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A 19th Century commonplace book containing a pencil drawing of Havre des Pas, Jersey, by M. Elliott, chromolithographs, lincrusta-scraps, Baxter prints, photographs, pressed flowers and calligraphy, in a gilt embossed morocco leather binding, 29 x 24cms; 11 1/2 x 9 1/2in.

A Japanese lacquered calligraphy box and cover, 20th century, the cover decorated with a hawk and three birds and the base with leaves and a peacock feather, the contents including two brushes, two printing blocks, an ink well and a miniature pouring vessel, 24 x 22cm.

THREE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE DISHES AND A BOTTLE VASE 20TH CENTURY All brightly painted with figures studying books, riding in a cart and of boys playing with a frog, the bottle with calligraphy to the reverse, the saucers with ju ren tang zhi marks, the bottle with Guangxu mark, 23.5cm. (4)

FIFTEEN CHINESE FANS 19TH/20TH CENTURY Variously depicting landscapes, figures, flowers and calligraphy, mounted on fourteen panels, 54cm. (14)

A CHINESE PAINTING ON PAPER BY ZHANG YOU QIN 20TH CENTURY Depicting fruiting orange branches and bamboo near a rock formation, with four columns of calligraphy and the artist's seal, framed and glazed, 54cm x 120cm.

A COLLECTION OF CHINESE SCROLLS AND CALLIGRAPHY 20TH CENTURY Including paintings of lotus, roses, a landscape scene and a print of birds and bamboo, 94cm. (11)

A CHINESE PORCELAIN 'LANDSCAPE' PLAQUE MODERN Depicting a view of small huts before a dramatic mountainous landscape, inscribed with three lines of calligraphy and the artist's seal, 38cm x 25cm.

SIX CHINESE HARDSTONE SNUFF BOTTLES 19TH CENTURY One carved with a figure and calligraphy, another with a dragon, the others with plain ovoid bodies, 8cm. (6)PLEASE NOTE ONE BOTTLE IS LACKING THE STOPPER.

A SET OF EIGHT CHINESE BLACK INK STICKS IN A FITTED LACQUERED BOX EARLY 19TH CENTURY The ink sticks moulded with scholars in landscapes and calligraphy, the fitted black lacquer box decorated with a landscape inlaid with mother of pearl on the cover, 17cm. (10) Provenance: acquired by John Reeves after his arrival in Canton in 1812, and thence by descent.

A CHINESE BRONZE RECTANGULAR 'FIVE DRAGON' INCENSE BURNER AND COVER 17TH CENTURY The reticulated cover cast in relief with five dragons emerging from scrolling clouds, the flared body with water buffalo heads and small mythical beasts amidst breaking waves, the base with a shaped apron and taotie mask feet, raised on a hardwood stand, the interior cast with two panels of calligraphy, 20.5cm. (3) Cf. The Luís Esteves Fernandes Collection of Asian Art, 22nd May 2013, lot 163 for a related dragon incense burner sold in these rooms.

2 jade book ends with painted calligraphy 8 x 11 cm (2) PLEASE ALWAYS CHECK CONDITION PRIOR TO BIDDING

JOHN CLEAL & BOB REEVES portfolio of prints by Medina Publications - eight pages of monochrome printed images with calligraphy of Bob Reeves poetry, entitled 'Six Pembrokeshire Poems', signed by artist and poet, dated 1985, 43 x 26cms

A CHINESE BRONZE GONG with calligraphy. 9.5ins diameter.

A PAIR OF TOLE WARE CHINESE DESIGN LAMPS, with Chinese calligraphy supported on square bases. 26ins high.

