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Unusual 19th cent Islamic three pronged fork, the gilt metal fork decorated with Calligraphy. 136cm high and a miniature Islamic table

A Japanese Meiji period wooden calligraphy ink block

A collection of Islamic metalware , including an enamel calligraphy jardiniere.

19th century Chinese amber scholars brush pot with calligraphy to reverse. 8cms across. Weight 55grams

A 19th century Qing dynasty Chinese famille rose calligraphy vase decorated with dancing figures, adapted to lamp and lacking lid. Height 30cm 

A Japanese stained wooden block with inset hardstone panels, 13cm long, with calligraphy and waterfall, together with two hardstone locusts, (3)

A pair of Chinese porcelain tea bowls, Qing Dynasty, painted in black and green with bamboo and calligraphy, 6cm diameter; and a Famille Rose tea bowl; a blue and white tea bowl; two blue and white saucers; and an Imari tea bowl and saucer (8)Both of bowls in pair of tea bowls with faint hairline cracks. Famille Rose tea bowl with small rim chip. One blue and white saucer with hairline crack. Imari tea bowl is broken and repaired.

CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE BOWLalong with a pair of calligraphy vases and a 19th century Chinese soapstone carving

A 20th century Oriental Chinese glass perfume scent bottle depicting elders and a sweeping child with script and calligraphy. Measures 12 cm high.

A group of three Oriental Chinese boxed calligraphy sets along with a boxed wax seal stamp set. Please see images.

A Chinese bamboo brush pot carved with calligraphy, H. 17cm.

A CHINESE SILVER BRACELET, OF SIX OVAL REPOUSSÉ PANELS OF SCENES, FOLIAGE OR CALLIGRAPHY, 34.5G AND A SIMILAR BROOCH

2 Chinese watercolours framed as one, Mountain, Landscape. Calligraphy signature & other Chinese watercolour

Pens including Parker, calligraphy, inkwells etc

***William Gear (1915-1997) - Chinese ink and watercolour - "Hoh Hot" - Abstract calligraphic study in colours, 15.25ins x 11ins, signed and dated '87, in painted frame and glazed, exhibited at Royal Birmingham Society of Artists (R.B.S.A) - May 26th/June 20th 1987, No. 85 Note: A handwritten letter from the artist mentions - "The Title Hoh Hot Refers to the Capital of Inner Mongolia Where Charlotte and I Spent a Couple of Happy Days. A Distinct Trace of Chinese-Mongolian Calligraphy!"

A Box Containing Various Box on Shropshire, Parker Calligraphy Set, Glassware, Lights Etc

Quantity of antiquarian books including:-Creech, Thomas Titus Lucretius Carus, his six books of Epicurean Philosophy done into English verse with notes..., the third edition], Thomas Sawbridge 1683, final pages missing, engraved frontis, front board detached, back board missingCocker, Edward"The Young Clerk's Tutor Enlarged...", 11th edition, Thomas Basset 1685, contemporary bds, tp probably missing or half title, 208 pages and pages of calligraphy, small 8vo, front board detached Joyce, Rev J "Scientific Dialogues...", London, E Parker 1839, engraved frontis "The Birmingham Railway, the East End of the Tunnel from Primrose Hill Taken October 1837", margin foxed, contemporary blindstamp bds, ills Bingley, Rev William "Biographical Conversations on the Most Eminent Voyages... from Columbus to Cook...", London, John Sharpe 1818, engraved vignette on half title, some pages torn but no loss of text, rather stained, ffep with dedication handwritten "Reward a Judge to Master Ley for his Great Progress and Arithmetic by W Gould, Teacher of Mathematics at the Free Grammar School, Exeter, December 1822", contemporary full leather, blindstamped, some gilt tooling, loss at the top of the spine"The Glasgow Mechanics Magazine", vol 1, 1824, marbled bds, front and back bds detachedHibberd, Shirley (ed) "The Floral World and Garden Guide", 1871, Groombridge & Sons, colour plates, marbled bds, rather rubbed, backstrip separating and with loss and four other volumes (11)

10 books of Chinese calligraphy, 12 x 20 cm.

