Asian and Islamic Ceramics and Works of Art

A Chinese jadeite pendant, 20th century, carved in the form of a crouching Buddhistic lion with string of cash across its back, the stone of greyish white and green mottled tone, length 3.8cm, with cord and bead neckchain.

A pair of Chinese fahua style earthenware bottle vases, each decorated in relief with blue, green, turquoise and aubergine fenghuang flying amidst vapours and precious objects on a yellow ground, height 20cm (minor rim restoration).

A group of three Chinese porcelain vases, Republic period/20th century, two painted with lakeside landscapes opposing black text and red seals, heights 29.8cm and 26cm, the other with birds amidst peony opposing black text and red seals, height 33cm.

A Chinese blue and white crackle glazed vase, late 19th/early 20th century, the ovoid body painted with birds and prunus branches between iron oxide washed bands and elephant head handles, height 45cm (repaired), together with a Chinese blue and white jar, painted with figures in landscape, height 28.5cm.

A Japanese carved tanuki mask, Edo/Meiji period, possibly bamboo, the raccoon dog with carved facial detail, width 15cm, length 13.5cm, together with a Japanese carved Usobuki mask, length 20.2cm, and a carved leaf panel, length 35.8cm.

A Chinese blue and white circular saucer dish, mark of Guangxu but probably later, painted inside and out with a pair of fenghuang amidst vapours, underglaze blue six-character mark to base, diameter 19.2cm.

A Chinese porcelain jardinière, early 20th century, the steep-sided circular body painted with four panels of birds and flowers, reserved against a powder blue glazed ground, heightened in gilt, height 21.2cm, diameter 30cm.

A Chinese porcelain cylindrical snuff bottle, 20th century, painted with an iron red dragon amidst black and grey vapours, height 8.3cm, together with a flambé glazed brushwasher/water coupe of globular form, height 4.7cm, a blue and white lustre glazed stem cup, height 7.8cm, and a porcelain abstract figure, on wood stand, total height 10cm.

A Chinese fahua style bottle vase, early 20th century, the turquoise glazed ground slip trailed with yellow and aubergine dragon and vapours, height 33cm.

A Chinese blue and white porcelain bowl, mark of Qianlong but 20th century or later, of circular form with flared rim, the exterior painted with the Eight Immortals, underglaze blue pseudo seal mark to base, height 7.4cm, diameter 16cm.

A Chinese Canton export sandalwood rectangular box and cover, mid to late 19th century, typically carved with scenes of figures in village scenes within borders of trellis, precious objects and flowerheads, length 18cm.

A Gandhara style carved stone head of Vishnu, 20th century, height 20.5cm.

A Japanese Kutani porcelain figure of Buddha, early 20th century, modelled seated wearing an elaborately decorated green robe, height 28.5cm, together with a group of ten smaller Japanese porcelain Buddhas, heights ranging from 5.4cm to 15cm.

A Japanese polished bronze Buddhistic lion censer, 20th century, modelled as a seated lion with cub resting on its back, height 12cm, together with an archaistic brown patinated tripod censer, the body with cast taotie masks, height 30.5cm, a red and gilt lacquered rectangular stand, width 27cm, and a circular cricket cage and cover, diameter 14cm.

A Japanese silk embroidery by Nishimura Sozaemon (1855-1935), Meiji period, the rectangular panel depicting a half-length portrait of a young woman reading a book, illuminated by an orange light on a chocolate brown ground, 32cm x 24.5cm, within original ebonized wood and silk mounted frame, the back with applied label inscribed 'S. Nishimura Kyoto, Tokyo, Manufacturer of High Class Embroidery...'. Note: Nishimura Sozaemon (1855-1935) was a renowned Kyoto based textile entrepreneur and manufacturer during the Meiji period (1868-1912). He played a pivotal role in elevating Japanese textiles to an internationally recognized fine art.

A small group of Chinese porcelain, 20th century and later, comprising a blue and white mallet shaped bottle vase, mark of Kangxi but modern, painted with figures, height 25cm, a blue and white stem bowl, height 10.8cm, a globular brushpot, height 8.5cm, a white glazed bottle vase, height 20cm, a famille verte vase, height 21cm, and an underglaze copper red decorated circular dish, diameter 16.7cm.

A pair of Chinese blue and white crackle glazed porcelain vases, late 19th/early 20th century, each baluster body painted with birds, butterflies and flowers within iron oxide borders, height 28cm.

A Chinese blue and white teabowl, Qing dynasty, diameter 8.4cm, together with two later blue and white wine cups and saucers, diameters 9.4cm and 8.3cm.

A Chinese hardwood stand of rectangular scroll form, length 20.5cm, together with a collection of other wood stands, including modern dish stands with adjustable backs and a Japanese wood stand with table lamp fitting.