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Coins to include British and foreign, a Shaffer fountain pen, a Pelkan calligraphy pen, a bone Stanhope in the form of binoculars, Germand and Viking camera tripod

A PAIR OF CHINESE LAC BURGAUTE TABLE SCREENS KANGXI AND LATER Decorated with figures and animals on terraces in mountain landscapes, with calligraphy to the reverse sides, together with wood stands, 31cm x 15cm overall. (4)

THREE SMALL CHINESE LAC BURGAUTE TRAYS EARLY 18TH CENTURY One decorated with figures and a sampan, another with insects, flowers and rockwork, the third with birds amidst flowering branches, each with calligraphy to the reverse, 13.5cm max. (3)

A PAIR OF SMALL CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE BOTTLE VASES REPUBLIC PERIOD Painted with boys playing beneath trees and with calligraphy, with four character Qianlong marks to the bases, 12cm. (2)

A CHINESE UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND RED VASE GUANGXU 1875-1908 With a tall body and short cylindrical neck, painted to the exterior with Imperial horse trainers squatting around a kettle as two horses feed beside a tent, inscribed with calligraphy and signed Lin Hongqing, the base with a six character Kangxi mark, 21.6cm.

A CHINESE POLYCHROME ENAMELLED PORCELAIN PLAQUE 20TH CENTURY Depicting Zhong Kui looking down at an iron-red bat in flight, with calligraphy and two seal marks, 32cm x 22cm.

A PAIR OF CHINESE PORCELAIN PLAQUES 20TH CENTURY Painted with birds perched amidst bamboo and blossoming prunus branches, each inscribed with three lines of calligraphy, contained within wood frames, 36cm x 24cm. (2)

TWO CHINESE PORCELAIN PLAQUES 20TH CENTURY One depicting a boy and an official, with calligraphy and two seal marks above, the other painted with a pair of birds perched amongst wisteria, each contained within a wood frame, 37cm x 23.5cm. (2)

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE 'WU SHUANG PU' BOWL 19TH CENTURY Painted to the exterior with various historical figures and calligraphy, with gilt to the rim, the base with a six character Xianfeng mark, 17.8cm. Provenance: from the collection of Knowles Boney (d.1975) and thence by descent. Boney was an author known for writing Liverpool Porcelain of the Eighteenth Century and Its Makers.

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE BOWL 18TH CENTURY One side painted with floral sprays, the reverse with calligraphy, 18cm.

A LARGE VIETNAMESE EMBROIDERED SILK PANEL DATED 1895 Embroidered with calligraphy as a token of appreciation on a red ground, with dragons and phoenix to the borders, 188cm x 164cm. Provenance: from Cotton Hall, Shropshire.

FOUR SMALL ISLAMIC CELADON JADE PLAQUES 19TH CENTURY Each formed as a lantern and carved with calligraphy, 4.8cm max. (4) Provenance: from a deceased estate, London.

A WWII picture memento, decorated with a peacock butterfly on wood, with calligraphy 'In Memory Of Summer 1945, Made Of The Rubbish Of The Ruins Of Berlin', verso label detailing the background to the artwork, 20cm x 20cm.

AN ORIENTAL CALLIGRAPHY SET

A COLLECTION OF THIRTY-FIVE JAPANESE FAN PAINTINGS EDO PERIOD AND LATER, 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY Variously depicting flowers, fruiting branches, landscapes, birds, calligraphy and one a man collecting water from a well, in ink and colour on paper and mounted on washi card with gold flakes, all signed and some with red artist's seals, 55.5cm x 29.5cm max. (35) Provenance: An English private collection acquired at Christie's South Kensington, London, in 1977.

A JAPANESE SCROLL PAINTING, KAKEMONO MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY In ink and colour on silk, depicting a beauty standing before a window and rolling up bamboo blinds, with two lines of calligraphy and signed Maruyama Okyo (1733-1795) to the bottom right, in a tomobako wood box bearing the artist's name, 130.5cm x 36.5cm. (2)

A JAPANESE SCROLL PAINTING BY NAKABAYASHI CHIKUTO (1776-1853), KAKEMONO EDO PERIOD, 18TH/19TH CENTURY Depicting an autumnal scene with a small fishing boat sailing on a lake, with tall reeds bending in the breeze and the silhouettes of mountains in the distance, two lines of calligraphy to the side including a poem describing the 'tranquil autumn scene with the shadow of a boat cast on a lake', signed Chikuto and with two red artist's seals, 55.5cm x 37.5cm. Provenance: a Spanish private collection, Madrid. Purchased from Sydney L. Moss Ltd, London, on 20th June 1997. A copy of the original invoice is available. Works by Nakabayashi Chikuto often depict quiet landscapes in the Nanga style imitating Chinese literati painting. He was also acclaimed during his career as a designer of illustrated books. PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED AT NO RESERVE.

