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A Mamluk style circular white metal inlaid lamp, probably Egypt or Syria, 19th century, inlaid with calligraphy and elaborate openwork, the lamp approximately 22cm high x 28.5cm wide, fitted for electricity and with suspension chain

An 18th century Damascan / Indian temple copper oil lamp. The sectional lamp having a pieced edge design with calligraphy lettering throughout. Remains of a silver overlay still present. Measures 44cms high.

Cased set three Chinese calligraphy brushes three unused brushes of various widths.

Large Chinese ceramic calligraphy vase Height 33cms approx.

Chinese ceramic handpainted vase decorated with figure of a duck seller, with calligraphy to body of vase and decorated neck. Character mark to base. On fitted carved wood stand. (As inspected: rim chip to vase). Height 23cm approx (vase only).

Large Chinese polychrome vase decorated with figural and calligraphy panels, on a carved timber stand, height 45.5cm approx

A Tibetan White Metal Prayer Wheel, repoussé with calligraphy and foliage, 10.5cm; A Similar Prayer Wheel; and A Tibetan Turquoise Mounted White Metal Poison Box (3)

A Persian Brass Cache Pot, of conical form, engraved and pierced with calligraphy and scrollwork, 31cm diameter; and A Similar Wooden Printing Block, 33cm (2)

A Persian Silver and Copper Inlaid Brass Small Pot, 19th century, of tapering cylindrical form, decorated with calligraphy and scrollwork, 7.5cm high

CHINESE SILK PANEL, 19th century, worked with the 100 Children playing scene, in a floral border, 58cm x 26cm; together with another worked with flowering foliage and calligraphy, 59cm x 28cm (2)

A cased draftsman's set by AG Thornton Ltd of Manchester; a Pelikan Graphos calligraphy pen and nibs cased; a BBC geophone mahogany case; a pair of binoculars, leather case; etc

Four Chinese bamboo and bone calligraphy brushes, the handles with Chinese characters, together with two bone handled calligraphy brushes (6)

Two Oriental scroll paintings of Prunus and calligraphy, width

A very rare 17th c. engraved Book on calligraphy: John Seddon (1644-1700), 'The Penman's Paradise' (1695) with many illustrations and examples of various flourished figures and alphabets.

A jade tablet decorated with calligraphy

A Chinese ginger jar decorated with figures and calligraphy

A pair of Chinese carved wooden calligraphy panels

A Chinese white vase decorated with calligraphy

Chinese famille rose porcelain large twin handled baluster vase, with applied gilt highlighted pierced handles, the body decorated with ladies in various pursuits upon a pale celadon ground, the reverse with various calligraphy, 22.75" high

A group of six Chinese Yi Zing terracotta teapots of bulbous form having calligraphy decoration. Measures 9cms high x  7cms wide x 12cms depth.

Two pieces of vintage 19th century Egyptian Cairo ware brass. Each piece overlaid with silver and copper calligraphy and symbols. Measures 9 cm high, and 10.5 cm diameter.

An unusual early 20th century Chinese porcelain brush pot with holes to the side for wall mounting, holes to base for drainage and hand painted with inspirational calligraphy. H. 16cm.

Tibetan Interior Scene with Figures Seated, 19th century oil on canvas with calligraphy 63.5cm x 86.5cm Condition Report Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs

A Chinese painted scroll,chrysanthemums, calligraphy, red seal, 170cm x 60cm approximately

An early to mid-20th century leather bound commonplace book, containing some autographs, including a signed b/w press photograph of Arthur Askey, Ursula Hanway, other entertainment personalities, best wishes and felicitations of fellow students of Watford Art School, original compositions, drawn and painted, presumably from school contemporaries, etc., c. 1940, oblong 16mo; another, earlier, compiled from Christmas 1908 to 1914 with original prose and verse compositions, sketches and watercolour studies, Chinese calligraphy, etc., oblong 12mo (2)

An early 19th Century large Islamic copper bowl decorated with embossed calligraphy and leaves. Approximate diameter 38cm height 19cm

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

Japanese bronze plate decorated in relief and gilt with figures running from a rain storm, calligraphy mark to base, 27 cm diameter

A Pair Of Framed Handwritten Legal Indentures Two large documents with hand calligraphy and wax seal to bottom. Framed and mounted behind glass. Approx dimensions, 31 x 24 inches.

A HEAVY INK STONE, of teardrop form, with rows of calligraphy, in a fitted wooden case, also with calligraphy to the cover, 9" (23cm)h. (1)

A group of small silver comprising:- an Egyptian compact with engraved Arabic calligraphy; an English engine-turned compact; a pair of mounted cut-glass salts, Birmingham, 1914; a mounted cut-glass scent bottle; a Continental pill box with English import marks; a small cushion-shaped pill box by Levi & Salaman, Birmingham, 1901; a Continental leaf-engraved vesta case stamped "925"; a Victorian folding fruit knife with mother-of-pearl handle carved with diaperwork, by George Unite, Birmingham, 1860; and a silver-handled folding miniature comb by Levi & Salaman, Birmingham, 1891. (10). A few teeth of comb missing, small ding to edge of pill box cover, small ding to other pill box.

A Persian prayer rug - mid 20th century - having scrolling foliage and calligraphy - bearing signature cartouche - 200cm x 137cm

An unusual 19th century Indian / Islamic calligraphy inkwell and knife rest having a painted decoration. 

