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A Burmese Parabaik (tattoo book) with carved wooden boards and accordion folded hand made paper. Decorated throughout with figures, animals and calligraphy, 16.5cm x 10cm. Condition report intended as a guide only.18 pages. 16 decorated front and back. Some wear and discolouration but overall in good order. Probably early 20th century.

Ca. 1100 AD. Interesting Medieval Islamic Seljuk glazed tile; rectangular shape panel, deep dark green and black glazing; Islamic Calligraphy; Overall good condition; Repaired; H:220mm/H:200mm/W:200mm (without stand);8.66/7.87/7.87in; 1390gr; Provenance: Important estate collection from Oxfordshire; formed in the 1970s-2000;

A CARVED WOODEN PANEL, POSSIBLY INDIAN OR SOUTH ASIAN, centred by a mounted figure amidst dense bands of calligraphy. 61cm by 12cm

A CHINESE BAMBOO BRUSH POT, incised with a bearded man on the back of a buffalo, the reverse with calligraphy. 14cm

A CHINESE PORCELAIN TILE OR PANEL IN A FAMILLE ROSE PALETTE, octagonal, decorated with a city or townscape, trees and calligraphy within a gilt "frame". 30cmShallow small chip to reverse edge. In otherwise good condition.

A CHINESE PORCELAIN VASE OF SHAPED OVAL FORM, painted with clouds against a coral ground and further painted to both sides with calligraphy, iron red seal mark to the base. Height 9cmIn good condition without damage.

A LARGE CHINESE PORCELAIN BRUSH POT, cylindrical, painted with a continuous band of underglaze blue calligraphy and with aubergine seal mark to body. 16.5cm by 19cmIn good condition without damage.

A CHINESE EXPORT BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN BOWL, late 18th century, decorated to the well with a lady and attendants (damage to the rim); together with A CHINESE PORCELAIN BOWL, decorated to the exterior with panels of calligraphy, six character seal mark to the base (2). First 23cm

A SMALL CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN VASE OR BRUSH POT, painted with a flowering bough and with seal marks and calligraphy. Height 8.25cm

A RUSSIAN SILVER ICON. Madonna & Child and Calligraphy. Silver Marks M.E. over 1870 84 H.B. 7ins x 5.5ins.

A HAWKING DRUM, MIDDLE EAST, 17TH/18TH CENTURY bronze, of bell shaped form, the sides engraved with calligraphy amidst arabesque motifs, the hide strung over pointed projections around the outer edge 12cm high, 18cm max. diam. Drums of this type were used to disturb and expose the prey in falconry. For a Persian example in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, see inv. no. 1060-1869.

Early 20th century Japanese woodcut print of dancing frogs with bull rushes, signed with calligraphy, 23cm x 24cm.

20th century Oriental silk embroidered picture of a bird on a branch with embroidered calligraphy and seal marks, 70cm x 33cm.Condition:Good condition, nice and clean. 

A LARGE 19TH / 20TH CERAMIC MOSQUE LAMP SHAPED VASE WITH CALLIGRAPHY, with three moulded handles and studs, possibly Chinese for the Islamic market, 51cm high x 36cm wide.

A GOOD ISLAMIC MAMLUK BOWL, with spout and engraved with calligraphy, 28cm wide.

A CHINESE PORCELAIN CIRCULAR PUNCH BOWL, painted with calligraphy for the Islamic market 28cm diameter.

A LARGE PERSIAN QAJAR GLAZED CALLIGRAPHIC POTTERY TILE, dated 1316h - 1898AD, with a main cobalt blue ground with calligraphy and border design, 39cm diameter.

A COLLECTION OF FIVE 19TH CENTURY SILVER INLAID CAIROWARE PIECES, consisiting of a pair of vases, a box & cover, a large dish with calligraphy & a vase, (5)

A LARGE 19TH CENTURY CHINESE REPUBLIC STYLE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN BRUSH WASHER, with moulded handles and decorated with scenes of birds grazing in landscapes, with chinese calligraphy and a four character iron red mark to the base, 13.5cm high.

TWO 19TH / 20TH CENTURY CHINESE SANCAI GLAZED HEXAGONAL POTTERY JARS, with floral and calligraphy decoration, 12cm high.

