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Samanid, Nasr II b. Ahmad, dinar, al-Muhammadiya 322h, citing al-Qahir, with elaborate calligraphy and ornaments in fields on both sides, bakh repeated four times in outer obverse margin, 3.33g (Bernardi 282Mh), uneven striking, about very fine

Great Seljuq, Sanjar and Muhammad I (492-511h), dinar, Balkh 499h, rev., first two lines only of Ayat al-Kursi (Qur’an 2:255) in field, 3.29g (cf SNAT XIVc 770 [503h] for similar reverse legend), considerable flat striking but very fine and with handsome calligraphy

An Islamic brass bowl engraved with calligraphy and foliage

Vintage Japanese Watercolor Scroll Painting on Paper. Depicts an elder near Fire. Calligraphy and red seal mark. Some creasing and spotting to paper. Measures 26" x 9-1/2". Scroll measures 57-1/2" x 13-1/2". Shipping $28.00 (estimate $100-$150)

Traditional Japanese Hanging Scroll with Calligraphy. Hand Rubbing on Paper Mounted with Paper and Fabric. Signed with Character Marks. Good Condition. Measures 43-1/2 Inches Length with Mounts it x 15" W. Measures 67" L x 19-1/4" W. Shipping $42.00 Estimate $100-$200)

Vintage Japanese Watercolor Scroll Painting on Paper. Depicts seated figure near water. Calligraphy and red seal mark. Some creasing and spotting to paper. Measures 26" x 9-1/2". Scroll measures 57-1/2" x 13-1/2". Shipping $28.00 (estimate $100-$150)

Vintage Japanese Watercolor Scroll Painting on Paper. Depicts a swordsman and mountain scene. Calligraphy and red seal mark. Some creasing and spotting to paper. Measures 26" x 9-1/2". Scroll measures 57-1/2" x 13-1/2". Shipping $28.00 (estimate $100-$150)

CALLIGRAPHY ITEMS. Calligraphy books, pens and nibs

A pair of Chinese bronze calligraphy weights, cast with seated figures in a blossom landscape. H. 25cm

Pair small Chinese slender vases decorated with figures & calligraphy, 14cmH

A selection of writing and drawing equipment including Dacres Rabjohn compasses, a quantity of pencil leads, Ormiroid pen spares, Rotaring Draughts-man's pens, Uno Draughts-man's pens and a Dryad calligraphy set

An Eastern brass circular tray top with crimpled edge and foliate and engraved calligraphy to the centre, diameter 62cm

A pair of 20th century Chinese white glazed baluster vases painted with Peacocks, lingzhi tree and blossom below black ruyi borders with calligraphy script verso, 18cm high, (2)

Late 19th - early 20th century AD. A ceramic vase with cobalt blue border to the neck with arrow patter; body with floral patterns in red, yellow, green and blue with roundels containing Arabic calligraphy; makers mark to the base. 1.96 kg, 27cm (10 3/4"). Property of an Essex collector. [No Reserve] Fine condition.

Chinese ceramic brush pot decorated with figures & calligraphy, reign marks to base, 12 cm high

A pair of Chinese bronze calligraphy weights, cast with seated figures in a blossom landscape. H. 25cm

THREE ISLAMIC SILVER-INLAID COPPER DISHES, decorated with calligraphy and foliate motifs, late 19th/early 20th century

A Jinhoa calligraphy pen - boxed

An unusual Chinese - asiatic calligraphy brush having a wooden handle incised with character marks, bone stem with enamel painted finial end. Measures 28.5cms long

Chinese Carved Soapstone Seal/Chop with Dragon Finial and Calligraphy together with a Chinese Carved Soapstone "Wall of China" ornament. One with paper tag "China" otherwise unsigned. Good condition. Chop measures 3-1/4" H, 1-1/2" W. Shipping $38.00 (estimate $150-$250)

A GOOD PAIR OF EARLY 20TH CENTURY JAPANESE SILVER VASES, with some mixed metal inlay, weighing 1.27Kg in total, each with engraved calligraphy and with engraved and inlaid decoration of a scene of water birds, each base with a maker's mark and a jungin 'pure silver' mark, 9.5in high.

A 19TH/20TH CENTURY CHINESE BAMBOO BRUSHPOT, the side incised with calligraphy and carved in low relief with a boy seated on a water buffalo and watching his hat being blown away, 4.5in diameter at base & 6in high.

A GOOD QUALITY JAPANESE MEIJI PERIOD MIXED METAL INLAID & ONLAID BRONZE VASE, the sides incised with calligraphy and decorated with birds and foliage in a variety of metals, 13.8in high.

A CHINESE YUAN STYLE BLUE & WHITE PORCELAIN VASE, the slender pear-form body decorated with calligraphy and foliate arrangements between formal borders, 15.6in high.

A SMALL FINE QUALITY 19TH/20TH CENTURY CHINESE CARVED BAMBOO BRUSHPOT, the sides incised with columns of calligraphy and carved in shallow relief with crickets on leafage, 1.8in diameter at rim & 3.8in high.

A CHINESE TANG STYLE GILDED & SILVERED CIRCULAR BRONZE MIRROR, decorated in relief with encircling mythical animals and calligraphy, 8.9in diameter.

A SMALL 17TH/18TH CENTURY CHINESE BLUE & WHITE CONICAL PORCELAIN BOWL, painted with plum blossom and pine, 4in diameter; a 19th Century famille rose teabowl painted with figures and calligraphy, 2.4in diameter; a Qianlong famille rose mandarin coffee cup, 2.3in diameter; a 19th Century blue and white bowl painted with lotus, 4.2in diameter; and a rouge-de-fer teabowl with gilt auspicious medallions, the base with a Qianlong seal mark, 3in diameter. (5)

A CHINESE INTERIOR DECORATED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE & STOPPER, decorated with calligraphy and with two scenes of a sage, 3.25in high overall.

