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A TRADITIONAL STYLE WHITE AND YELLOW METAL MOUNTED SHAMSHIR, 76cm slightly curved fullered blade etched with a panel of scrolling foliage and calligraphy to one side, characteristic hilt profusely decorated with filigree and imitation precious stones, the chain guard with yellow metal coin, contained in its scabbard decorated to match, in presentation case.

A GOOD 19TH CENTURY OTTOMAN OR INDIAN KULA KHUD, characteristic dome-form steel skull decorated over all with panels of seated courtly figures amidst flowers and vessels, interspersed with panels of scrolling foliage finished in yellow metals, the whole with a lower border of stylised calligraphy, square section tapering spike finial, two forward plume holders, adjustable nasal bar with scrolling silver decoration to the top, characteristic chain mail neck guard.

A boxed Staunton's style chess set, together with a Japanese calligraphy box complete with ink stone and stick brush, etc, and a further eastern painted glass panel and carved wooden paper knife

A Chinese calligraphy brush

PAUL PETER PIECH unmounted limited edition (16/25) linoprint - of poem by Sheenagh Pugh 'DECIPHERMENT (FOR R.S.THOMAS) The tides erode a Wader's Precise Prints to a smudge, and The snail's silver signature dries faint. So Words Keep The Shape of Thought, of That Vastness Which absorbs definition as easily as a blue sky Sucks up The Calligraphy of smoke', signed, dated 1993, 63.5 x 46cms Provenance: to be sold with a copy of a handwritten letter from the artist to the owner.

A Chinese calligraphy set, boxed, a/f

A JAPANESE WATERCOLOUR OF A WATER BIRD amongst reeds, signed, 23cm x 23cm, a woodblock print of a lady on a balcony, 22cm x 28cm and three unframed watercolours of scholars and calligraphy, 15cm x 14cm (5) Condition Report:printed image of fan loose within mount. Snipe should read print with body colour.

A CHINESE JADE PENDANT carved with shou characters surrounded by a bird and foliage, 5.8cm x 4cm Condition Report: brake and restuck to bottom left beside calligraphy.

A CHINESE BRASS TWO-HANDLED CENSER on tripod base, cast six character mark, 15cm high x 23cm diameter, another 16cm high x 23.3cm diameter and another with calligraphy roundel to base and on ogee feet, 18cm high x 22cm diameter (3) Condition Report: Available upon request

A PERSIAN BRASS SCRIBES INKWELL AND PEN BOX decorated with animals and calligraphy, 19.cm long and a Tibetan white and gilt metal octagonal pill box and cover chased with calligraphy, 5cm wide (2) Condition Report: Available upon request

A CHINESE YIXING TEAPOT, decorated with calligraphy. 12cms high.

IMPRESSIVE ART DECO FRENCH LACQUERED "JAPONESQUE" FOUR-FOLD SCREEN, of cloud design, finely painted with blossoming yellow lillies, the reverse decorated in gilt with painted Chinese symbols with citrus fingers, lilliepads, leafy bamboo, butterflies, auspicious items and calligraphy 214cm high x 50.5cm each fold  Condition Report: Item appears to be in good overall condition with no visible paint touch ups, few minor chips to lacquer

Japanese Art Pottery Dishes five bowls in a fitted wooden box with Japanese calligraphy to lid, impressed marks to the dishes.

A Chinese bamboo box and cover, 19th century, the handle above a hinged cover with calligraphy, the front and back carved with a bird perched on a leafy branch, the sides with a stylised dragon, height 13.5cm, width 19.3cm, depth 10cm. Condition report: The lid appears to have originally been pin hinged, this is now lacking. There is a split to the box near the opening part of the lid. General wear to underside. Thick hinged opener to handle still works.

A Persian white metal powder flask, with bone inlaid panels and neck, length 25cm, width 14.8cm, depth 4cm and a Persian copper powder flask, with applied white metal coins and mounts with Islamic calligraphy, length 17.5cm, width 12.5cm, depth 3cm.

Three Japanese pottery figures of Geisha girls each signed with calligraphy, height of tallest 27cm. Condition report: Each is post war. Finger damage.

A early 20th century Japanese watercolour on silk of two exotic birds on a flowering branch, calligraphy and red seal mark, size 31 x 38cm.

A Collection of Five Chinese Scrolls:Depicting various traditional landscape, figural & calligraphy subjects

VERY RARE JAPANESE BRONZE & MIXED METAL MINIATURE SCHOLARS TRAVELING CALLIGRAPHY SET, in the form of a netsuke or toggle, Edo / Meiji period, 2.2cm high, 3.3cm wide.

AN ORIENTAL UNDERGLAZE-BLUE & CELADON PORCELAIN TRIPOD CENSER, painted with small panels of calligraphy and repeated figures of oni, the base unglazed, 11.4cm diameter & 9.1cm high.