Two silver pencases (divit) with calligraphy Ottoman Turkey; 19th century . Cm 27,50.

Gilded calligraphy on leaf Ottoman Turkey, 19th century . The calligraphy reads ayat 36, Surah no. 39. Cm 29,50 x 15,00.

Two Fatimid textile fragments Egypt, 8th century . One embroidered with red calligraphy over cream ground; the other embroidered with an animal within oval cartouche with alternated colored round pattern. Fatimid textiles are very rare because of the perishability of the material but, since they were much appreciated in the West, they can be detected in churches tresors. Various measurements. Cm 16,00 x 17,50.

A Chinese/Japanese watercolour scroll depicting an Emperor type figure with calligraphy

AN EASTERN CARVED SHALLOW DOCUMENT BOX, THE TOP DECORATED WITH STYLISED CALLIGRAPHY. W.36cms.

A Chinese informal silk robe, early 20th century, heavily embroidered with gilt and polychrome threads in the 'Hundred Boys' pattern, with twelve roundel's each depicting an imperial five clawed dragon, the lower section with lishui and lobed cartouche panels depicting various mythical beats and scenes,106cm long x 177cm wide approx (at fault) CONDITION REPORT: PLEASE SEE ADDITIONAL IMAGES FOR CONDITION. Interior lining showing areas of staining throughout (noticeably the sleeves both externally and internally) Interior lining with inked calligraphy (see images). Some sections to the exterior show areas of stress and stretch marks noting the lower gilt lishui stripes. Multiple threads loose. Some fading to the exterior of varying degrees. Tie fastening. Some creased sections. DO NOT BID UNLESS YOU ARE COMPLETELY SATISFIED WITH THE CONDITION.

A box containing various vintage and other pens, rulers, calligraphy pen, Rapido liner pens etc, together with two T squares and a drawing board

A circa 1900 Persian white metal three piece tea set comprising a circular tapering teapot, overall embossed with numerous figural scenes and with band of Arabic calligraphy, raised on four outswept legs on paw feet, length 19cm including spout and ebonised angled handle, a twin handled sugar bowl and a cream jug, each piece with Arabic character mark to base, combined approx 30.6ozt (3).

A Benares table embossed with Arabic calligraphy on ornamental ground on folding stand, diameter 60cm, a pierced brass and iron fender, height 26cm and a leather seated oak stool (3).

A CHINESE CHASED METAL BOX & COVER, possibly a costume attachment, of flattened oval form, decorated with calligraphy and with scenes of a sage and of a stork in a lotus pond, 6in high.

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN CENSER, the rounded sides decorated with calligraphy and legendary figures, the base with a Daoguang seal mark, 6.5in diameter at rim & 3.8in high.

A CHINESE RECTANGULAR PORCELAIN PLAQUE, decorated in iron-red and black with calligraphy and with a sage seated before a censer, 14.3in x 9.75in.

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

A 20TH CENTURY CHINESE RECTANGULAR HARDWOOD TRAY, decorated with onlaid dragon and with phoenix engraved brass plaques, 19.4in x 14in; together with two wood scroll weights decorated with calligraphy, each 9.8in x 1.8in x 1.25in high. (3)

A GOOD QUALITY 20TH CENTURY CHINESE INTERIOR PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE, decorated with calligraphy and two figural scenes, 2.3in high.

A PAIR OF CHINESE SILVER-METAL & WOOD SCROLL WEIGHTS, of elongated rectangular form, the metal cast with calligraphy and portraits of ladies, 10.75in x 1.6in x 0.9in high.

A LARGE ARCHAIC STYLE CHINESE BRONZED METAL BI DISC, each side cast with bands of calligraphy, 11.8in diameter.

A Chinese ink stone in stained wood case with calligraphy, length 16.5cm.

4 Victorian agate tipped calligraphy tools.

A Turkish gilded leather covered calligraphy box, silk lined with pens, length 29cm.

A Turkish painted gilded and lacquered wood cylindrical calligraphy pen box, with mother of pearl faceted lid, length 32cm.

A Chinese blue and white brush pot, painted with scholars drinking while playing weiqi, practising calligraphy and other leisure pursuits, all surrounded by bamboo and pine trees, three applied masks to the foot rim, 26.2cm diameter

A fine and unusual 19th Century gilt hilted Indian sword, 67cm wavy Wootz steel blade decorated with panels of gold damascene at the forte, a further gold mark just above and a narrow panel of calligraphy along the back edge, the hilt of characteristic Khanjar form with a bird's head pommel, the whole decorated with panels of gold damascene scrolling foliage and flower heads, bordered with panels of geometric designs, contained in its velvet wrapped wooden scabbard.

A 19th Century presentation Moroccan Nimcha, 74cm fullered blade, characteristic white metal mounted hilt with exaggerated downturned quillons, beaked horn grip with segmented white metal pommel cap, contained in its white metal scabbard in the Moroccan fashion, profusely decorated over all with panels of scrolling foliage, the rear of the scabbard with two panels of calligraphy.

Chinese blue & white bowl interior decorated with blue & white calligraphy. Diameter 15cms approx.

Chinese ornately carved calligraphy box with pierced dragon top on four claw feet, width 28cm approx (as inspected)

Antique Silver Kris Type Dagger, The Hilt Finely Cast With Muslim Symbols With 2 Coral Cabouchon, The Iron Blade Engraved With Sanskrit Calligraphy, Length 7 Inches