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Six Chinese scrolls to include IN THE MANNER OF SHAOQI LIU "Chinese Script on paper", calligraphy work, ink on paper IN THE MANNER OF BIAO LIN, "Chinese Script on paper", calligraphy work, ink on paper IN THE MANNER OF DE ZHU, "Chinese Script on paper", calligraphy work, ink on paper, IN THE MANNER OF XIAOPING DENG, "Chinese Script on paper", calligraphy work, ink on paper, IN THE MANNER OF ZEMIN JIANG, "Chinese Script on paper", calligraphy work, ink on paper and IN THE MANNER OF SHI HU "Chinese Script on paper", calligraphy work, ink on paper

A large Islamic brass tray, inlaid with silver and copper (Damascene), c. 1900. Decorated with arabesques, calligraphy and fish and bird motifs. Diameter: 40 cm.

A Turkish calligraphy signed by Hamed Al Amidi and dated 1381 (1962 AD). . Cm 38,00 x 50,50.

A Qajar metal bowl with engraved figures and calligraphy with silver and golden inlaysIran, 19th century . . Cm 13,50 x 9,00.

Two shells to burnish the paper decorated with calligraphy . . Cm 8,00 x 4,00.

An ink on paper painting with Islamic talismanic calligraphy China, Qing dynasty, 18th - 19th century . . Cm 62,00 x 112,00.

A pair of 19th Century Chinese square pottery vases decorated with figures and calligraphy, 12" high (a/f)Condition: Both vases have a restored handle, both have rubbing to the gilding, and one vase has a chipped rim, please see additional photographs.

A Chinese 18k yellow gold and mottled green jade circular brooch, with calligraphy symbol to the centre, marked 18k and CS to the reverse

An Islamic silvered copper circular shallow Dish, the reverse with panels of calligraphy. 17" (43cms) diameter.

Liberty & Co. 'Islamic' carved and mother of pearl inlaid table, in the manner of Leonard Wyburd, square shape carved with calligraphy and with mother of pearl star inlays, mihrab shaped apron on square legs, applied 'Liberty & Co. Ltd, Birmingham' label, 37cm square, height 52.5cm

*Manuscript Calligraphy. De Grandis (Tomasso). Saggio di Calligrafia Eseguito da Tomaso de Grandis di Chieti e Dedicato a sua Sacra Maesta 'Francesco il re Del Regno delle due Sicilie ed Alla Maesta' dell'Augusta Regina Maria Sofia Amalia Duchessa di Calabria, no place or date but probably Chieti or Naples, 1859/1860, written and drawn in black ink on thick drawing paper and displaying upwards of 50 calligraphic, pictorial, phantasmagoric, floral, historiated and other ornamental Roman and exotic alphabets, chiefly of majuscules, with four finely drawn allegorical corner-pieces, numerous vignettes of landscapes and figures, floral decorations, pictorial command-of-hand figures, and large portraits of King Francesco II and Queen Maria Sophia of Naples, and Pope Pius IX, with elaborate floral cartouches, a little damage to centre fold with skilful restoration affecting half of the letters "m" and "n" respectively at the foot and a few words of the dedicatory sonnet, both skilfully restored and inked in to match, a few small restorations to the same fold barely affecting written surface, closed tear to right margin, a little spotting, mostly to outer margins, 810 x 1375 mm No published works by De Grandis are recorded and this was possibly intended as a presentation piece to the King and Queen in search of an official post as calligrapher. (1)

An Indian oval painting on ivory/bone - interior scene, together with one other and a framed calligraphy

BOOKS Ancient history, religion, art and calligraphy

AN YIXING STONEWARE HEXAGONAL TEAPOT, INFUSER WITH COVER, WITH BAMBOO SHAPE, HANDLE, SPOUT AND FINIAL, INCISED WITH CALLIGRAPHY, 9CM H , IMPRESSED SEAL, 20TH CENTURY

A Chinese 18k yellow gold and mottled green jade circular brooch, with calligraphy symbol to the centre, marked 18k and CS to the reverse

A late 19th/early 20th century Chinese Huanghuali wooden box, the cover inset with an off white jade plaque, carved in calligraphy with the double happiness symbol, the outline highlighted in black, 2 3/4 x 4 1/8 x 3 3/8

A quantity of 18th and 19th century English and Oriental ceramics to include an 18th century Caughley 'Salopian' tea bowl and saucer, two Worcester Granger reeded tea bowls, a 17th century Chinese blue and white ladle, a 19th century Cantonese Famille Rose cup and saucer, Chinese 18th and 19th export cups and Oriental-inspired English tea bowls, saucers and cups. CONDITION REPORT Wear to all pieces, tea bowl has rim chip. Rim chips and gilt wear throughout. Saucer with Chinese calligraphy has two minor frits to edge, gilt edging heavily rubbed, most of it missing, wear to gilt areas in centre of bowl and minor paint rub.

