindrical form, painted with flowers and splashed with streaks of iron oxide, underglaze blue signature to base, height 37.5cm.

A Chinese wire inlaid hardwood figural bell stand, early 20th century, hung with a brass bell, height 45.8cm.

A pair of Chinese brass vases, early 20th century, each cast with dragon entwined neck above relief decorated crane and deer, cast seal mark to bases, height 25cm (one with faults).

A Japanese Arita yellow ground porcelain bowl, Meiji period, the centre painted in underglaze blue and gilt with a dragon roundel, the interior and exterior sides filled with fruit and brocade filled mon on a yellow banded ground, height 12.5cm, diameter 28.5cm.

A Chinese famille rose porcelain circular bowl, mark of Jiaqing but probably 20th century, the exterior painted with fish in a lotus pond, iron red pseudo seal mark to base, diameter 22.8cm.

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 celadon jade bangle, carved in high relief with a central ingot flanked by a confronted dragon and chilong, width 11.4cm.

A Chinese blue and white export porcelain meat dish, Qianlong period, painted with a pair of pheasants amidst flowers, length 35.7cm (rivet repaired), together with a Chinese blue and white Fitzhugh pattern rectangular dish, length 27.8cm.

A Chinese blue and white export porcelain tea caddy, Kangxi period, of ovoid form, painted with prunus on a cracked ice ground, height 10cm, with wood cover. 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 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 Chinese white and green overlay yellow glass globular pot and cover, 20th century, the body carved in relief with fish and lotus on an incised yellow ground, seal mark to base, height 6cm, together with a green overlay and white glass vase, modern, height 16.5cm.

A pair of Japanese Satsuma earthenware bottle vases, Meiji period, each ovoid body and cylindrical neck enamelled with birds and flowers, iron red signature to side of each, height 24.5cm.

A group of Chinese and Japanese porcelain, late 17th century and later, including a blue and white tile, Kangxi period, painted with lotus, 20.3cm x 20.3cm (chip to corner), a blue and white moonflask, height 30.2cm, and a famille rose porcelain circular dish, painted with a figural scene, diameter 27.4cm (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 blue and white export porcelain bowl, mark and period of Kangxi, of steep-sided circular form with slightly flared rim, the exterior painted with fruiting vine, underglaze blue six-character mark within double ring to base, height 10.7cm, diameter 22.3cm (extensively damaged, repaired and some losses to rim), with a carved hardwood stand. 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 polished bronze tripod censer, late Qing dynasty, the squat circular body flanked by cast and pierced prunus handles, on three scroll legs, weight 706.5g, height 9.9cm, rim diameter 10.5cm (lacking cover), together with a Chinese soapstone pendant with curved tapered top above drilled suspension hole and aperture, height 8.1cm.

A Chinese iron red and gilt decorated porcelain circular bowl, mark of Jiaqing but modern, the exterior decorated with four dragon roundels, iron red pseudo seal mark to base, diameter 12.2cm.

A Chinese famille verte porcelain brushpot, Kangxi style but later, of cylindrical form, the exterior painted with a figure standing on the head of a dragon amidst waves, height 12.5cm.

A Japanese cloisonné vase, Meiji period, of lobed tapering form, the body decorated with opposing lappet panels filled with ho-o birds and dragons, the shoulder and flared neck with simulated brocade, height 31cm (some enamel loss and faults to rim and footrim).