A COLLECTION OF ANTIQUE REFERENCE BOOKSprimarily on Oriental art to include Master Prints of Japan, Metropolitan Seminars in Art, Calligraphy, Master works of Ukiyo-e (a quantity) 

A tall Chinese famille-rose baluster vase, 20th century, painted with young women at leisure in a garden including two seated playing Go, the reverse with calligraphy, the turquoise ground neck filled with flowers, red four character Qianlong mark, 60.5cm. high.

A Chinese famille-rose ovoid vase and cover, 20th century, painted with a boy with a cockerel amongst flowers, the reverse with calligraphy, apochryphal Qianlong seal mark, 24.5cm. high.

A Chinese porcelain rectangular plaque, 20th century, painted with fungus and greyish blue rocks beside calligraphy, 37cm. by 24cm., framed.

An Ottoman gessoed wooden box and sliding cover, possibly 17th century. of rectangular form, the sides and cover with calligraphy, 45cm. length.

A Persian album page, possibly 17th century, depicting a reclining figure painted in pen and ink against a marbled ground besides lines of calligraphy, against a blue ground with script heightened in gilding, overall size 35cm. by 24 cm.

Calligraphy. An album page, possibly Ottoman Turkey, 17th century, black naskh script with red highlights, on a gold ground enamelled with flower sprigs, foliate borders, overall size 32cm. by 26.5cm.

A Chinese inside painted glass snuff bottle, 20th century, painted with birds in branches, signed, 5.75cm. high; also a slender inside glass snuff bottle, painted each side with figures in a landscape beside calligraphy, 7.25cm. high.

A set of three Indian miniatures, opaque pigments on paper, each with a pair of portraits of a seated man and woman above a scene of lovers beneath lines of calligraphy, 23cm. by 14cm., framed and glazed.

Three Chinese paintings, late 19th/20th century, comprising; a painting on silk of two young women standing side by side beneath calligraphy and two seals, image 90cm. by 38cm; and two paintings of two figures in a boat and in a landscape, 132cm. by 32cm., all framed and glazed.

A rectangular laquered papier mache box and cover with calligraphy, Qajar, Iran, 19th C. Dim.: 19 x 12,5 x 9,5 cm We have more lots available for bidding on on our website only, see www.rm-auctions.com. Both auctions are being held simultaneously, but the extra lots are not available during our live auction nor on this platform. Condition reports and high resolution pictures are available on our website at www.rm-auctions.com. Further questions are always welcome at info@rm-auctions.com

An early 20th century Chinese vase painted with a warrior, calligraphy script to the back, four character mark to the base height 28cms Overall in good condition with no sign of any damage or restoration

A large pair of Chinese vases decorated with peacocks, calligraphy script to reverse, both drilled for lamp bases, height 47cms

A BOXED ORIENTAL STYLE COFFEE SET TOGETHER WITH A CASED ORIENTAL CALLIGRAPHY SET

A CHINESE YIXING PURPLE CLAY TEAPOT & COVER having a twig form handle, spout and lid knop with a globular squat body, incised lantern and roundel decoration to one side with calligraphy script to the other, the base stamped with six character seal mark, 23 cms high, 22 cms wide (repaired breaks to handle and lid interior rim)

Japanese bronze jardiniere of faceted lobed form, decorated in relief with birds in flight amidst branches, calligraphy signature present, 23 cm high

Chinese Antique Tea Canister Shaped Vase And Cover Decorated With Unusual Chinese Calligraphy To The Body And lid, Original Official Paper Seal Remnants to Lid, Unglazed Base, Height 11 Inches, Diameter 8.5 Inches

Oriental ink brush - calligraphy with seal mark, 27 x 24cm

19th c. Chinese bronze "calligraphy" censer with pierced and carved hardwood lid and shaped stand

Large 19th c. Chinese lidded "calligraphy" vase, 17" tall

A CHINESE MIXED MEDIA PAINTING ON BOARD BY LI BIN XING (b. 1957), together with a specially fitted hanging display scroll, the painting depicting a riverside village landscape and with calligraphy and artist's seals, the painting itself 13.1in x 9.5in.

A CHINESE HANGING SCROLL PAINTING ON PAPER BY XIAN KE, painted with a panel of calligraphy above a mountainous landscape, the painting & calligraphy panel approx. 39.75in x 18.5in.