A CHINESE YIXING POTTERY JARDINITRE, of shaped lozenge form, the sides incised with calligraphy and foliage, the base with a seal mark, 19.8cm x 14.4cm at widest points & 5.3cm high.

THREE CHINESE SOAPSTONE SEALS, of cylindrical form, each engraved and stained with columns of calligraphy, each 8.2cm high.

A FINE QUALITY JAPANESE EDO PERIOD LACQUER YATATE CALLIGRAPHY BRUSH HOLDER, finely carved to imitate a tanto, the top swivels open to reveal the brush and ink, tied at the end with a leather strap, C1850 38cm long.

A GOOD QUALITY CHINESE REPUBLIC STYLE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN BRUSHPOT, supported on four bracket feet, the sides decorated with calligraphy and with a continuous mountainous river landscape setting, the base with a four-character Yongzheng mark, 10.5cm diameter at rim & 17.2cm high.

A Collection of World War I Trench Art, comprising four pairs of shells and two large shells, the tallest pair engraved "Souvenir HG 1916", another pair decorated with roses and engraved "France 1914/1918", the largest shell case decorated with panels of Japanese flowers and calligraphy, tallest 30.5 cm, widest 17 cm (10).

Cased calligraphy set, 4 paper weights, brass marine muster box & boxed brass compass

Blue and white ginger jar table lamp base with calligraphy pattern, on turned wood, complete with shade

An unusual brass low table, with a recess planter to top, with Arabic style calligraphy to the sides, 40 x 71cm

Chinese Hexagonal Treen Tea Caddy with Three Panels etched with Figures and Three Panels etched with Calligraphy, 16cms high together with a Section of a Tree Trunk engraved with a scene of Four Victorian Children, 20cms diameter

A group of eight Persian calligraphy pages, each approx. 31 x 16.5 cm, all unframed (8) See illustration

AN ISLAMIC BRASS AND SILVER TRAY, of circular form with calligraphy decoration of panels of Islamic script, Dia. 55.5 cm

A very long red ink painitng of mountain village scene next to an ink calligraphy all in one scroll. Total scroll 522cm. Painting 53.5cm 28cm, calligraphy 130 x 28cm

A Chinese calligraphy on paper in scroll. Painting size 69cm x 30cm

18TH CENTURY FRENCH BINDING, with literary association, full-calf, overall fleur-de-lys, tooling around a Cardinal's armorial, now enclosing numbered leaves, mostly blank but with some interesting signatures, page 1 is signed by the bookdealer Rosenbach, also Augustine Birrell, John McCormack, Edith Sitwell etc., and ten pages of old Irish calligraphy incl. a full page depiction of a saint.Provenance: The Collection of Hugh and Anne Iremonger

A collection of hardstone-handled calligraphy brushes,with horsehair bristles,the largest 42cm long (9)

A Montblanc Year of The Golden Dragon Rubi Creation limited edition 8 fountain pen, mounted with an 18k gold gem set dragon, with medium 18k gold nib engraved with Chinese calligraphy, outer sleeve, outer box and in the original sealed display box with booklet and gem certificate, no.3/8

A Montblanc Year of The Golden Dragon Princess Cut Diamond Creation limited edition 8 fountain pen, with black precious resin case, set with an 18k gold princess cut diamond set dragon, the mouth holding a freshwater cultured pearl with bright diamond eyes, medium 18k gold nib engraved with Chinese calligraphy, sealed in original factory seal for outer sleeve, outer box, display box, booklet and gem certificate, limited edition no.3/8

A Montblanc Year of The Golden Dragon Diamond Creation limited edition 88 fountain pen, with black precious resin case, set with an 18k gold diamond set dragon, the mouth holding a freshwater cultured pearl with bright diamond eyes, medium 18k gold nib engraved with Chinese calligraphy, sealed in original factory outer box, display box, booklet and gem certificate, limited edition no.64/88

A Montblanc Year of The Golden Dragon limited edition 888 fountain pen, with Meissen porcelain case hand painted with a red dragon and gold plated fittings, medium 18k gold nib engraved with Chinese calligraphy, outer sleeve, outer box, booklet and sealed lacquered display box, no.343/888

Collection of 19th and 20th Century Asian works of art to include a metal box decorated with Islamic calligraphy to the top and sides, two bowls, a pot, deer, lion, brooch and snuff bojavascript:void(0)ttle (8)

A Chinese porcelain plaque, the rectangular panel decorated with a blossoming tree with birds perched upon branched, signed in calligraphy to the left, framed, 41cm H x 28cm W overall

A Chinese porcelain 'Wu Shuang Pu' cup and saucer, Xianfeng (1851-1861) seal mark, enamelled with characters from the Table of Peerless Heroes, the saucer with Chen Chuan, Li Tai Bai and Li Bi, the cup with Yue Fei and a scholar, all interspersed with corresponding calligraphy scripture, cup 8cm high and saucer 15cm diameter CONDITION REPORT: Decoration to each piece appears generally good. Some light pitting visible. Minor gilt wear. Cup- Very small surface glaze chip to rim, approx 2mm wide. Saucer- Four faint rim descending hairline cracks, longest appox 1.5cm. Saucer foot rim with some fritting. See additional images for clarification.

