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A 19TH CENTURY PERSIAN QAJAR MARINE IVORY HANDLED HILTED DAGGER, the handle carved with figures, children and calligraphy, 39cm long.

A COLLECTION OF FOUR 16TH-17TH CENTURY DAMASCUS CALLIGRAPHY TILES, 23cm x 21cm.

A FINE 12TH-13TH CENTURY PERSIAN CALLIGRAPHY BOWL, 13cm diameter, 6cm high.

A 12TH-13TH CENTURY PERSIAN KASHAN CALLIGRAPHY BOWL, 16cm diameter, 7cm high.

A 12TH-13TH CENTURY PERSIAN KASHAN CALLIGRAPHY BOWL, 14cm diameter, 6cm high.

A RARE 12TH-13TH CENTURY PERSIAN KASHAN POTTERY JUG with calligraphy, 14cm high.

AN ISLAMIC DAMASCUS MAMLUK BOWL AND COVER with calligraphy, 19cm diameter.

A 12TH CENTURY PERSIAN KASHAN POTTERY TILE with calligraphy, 20cm x 19cm.

A 15TH CENTURY MUMLUK COPPER BOWL PROBABLY DAMASCUS with calligraphy on the sides, 39cm diameter, 22cm high.

AN ISLAMIC PERSIAN HAND CHASED BRASS BOWL, with Kufic calligraphy, 26cm diameter.

A RARE 8TH-9TH CENTURY UMMAYAD GREEN GLAZED POTTERY COSMETIC TRAY with calligraphy around the sides.

A MONUMENTAL ISLAMIC ILKHANID LUSTRE TILE, PERSIA, 13TH/14TH CENTURY, relief moulded glazed fritware, over-painted with lustre, in the form of a mihrab containing five lines of cobalt blue calligraphy, surrounded by a border register of similar calligraphy, on a white ground densely lustre-painted with leafy tendrils, 48.5cm high, 37cm wide, 5cm deep. For a closely related Ilkhanid tile, see Sotheby’s London, lot 228. Further examples can be seen in the Victoria and Albert Museum (C.1977 1910) and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 09.87) The main inscription around the border and in the centre is Qur’an 11 (al-Hud), vs. 114-115:"And establish regular prayers at the two ends of the day and at the approaches of the night: For those things, that are good remove those that are evil: Be that the word of remembrance to those who remember (their Lord): And be steadfast in patience; for verily Allah will not suffer the reward of the righteous to perish.”(Trans. Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’an - Text, Translation and Commentary, Lahore , 1938 

A 19TH / 20TH CENTURY REPUBLIC STYLE FAMILLE ROSE BOWL, decorated with scenes of floral display, the reverse with Chinese calligraphy, the base bearing a four character mark. 6cm high x 10.6cm diameter.

A CHINESE YIXING TEAPOT & HARDWOOD STAND, the teapot with a painted landscape scene, the reverse with Chinese calligraphy, the base bearing a four character mark also the underside of the lid, 6cm high x 13.5cm wide including handle.

A 19TH CENTURY CHINESE FRAMED PICTURE, depicting a lakeside setting, signed in multiple places with Chinese calligraphy to the upper left section, framed within a gilt bamboo style frame. 67.5cm high x 46.5cm wide.

A CHINESE YONGZHENG PERIOD HEXAGONAL FORM FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN BRUSH POT, with a number of panels depicting figures and calligraphy, 12.5cm high x 9.3cm wide.

A LATE 19TH /EARLY 20TH CENTURY CHINESE SCROLL PAINTING IN ORIGINAL FITTED BOX, the scroll with carved ivory roundel's, the box with calligraphy.

A GOOD REPUBLICAN CHINESE PORCELAIN LUOHAN BOWL, the exterior of the bowl decorated with many luohans, the reverse with a Chinese calligraphy ( a poem ), the base with a four character mark, 13cm diameter x 7.5cm high.

A GOOD QUALITY CHINESE KANGXI STYLE PORCELAIN TEA BOWL & HARDWOOD STAND, the bowl decorated with scenes of an official interior with surrounding attendants, artist seal to side of cup alongside some chinese calligraphy, 4.3cm high x 6.5cm diameter, also with a hardwood base in the form of a tree stump bearing an old christies label to the base, 7cm high x 8 cm, the bowl in its bamboo box.

