Asian and Islamic Ceramics and Works of Art

A Japanese lacquer three-tier stacking box and cover with outer openwork cover, Meiji period, the cover with gilt text, otherwise decorated with various gilt mon including imperial chrysanthemum, Toyotomi Genji wheel and Kuyo mons, on a dark brown/black ground, height 23.8cm, width 25cm.

A Japanese silk embroidered rectangular wall hanging, Meiji period, finely worked in coloured threads with a pair of peacocks on a black ground, 141cm x 70cm.

A pair of Chinese silk embroidered rank badge style panels, 20th century, each worked in coloured threads on a black ground, one depicting a lion seated on a rock, the other depicting a bird, all amidst flying bats, vapours and flowers with crashing waves below, 25cm x 27.5cm, framed and glazed.

Ramesh Sharma - a near pair of 17th century style Indian Jaipur School watercolour and gouache paintings, 20th century, the first depicting a court scene with Shah Jahan and the Al-Nizaan (Scales of Justice), signed, 36cm x 27cm, the other depicting an emperor and courtier exchanging flower, accompanied by attendants in a pavilion setting, unsigned, 34cm x 26cm, both framed and glazed.

A near pair of Chinese blue and white porcelain bowls, one with mark of Xuande, the other with mark of Chenghua but probably 20th century, each of steep-sided circular form with slightly flared rim, the exterior painted with figures in a fenced garden opposing lines of text, underglaze blue six-character mark to bases, height 6.1cm, diameter 12.2cm.

A group of South-east Asian metalwork and works of art, mostly 20th century, including a Sino-Tibetan brown patinated bronze figure of Tara, modelled seated in lalitasana, height 11cm, a pair of Thai bronze dancers, height 16cm, a polished bronze censer and cover, height 11.4cm, and a figure of Buddha, height 14.5cm.

A Chinese famille rose porcelain circular bowl, Yongzheng style but later, painted with cockerel, peony and rocks beneath a blue keyfret band to rim, height 6.4cm, diameter 12.6cm.

A Chinese blue and white shallow cup, the exterior painted with flowers and leafy stems, underglaze blue eight-character mark to base, height 3.2cm, diameter 8.3cm.

A Chinese elm rectangular box with hinged lid, 20th century, the brass hinge mounts, lock plate and padlock with engraved decoration, the interior paper lined, length 40cm.

A pair of Chinese brass beaker vases, mark of Xuande but 20th century, each of archaistic trumpet form, decorated with the eight trigrams, cast six-character mark to base, height 26.3cm, with wood stands.