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Islamic inlaid jardiniere stand, the square top inlaid with boxwood and mother of pearl calligraphy, over further calligraphic inlays over the mihrab supports, 29cm square, height 45.5cm

PICTURES AND PRINTS, a quantity of clip framed papyrus pictures, modern calligraphy quotes, tarot card prints etc (box and loose)

THREE BOXES AND LOOSE SUNDRY ITEMS, to include mounted Rams skull, cased games compendium, boxed calligraphy set, metalwares, briefcase, novelty daggers, walking stick, playstation 2 etc

A Chinese coromandel lacquer box on stand, modern, the top with a cartouche filled with birds amongst prunus blossom together with calligraphy, the sides with carrying handles, on a stand with bracket feet, 46cm high, 89cm wide, 67cm deep

A Tianqi style calligraphy brush and cover, incised and gilt a dark lacquer ground, the cover with six character reign mark, with approximate length 26cm and a Chinese circular lacquer box and cover, 18cm diameter (2)

A Chinese blue and white brush pot, bitong, painted in underglaze blue with calligraphy, iron red seal, 15.5cm high x 20cm wide

A CHINESE STONEWARE CIZHOU STORAGE VESSEL, MING DYNASTY, 1368 – 1644 the ovoid body rising to a short narrow neck with dark brown rolled lip, the deep ivory-glazed body painted in dark brown slip with floral scrolls and calligraphy between wavy bands, the shoulder with numerous spur marks, the based embossed with a single character, age wear, discolouration, age crack and chipping 50,4cm high PROVENANCE Acquired from Global Heritage, Cape Town, 2002

A Chinese silk robe, Qing Dynasty, late 19th century, intricately embroidered with coloured silks and gold and metal threads depicting court scenes in vignettes, with flowers, bats and butterflies to the blue silk ground, with calligraphy to each of the ivory silk sleeve bands, amongst scenes of mountains, forest and pagodas, with black border to the edges, embroidered with metal thread, detailing flowers within repeated scrolling design, black detail to the yoke, side splits to the base of the robe and with a fushia silk lining, 177 by 110cm.

A Chinese Elm Calligraphy Table, approx 168 x 60 x 76 cms, with intricate decorative carving to the outer supports with straight stretcher and double turned columns. 

Tittott art glass paperweight in the form of a galloping horse, with pink and orange colourway with Chinese calligraphy and signed tittott 3/8/2013, 26cm high

* JUDY LING WONG CBE OBE,UNTITLEDink on paper, signed 32cm x 28cm Mounted, framed and under glass.Label verso: The Woodstock Gallery.Note: London based, Judy was born in Hong Kong in 1949. She became a professional Chinese traditional painter at the age of 12. Mastering the skills of calligraphy and the carving of signature seals in 1977, she became the first woman in the history of China to be Master of the 3 Arts.

Two 19th century Chinese blue and white brush / water pots decorated with traditional scenes and calligraphy. Four blue character marks to base. Measures 9 cm high.

TWO JAPANESE SCROLL PAINTINGS ON SILK MEIJI 1868-1912 One depicting Kanzan and Jittoku gazing at the moon, a poem above them, signed Kage Hogan Jishun and with an artist's seal to the side, the other with a carp diving deeper in the water to feed amongst the algae, with two lines of calligraphy and two artist's seals, 33.5cm x 92cm max. (2)

A JAPANESE EMBROIDERED PANEL MEIJI 1868-1912 Depicting an eagle flying over crashing waves, with calligraphy in red paint, framed and glazed, 62cm x 50.5cm. Provenance: formerly in the collection of Norman Loudon (d.1967), British businessman, director and owner of Shepperton Studios, and thence by descent.

A JAPANESE SCROLL PAINTING EDO/MEIJI PERIOD Depicting an older-looking Daruma, his head slightly turned and looking side-ways under bushy eyebrows, inscribed Sesshu hitsu above and with an artist's seal, contained in three separate boxes with calligraphy, 86.5cm x 136.5cm. (6)

A JAPANESE WOOD INK CASE EDO/MEIJI PERIODS The lid and body decorated with lotus leaves and a bud, signed and with calligraphy to the interior, together with a wood box and cover decorated with bean pods, leaves and buds in horn, lacquer and mother of pearl, unsigned, 13.5cm max. (4)

SEVEN JAPANESE LACQUER INRO EDO/MEIJI PERIODS Variously decorated with landscapes, flowers, butterflies and calligraphy, two with mother of pearl inlays, one with an amber ojime, 9.5cm max. (7)