A CHINESE REPUBLICAN STYLE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN HANGING DISH, with painted enamel landscape scenes, the top bearing chinese calligraphy, the underside of the dish with a iron red stylized four character mark, 23.3cm diameter,

A GOOD 19TH / 20TH CENTURY CELADON GROUND CHINESE RIBBED TEA CADDY, with six moulded panels depicting scenes of figures, butterflies and foliage, with Chinese symbol / calligraphy to the panels, 11.5cm high x 8.4cm wide.

THREE ORIENTAL FRAMED SILK EMBROIDERED PICTURES OF PEACOCKS & CRANES, the smaller pair depicting peacocks & cranes beneath pine trees, possibly Japanese, 59cm x 38cm, the larger a Chinese embroidered silk of phoenix birds amongst flora, the upper right section with embroidered calligraphy, 102.5cm x 48.6cm. (3)

A GOOD ISLAMIC SILVER RECTANGULAR BOX with calligraphy dated 1919, 13cm long, 8cm wide, 4cm high.

A VERY GOOD SET OF TWELVE ISLAMIC CIRCULAR BOWLS with calligraphy, 12cm diameter.

A FRAMED AND GLAZED SET OF THREE CALLIGRAPHY PAGES, 19TH CENTURY PERSIAN, signed and dated, each 18cm x 19cm.

A Chinese hardstone seal, of rectangular form, carved to the sides with a poem by Jin Nong (1687-1763), one of the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou, and signed Qujiang Waishi ('Unofficial Historian of the Serpentine Canal') which is Jin Nong’s cognomen, the seal face reading Jinshi shoumen shuhua ('Calligraphy and Painting by Mr. Jin Shoumen'), 8.3cm high and 4cm square “金氏寿门书画”寿山石印

A Chinese soapstone seal, carved on light caramel stone with calligraphy inscribed to one side, signed Wen Sanqiao (1498-1573), 4cm high 文三桥款寿山石印一枚

A group of four Chinese painted fan leaves, late Qing Dynasty, comprising one by Lou Fengqi, Bamboo Grove, dated 1827, signed and with one seal of the artist, 47cm long; one after Huang Gongwang, signed and with one seal of the artist, 48cm long; one signed Zhi Ting and with one seal of the artist, 48cm long; one calligraphy signed Nian Xuan, 49cm long; and a Japanese print, framed, 65cm long (5) 娄凤翥等 晚清书法扇面一组

A Chinese vase and cover, Republican Period, circa 1920, painted in bright enamels with a fisherman and a wood gatherer, the reverse with calligraphy of a poem and factory mark, 32cm high 粉彩人物图盖罐

Five pieces of Eastern metalware to include an Indian copper tray and a brass tray decorated with Arabic calligraphy (5).

A CHINESE JADE PANEL 19TH / 20TH CENTURY carved in high relief with a shou character carved as branches of fruiting peach the reverse incised with rows of calligraphy of grey cream and russet tone in carved pierced frame and stand jade 22cm x 15cm 50cm high overall

A CHINESE INTERIOR-PAINTED SNUFF BOTTLE 19TH CENTURY Delicately painted with two ladies sitting reading a book, the reverse with calligraphy, signed Zhou Le Yuan, 5.5cm.

A CHINESE WOOD OPIUM TRAY AND A BAMBOO BITONG QING DYNASTY The tray of rectangular form, with pierced decoration to the edges, the bitong incised with a meditating luohan, the reverse with a boy asleep on an ox underneath calligraphy, 36.5cm. (2)

AN ALBUM OF CHINESE WOODBLOCK PRINTS C.1955 With two volumes containing prints of works by Qi Baishi, Chen Banding, Wang Xuetao and other Chinese artists, with subjects including flowers, fruit, birds, insects, landscapes, figures and calligraphy, together with a silk-bound slipcase, 31.2cm x 21.3cm. (3) Provenance: formerly the collection of Judith Heard-White (d.1960s), a painter who travelled in the East during the 1940s and 1950s, and thence by descent.

A CARVED WHITE JADE PENDANT, decorated with Guanyin and calligraphy. 7cms high.

FOUR CHINESE CANTON FAMILLE ROSE VASES AND THREE DISHES 19TH CENTURY Comprising: a pair of large square-section vases with tall flaring necks and spread feet, a pair of small square-section vases with short waisted necks, and three dishes from a service, variously decorated in coloured enamels and gilt with figures, calligraphy, flowers, birds, bats and other designs, 32.5cm. (7)

A LARGE CHINESE PORCELAIN 'LANDSCAPE' PANEL MODERN Depicting a snowy mountain scene, with polychrome houses dispersed through the landscape decorated en grisaille, with calligraphy and seal marks including a six character Qianlong mark, 52cm x 97cm.