A LARGE INSCRIBED CHINESE CANTON FAMILLE ROSE PUNCH BOWL JIAQING 1796-1820 The exterior finely painted in enamels and gilt with two large rectangular panels depicting dignitaries and court ladies, with four smaller panels containing individuals flanked by lines of calligraphy, the rim with a band of ladies and gentlemen relaxing in a luscious garden, the interior brightly decorated in the same style with further figural scenes beneath many butterflies amidst peony, chrysanthemum, gourds, lychees and other fruits and flowers, with an inscription reading 'Thomas Heeton Esq Bermondsey' to the base, together with a wood stand, 40.7cm. (2) Provenance: from the collection of the Littman Family.清嘉慶 廣彩人物故事紋大碗來源：Littman家族收藏。

XUE SONG (1965-) MONUMENT ON GREY BACKGROUND A Chinese painting, mixed media on canvas, signed Song 98, with inscriptions on the back dated 1998 and signed in Chinese, Xue Song 1998, 180cm x 150 cm. Provenance: from an English private collection, acquired from ShanghART Shanghai on 10th October 1999 for $7,000, a copy of the original invoice is available. Experiences are often the source of artistic creation. When Xue Song's studio burned to the ground, the accident inspired him to use ash and soot as a symbol of rebirth in his art. Xue uses charred and burned fragments of his previous works, newspapers and books to create collages of iconic politicians, calligraphy, Western art icons and pieces inspired by classical Chinese watercolour paintings. In Monument on Grey Background, Xue draws from one of Xu Beihong's famous horse paintings, reconstructing its iconic imagery using hundreds of prints of historically and politically famous figures, whilst prints of early Chinese stone rubbings are used for the background. In doing so, Xue attempts to generate a conversation with the old masters, creating a discourse between the old and the new, and building bridges between the East and the West. 薛松（b.1965）底座是灰的紀念碑 混合材料畫布 畫框款識：松，98，《底座是灰的紀念碑》薛松，1998。來源：英國私人收藏，1999年10月10日以7000美金的價格購於香格納畫廊（附發票複印件）。

A CHINESE CARVED WOOD WALL VASE QING DYNASTY OR LATER With a central rectangular panel of gilt calligraphy, all surrounded by a dense tangle of roots, raised on a small black wood stand, 44cm.清或更晚  木雕題識壁瓶

A CHINESE EMBOSSED SILVER LOBED BOWL 19TH CENTURY The deep bowl shaped as a flower with eight petals, one side decorated in relief with a writhing dragon, the other lobes with birds and butterflies amongst various blossoming and fruiting branches, with calligraphy incised amidst the design, all contained within bands of key fret, the base with punch marks reading 'WS', '90' and Hua Xin, all raised on a flaring foot, 15.5cm, 1.2kg. Provenance: from the collection of Reverend Victor Farmer (1898-1977) and thence by descent.十九世紀 銀製花卉龍紋碗來源：Reverend Victor Farmer (1898-1977)收藏

A LARGE 19TH CENTURY TURKISH OR OTTOMAN YATAGHAN, 61cm curved blade inlaid in silver with panels of calligraphy to either side along its entire length, white metal hilt decorated with corals and coloured stones, riveted two-piece long eared horn grips, contained in its leather wrapped wooden scabbard, together with a large 19th Century Kard or short Yataghan with ivory grips and leather wrapped wooden scabbard and a Balkan Jambiya. From an established West Country Collection. (3)

A LARGE 19TH CENTURY TURKISH OR OTTOMAN YATAGHAN, 56.5cm curved blade decorated with a geometric panel to one side and with a panel of calligraphy to the other, all highlighted in silver, reinforced at the forte and set with a coloured stone to either side, characteristic hilt set with corals and with riveted two-piece long eared marine ivory grips, contained in its scroll and foliate embossed white metal mounted leather wrapped wooden scabbard, general repairs, together with two worn Eastern knives, probably Kards. From an established West Country Collection. (3)

A 19TH CENTURY TURKISH YATAGHAN, 61cm curved fullered blade inlaid in silver with two small panels, one containing calligraphy, further inlaid in gold with an extended panel of calligraphy, characteristic gilt hilt, two-piece riveted walrus ivory grips, contained in its silvered brass mounted scabbard.