Small Chinese duplex silver pocket watch, the elaborate chased movement with a glazed cuvette, signed, enamel dial with Roman numerals and centre seconds, the case bearing a Chinese calligraphy fan shaped hallmark, 40mm (at fault) - Condition Report: - Movement - currently over-wound and not functioning, requiring repair. Dial - visible chip repair between the ten and eleven position, surface flaw above the six position. Hands - appear matching, light surface marks. Case - surface marks and light bruising to the case back. - Condition reports are provided for general guidance only. Please view images and further information can be obtained upon request. Gardiner Houlgate do not guarantee the working order or time accuracy of any lots. Due to the opening of the wristwatch case backs, it is recommended watches are re-sealed by professional technicians to ensure any stated water resistance is retained

Pair of Chinese Republic watercolours, figure studies with text, pair of woodblock prints of children and a sheet of calligraphy, (5).

A Chinese bronze silver-inlaid water pot, Qing Dynasty, of squat ovoid form, with lipped-mouth, supported on three straight feet, the surfaces inlaid with a bamboo and calligraphy, the base inlaid with mark reading Shi Sou, 8.1cm diameter x 3.4cm high and with silver spoon (2) 清 石叟款铜错银三足水丞

Three Kashan moulded turquoise glazed tiles, Persia, circa 13th century, the larger with calligraphy in cobalt blue, arabesque frieze above, the second with frieze of calligraphy, the third with a winged lion and floral arabesque frieze above, 27cm x 30cm x 3cm and smaller (3)

A Safavid brass candlestick, Persia, 17th century and later, of faceted columnar form, the flared base a later replacement, decorated with engraved arabesque medallions and bands of calligraphy and palmette motifs, 41cm

Y A Chinese painted gold-ground fan, depicting the West Lake in Hangzhou, late Qing Dynasty, by the Shu Lain Ji workshop, the gold paper painted with named scenes on the lake, the reverse with extensive calligraphy, red paper maker's label, ivory guards and sticks, closed 21.5cm high and open 34cm wide The fan was made by Shu Lian Ji, a renowned fan crafting workshop established in Hangzhou in the mid-Qing dynasty. Compare with a fan painted with a similar painted scene in collection of the Fan Museum in Hangzhou. Provenance: Private English Collection 晚晴 泥金西湖十景扇 拍品来源：英国私人收藏

A CHINESE SILVER INLAID 'SHI SOU' BRONZE BITONG 17TH/18TH CENTURY The cylindrical body with a flared rim and foot inlaid in silver wire with bamboo and calligraphy with a poem, with a two character mark to the base, 9cm, 265g. Provenance: from the collection of Professor Peter H Plesch and Mrs Traudi Plesch OBE and thence by descent, collection no.Bv9, purchased from Spink & Son Ltd in December 1966 for £25, exhibited at the OCS exhibition in 1979. The Chinese Scholar's desk, 17th to 18th century, the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, p.4 no.7.

THREE CHINESE INSCRIBED PEWTER-ENCASED YIXING TEAPOTS AND COVERS QING DYNASTY One coin-shaped, two moon-shaped, all set with jade handles, knops and spouts, inscribed with calligraphy, and with seals to the interiors, 16cm. (6) Provenance: from the collection of Christopher Blair-Myers Esq.

THREE CHINESE INSCRIBED PEWTER-ENCASED YIXING BELL-SHAPED TEAPOTS AND COVERS QING DYNASTY Set with jade handles, knops and spouts, inscribed with calligraphy, landscapes and foliage, all with seals to the interiors, 14cm. (6) Provenance: from the collection of Christopher Blair-Myers Esq.

THREE CHINESE INSCRIBED PEWTER-ENCASED YIXING TEAPOTS AND COVERS AND A TEA CANISTER AND COVER QING DYNASTY Each teapot set with a jade spout and handle, two with jade knops, all with ribbed exteriors inscribed with poems, two with seals to the interiors, the canister incised with calligraphy to one side and a bamboo spray to the reverse, with two seals impressed to the base, 16.5cm. (8) Provenance: from the collection of Christopher Blair-Myers Esq.

FIVE CHINESE YIXING TEAPOTS AND COVERS QING DYNASTY One shaped as two conjoined cylinders with a chilong to the cover, another cylindrical, with applied decoration of vine and squirrels, the remaining teapots of ovoid form, two plain and one with calligraphy and a fish knop, each with a seal mark, 22cm. (10) Provenance: from the collection of Christopher Blair-Myers Esq.

FOUR CHINESE YIXING TEAPOTS AND COVERS QING DYNASTY Three plain and one incised with calligraphy and a spray of bamboo, two with seals to the bases, 14cm. (8) Provenance: from the collection of Christopher Blair-Myers Esq.