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE 'WU SHUANG PU' BITONG REPUBLIC PERIOD The cylindrical body decorated with an image of Sun Ce, the young military general painted in gilt and coloured enamels, the reverse with calligraphy describing his achievements and fall, a stamped six character Tongzhi mark to the base, 12cm. Sun Ce lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty and was the eldest son of the military general Sun Jian. After his father's death, he gained power in the Jiangdong region of southern China and laid the foundations for the Eastern Wu, one of the major states during the Three Kingdoms period. Sun Ce's story is told in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE 'WU SHUANG PU' OCTAGONAL CUP REPUBLIC PERIOD Painted in coloured enamels with various historical figures and calligraphy naming them, including the Qin dynasty warlord Xiang Yu and the Han dynasty scholar-official and writer Dongfang Shuo, with gilt to the rim and a bat and peach painted to the base, 6.8cm.

A PAIR OF CHINESE YIXING BOTTLE VASES QING DYNASTY OR LATER Each with an ovoid body rising from a tapering foot to a tall neck flaring at the rim, decorated with calligraphy and birds perched in leafy branches of finger citron, with marks impressed to the bases, 19.3cm. (2)

SEVEN CHINESE SCROLL PAINTINGS, A CALLIGRAPHY PANEL AND A COUPLET 19TH/20TH CENTURY Variously decorated with birds, flowers, trees, landscapes, calligraphy and other designs, three with labels for Christie's, 25th May 1995, lot 224, 151cm x 50cm max. (10)

TWO CHINESE FRAMED PAINTINGS BY WANG ZHENHAI REPUBLIC PERIOD Painted with ink and colour on silk, one depicting a scene from the Beijing Opera 'The Drunken Beauty', with calligraphy reading Gui Fei Zui Jiu Wang Zhou, the other of a domestic scene with beauties playing the qin, with calligraphy which reads Shang Hai Wang Zhen Hai Hui, each with a seal mark reading Zhen Hai, 37 x 41cm. (2)

A CHINESE 'PRUNUS AND BAMBOO' RECTANGULAR PENDANT QING DYNASTY OR LATER Probably aloeswood, carved in relief with flowering prunus amidst bamboo, together with a qin-shaped metal box, with incised prunus decoration and calligraphy to the cover, the base incised tian and impressed with two marks reading Yang De Chang zao and dian tong, 6.1cm. (3)

A large pair of Chinese printed calligraphy panels, framed, overall height 124cm

TWO JAPANESE CAST-IRON KETTLES AND COVERS, TETSUBIN 19TH/ 20TH CENTURY One cast as a tied straw bale, one side with sprays of peonies and the other with calligraphy, the other kettle with a short cylindrical body decorated with a flowering branch of prunus and cursive script, both with a bronze lid topped with a reticulated finial, the first signed Ryubundo zo and the other Kiryudo zo, 20.5cm max. (4) Provenance: the collection of an English gentleman, acquired from Spink.

A JAPANESE SCROLL PAINTING BY HARA ZAICHU (1750-1837), KAKEMONO EDO 1603-1868 In ink and colour on silk, finely painted with a flowering shrub of morning glory, asagao, with scrolling tendrils extending to the side, with calligraphy above reading nanaju-hachi o (old man of seventy-eight years), Hara zaichu ga (made by Hara Zaichu) and Ichinari san, 51.5cm x 38.5cm. Provenance: a Spanish private collection, Madrid, purchased from Galerie Liova, Paris, 29th July 1996. A copy of the original invoice is available. Hara Chien, also known as Zaichu, lived and worked in Kyoto where he became a popular artist. His highly personal style reflected influences from classic Chinese paintings and the Tosa school of art.

A JAPANESE SCROLL PAINTING, KAKEMONO EDO/MEIJI PERIOD In ink and colour on paper, depicting a spray of chrysanthemum in a tall vase, an ornamental rock before it, with two lines of calligraphy and three red seals, together with two prints, one of Hotei, the god seated on his giant sack and playing the shamisen by Katsushika Taito II (active 1810-1853), the other a bird's-eye view of the coastal city of Kamakura, the two prints framed and glazed, 22cm x 132cm max. (3) Provenance: a Spanish private collection, Madrid. The chrysanthemum painting purchased from the Kyoto Gallery, Brussels; the Hotei print from the P. Huguenin Gallery, Geneva, and the view of Kamakura purchased in Geneva in the 1990s.

