Asian and Islamic Ceramics and Works of Art

A Chinese export silver circular bowl by Cumwo, late 19th century, the exterior decorated in relief with a dragon, on a circular foot, maker's mark of Cumwo to base, height 8.6cm, diameter 17cm, weight 369g.

A set of six Chinese export silver dishes by Wang Hing & Co, early 20th century, comprising two circular and four oval, each modelled with lotus leaf bowl and tendril stem base, 'WH' maker's mark to each underside, diameter 9.2cm and length 9cm, total weight 258.5g.

A small group of Chinese export silver, late 19th/early 20th century, including a 'Port' decanter label by Wang Hing & Co, designed as a dragon above a pierced crescent, length 6cm, a curved rectangular cigarette case, decorated with figures and garden, incised four-character mark to reverse, length 8.1cm, a pierced and engraved plaque, length 5.8cm, and three engraved vine leaf place settings, height 3.8cm.

A Chinese Canton famille rose porcelain vase, mid to late 19th century, the shouldered tapering body and flared neck painted with panels of flowers reserved against a pink ground filled with lotus and scrolling tendrils, height 37cm (rivet repair to rim and neck).

A collection of eleven Chinese hardwood stands, late 19th century and later, comprising ten circular of various sizes, diameters ranging from 6.9cm to 25.5cm, and a tripod stand with carved and pierced scroll decoration, width 8cm.

A group of eight Chinese brass padlocks, 20th century, some with engraved decoration, the majority with keys, together with a larger paktong-type padlock, length 14.4cm (lacking key).

A Chinese powder blue glazed porcelain ginger jar, late Qing dynasty, of ovoid form, underglaze blue double ring to base, height 21.4cm (minor rim restoration).

A Chinese famille rose porcelain ovoid jar, Republic period, painted with a figural scene opposing lines of black text and red seal mark, iron red printed seal mark to base, height 27cm (lacking cover).

Chen Wen Hsi (1906-1992) - a Chinese watercolour painting depicting two gibbons amidst blossoming branches, black painted signature and red seal to upper left corner, 33cm x 44cm, framed and glazed, offered with a Chen Wen Hsi exhibition catalogue. Provenance: purchased by the current vendor at the Exhibition of Chinese Paintings by Chen Wen Hsi, The Old & New Art Gallery, Tanglin Shopping Centre, Singapore, in 1979. Note: Chen Wen Hsi is one of Singapore's most acclaimed artists and a pioneer of the Nanyang Art Movement. He was born in Guangdong, China, in 1906 and later studied art at the Shanghai College of Art and Sin Hwa Academy of Fine Art, Shanghai. He settled in Singapore in 1948, where he taught at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts. In 1964 he was awarded the Public Service Star for his contribution to the fine arts of Singapore.

A Chinese famille rose export porcelain sparrow beak cream jug, Qianlong period, painted in the Mandarin palette with a figural scene, height 11.2cm, together with a similarly decorated export porcelain tankard, height 11.5cm (restored), and a Canton blue and white export porcelain jug, height 11.9cm (chips to rim).

After Katsushika Hokusai - a 20th century Japanese woodblock oban print depicting Storm below the Mountain (Fuji above the Lightning), 20cm x 30cm, together with an oban print after Utagawa Hiroshige depicting the Togetsu Bridge in Arashiyama, Yamashiro Province, 30cm x 19.5cm, and a print after Shunsho Katsukawa, 20th century, depicting seven beauties in a bamboo grove, 30.5cm x 19.5cm, all unframed.

A Chinese Canton famille rose porcelain vase and domed cover, mid-19th century, of baluster form, typically painted with figural panels reserved against a ground of flowers, butterflies, precious objects and further figures, height 50cm (chip and repair to neck and finial repaired).

A pair of Chinese yellow glazed export porcelain figures of cockerels, late Qing dynasty, each modelled standing with detailed plumage, height 35.5cm (minor faults).

A pair of Chinese red pottery figures of guardians, Tang dynasty, each modelled standing wearing a cap, breastplate and shoulder guards over a short tunic and under robe, with hands held in front, decorated with polychrome pigments, heights 63.5cm.

A Japanese carved boxwood okimono, Meiji period or later, finely modelled as Chinnan Sennin seated on the back of a dragon, wearing a long robe and holding a small bowl aloft, incised signature to base, height 18.2cm (minor faults).

A Chinese pale celadon jade inkwell, 20th century, of curved cube form, incised with characters, height 3.8cm, with wood stand, together with a carved jade figural pendant, modelled as a recumbent Buddhistic lion cub, the stone of pale brown and green tone, length 5.1cm, with wood stand.

A Chinese blue and white porcelain ginger jar, Qing dynasty, of ovoid form, painted with five dancing boys, underglaze blue double ring to base, height 12cm (hairline and chip to rim), with carved and pierced hardwood cover (damaged).

A Chinese underglaze blue and polychrome enamelled export porcelain bowl, Kangxi period, the exterior painted with birds and flowers, the interior with iron red flower sprays and roundel motifs, height 8.4cm, diameter 19cm (restored hairlines to rim).

A Chinese jade carving, probably late Qing dynasty, carved and pierced with two horses amidst rocks and lingzhi fungus, the stone of pale celadon tone with russet inclusions, height 6.2cm, length 8.7cm, with a carved and pierced hardwood stand, decorated with lingzhi, leaves and rocks, total height 8.3cm.