FIVE 18TH / 19TH CENTURY CHINESE BLUE & WHITE PORCELAIN VASES, consisting of a pair of blue & white vases depicting figures in landscapes, 15cm high, another pair of blue & white porcelain vases, decorated with scenes of waterside landscape scenes, 20cm high, and a single chinese blue & white porcelain vase, decorated with twin moulded handles and scenes of immortals in landscapes with chinese calligraphy to the neck, the base bearing a six character kangxi mark, 15.5cm. (5)

A CHINESE 19TH / 20TH CENTURY COPPER AND SILVER INLAID SPECTACLE CASE, the body decorated with scenes of shou lao holding his staff accompanied by a deer and boy, chinese calligraphy to both sides, surrounded with floral decoration, 15cm x 7cm.

A GOOD CHINESE HANGING SCROLL PICTURE, the picture depicting scenes of birds amongst native flora, with Chinese calligraphy and factory / artist seals.

A GOOD CHINESE REPUBLIC STYLE LUOHAN PORCELAIN TEAPOT, COVER & STAND, the body of the teapot decorated with scenes of luohan seated amongst bats and waves, the verso with Chinese calligraphy, the cover also with calligraphy, the base bearing an iron red stylized mark, complete with a carved and fitted hardwood stand. 11cm high x 14.5cm wide.

A SET OF FOUR CHINESE CARVED WOOD & PORCELAIN HANGING WALL PANELS, each panel depicting scenes of birds amongst native flora, each with chinese calligraphy to the upper section, with carved and gilded carved panels within the frame, 74cm high x 21cm wide.

A 19TH CENTURY, OR EARLIER, MAMLUK REVIVAL TRAY STAND, with pierced decoration and calligraphy, 14.5cm high x 23cm diameter.

A GOOD PAIR OF CHINESE REPUBLIC CARVED IVORY VASES, the vases with painted decoration depicting birds amongst trees, with chinese calligraphy to the upper sections, 18cm high x 5.5cm wide.

A GOOD CHINESE 20TH CENTURY REPUBLIC FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN VASE, the front with decoration of birds amongst trees, the body of the vase bearing some chinese calligraphy, the base with an iron red four character kangxi mark, 18cm high x 6.3cm wide.

A GOOD CHINESE PORCELAIN RU WARE CELADON COLOURED DISH, the dish with incised chinese calligraphy decoration and highlighted in gilt, rim gilded, 19.5cm diameter.

A FINE LATE 19TH CENTURY ISLAMIC DAMASCUS BRASS BASIN, inlaid with silver calligraphy, 32cm diameter.

A LATE 19TH CENTURY ISLAMIC DAMASCUS BRASS PITCHER, inlaid in silver and copper, with calligraphy, 24cm high.

A GOOD 19TH / 20TH CENTURY CHINESE YIXING CLAY VASE, the body of the vase with decorated scenes of birds seated in brances of cherry blossom trees, further decorated with chinese calligraphy, the base with an impressed seal mark, 32cm high x 20.5cm wide.

A GOOD 19TH CENTURY CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN SQUARE FORM VASE / LAMP, the body of the vase with twin moulded mask & ring handles, the panels of the vase with iron red decoration of lion dogs amongst stylized clouds, with panels of chinese calligraphy, fitted to a lamp base, 59cm high x 16cm wide.

A PAIR OF MING STYLE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN INCENSE BURNERS, the body decorated with calligraphy, possibly Ming dynasty. 16.8cm high x 7.5cm square.

A Chinese porcelain teapot, Dehua, Qing Dynasty, of drum form, the centre of each side incised with calligraphy on a circular pedestal foot, 15.5cm high

A Chinese famille rose sectional baluster vase (hu) decorated with figures in garden settings playing Chinese chess, spaced by calligraphy panels and iron red and gilt arrow vase style handles, overglaze red four character Daoguang mark, restored, 19cm high

A Chinese white jade pendant of oval quatrelobed form carved to one side with a boy with hand fan attempting to swat a butterfly, the reverse with four lines of calligraphy and bearing a Zigang signature. 5cm long, 1cm deep on a jade bead pierced cylinder and string necklace

An early 20th Century Chinese bamboo brush pot of cylindrical form having a finely carved Oriental landscape scene to the front. The back having carved calligraphy character marks. Measures 13cm tall by 6.5cm diameter.     