Robert Hatfield Ellsworth 'Later Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy, 1800-1950', in three large cloth bound volumes, published by Random House, New York, 1987, printed in Japan, ISBN 0 394 55463 9, presented in a titled box.

A CHINESE INK AND WATERCOLOUR ‘PRUNUS AND INSECT’ SCROLL ATTRIBUTED TO YUAN HONGSONG, 1910 - 2012 the gnarled moss-covered branches painted with clusters of white prunus blossoms amongst early spring leaves, a red dragonfly atop a bare branch with a cricket descending towards another within the lower register of the painting, inscribed with script and two iron red seals, the ivory silk border woven with phoenixes amongst clouds, the seals reading Mian Sheng, a pseudonym adopted by Yuan Hongsong, the calligraphy loosely translating to, ‘following the style of Ju Lian, painted in the autumn of the Gui Chou Year (1973) by Mian Sheng 157cm high, 43cm wide

A SET OF SIX CHINESE INK CAKES, MÍNGUÓ PERIOD, 1912 – 1949 of various shapes, each moulded with figures and animals within landscape settings, the reverse with calligraphy and floral sprays in gold and pistachio, set in a fitted silk-lined box with inscribed cover, chipping throughout, restorations to one, distress the largest 9cm long

A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE TRUMPETNECKED ‘MAGPIE AND PRUNUS’ VASES each of tapered cylindrical form, the neck terminating in a rolled lip , vividly enamelled with flowering peonies issuing from rockwork before a pair of magpies resting atop a blossoming prunus tree, the reverse with calligraphy and seals, the base with a pseudo four character Yongzheng mark 23cm high (2)

A Japanese Satsuma cup and saucer of lobbed form, painted with many faces and other motifs with extensive calligraphy marks in blue to the base, cup 6.5cm

A Japanese bronze Tsuba of sunflower form with calligraphy

A chinese famille rose bowl, decorated with figures and calligraphy, seal marks to base 18cm diameterand 8.5cm height

A Chinese carved bamboo brush potOf cylindrical form, decorated with crabs on a floral ground and with calligraphy. 16.5 cm high. CONDITION REPORTS: Some splits, general wear.

Two boxes of books to include Leaves, William Morris, Backyard Blue Prints, Calligraphy.

A pair of Chinese 19th century jars with hardwood covers. Decorated in red enamels with dogs of fo and black calligraphy verso. Wax seal to one shoulder, 32cm. Condition Report. To be used as a guide only. Sealed vase with a large rim crack.

A circa 20th century famille rose vase depicting a beautiful lady with calligraphy and seals, blue Qianlong mark to base, approximately 4.75" tall

A circa 20th century vase featuring a sage and two attendants with calligraphy and seals, Quianlong mark to base, approximately 7.75" tall

Large Chinese Republic calligraphy vase with kittens & birds decoration, 24" with stand"

20th Century School The Glasgow School of Painting gold calligraphy on green 47.5cm x 28cm. Provenance: Fine Art Society, London.

A PAIR OF LONG UPRIGHT WOODEN PLAQUES, carved with calligraphy. 31ins high, 10ins wide.

A PAIR OF CHINESE PORCELAIN PLAQUES, with figures and calligraphy in wooden frame. 13ins x 9.5ins.

A LARGE CIRCULAR MARBLE PLAQUE with gilt calligraphy, on a carved wooden stand.

A CHINESE QIANJIANG STYLE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN BRUSH WASHER, the sides decorated with calligraphy and with a scene of a lady and boys in a fenced garden setting, the base with a six-character Guangxu mark, 5.9in wide & 1.8in high.

A CHINESE GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF A SEATED OFFICIAL, bearing a tablet, the reverse with incised calligraphy, 10in high.

A CHINESE RECTANGULAR WOOD BOX, decorated with scroll bordered calligraphy, 3.8in x 3.1in x 5in high.

A PAIR OF CHINESE SQUARE SECTION SOAPSTONE SEALS, each inscribed with columns of calligraphy, 1.3in square & 1.6in high.

A LARGE GOOD QUALITY HARDWOOD FRAMED FAMILLE VERTE CIRCULAR PORCELAIN PLAQUE, decorated with calligraphy, lotus and rockwork within a ribboned emblem border, the frame 23in wide x 23.3in high, the visible area of the plaque itself 18.8in diameter.

AN UNUSUAL 20TH CENTURY FRAMED CHINESE WEAVED SILK PICTURE, decorated with calligraphy and with boys playing with spinning tops on a garden seat, the frame 23.8in x 13in.