*Calligraphic Broadside. The Bombardment of Valenciennes, published by R. Carpenter, September 23, 1793, hand-coloured printed broadside, with vignette illustration of the bombardment of Valenienne at head, and 6 oval vignette illustrations to margins of military uniforms of the English, Russian, Spanish, Hessian, French and Dutch Armies, with manuscript calligraphy exercises to the central area of the print, signed in brown ink James Johnson, and dated December 1793, a few marks, and lower right corner repaired, 48 x 38 cm (19 x 15 ins), framed and glazed (1)

§ Martin Bradley (British, b.1931) Totem signed lower right "Martin Bradley" poster paint on hand-made and hand-blocked paper, unframed 93 x 63cm (36 x 25in) Provenance: Victor Musgrave, Gallery One Victor Musgrave (1919–1984) was a British poet, art dealer and curator. Described by David Sylvester as a 'true pioneer', Musgrave was the first gallerist to show Bridget Riley's work and he was a champion of Art Brut. Musgrave ran 'Gallery One' between 1953 and 1963 - first in Litchfield Street, then moving to D'Arblay Street in Soho. The gallery gave Yves Klein his first solo exhibition in London and also presented work by Fluxus artists. In the 1950s, he had several exhibitions of work by Francis Newton Souza. Other Notes: Martin Bradley was born in London. He attended St Paul's School, but ran away to sea aged 14, serving as a cabin boy. He held his first solo exhibition in 1954 at Gimpel Fils, subsequently exhibiting at Gallery One, owned by Victor Musgrave, and the Redfern Gallery in London. In the early 1960s he exhibited at the Rive Gauche Gallery in Paris. Bradley is known for abstract and symbolic artworks influenced by the calligraphy of China and Japan, as well as Buddhism, to which he converted. Bradley's works are held in the Tate Gallery collections, London, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. His works have been collected by Dame Barbara Hepworth, Sir Roland Penrose and Sir Herbert Read, and he has exhibited at the Paisnel Gallery in London. Unframed and needs flattening.

A Chinese blue and white figure decorated charger, two Chinese bowls, one with black underside and the other with calligraphy, and one blue and white prunus decorated porcelain vase and cover

Islamic Coins, Abbasid, al-Radi, dinar, Madinat al-Salam 322h, wt. 4.17gms. (Bernardi 285De; A. 254.1), extremely fine Note the particularly fine calligraphy found on the dies of this coin.

A Chinese bronze bell (Zhong), possibly Ming dynasty, of elliptical section, with arched rims and flared sides, each side with three rows of high bosses around a panel of calligraphy and above a cast taotie mask, the handle set with a suspension loop and cast with bands of key pattern and stiff leaves, applied paper label to interior printed `Chinese Bell, B.C 431, W.R-S coll', 40.5cm high, later wood stand. Illustrated

A set of four small Chinese famille-rose rectangular porcelain panels, signed Wang Xiliang and dated 1951, each delicately painted with two figures in a landscape beneath calligraphy and an iron-red seal, 19cm. by 9cm. Illustrated

A group of six Chinese Yixing teapots and covers, 19th/20th century, various forms and colours, three with lines of calligraphy, stamped marks, 6.5cm. to 13cm.high.

A small Chinese famille rose vase, Qianlong seal mark but later, of compressed globular form, painted with two ducks on a riverbank, the reverse with calligraphy and three seals, between underglaze-blue ruyi head borders, blue painted mark, 5.5cm.high.

A group of six Chinese Yixing teapots and covers, 19th/20th century, various forms and colour, four with lines of calligraphy, stamped marks, tallest 9cm.high.

A group of four Chinese Yixing enamelled teapots and covers, 19th/20th century, of various forms, one painted with Shoulau and Immortals, the reverse with calligraphy, another painted with birds in branches, one with flowers and the fourth painted with a blue lion dog, two with seal marks, one with four character mark, tallest 16cm.high.

A pair of Chinese porcelain plaques painted in famille rose with paper cuttings and with calligraphy, 54cm framed

A Chinese porcelain sleeve vase, undated, decorated in famille rose enamels with a river landscape and calligraphy, 29cm high, with wooden stand

A cased Chinese porcelain landscape plaque with a Grisaille landscape and iron red enamel detailing and calligraphic inscription and a Chinese hardwood calligraphy tray with two plastic trays