A carved Chinese bodkin case with needles, carved ivory late Victorian cameo, ivory parasol handle, a Chinese pearl and bone calligraphy brush, and an early 20th century miniature elephant

A Chinese eggshell porcelain bowl, 20th century, painted in famille rose enamels with a bird perched on a flowering branch, the reverse with calligraphy within blue keywork and scroll borders, four character Qianlong seal mark, 8cm high and a group of Royal Worcester blush ivory comprising three plates decorated with foliate and floral sprays pattern numbers: 1511, 1416, 5171 and a shell dish pattern number 1413 (5)

Kate Batwell (British, 19th/20th Century) A map of the Royal Borough of Kensington, 1934 with calligraphy extract from Faulkners History of Kensington, 1705, ink on paper framed and glazed, 68cm x 42cm

A pair of early 20th Century Persian Islamic brass charger plates of circular form having leaf and calligraphy decoration. 

A group of 20th Century Islamic items to include a ceramic egg with calligraphy and a desk ornament on wooden base. Along with a wooden metamorphic desk tidy. Highest measures 19 cm.

An early 20th century Chinese large brass bell having nail decoration with character marks and calligraphy. The shaped bell having Greek key borders. Measures 21cm high 14cm wide. 

A 19th Century Chinese bronze incense censer ding burner raised on three legs with grotesque masks. Relief decoration to the body depicting Buddhas and calligraphy, The lid having pierced decoration with Buddha finial. Four character marks to base. Measures 16 cm high.

A Persian papier mache qalamdan pen box, of typical form with sliding compartment to end, decorated with calligraphy on a crimson ground, 27cm long, 19th century

An Indo-Persian manuscript page, painted in gouache in the Islamic taste with a Mughal maritime expedition, to verso with calligraphy, 20cm x 29.5cm, 19th century or earlier

A small chased and pierced hallmarked silver picture frame decorated with C-scrolls and foliage, 10.5 x 10.5cm, a small silver and mother of pearl folding fruit knife, a Sampson Mordan silver propelling pencil and pen, a bog oak Stanhope calligraphy pen bearing the Irish harp, 'A Unique Fountain Pen', a small mother of pearl and white metal mounted pendant perfume bottle and a small white metal pipe.

A pair of fine quality Islamic gold inlaid calligraphy scissors, length 11", 1 handle A/F

A 19th century Chinese lacquered robe box of canted rectangular form on associated Chinese Chippendale style mahogany stand. With calligraphy inscription to the top and panels containing figures and flowers, 95cm high, 31cm x 43cm.Condition report intended as a guide only.Section of the clasp lacking. Some wear to the decoration.

Pair of Chinese white glazed baluster vases with bird and flowering foliage pattern with calligraphy to the shoulders, with red printed backstamps, 17.5cm high, (2)

Chinese embroidered silk rank badge, Chinese bronze vase H10.5cms and a Turkish Ottoman calligraphy panel 20 x 32cms Condition Report & Further Details Page is clean but some marks to the border.Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs

SIR EDWIN HENRY LANDSEER (1802-1873) pencil drawing - oval format head portrait of a long haired dozing dog, below inscribed in Gothic calligraphy 'Picture by Sir E Landseer RA' and then monogram 'EW', with a four line poem below 'Alone alone! Oh not alone, One fond and faithful heart, That may not go where all are gone, Sits watching where though art', 27 x 21cmsProvenance: inscribed in pencil verso 'E...Williams'. Inscribed on later framing 'A present from Nest Perkins, Penysgwarn to Catherine & Peter Shaw, August 1991. Bought by Katie & Nesta Perkins at a country house sale (with several others) in 1930s in Pembrokshire'

A pair of silk mounted Chinese hand painted ink calligraphy scrolls, W. 49cm L. 170cm.

A black silk kimono decorated with a striking design of trees and birds; a cream kimono with blue stylised calligraphy decoration, a pale pink and aubergine patterned cotton kimono robe, a navy blue ikat patterned cotton kimono, a pale kimono robe with an abstract leaf pattern, a green lightweight patterned kimono and a dark purple silk kimono with a vibrant abstract pattern of large yellow flowers (7)

Collection of boxed calligraphy sets