SIX SMALL CHINESE YIXING TEAPOTS AND COVERS QING DYNASTY With ovoid bodies, two plain and four decorated with calligraphy around the shoulders, two with seals, four signed to the bases, 12cm. (12) Provenance: from the collection of Christopher Blair-Myers Esq.

A CHINESE YIXING DUANNI BITONG QING DYNASTY OR LATER With a waisted cylindrical body with eight incised lines of calligraphy, 15.4cm.

A CHINESE YIXING TEAPOT, LINER AND COVER AND A PEWTER TEA CANISTER 20TH CENTURY Formed as a barrel with studs to the rims, the body inscribed with calligraphy and incised with a spray of blossoms, with seals to the base and the cover, the ovoid pewter canister mounted with a coconut shell, together with a pewter teapot with a tall handle decorated with figures, birds and blossoms, 24cm. (7) Provenance: from the collection of Christopher Blair-Myers Esq.

TWO CHINESE YIXING AND PEWTER BOWLS AND ONE CUP 20TH CENTURY Each with a Yixing body coated with white enamel, the large lobed bowl incised with landscape and calligraphy to the exterior, the peach-shaped bowl with a poem and a pine tree, the cup set with a C-shaped hardstone handle and decorated with seal script and blossoms, 21.5cm. (3) Provenance: from the collection of Christopher Blair-Myers Esq.

AFTER NI ZAN (QING DYNASTY) GUO TIAN CI'S POEM IN RUNNING SCRIPT A panel of Chinese calligraphy, ink on paper, signed Ni Zan, dated the twelth month of tian li ren shen year, with one illegible seal, framed, 28cm x 28cm.

ATTRIBUTED TO DONG QI CHANG (QING DYNASTY) DU FU'S POEMS IN RUNNING SCRIPT A Chinese album of calligraphy, ink on silk, title-slip by You He and dated autumn of the xin mao year with one illegible seal, inscribed and signed Dong Qi Chang, with three artist's seals, and one collector's seal which reads gu ren you huan wang shi jian shang shu hua, together with a letter signed Jiang Zhao Rong and dated the 18th year of Republic Period (1929) with three seals of Jiang, mounted album of nine double leaves, 24.5cm x 24.5cm.

ANONYMOUS (REPUBLIC PERIOD) DIAMOND SUTRA IN RUNNING SCRIPT A Chinese handscroll of calligraphy, ink on paper, title-slip by Zong Hai and dated the tenth month of gui chou year with one illegible seal. Four collectors' seals of Jin Shao Tang family (a wealthy family during the Republic period), 117cm x 26cm. Provenance: brought back from China by Sir Thomas Octavius Callender who was the Managing Director of British Insulated Callender's Cables. The company had a large contract in Shanghai in the early 1900s.

A CHINESE HARDWOOD AND DREAMSTONE LOW TABLE LATE QING DYNASTY The rectangular top set with three dreamstone panels, each inscribed with calligraphy, the apron and ends carved with formal scrolls, all raised on four straight legs, 49cm x 135cm x 46cm. Provenance: the Benveniste collection, Montreal, purchased in the 1960s and '70s.

A CHINESE EMBROIDERED SILK 'LANDSCAPE' PANEL LATE QING DYNASTY With fishermen in a mountainous village by the river's edge, three lines of calligraphy in the top right corner attributing the work to Qiu Yun, with a paper label for the Royal Academy of Arts Exhibition 1935-6, framed and glazed, the frame inlaid with mother of pearl, 92cm x 29.5cm. Provenance: from the collection of Mrs Annie Hayes and thence by descent.

LITERATURE ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF CHINESE GOVERNMENT EXHIBITS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF CHINESE ART IN LONDON, 1936. Volume I Bronze, volume II Porcelain, volume III Painting and Calligraphy, volume IV Miscellaneous. (4)

A MAMLUK-STYLE GILDED AND ENAMELLED GLASS MOSQUE LAMP 18TH/19TH CENTURY With a tapering neck decorated with blue calligraphy on a gold ground and roundels containing verses from the Quran, the body with six loop handles and calligraphic verses in gold on a blue ground and with geometric and floral bands in gold, blue, red, white and green, 33cm. Provenance: Warrens House, Bramshaw, the New Forest.

TWO CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE RECTANGULAR PLAQUES REPUBLIC PERIOD One decorated with a scene of Hua Mu Lan going to war, the other with Wang Shao Jun on horseback and holding a pi pa and with an attendant, both inscribed with columns of calligraphy, 20cm x 13cm. (2)

A CHINESE PORCELAIN 'TIGER' PLAQUE DATED 1990 Decorated with a tiger on a rocky outcrop by a pine tree and two lines of calligraphy to the top left, signed Xu Tian Mei and with his seal, 41.5cm x 25.5cm.