A group of twelve Japanese scroll paintings, Edo period and laterComprising: a waterfall ink on paper, signature and one seal, 94cm high, 22cm wide, a sumi-e zenga rendering of Daruma, ink on paper, water stained, signed, with rosewood scroll ends, 140cm high, 33cm wide, a painting of three geese, with calligraphy and poem, signed Chikuha (Odake Chikuha 1878-1936), with ebonised scroll ends, 104cm high, 42cm wide, a sumi-e zenga rendering of a parsnip and two rats, ink on paper, signature and two seals on silk mount, stag antler scroll ends, 200cm high, 42cm wide, a Meiji period painting of an archer on horseback, body colour on silk, silk mounts, stag antler scroll ends, image 28cm high, 37cm wide, an Edo period painting of a cockerel, hens and chicks, gouache on silk, artists seal and signature, ‘Hiro Mori’, silk mount, with ivory scroll ends, 105cm high, 37cm wide, a sumi-e rendering on paper of Daruma, artists seal, signed ‘Keid?’ (Masuda Keid fl.c. 1840), green silk mount, red lacquer scroll ends, 66cm high, 42cm wide, a woodblock print of  the forty-seven Ronin gathering, with Oishi Kuranosuke at the top, black lacquer scroll ends, 127cm high, 56cm wide, a painting of a warrior and attendant on horseback beneath cherry blossom, 57cm high, 19cm wide, a painting of seated Tokugawa Leyasu and sixteen loyal generals, polychrome, gouache on paper, unsigned, bone scroll ends, one missing, 107cm high, 56cm wide, a painting of three warriors, ink on paper, water stained, wooden scroll ends, 120cm high, 41cm wide, a painting of a Samurai armour, polychrome pigment on paper, wooden scroll ends, 123cm high, 26cm wide. (12)N.B: Part of this lot requires a CITES license if exported outside the EUThe US Government has banned the import of ivory so part of this cannot be exported to the USA.

Early 20th century Chinese blue and white baluster vase, painted with a figural scene on one side, and calligraphy verso, 40cm height.

20th century Chinese porcelain brush pot, with enamelled figural decoration and calligraphy to reverse, character mark to base, 15cm height.

A mixed collection including three bronze immortals, carved bamboo vase with character, landscape and calligraphy, a 19th century candle taper box with papier mache finish, etc

Pair Chinese porcelain saucer dishes, each painted with seated figures and calligraphy, 9cm diameter.

Three pictures of seated Chinese men with calligraphy.

Oriental bowl with overall calligraphy, jade Buddha, soapstone carving, tobacco jar, Oriental china, etc.

A Chinese inside painted glass snuff bottle, 20th century, painted on one side with a St.Bernard against a wall beside rows of calligraphy, 6.25cm high, cased.

A Chinese ivory wrist rest, 19th century, deeply carved with scholars and attendants among pine and rockwork, the reverse carved with huts, trees and rockwork beside three lines of calligraphy, 21.3cm. high. Illustrated

A Chinese white jade rectangular pendant, late 19th/20th century, one side carved in low relief with two insects and a flower, the reverse with three rows of calligraphy, 6.25 cm. high.

Two Chinese fan paintings, late 19th/20th century, one painted with a young woman standing against rocks in a landscape, with calligraphy and red seal, 53cm. wide; the other depicting two seated figures and an attendant in a landscape, 49cm. wide, each mounted, framed and glazed, (2).

A group of four Chinese Yixing teapots and covers, 19th/20th century, one of melon form with Buddhist lion knop, another moulded with prunus branches, the third moulded with dragons and with a mobile dragon's head to the lid, the last of square section with moulded calligraphy to one side, stamped marks to three, 8cm. to 9.5cm. high, (8).

A Persian Unglazed Pottery Tile, probably 12th/13th century, moulded with geometric and foliate bands above calligraphy and a border of animals in low relief, 29cm by 29cm. Broken into four pieces and repaired and with associated minor losses. 071019

Chinese carved green jade bowl decorated with calligraphy and flowers. 10cm diameter at top.

Good Chinese Qing white jade snuff bottle with well carved coral top, engraved with calligraphy. 5.2cm high.

A Chinese bone handle calligraphy brush.

Albert Warren calligraphy dedication to 'Victoria the Good' 1897, 15" x 10"

North Indian Islamic page of fine calligraphy with gold speckled borders, antique, and another page of Islamic calligraphy

Indian Islamic folios from a book of calligraphy, the first page (opening right to left) with marbled borders and 2 old collectors seals.

A Chinese embroidered panel, decorated bats and with painted calligraphy, 61 cm wide, and another textile panel, mounted in a tray (2) See colour illustration

A white glaze Chinese porcelain pot with calligraphy detail. Impressed signature mark to underside. Approx. 11cm tall x 15.5cm wide.

Seven Japanese calligraphy brushes with bamboo handles and calligraphy related catalogues