Asian and Islamic Ceramics and Works of Art

A group of Chinese export porcelain teaware, 18th century, mostly Qianlong period, comprising a pair of armorial teacups, each exterior painted and gilt with a coat of arms and monogram beneath bellflower festoons, height 4.5cm, a yellow glazed chrysanthemum moulded teabowl with turquoise interior and branch moulded base, diameter 7.3cm, two teabowls and saucers, two famille rose saucers and a jug, height 13.5cm (some hairline cracks).

A collection of Chinese and Islamic textiles, 19th century and later, including a Chinese orange and cream embroidered oval panel depicting a pair of dragons, length 50.5cm, a Turkish wire thread embroidered silk square panel, decorated with a central tughra and star motif on a yellow ground, 49.5cm x 46.5cm, and a Chinese dragon-embroidered coat.

A Chinese dark brown patinated bronze tripod censer, probably 17th/18th century, of circular bombé form with a pair of upright loop handles, on three short feet, cast stylized seal mark to base, weight 802g, height 9.2cm, width across handles 13.2cm, rim diameter 12cm.

A Chinese brown patinated cast bronze head of Guanyin, 18th/19th century, modelled with combed hair rising to a domed unisa, eyes and mouth closed, height 16cm, on an ebonized plinth.

A Chinese famille rose export porcelain teapot and cover, Yongzheng period, of ovoid form, finely painted with a mythical scene of a maiden riding a deer above waves, the reverse with a maiden carrying a flower basket above waves, divided by vapours, beneath pink cell diaper borders, height 11.2cm, bearing 'Roy Davids Collection' paper label (chip to spout and crack to handle). Provenance: the Roy Davids Collection.

A South-east Asian bronze altar bowl, 19th century, probably Chinese, of circular form, the bowl exterior engraved with a band of scrolls and vapours above lappet panels, on a circular foot, height 32cm, diameter 53.5cm.

A Chinese mother-of-pearl inlaid opium pipe, early 20th century, decorated with figures and vapours, length 46cm, together with a pair of carved hardwood models of boys on water buffalo, with stands, and a carved bamboo brushpot (some faults).

A large Chinese softwood framed screen, 20th century, inset with a watercolour painting depicting pavilions, trees, pagoda and fishing boat in a mountainous river landscape, height 152cm, width 130.5cm (faults).

A Chinese blue and white porcelain jar and cover, late 19th century, of baluster form, painted with blossoming prunus branches, height 25cm (cracked), together with three Chinese blue and white prunus decorated ginger jars, heights 11.5cm, 12cm and 13.2cm, a smaller baluster jar and cover and three vases (some faults).

A pair of Chinese Canton export paintings on rice paper, mid to late 19th century, each depicting a standing figure in court dress, 20.2cm x 14cm, framed and glazed.

A Japanese brown patinated bronze jardinière, early 20th century, cast in relief with a pair of confronting decapods, height 19.5cm.

A Chinese export painting, late Qing dynasty, depicting a steam boat, pagoda and fortification, 27.5cm x 45cm, framed and glazed.

A Chinese blue and white export porcelain circular dish, Qianlong period, painted with flowers, diameter 31.3cm (typical glaze fritting to rim), together with a Chinese blue and white porcelain dish, Kangxi period, painted with flowers, diameter 26.5cm (repair to rim), an Imari bowl, Qianlong period, diameter 20.2cm (cracked and repaired), and a Chinese Thai market tazza, diameter 17.2cm.

A pair of Japanese cloisonné vases, Meiji period, of shouldered tapering form, decorated with flowers on a pale blue ground, height 18.2cm, together with a Japanese ginbari cloisonné vase, height 15.3cm, a cloisonné circular box and cover, diameter 12.5cm, three pieces of Canton enamel and a Chinese gilt metal mounted soapstone rectangular box with hardstone applied decoration, length 15.3cm (some faults).

A Chinese blue and white porcelain ginger jar and cover, mark of Kangxi but late 19th century, of ovoid form, painted with prunus, underglaze blue four-character mark to base, height 13.5cm, together with two other blue and white prunus pattern ginger jars, heights 13.5cm and 12.5cm, two other Chinese ginger jars and a Japanese Kutani cylinder vase, height 23.8cm.

Tokuriki Tomikichiro (1902-2000) - a Japanese woodblock oban tateye print, mid-20th century, depicting a scene of cormorant fishing, 34.5cm x 22cm, framed and glazed.

After Utagawa Hiroshige - two Japanese woodblock oban prints, mid-20th century, from the Famous Views of Kyoto series, depicting the Gion Shrine in snow and the Yodo River, 22cm x 34.5cm, framed and glazed.

After Katsushika Hokusai - two Japanese woodblock oban prints, 20th century, depicting Storm below the Mountain (Fuji above the Lightning) from the Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji series and a view of Tsukada Island in the Musashi Province, 23.5cm x 35.5cm, framed and glazed, together with two other woodblock prints, unframed, and a Japanese silk robe.

Japanese woven rectangular panel, early 20th century, depicting a bridge over a river with trees and mountains beyond, 30cm x 57.5cm, framed and glazed.