A CHINESE ARCHAISTIC HU-SHAPED VASE 20TH CENTURY Painted with ancient bronze vessels and lines of calligraphy on a cream crackled ground and thick brown floral bands to the rim and foot, a four character Chenghua mark to the base, 30cm.

THREE SMALL CHINESE JADES SEALS QING DYNASTY One jadeite of rectangular-section with a spray of lingzhi to the top, another of two separate characters joined at the middle and the top, carved as two peaches and a bat, another with a spray of bamboo to one side and a pine tree on a rocky outcrop in relief to the other, together with a pendant carved as two conjoined blocks with calligraphy to three sides, 4.2cm. (4) Provenance: from the collection of Surgeon Lieutenant George Giri, b.1923, purchased in Hong Kong 1962-65.

THREE CHINESE CELADON JADE ITEMS QING DYNASTY Comprising: a hair pin carved with a shou character and spiraling motifs, a snuff bottle with calligraphy and a coral stopper and an archer's ring carved with cash in relief, 17.5cm. (3) Provenance: from the collection of Surgeon Lieutenant George Giri, b.1923, purchased in Hong Kong 1962-65.

ELEVEN CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE PLAQUES QING DYNASTY Comprising: an oval plaque with Li Bai and an attendant, with calligraphy to the reverse, others as an axe head, a lock, a bi disc, a belt hook, a cicada, a dragon, a butterfly, a cross-section of a lotus stem, another of two coins and one of two confronting archaistic dragons, 8cm. (11) Provenance: from the collection of Surgeon Lieutenant George Giri, b.1923, purchased in Hong Kong 1962-65.

VINTAGE CHINESE VELLUM TRUNK, 20th Century, clad in vellum with calligraphy stamps and, metal clasp and handles, 75cm x 53cm x 37cm (slight Faults) H.

A large Chinese turquoise glazed high shouldered Su Wu baluster vase, after Wang Bingrong, with a landscape and shepherd pattern in relief, together with calligraphy script to the shoulder, on a plain circular footrim, impressed seal mark to the base, 46.5cm high

Good Japanese lacquer calligraphy stand impressive piece, with gilt decoration of tortoises in a stream with foliage, to box stand, with 1 drawer under. Height 65cm approx (total) Width 47cm approx (stand).

Japanese Meiji period rectangular section ivory desk seal engraved and stained in green, red and black to one side with a water bird under lotus flowers and with inscription, the opposing side with calligraphy inscription, length 3in.

Two Chinese bowls, one in Mandarin palette decorated with reserves of figures, diameter 0.25in (af); together with a wucai bowl decorated with chrysanthemum and with calligraphy, diameter 4.25in.

Chinese bronze rectangular incense burner, the lid cast and pierced with calligraphy inscription and dragon with fish, the sides foliate pierced and with two Chinese lions with ball, the base with calligraphy inscription and figures in a pagoda landscape, width 9in.

Chinese carved powder horn with incised calligraphy writing and blossoming branches with birds, length 12in approx.

Early 19th Century black basalt oval teapot having an unmarked white metal spout, late 19th Century majolica teapot formed as an elephant and a Chinese yixing teapot decorated with calligraphy Condition:

A group of lacquered items including a jewellery box with three drawers, width 19cm, and a set of six liqueur cups and a calligraphy set.

Three Islamic bronze chargers, two with silver inlaid calligraphy

A Chinese Republic period turned and carved ivory lidded canister, of circular form, having calligraphy of poems to side and lid with stained and carved pictures. Height 4.5 cm x diameter 4.9 cm.

A 19th Century Chinese bamboo brush pot decorated with attendants and calligraphy

A PAIR OF BLUE & WHITE BOWLS CHENGHUA SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE , KANGXI PERIOD (1662 - 1722 ) KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITH A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD ( 1662 - 1722 Each bowl is well painted with a continuous scene of a gathering of the Eighteen Scholars of the Tang dynasty shown at various pursuits including playing the qin, playing weiqi, discussing philosophy and books, composing poems, writing calligraphy , all in rocky landscapes with pine and willow, the interiors with a circular medallion enclosing a penzai pine tree in a hexagonal jardinière within a lotus shaped medallion, the inner rim with a band of four panels, enclosing fruiting branches of pomegranate, peach, finger-citron and plum reserved on a diaper ground.From a Belgian private collection 20.3 cm. (D) 20 cm. (D)

ANOTHER CHINESE HANGING SCROLL PICTURE ON PAPER, in the manner of Ying He, decorated with columns of calligraphy and gilt speckling, the picture itself approx. 50in x 16.25in.