Asian & Islamic Ceramics & Works of Art

A Japanese shakudo mixed metal inlaid rectangular box with canted corners, Meiji period, the top finely worked in relief with lotus flower and lea...

A Chinese blue and white porcelain snuff bottle, late 19th century, of flattened circular form, painted with opposing figural scenes, underglaze b...

A Japanese Tsuiki-Jippo cloisonné enamelled silver vase by Hattori Tadasaburo, Meiji period, of ovoid form, decorated with birds in flight and per...

A pair of Japanese Satsuma earthenware diminutive bottle vases, Meiji period, each globular body painted and gilt with seated figures beneath simu...

A Japanese Satsuma earthenware vase, Meiji period, of waisted form, painted and gilt with chrysanthemum and fence, iron red enamelled signature to...

A Japanese Satsuma earthenware diminutive vase by Kinkozan, Meiji period, of flattened ovoid form, painted and gilt with opposing panels of samura...

A Japanese Satsuma earthenware circular box and cover, Meiji period, the cover painted and gilt with radiating panels of simulated brocade, black ...

A Japanese bronze tsuba, probably 20th century, both sides cast with a dragon emerging from vapours, picked out in silvered detail, length 7.5cm.

A pair of Japanese Satsuma earthenware vases, Meiji period, each triangular tapering body painted and gilt with samurai in battle scenes, gilt sig...

A Japanese Satsuma earthenware vase by Hizan, Meiji period, of shouldered tapering form, painted and gilt with butterflies flying with a gilt net ...

A Japanese Satsuma earthenware vase by Genzan, Meiji period, of slender baluster form, painted and gilt with butterflies on a gilt net ground abov...

A Japanese carved turquoise netsuke, Meiji/Taisho period, modelled as a recumbent horse, length 5.2cm.

A Japanese Satsuma earthenware circular bowl by Ryuzan, Meiji period, the interior and exterior painted and gilt with millefleurs, gilt and black ...

A pair of Chinese Canton export porcelain oval dishes, early 19th century, made for the American market, each painted in sepia enamel with a centr...

A pair of Chinese blue and white export porcelain plates, Kangxi period, each painted with flowers and leafy tendrils, diameters 21.7cm and 22.2cm...

A Chinese famille rose enamelled and underglaze blue decorated export porcelain teapot and cover, Qianlong period, the globular body and domed cov...

A Chinese brown 'hare's fur' glazed pottery bowl, Song dynasty, of typical circular tapering form, covered inside and out with a finely streaked c...

A Chinese small jade snuff bottle, Qing dynasty, of well-hollowed flattened ovoid form, each side carved in low relief with an oval panel depictin...

A Chinese pale celadon jade libation cup, 20th century, the horn shaped bowl supported by a crouching Buddhistic lion, carved and pierced with a c...

A Chinese two-tone agate brushwasher, probably late Qing dynasty, the grey stone body carved in relief with russet blossoming prunus, length 7.8cm...

A Chinese Yangzhou School green overlay on white glass snuff bottle, mid-19th century, carved to one side with a seated musician playing a lute, t...

A Chinese agate snuff bottle, probably late Qing dynasty, of flattened shouldered rectangular form, the pale grey stone with russet streaks, heigh...

A Chinese inside-painted glass snuff bottle, 20th century, of rounded form, painted with figural scenes against a gilt ground, lines of black text...

A Chinese Canton export tortoiseshell diminutive snuff bottle and stopper, probably late Qing dynasty, carved in relief with flower-charged cornuc...

A small group of Chinese famille rose export porcelain teaware, 18th century and later, comprising a teabowl, painted with precious objects, heigh...

A pair of Chinese porcelain cylinder vases/hat stands, Republic period, each painted with a bearded figure, wearing a yellow robe and pulling a sh...

A Chinese jade handled and metal mounted magnifying glass, late 20th century, length 18.3cm, together with two Chinese soapstone carvings and a gr...

A Chinese Canton famille rose porcelain vase, mid to late 19th century, the ovoid body and flared neck painted with figural scenes, reserved again...

A small group of Chinese ceramics, mostly 19th century, comprising a teadust glazed vase, height 19.5cm (cracked), a turquoise pottery bottle vase...

A Japanese Satsuma earthenware tea set by Shuzan, Meiji period, each piece painted and gilt with figures in landscapes, comprising teapot and cove...

A Japanese brown patinated bronze and champlevé enamel vase, Meiji period, the ovoid body decorated with blue enamelled lotus and scrolling leafy ...

A Chinese carved bamboo jostick holder and cover, early 20th century, modelled in the form of a standing Buddha, height 39cm, together with a Japa...

A Chinese famille rose export porcelain oval soup tureen and cover, Qianlong period, painted with a tobacco flower pattern within gilt borders, fl...

A Chinese Canton famille rose porcelain salad bowl, mid-19th century, the exterior painted with a continuous figural scene beneath a gilt banded r...

A Chinese Canton famille rose porcelain jardinière, mid-19th century, of circular 'U' form with flared rim, the exterior painted and gilt with opp...

A set of twelve Chinese Canton export watercolour paintings on rice paper, late 19th century, each depicting a single figure performing with a wea...

A Chinese Qianjiangcai enamelled porcelain brush rest, Republic period, of scroll form, the top painted with a riverside landscape beneath five li...

A Tibetan bronze bell, probably 19th century, of tapered rectangular form with cast tendrils, beneath a pair of loop supports, height 7cm, length ...

A pair of Chinese export porcelain plates, Qianlong period, each painted en grisalle and gilt with flowers, vase and Buddha's hand citron, diamete...

A Chinese blue and white porcelain ginger jar and cover, late 19th century, of stout ovoid form, painted with branches of blossoming prunus, under...

Two Japanese Satsuma earthenware vases by Kinkozan, Meiji period, one of globular form, painted with red-capped crane and flowers, the other with ...

A Chinese blue and white export porcelain square tile, Kangxi period, painted with scattered flowerheads within flower basket and scrolling leafy ...

Two Chinese blue and white export porcelain square tiles, Kangxi period, each painted with lotus within scrolling tendril borders, 20.2cm x 20.2cm...

A Japanese Satsuma earthenware bowl, Meiji period, of steep sided circular form, the interior painted and gilt with figures outside a large temple...

A Chinese Canton enamel circular bowl, 19th century, decorated in iron red, blue, green and gilt with a design of lotus, scrolling tendrils and op...

A Chinese underglaze blue and famille rose export porcelain circular plate, Qianlong period, the centre enamelled with a pink lotus head contained...

A Chinese famille verte enamelled biscuit porcelain circular bowl, mark of Kangxi but later Qing dynasty, the interior and exterior with green, br...

Two Chinese famille rose export porcelain figures, Qianlong period, one modelled kneeling, the other standing holding a ruyi sceptre and fruiting ...

A Chinese famille rose enamelled porcelain octagonal footed dish, mark of Tongzhi and possibly of the period, the rim moulded and gilt with the ei...

A Chinese Thai market Bencharong porcelain bowl, mid-19th century, the exterior painted with a band of alternating polychrome lappet panels filled...

A pair of Chinese blue and white porcelain cylinder vases, mark of Kangxi but late 19th century, each painted with opposing dragons amidst peony a...

A Chinese famille verte porcelain vase, Kangxi style but late 19th century, the shouldered tapering body and flared neck painted with birds in blo...

A Chinese yellow ground porcelain jar and cover, 20th century, the baluster body painted with a green dragon and polychrome vapours on a yellow gr...