A GOOD QUALITY CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN VASE, possibly Republic Period, the waisted sides painted with calligraphy and artist's seals and with two birds above a blossom bearing tree, the base with a Qianlong seal mark, 8.3in high.

A SIGNED CHINESE BLACK & BLUE OVERLAY INTERIOR PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE & STOPPER, each side painted with a detailed river landscape scene, one scene including calligraphy and an artist's seal, 2.9in high overall.

A SIGNED CHINESE INTERIOR PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE & STOPPER, each side painted with a figural scene, one scene including calligraphy and an artist's seal, the sides with agate and jade style glass overlay handles, 2.75in high overall.

A SIGNED CHINESE INTERIOR DECORATED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE & STOPPER, one side with calligraphy and an artist's seal, the reverse side with a portrait of Chang Kai Shek, 2.4in wide at widest point & 3.5in high overall.

A GOOD QUALITY CHINESE INTERIOR PAINTED SNUFF BOTTLE & STOPPER, decorated with calligraphy and with figural and garden scenes, 2in wide at widest point & 2.6in high.

A CHINESE HANGING SCROLL PAINTING ON SILK, decorated with butterflies hovering above foliage and with calligraphy and an artist's seal, the painting itself approx. 23.75in x 8.8in.

ANOTHER ORIGINAL 18TH CENTURY FRAMED OBAN WOODBLOCK PRINT BY UTAMARO, depicting two courtesans, one reading from a book, the other engaged in calligraphy, the frame 21.2in x 15.5in, the visible area of the print itself 14.7in x 9.9in. (from a local private collection)

THREE CHINESE SOAPSTONE SEALS, of cylindrical form, each engraved and stained with columns of calligraphy, each 3.25in high. (3)

A 20TH CENTURY CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY & SEAL SET, contained in a fitted fabric covered box, the set consisting of various implements including brushes, a brush rest, a brushwasher & cover, a brush rest, a seal etc.

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN BRUSHWASHER, the interior decorated with calligraphy and with the Fu Lu Shou deities in the company of a deer, the base with a Qianlong seal mark, 5.5in diameter & 1.2in high.

A 19TH CENTURY CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN TEABOWL, the base with a Daoguang seal mark in iron-red and possibly of the period, the sides with legendary figures and panels of calligraphy, 3.9in diameter & 2.3in high.

A CHINESE BLUE GROUND CLOISONNE ENAMEL SCENT BOTTLE & COVER, of triangular section, decorated with flowers and calligraphy, 1.9in high overall.

A SIGNED EARLY 20TH CENTURY JAPANESE MIXED METAL VASE, decorated with a scene of two storks in flight before Mount Fuji, the reverse with columns of calligraphy, 9.7in high.

A PAIR OF SIGNED EARLY 20TH CENTURY JAPANESE MIXED METAL STYLE VASES, each with elaborate decoration of figural panels, flowerheads, paulownia, Daikoku's mallet, and elaborate borders, each base with calligraphy, 8.2in high.

A WIDE EARLY 20TH CENTURY CHINESE YELLOW GROUND SILK PANEL, inscribed with calligraphy and with seals, approx. 59in wide x 11in high.

A CHINESE JUN WARE TRIPOD PORCELAIN CENSER, with ribbed sides, applied overall with a pale blue glaze, the base with ochre incised calligraphy, 6.8in diameter at rim & 5.25in high.

A CHINESE CELADON JADE PENDANT, of rectangular form, decorated to one side with calligraphy and to the reverse side with a figural scene, 2in x 1.3in.

A CHINESE REPUBLIC STYLE BLUE & WHITE RECTANGULAR PORCELAIN PLAQUE, decorated with calligraphy and with a pair of storks standing beneath a pine tree, 14.4in x 9.8in.

A CHINESE HANGING SCROLL PICTURE, decorated on paper with calligraphy, artist's seal and with a group of donkeys, the picture itself approx. 53in x 26.5in.

ANOTHER CHINESE HANGING SCROLL PICTURE, decorated on paper with calligraphy, artist's seal and with a portrait of a lady holding aloft a bunch of grapes, the picture itself approx. 53in x 26.5in.