A GOOD 19TH CENTURY WHITE METAL MOUNTED BURMESE DHA, 64cm blade inlaid and chiselled along its entire length with a panel of scrolling foliage, wild beasts and calligraphy, white metal mounted hilt, the copper grip finely silvered with warriors within foliate panels, contained in its white metal wrapped wooden scabbard.

A CAUCASIAN KINDJAL, 56.5cm blade tapering to an elongated narrow tip, deep offset fuller to either side, incised with a date to one side and with a small section of calligraphy on the other, characteristic hilt with two-piece riveted horn grips secured by two foliate decorated domed rivets, contained in its leather wrapped wooden scabbard. Scabbard leather restored at the chape.

A GOLD DAMASCENE DECORATED FIRANGI, 91cm blade incised with a short strip of calligraphy to one side, riveted reinforced forte decorated with foliage in gold damascene, characteristic hilt with sharply upturned guard decorated to the underside with a foliate gold damascene border, the chiselled knuckle guard tapering to join the dished disc pommel, large tapering tang button, the whole decorated to match. From an established West Country Collection.

A FIRANGI, 102cm double fullered blade incised with eight crosses to one side, further incised with a short strip of calligraphy to either side, characteristic hilt with silvered finish over all, slightly upturned guard with broad knuckle guard tapering to a scroll terminal, disc pommel with tilted elongated tang button. From an established West Country Collection.

LI CANGYI (CHINESE, B.1969) - FISH AND LOTUS Ink on paper 185cm x 185cm with frame Provenance: Purchased from Chang He Gallery About the artist: Li Cangyi is a contemporary young painter.Born in 1969 in Nehe, Heilongjiang, he graduated from Beijing Painting Academy.He is currently the vice chairman of theChina Contemporary Artists Association and Director of the Chinese Painting Arts Committee, and also vice chairman of the Singapore Art Association. He won the gold medal of the Chinese contemporary elite painter competition and the Chinese calligraphy and painting masterpiece exhibition excellence prize.

LI CANGYI (CHINESE, B.1969) - LOTUS DREAM Ink on paper 185cm x 185cm with frame Provenance: Purchased from Chang He Gallery About the artist: Li Cangyi is a contemporary young painter.Born in 1969 in Nehe, Heilongjiang, he graduated from Beijing Painting Academy.He is currently the vice chairman of theChina Contemporary Artists Association and Director of the Chinese Painting Arts Committee, and also vice chairman of the Singapore Art Association. He won the gold medal of the Chinese contemporary elite painter competition and the Chinese calligraphy and painting masterpiece exhibition excellence prize.

A group of Chinese robes, mainly Qing Dynasty, one blue with butterflies,140cm cuff to cuff and 90cm hem to collar; a deep red robe, with large shou symbols and purple lining, 172cm cuff to cuff x 137cm hem to collar; a burgundy jacket with yellow sleeve bands embroidered with pekin knot embroidery, 125cm cuff to cuff and 95cm hem to collar and a gauze unmade Chaofu robe; two gold work dragon robes and some panels, an opera garment, a red wool panel Chaofu skirt, a bag of miscellaneous silks, a black kimono and a blue black panel and a red panel with calligraphy; a late Qing brightly embroidered red silk 2nd Degree Daoist priest robe, embroidered with dragons and Daoist symbols, approximately 167cm cuff to cuff x 127 collar to hem and a purple jacket embroidered with butterflies and flowers Provenance: Property of an English collector, mainly buying in Portobello market, and various places in London, in the early 1950's and 1960's. 各式刺绣袍服一组 拍品来源：英国私人收藏，主要于上世纪50-60年代购自伦敦

RAYY POTTERY BOWL, EARLY 13TH CENTURY, of bucket shape, reserved in turquoise on a black ground, with a wide band of calligraphy, 20cm diam Provenance: Monif, 15th November 1960, £12.10.0. Bluett & Sons, 20th September 1961 for £27.10.0. An OCS member who was buying in London between the 1950's and 1990's. Duke's, 12th November 2015, lot 301, from a Cumbrian Private Collection.