Tilson (Charlotte Sophia) The Gem or The Lady's Album. Being a Miscellaneous Collection of Pieces in Prose and Verse Anecdotes, Sentiments, Reflections etc., large 8vo autograph mss. album of romantic musings on the twelve months (each month with sectional title), each section illustrated with a finely-executed ink, watercolour or pencil drawing of natural history, or figurative historical, religious, allegorical subjects, landscapes etc; pp. 307, a few blanks, custom-bound in scuffed and rubbed cream sheep with blind patterning, gilt decoration and with title stamped in gilt to cover, a.e.g. The block disbound from backstrip and stitching loosening so first two gatherings attached by a thread only. Internally sound, the colours still bright (some protective tissues remain). TILSON (1803-1892) MARRIED JANE'S COUSIN, CLERGYMAN JOHN THOMAS AUSTEN (1794-1876), IN 1832. An exceptionally fine example of a Regency lady's album, exhibiting good draughtsmanship and calligraphy (1)

AN ISLAMIC BRASS CHARGER WITH SILVER AND COPPER DECORATION, including calligraphy panels

UMAYYAD, TEMP. YAZID II (102-105h), Dirham, al-Andalus 105h. OBVERSE: Annulets (if any) off-flan. REVERSE: Annulets o o o o o. WEIGHT: 2.95g. REFERENCE: cf Klat 118.b, citing a single example of this type. CONDITION: Good very fine and extremely rare. During the course of the year 105h the calligraphy at the mint of al-Andalus underwent a major stylistic change. Early dirhams of 103h and 104h show the curved style of lettering associated with Damascus and mints in the North and West, while later coins have the angular script associated with Wasit and the East. Only one other example of a dirham dated 105h with this earlier calligraphy appears to have been published (Klat 118.b), on which the diameter of the obverse field is considerably smaller meaning that the annulets in the outer border are clearly visible. The present coin, which is of full weight and struck on a broad flan, has a much wider obverse field, meaning that the marginal legend is almost at the rim of the coin and no border is visible. If the obverse die did carry annulets, these must have been placed outside the triple circle around the marginal legend, and it is difficult to see how they could ever have been visible on a coin struck on a regular flan.

FATIMID, AL-MU‘IZZ (341-365h), Dinar, al-Mansuriya 343h. OBVERSE: In centre: al-‘azzama lillah. REVERSE: In centre: al-‘izza lillah. WEIGHT: 4.14g. REFERENCE: Nicol 390 . CONDITION: Pierced, almost very fine and very rare. This rare type with Shi’ite legends and beautiful calligraphy was struck only in 342h and 343h. This is much the rarer of the two dates.

ABBASID, AL-MU‘TAMID (256-279h), Dinar, al-Ahwaz 278h. OBVERSE: In field: citing the heir al-Mu‘tadid billah. WEIGHT: 4.70g. REFERENCE: Bernardi type 187, not listed for this mint. CONDITION: Minor marks, the calligraphy of provincial style, very fine to good very fine and of the highest rarity, apparently unpublished

FATIMID: AL-MUSTANSIR (427-487h), Dinar, Zabid 445h. WEIGHT: 2.48g. REFERENCE: Nicol 1738. CONDITION: On a wavy flan, good very fine and with handsome calligraphy, very rare

A 19TH/20TH CENTURY CHINESE PEWTER TEAPOT & COVER, the sides with panels of flowers and stipple engraved calligraphy, 6.2in(15.8cm) long including handle and spout & 6.9in(17.6cm) high overall.

A 17TH/18TH CENTURY CHINESE PROVINCIAL DISH, painted with stylised calligraphy and bamboo, 11in(28cm) diameter.

A FINE QUALITY CHINESE BRONZE LION & GRAPEVINE MIRROR, weighing 1.23Kg, possibly Tang Dynasty with later inlaid decoration to the reverse, the centre with a crouching beast knop encircled by vine, phoenix and sinuous 'lions', within a further border to the rim of vine, galloping horses and other creatures, the reverse with unusual inlaid decoration and calligraphy, some of the calligraphy translating 'The bamboo reports the coming of Spring' and 'Made in the Zhou Dynasty', 6.8in(17.2cm) diameter. Bought in London 1931.

A LARGE EARLY 20TH CENTURY CHINESE REPUBLIC PERIOD PORCELAIN VASE, fitted for electricity, the sides of the square-section body painted with calligraphy and with figural scenes, 36.5in(92.7cm) high overall, the vase itself 21.9in(55.8cm) high.

