Antiques & Studio Pottery, Textiles & Samplers, The Dr Alison Smith Lean Button Collection

* Banjuan (Zhou, Canadian/Chinese, 20th century). Study of flowers with insects, watercolour on paper, signed, laid on traditional cloth backing, ...

* Boat Study. A Japanese bronze boat study, early 20th Century, with pointed prow, a band of Greek key pattern engraved on both sides under the ri...

* Bowl. A Chinese blue and white porcelain 'lotus' bowl, early 20th century [?] with 'Guangxu' six character mark, hairline crack, 14 cm diameter ...

* Bowl. A Chinese Dingyau ware bowl, late Southern Song (1127-1279), the small white glazed bowl raised with pronounced footring, with everted rim...

* Bowl. A Chinese Jun ware pottery bowl, probably Song Dynasty, with a celadon glaze and unglazed areas, 15.5 cm diameter QTY: (1)

* Bronzes. A Chinese bronze, 19th century, modelled as a dog of fo, with a paw resting on a puzzle ball, 5 cm high, together with two small Indian...

* Brush Pot. A Japanese bronze brush pot, Meiji period, the cylindrical body decorated in copper, gilt metal, shakudo and silver with dragons, Bud...

* Buddha. A Burmese marble Buddha, 19th century, carved and incised with traces of gold lacquer, carved in the traditional manner, seated in padma...

* Candle Holders. A pair of Chinese bronze candle holders, 17th-18th century, a pair of bronze hexagonal candle holders, with flared rims and two ...

* Canton Ware. A Chinese porcelain dish, 19th century, blue scroll decoration to the centre surrounded by an unglazed ring and a further blue scro...

* Celadon Plate. A Chinese Longquan (Zhejiang Province) celadon porcelain plate, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), the plate with incised decoration under...

* Charger. A large Hispano-Moresque copper lustre pottery charger, late 19th century, decorated in blue and copper lustre, the raised central boss...

* Chinese Censer. A Chinese bronze censer, of cylindrical form cast with birds and leopards, with mask handles (lacking rings), raised on three su...

* Chinese Ceramics. A Chinese Jun ware bowl circa 1920s, copying an earlier style, deep red glaze with a small but pronounced foot, 14 cm diameter...

* Japanese Dish. A Japanese blue glazed dish, the light blue porcelain dish with two unglazed terracotta rings to the base and am impressed mark o...

* Chinese Snuff Bottles. An inside painted glass snuff bottle, of flattened, rectangular form with a cylindrical neck and an oval foot-rim, painte...

* A Chinese Sang de Boeuf porcelain vase, 19th century, the bottle form vase with a deep red glaze, the base drilled and chipped, 24 cm highQTY: (...

* Chinese Vessels. Chinese miniature blue and white pottery vessels, Jingdezhen kiln, Ming dynasty, 14th century, comprising two circular boxes an...

* Coconut Cutter. An Indian coconut cutter/grinder, with integral cutting utensil and grinder engraved with a geometric design leading to a bird h...

* Dish. A Vietnamese porcelain blue and white dish, probably circa 1500, decorated in the Chinese style with anemones within a foliate border, the...

* Famille Rose. A Chinese famille rose porcelain mug, 18th century, the oversized mug decorated with exotic birds, insects, flowers and foliage, h...

* Hand Warmer. A Chinese blue and white porcelain hand warmer, 19th century, the oval section cylinder decorated with scrolling lotus, both ends p...

* Incense Burner. A Chinese bronze incense burner, Qing Dynasty, of circular form, everted rim decorated with inlaid scrolling design and with two...

* Chinese jade bead necklace, probably 1920/30s, with 19 large beads suspended by silver, 32 cm, in original silk embroidered box, together with a...

* Jade. Chinese jade belt hook, carved with a beast's head, 6.5 cm longQTY: (1)

* Jade. Chinese jade belt hook, carved as a dragon, 10.5 cm long, together with two further dragon belt hooks, comprising a larger mottled jade ex...

* Jade. Chinese jade desk seal, the square seal carved with felines, 5.5 cm high, together with a large carving of a boy next to a peacock on a da...

* Jade. Chinese jade pei, one side carved with a dragon with smoke coming from its mouth, the other with Chinese characters, 5 cm long, together w...

* Jade. Chinese spinach jade belt hook, two oval parts, one side carved with a feline head forming the hook, the other similarly carved with geome...

* Chinese white jade pei, carved in relief with a vase and mask, the other side similarly carved, with small hole for suspension, 5 x 5 cmQTY: (1)

* Jade. Various Chinese jade carvings, including a pendant carved with a kylin, 4.2 cm long, a pebble carved with an elder carrying a leaf, 4.5 cm...