PEWTER-ENCASED YIXING TEAPOT AND COVER, KANGXI PERIOD, the 'ruyi' form sides engraved with leafy bamboo and calligraphy, with a hardwood scroll handle and green-hardstone finial, 11cm high

SILVER EXPORT TEAPOT, LATE QING DYNASTY, the globular sides finely engraved with scrolling foliage and calligraphy, the shoulder with a chased band of meandering lotus blossom, with a double swing handle and peach finial, 8cm high (11oz) Note: Bears an old Spink & Sons paper label.

PAIR OF ENAMEL 'CALLIGRAPHY' HEXAGONAL VASES, 20TH CENTURY, 26cm high

An unusual early 20th century Middle Eastern hookah base, the clear glass body etched with flash red calligraphy

A boxed Chinese calligraphy set

A Japanese block print and calligraphy books

A pair of long Chinese painted calligraphy scrolls

Chinese 19thC Superb Quality and Wonderful Hardstone and Horn Figural Calligraphy (seals) Set. (17) pieces in total. On a carved wooden base. All pieces are finely carved with finely carved calligraphy to underside of bases. The size of base 10 by 11 inches 25 by 27.5 cms. The tallest figural seal 8 inches - 20 cms. all in original state. Please confirm with photographs.

A stained ivory netsuke of a crouching Fukusuke, or other character, practising his calligraphy, signed SozanProvenance: The Property of a Lady. From a Private Collection acquired by her Great-Grandfather and all collected prior to his death in 1944.PLEASE NOTE: THIS ITEM CONTAINS OR IS MADE OF IVORY. Buyers must be aware that regulations of several countries, including USA, prohibit the import of ivory, or any goods containing ivory. Ewbank's advise prospective purchasers who intend to ship this lot to another country that they must familiarise themselves with the relevant import/export regulations prior to bidding. They are responsible for their shipping arrangements, and the onus is therefore on them to arrange their own shipping. .Some deterioration and age cracks or hairlines.

A small stained ivory okimono carved as a man and women writing calligraphy on a makemono, 4cm wide, 19th or 20th CenturyProvenance: The Property of a Lady. From a Private Collection acquired by her Great-Grandfather and all collected prior to his death in 1944.PLEASE NOTE: THIS ITEM CONTAINS OR IS MADE OF IVORY. Buyers must be aware that regulations of several countries, including USA, prohibit the import of ivory, or any goods containing ivory. Ewbank's advise prospective purchasers who intend to ship this lot to another country that they must familiarise themselves with the relevant import/export regulations prior to bidding. They are responsible for their shipping arrangements, and the onus is therefore on them to arrange their own shipping .Some deterioration including age cracking and extremity loss to man's hand.

A Chinese carved bone archers ring engraved with calligraphy, W. 3.5cm.

A Qajar walrus ivory Jambiya hilt: each side panel carved with a couple wearing European dress within borders of calligraphy and beadwork, probably 18th/19th century, 12 cm [some damage].

PERSIAN MINIATURE SCHOOL (17TH CENTURY) Figure wrestling a dragonInk and watercolour, 9 x 15cm With calligraphy panel verso

AN ARABIC INSCRIBED AND MOTHER OF PEARL INLAID SIDE TABLE, 19th Century, inscribed with calligraphy frieze panel Do things that are good deeds, because when you depart these things remain the rectangular top banded with geometric inlay, over ebonised frieze and turned tapering legs. 100cm wide, 81cm high, 50cm diameter