THREE JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTS BY TOYOKUNI UTAGAWA III (1786-1865) C.1861 All depicting couples from the series 'Comparisons of Lovers, or Collection of Ballads', one depicting Genshichi and Yaegiri, another Koshimoto Fusano and Kiura Shingo, the third Shirafuji and Oshuun, with lines of calligraphy above them, all in modern frames and glazed, all 33.5cm x 22cm. (3)

A JAPANESE GOLD LACQUER WRITING BOX AND COVER, SUZURIBAKO EDO/MEIJI PERIOD Of rectangular shape, the overlapping cover painted with a musical instrument with pipes, sho, and a richly decorated headdress with long tassels, tori kabuto, in hiramaki-e on a nashiji ground, the inside of the cover and inner tray with flower sprays in gold and silver scattered across the surface, including hibiscus, peonies, chrysanthemum, prunus and others, together with an ink stone and various implements for calligraphy, 23cm x 21cm x 4.5cm. (5) The shape of a tori kabuto hat is inspired by the crownlike head of the mythical phoenix. This headdress, together with the sho wind instrument, were used for gagaku, the traditional imperial music and dance performance.

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE VASE REPUBLIC PERIOD Finely painted in enamels with Zhong Kui pinning a flower from a blossoming and fruiting pomegranate tree in a lady's hair, with an emaciated figure holding a basin walking towards them, the reverse with calligraphy and seal marks, a four character Qianlong mark to the base, together with a wood stand, 30.2cm. (2) Provenance: acquired in Singapore in 1968.民國 粉彩鐘馗瓶 來源：1968年購於新加坡。

WEN YONG CHEN (WAN WING SUM 1922-1995) CHILDREN FLYING A KITE A Chinese scroll painting, ink and colour on paper, inscribed by Zhao Shao Ang with his two seals, dated jia zi year (1984),also inscribed in micro calligraphy as the kite string by Wen, with two artist's seals, together with another painting of butterflies and plum blossom, ink and colour on gold paper, inscribed by Wen Yong Chen in micro calligraphy as the antennae, dated kui hai year (1983), with seven artist's seals, 107cm x 57cm. (2) Provenance: the property of a former Director of John Swire & Sons (HK) and Cathay Pacific Airways, and thence by descent.溫永琛及趙少昂等兩件 設色紙本 立軸款識：高高在上未堪攀，兒戲心性卻不難，且看紙鳶風力引，須臾搖曳入雲端。永琛作圖，歐陽修詩。甲子（1984）新春少昂書時年八十。（詩文略，不錄）癸亥秋日，溫永琛畫。鈐印：少昂（二次）、溫永琛六十歲后作書畫、挾技三洋四海五洲八十餘國、花甲乍驚蝴蝶夢、曾游三洋四海五洲八十餘國。來源：前John Swire & Son及國泰航空公司總裁舊藏。

An Indian gouache miniature painting of a hunt, signed upper left, with calligraphy to border, 4« x 7«in. (11.5 x 19cm.)

Large selection of artist's oil and acrylic paints, calligraphy pens and kits etc

Selection of wooden puzzles, carved boxes, Chinese calligraphy set and brush sets etc

A 20th century Japanese Kinsho-Do pure copper hammer beaten bowl  with floral pattern design with calligraphy to base in a wooden display box. 21.2cm

A set of eight 20th century Chinese porcelain plaques. Floral and birds design with calligraphy. 18.5cm x 13cm

Two framed 18th century or earlier Chinese fan paintings on paper. Calligraphy with two red seal stamps above a painted flower with calligraphy. 84cm x 47cm including frame.

A metal bracelet inserted with rectangular jade stones and square links with Chinese calligraphy.

FINE CLOISONNE SQUARE-FORM BOX AND COVER, REPUBLIC PERIOD, decorated throughout in coloured enamels, the cover a roundel enclosing a scholar, flanked by two five clawed dragons, over setting a shou symbol and above a flowering jardiniere, the sides with four panels depicting scholars and attendants, each divided at the corners by further panels of calligraphy, the stepped shaped stand raised on four scroll feet, 20cm wide

A FINE CHINESE PAINTING GROUP, 19th century, one of a camel with calligraphy , signed Mao Weng Wei 1871 and two others mounted later in hardwood frame, 108cm x 67cm.