AN INTERIOR DECORATED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE & STOPPER, with calligraphy and a portrait of a notable figure, 3.75in high overall.

ANOTHER INTERIOR DECORATED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE & STOPPER, with calligraphy and sages in a pine grove, 3.8in high overall.

A CHINESE HARDWOOD CABINET, with two doors opening above an unusual mirrored gallery fitted with four glass fronted and calligraphy decorated drawers, above two further doors opening to reveal a shelf, the shelf fitted below with two drawers, 33in wide x 14.2in x 60.7in high.

A LARGE SIGNED JAPANESE MEIJI PERIOD PAINTING ON SILK, mounted on board, painted with calligraphy and an artist's seal and with a group of Mallards beside reeds, 47.5in x 31.25in.

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, 4.2in diameter at rim & 6.75in high.

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN VASE, decorated with calligraphy and with legendary figures, 16.25in high.

A SET OF FOUR CHINESE HARDWOOD FRAMED RECTANGULAR PORCELAIN PANELS, each decorated with calligraphy and a mountainous river landscape scene, each frame 13.2in x 9.3in. (4)

A GOOD QUALITY SIGNED JAPANESE CELADON GROUND PORCELAIN VASE, circa 1900, painted with birds, leafage and chrysanthemum between formal borders, the side with calligraphy and an artist's seal, 11.9in high.

TEN CHINESE SCROLL PAINTINGS, 19TH / 20TH CENTURY comprising: two on silk of birds, pomegranates and chrysanthemum, a paper calligraphy scroll, a paper scroll of Guanyin, a paper scroll of the 'Mother of Taishan', and three longer and two small Yao ceremonial paintings, tallest 245cm; together with a Cambodian Buddhist painting on cloth (11) Provenance: Henry Brownrigg, London (1943-2016)

2 Oriental gongs on carved & lacquered wood stands,& 2 Oriental calligraphy scrolls (4)

A BOXED ORIENTAL CALLIGRAPHY SET AND A STRING OF PURPLE STONE BEADS

A vintage Chinese calligraphy writing set in original silk box together with a carved soapstone stamp and red paste pot in original silk box

UN ROTOLO CON IL CARATTERE CHUN (“PRIMAVERA”) E UN ROTOLO CON SCRITTURA CORSIVA Cina (e Giappone?) , XX secolo - A HANGING SCROLL WITH THE CHARACTER CHUN (“SPRING”) AND A HANGING SCROLL WITH CURSIVE CALLIGRAPHY Entrambi inchiostro su carta, con passepartout in seta e montati su seta. Il rotolo con carattere unico presenta tre sigilli, quello con la scrittura in corsivo è privo di sigillo. Carta 53 x 70 cm, rotolo 143 x 91 cm Carta 16 x 31,5 cm, rotolo 118 x 51,5 cm - China (and Japan?), 20th Century Both ink on paper with passe-partout in silk mounted on silk. The roll with single character has three seals, the roll with cursive writing has no seal. Paper 20.87 x 27.56 in., roll 56.29 x 35.83 in. Paper 6.30 x 12.40 in., roll 46.46 x 20.27 in. € 250

Six redware and Yixing stoneware teapots and covers 18th century and later, English, Chinese and Dutch, one engine turned and with a matched glazed cover, one cylindrical and sprigged with a bird holding a branch in its beak, the other four miniature, one enamelled with peony and one incised with Chinese calligraphy, with an ovoid tea canister, some faults, 18cm max. (13)

A pair of Chinese rice paddy boots decorated with calligraphy at the sides, 40 cm high approx.

A Chinese wall panel, possibly Republic period, decorated in famille verte enamels depicting a ceremonial hut surrounded by a towering mountainous landscape, calligraphy to higher left, within carved wood mount, 73cm H x 41cm W including mounted

19th century Chinese porcelain plate decorated with mountain scene and calligraphy, ex: R&V TREGASKIS ORIENTAL ART, 15.7cm diameter

A CHINESE YIXING ZISHA VASE WITH INCISED CALLIGRAPHY of swollen slab side form, decorated with rocks and calligraphy, moulded fo-dog masks to the shoulders, impressed seal mark, late Qing/early Republic, 19cm high. Condition report Hairline crack not visible, but vase rattles slightly when tapped.  

A collection of Eastern items comprising a Moorish metal tea pot with grain motifs, height 16cm, a globular lidded pot with calligraphy and floral frieze, height 14cm and a Greek, two metal mug with linear motif, height 13cm, (3).

Three 19th century Chinese carved bamboo brush pots, the largest decorated with boats, height 27cm and five calligraphy pens including one with a carved barrel. CONDITION REPORT: Some natural splits and surface wear, otherwise appears good with no further obvious faults, damage or restoration.