ATTRIBUTED FU BAOSHI (1904 - 1965)'Yuan An Reading a Book'Ink and colour on paper, 95 x 48 cmWith inscription and four seals, mounted on scroll hanging A celebrated painter of China’s modern period, Fu Baoshi is known for creating images, which honoured Chinese cultural heritage during a time of considerable flux in the country. Coming of age as an artist during the Communist Revolution impacted Fu’s aesthetic and visual language. While there was a movement in the early decades of the 20th century, towards a modernization of traditional artistic techniques, particularly in the area of calligraphy and ink wash painting, Fu still saw value in the older forms of artistry. He worked to incorporate the calligraphic brushwork of traditional Chinese painting, with a stronger use of colour and washes to produce greater tonal range. The nationalistic subject matter can be seen in this present work attributed to the artist. An inscription on the painting translates as ‘Yuan An Reading a Book’, presumably referring to the man we see sitting at desk by the window. Yuan An was an important scholar and statesman in the Han Dynasty (206 BC - 220AD) serving at the courts of both Emperor Zhang and Emperor He. Considered the ‘golden age’ in Chinese history, the Han Dynasty spanned over four centuries. It was period of significant economic prosperity as well as major developments in areas of science and technology, in particular the process of papermaking. It is understandable why Fu would choose to depict a figure of such importance from a period of great pride for Chinese people. Even to this day the majority ethnic group in the country refer to themselves as ‘Han Chinese’ and the written script is known as ‘Han Characters’. There is a nostalgic tendency to Fu’s work in which he is looking to the history of the country as inspiration and expression of the Communist ideal. Set within the beautiful Chinese countryside, the grandeur of the country’s landscape is captured in the monumental mountains, luscious vegetation and surging rivers. Yuan is nestled in amongst the trees, surveying the world around him. The layered application of ink, almost dripping down the scroll in - to borrow a term from western artistic tradition - an abstract expressionist manner, creates a composition of deeply charged atmospheric effects.

A PAIR CHINESE WHITE JADE DRAGON SEALS, 19TH CENTURYof cylinder form, surmounted with intricately carved dragons in crouched position, one seal face with ancient 'shanshou' calligraphy script, each 4.7cm high

A Chinese wicker hamper for tea taking with metal mounts, opening to reveal a 20th Century overglaze pink, yellow and turquoise enamelled teapot and pair of tea bowls with medallions with calligraphy and key work meander border, height of basket 20cm, together with a lacquered tray with exotic bird in flight, length 46cm (2)

An early to mid 20th century Chinese Republic period vase, polychrome decorated with a continuous scene of figures by a pagoda in a garden landscape and calligraphy, bearing iron red seal mark to base, H.30cm

Zhou LuCalligraphy from Mengzi Ink and pigment on paper; signed, with two red seals of the artist; together with a related hanging scroll, calligraphy, ink and pigment on silver speckled paper.The first: 130.5cm (51 1/2in) x 63cm (23 3/4in) (2).

A group of five pale green and white jade plaquesQing DynastyComprising: a pale green lock-shaped plaque decorated with archaistic calligraphy and bats; a white jade one of rectangular lock form, with a peony medallion beside bats and archaistic motifs; and three rectangular plaques to be inset, the first of pale green hue, with a pine grotto; the second, from a white stone, with a shallow cartouche of a tiger and eagle by pine and bamboo; the fourth, of a pale even tone, with archaistic c-scrolls.Largest: 8cm ( 3 1/8in) wide (5).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: *

LATE 20TH CENTURY CHINESE YI XING TEA POT, with bamboo type handle, spout and knop, incised to one side with bamboo and the other with calligraphy (tea and longlife), dated 1998, base signature Xu Yujun, 16.5cm wide

Pair of Kutani porcelain cylindrical teacups and covers Japanese, 19th Century decorated with gathering court figures, Emperor, Shoguns and male and female courtiers, in coloured enamels on gold ground, the interiors with a band of Sosho calligraphy, signed and dated description of the scene, covers with flowering trees and with longevity character on interior repeated on the cup, foot with four character mark 9cm high , signed Kutani Seizanand a paper lantern-shaped water pot and cover, foot with six character mark 11cm including lid

Pink Peking glass brush washer Chinese engraved to the fore, signed with four lines of calligraphy with a further engraved seal mark to the base 3.5cm high, base 5.5cm across

Scroll Chinese Black ink on paper of a mountain landscape measures 101cm x 34cm and one other calligraphy scroll print (2)

Inside painted snuff bottle Chinese, circa 1920 decorated to one side with a tree and insects, the other side depicting rocky outcrop with a cricket on top, the top also signed with calligraphy, with a red stone stopper 6.5cm high

Pair of large soapstone seals Chinese, 19th Century with temple dog mounts and calligraphy to one side 30cm high

Three Yixing teapots Chinese, 19th/20th Century of varying forms, one with calligraphy engraved to the body with a flower stamped to the base, the second engraved with a dragon and a liftable dragon head in the lid, the third of plain form with a later wood lid (3)

Calligraphy and watercolour paper fan Japanese, 20th Century 23cm x 51cm