* Jirong (Wan, 20th century). Figures on a boat, watercolour on paper, signed, 66 x 45.5 cm mount aperture, framed and glazed (79 x 59 cm), togeth...

* Koro. A Japanese parcel-gilt silver koro, 20th century, of globular form, the neck with a band of scrolling lines, a band of stylised lotus leav...

* Koro. A Japanese bronze koro (incense burner), Genroku Era (1688-1704), of a circular form with an everted rim, inscription on the body '…on the...

* Koro. A Japanese bronze koro (incense burner), Meiji Period, of a rounded quatrefoil shape, the everted rim in the form of petal, the body decor...

* Meat Plate. A Chinese export porcelain Canton blue and white porcelain meat plate, 19th century, the central design consists of houses, mountain...

* Chinese bronze hand mirror, 18th century, of circular form with central boss bordered by Chinese characters, age wear to the reverse, 16 cm diam...

* Mirror. A Japanese bronze mirror,19th century, the substantial mirror with one side pierced with a pattern of cranes on pine trees and bamboo, s...

* Nanking Cargo. A Chinese 'Batavia ware' blue and white porcelain bowl, circa 1752, the interior decorated with flowers, the exterior with a cafe...

* Nanking Cargo. A collection of 11 Chinese 'Batavia Ware' blue and white porcelain tea bowls and saucers, 1752, decorated with flowers, the exter...

* Nanking Cargo. A collection of 11 Chinese blue and white porcelain plates, 1752, each with a pagoda within a landscape within a foliate border, ...

* Pietre Dure. An Indian foliate inlaid octagonal marble table top, early 20th century, profusely inlaid with semi-precious stones, some areas of ...

* Scholar's Table. A Chinese hardwood scholars table, of rectangular form with carved moulding, staining to the top, 31 cm high x 75 cm wide x 51 ...

* Shuiquan (Zhang, 1892-). Chinese Scholar's armrest, mid-20th century, fine carved bamboo, with motifs of the “One Hundred Shou” (Longevity), 30 ...

* Song Dynasty. A Chinese celadon pot, probably late Song dynasty, South East China, circa 12/13th century, of ovoid form with incised decoration ...

* South East Asia. A large blue and white pottery ovoid vessel, with a geometric design, 19 cm high, together with a provincial ovoid pottery vase...

* Swatow Ware. A Chinese Swatow Ware blue and white porcelain charger, Ming Dynasty, decorated with flowers within a conforming border, heavy craq...

* Swatow Ware. A Chinese Swatow Ware blue and white porcelain dish, late Ming Dynasty, decorated with an exotic bird amongst foliage, the border s...

* Swatow Ware. A Chinese Swatow ware blue and white porcelain vase, late Ming Dynasty, decorated with dragons and landscapes, the neck with four m...

* Vase. Chinese porcelain miniature vase, 20th century, decorated in blue and red with flowers, six character 'Qianlong' mark to base, 7 cm high, ...

* Vase. A Chinese pottery vase, probably Han Dynasty, with Bluett & Sons trade label, of baluster form with two scroll handles, incised with black...

* Vase. A Chinese sang de boeuf porcelain bottle vase, 18/19th century, with a distinctive red glaze body and celadon neck, the base with an old c...

* Vase. A Chinese Tiexihua porcelain vase, 19th century, of baluster form with a moulded underglaze blue family of lions playing with a cub, decor...

* Vase. A Japanese Kutani Porcelain Vase, Meiji Period (1868-1912), of cylindrical form with raised neck, decorated to one side with a scene of a ...

* Vase. A large Chinese Tiexiuhua craquelure glaze celadon vase, 19th century, celadon porcelain vase with iron rust decoration, of baluster form ...

* Vase. A large Japanese Imari porcelain vase, Meiji (1868-1912), of baluster form, flared hexagonal mouth and everted rim, two dramatic white gla...

* Vase. A Persian pottery vase, early 19th century, of bulbous form polychrome decorated with lions and cheetahs attacking a deer, on a blue groun...

* Vase. A Japanese Satsuma vase, Meiji Period (1868-1912), of ovoid form and decorated to one side with a scene of two birds perched on an overhan...

* Vases. An impressive pair of large Chinese earthenware vases, late Qing (second half 19th century), of baluster form with trumpet shaped rims, p...

* Vases. A Chinese archaic style bronze vase, Qing Dynasty, with plain wide flared neck, the centre knop with four panels divided by flanges, each...