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(84cm) wide x 14.2in(36cm) x 60.7in(154cm) high.

A VERY LARGE EARLY 20TH CENTURY CHINESE LACQUERED WOOD EIGHT FOLD SCREEN, carved and decorated to one side with an elaborate figural terrace scene above a precious objects border and beneath fan-form landscape panels, the screen reverse decorated with calligraphy and with animals and birds in a garden landscape setting, each fold 96.25in(244.5cm) high x 17.3in(44cm).

Pair of Chinese carved shell dishes, late Qing Dynasty, both depicting Laozi amid auspicious emblems, raised on three white metal calligraphy feet of the blessings fu, lu and shou, width 25cm

Tibetan School 20th Century a female deity scroll and a Chinese calligraphy scroll (2)

Chinese School 20th Century (possibly Liang Qichao, Chinese 1873-1929) a pair of calligraphy ink hanging scrolls, each bearing signature, inscription and seal marks, each 197cm x 43cm (2)

An Islamic brass mount/seal 19th Century of oval form, various other seals and a Chinese brass medallion moulded with animals of the zodiac with calligraphy reverse with the Eight Trigrams

A Persian calligraphy page signed by Moghamed Izhaqhe, black text within a multiple coloured border, 14cm by 16cm, together with a similar unsigned example

Two Persian Calligraphy pages each with gilt and colour borders, 23cm by 15cm (2)

An Islamic brass tray with silver metal inlay and central calligraphy panel, 27cm x 19.5cm

A Persian bronze lidded casket 18th century, engraved with Islamic calligraphy to each panel, 15cm across, together with two other Islamic lidded bronze boxes each with engraved foliate patterns (3)

An Islamic brass jardiniere circa 1900 with engraved panels of calligraphy, 15cm high and an Egypt ware inlaid circular brass dish 30.5cm (2)

A Qajar carved large coco de mer hermit flask (kashkul) 19th/20th Century with Islamic calligraphy to one side, the front with carved dragon scene, 40cm

A Chinese Canton baluster vase late 19th/early 20th Century painted in enamels with an interior court scene with Dog of Fo and dragon mounts and calligraphy panel to the neck, 43cm high

A Syrian Damascus brass and inlaid tray circa 1920/40 with bands of Islamic calligraphy, 65cm

A Cairo ware inlaid tray with Islamic calligraphy, 30cm and a slightly larger copper tray, 36cm

A Chinese porcelain saucer dish 19th/20th Century over painted in rouge de fer (copper-red) with Islamic calligraphy in a central medallion bordered by Islamic scripts all within double rings, reverse with Islamic script within double rings and bordered by four further inscriptions, 20.8cm diameter

A Chinese soft paste porcelain bottled 1830-1880 decorated in underglaze blue with a male seated before a table behind which a lady holding a fan sits, beside her a lantern with calligraphy 7cm, a pair of unfired cobalt decorated cylindrical bottles decorated shishi, 5cm and a cylindrical bottle decorated in underglaze blue with willow fence and mountain scene under an allover turquoise blue glaze, four character Yongzheng mark, 1800-1850

A Parker Fountain Pen and other calligraphy items.

A Chinese bamboo incense holder, 19th century, of narrow rounded rectangular form, engraved to front with pine tree and pagoda scene and three lines of character marks, engraved calligraphy to reverse, 13½in. (34.3cm.) long.

JONAH JONES watercolour - calligraphy extracts from the 42nd psalm with a sketch of fallow deer, signed and dated 1983, 31 x 50 cms

A QUANTITY OF CHINESE SCROLLS decorated with calligraphy and other subjects

A Chinese scholar's slate inkstone, in two parts, and four volumes of the Romance of the Western Chamber, cased, 19th / 20th century, one half of the inkstone carved in relief with a bamboo sprig, 13.5cm, the book 20cm, together with a calligraphy brush

A Japanese bronze and silver inlaid travelling calligraphy set, 19th century, in the form of a three case inro, decorated with blossoming branches, with a removable small brush or pen and hinged compartments that open to reveal old sealing wax and ink, with embroidered case, height 5.5cm, together with a peach stone netsuke carved in relief with a crab, 3.5cm