A CHINESE BAMBOO STYLE BRUSHPOT, incorporating a fixed stand, the sides decorated in relief with a continuous scene of sages in a landscape of rockwork and pine, the side with a small area of calligraphy, 5.6in diameter & 6.6in high.

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE LEAF-FORM MOULDED PORCELAIN WALL VASE, painted and moulded with fruit and foliage and with columns of calligraphy, 6.8in high & 4.25in wide at widest points.

A 20TH CENTURY CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN BOTTLE VASE, painted with calligraphy and a floral arrangement, 11.6in high.

A GOOD QUALITY CHINESE WOOD FRAMED FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN PLAQUE, decorated with calligraphy and with a garden scene of a man playing a stringed instrument for a dancing lady, the frame 9.9in x 7.1in.

A CHINESE INTERIOR DECORATED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE & STOPPER, decorated with calligraphy and a portrait of a historical personage, 3.25in high.

AN UNUSUAL 19TH CENTURY CANTON FAMILLE ROSE & UNDERGLAZE-BLUE PORCELAIN VASE, the sides of the square section body and neck with slightly inset moulded rim panels of ladies, precious objects and of calligraphy, reserved on a celadon ground of birds, butterflies, fruit and foliage, 15.75in high.

A SHAPED CHINESE BLACK INKSTONE, in a fitted wood box and cover, the cover and inkstone with calligraphy and seals, the box 11.4in x 6.5in at widest points & 2.3in high overall.

A PAIR OF CHINESE WOOD FRAMED FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN PLAQUES, each plaque decorated with calligraphy and with a dragonfly above foliage, each pierced frame 20.2in x 8.8in, each plaque 15.5in x 4.3in.

A 20TH CENTURY FRAMED CHINESE PAINTING ON SILK, decorated with calligraphy and a river landscape setting, the frame 21.25in x 18.7in.

A 20TH CENTURY CHINESE PAINTED GLASS VASE, decorated with calligraphy and a scene of a bird perched on a blossoming bough reserved on an opaque white ground, 7.2in high.

A CHINESE WOOD FRAMED PORCELAIN PLAQUE, decorated with calligraphy and a mountainous river landscape scene, the frame 15.5in x 11.25in.

Artists materials- acrylic paints; paint brushes; easel; calligraphy book; etc

Sella (Antonio). Corso di Calligrafia, Rome: Giacomo Bonanni, circa 1840, engraved title, sixty engraved plates of calligraphy by Giacomo Bonanni, occasional light spotting, contemporary half calf gilt, spine worn at head & foot, rubbed to joints and corners, large oblong folio (1)

A Salting group style silk prayer rug, decorated with panels of calligraphy, with scrolling leaves and flowers with birds and vases in the central field, Turkish, 20th century, 192 x 95cm.

An Oriental collector's lot comprising three boxed Yixin purple clay teapots, a boxed clay tea-toy, an Oriental wooden cased calligraphy set, a boxed Suzhou silk fan, a Cultural Revolution schoolbook and a Cultural Revolution of Lu Hsun.

A Chinese polished bronze and copper rectangular ink box, the lid incised with two vases and calligraphy, 3.75ins (9.5cm) x 2.5ins (6.4cm) x 1.25ins (3.2cm) high (rectangular seal mark to base - 19th Century), and a ditto bronze chime shaped incense burner with pierced cover and on scroll bracket feet, 4.75ins (12cm) x 2.75ins (7cm) x 1.5ins (4cm) high

A fine Georgian sabre by Prosser to Ernest Augustus the Duke of Cumberland and King of Hanover, 84cm curved blade with clipped back point and etched for its entire length with false damascus, further inlaid in gold with a panel of stylised calligraphy flanked by celestial images, this mirrored to the other side of the blade, large gilt stirrup hilt with two scrolling side bars, the bold lion's head pommel unusually featuring the lion's legs crossed and trailing down the back strap, wire bound chequered ebonised grips, contained in its gilt scabbard with maker's panel for PROSSER Charing Cross LONDON beneath the throat. Provenance Sothebys Royal House of Hannover sale - also retains its original stamped brass inventory tag - 81.

A rare Ethiopian Menelik II King's Guard Sword, 82cm curved fullered blade profusely etched with scrolling foliage and stands of arms, further etched with the Lion of Judah and a panel of calligraphy translating to Menelik, and to the other side with an image of St George and a panel of calligraphy translating to St George, etched with the initials GG and a further inscription at the forte, steel stirrup hilt with traces of plated finish, the langets decorated with an image of the Lion of Judah and two initials, ribbed wooden grip, contained in its leather scabbard. Menelik II (1844-1913) reigned from 1889-1913 confronting and defeating the Italians in their attempts to expand their empire. See Islamic and Native Weapons of Colonial Africa 1800-1960 by Anthony C. Tiri, pages Figures 2-8 on page 72, together with a later 19th or early 2th Century Masai spear. (2)

A bone handle North African dagger, 24.5cm curved blade with traces of etched stylised calligraphy, shaped bone handle, contained in its leather wrapped wooden scabbard.

An Isfahann wool rug, the beige field centred by a vase with flowers and birds within rose borders with calligraphy & iranian flag to the bottom edge with fringed ends to either side, 194 x 112cm

An antique Islamic tinned copper bowl with a band of Mamluk style Arabic calligraphy, 24 x 12cm

A Chinese Flute made of red lacquered bamboo with calligraphy and peacock decoration.

A quantity of miscellanea including oriental calligraphy box 'Four Treasures of the Study', dragon teapot and lidded dish, marble items, etc.

Three Chinese calligraphy / writing sets containing ink sticks, ink stones and brushes made from goats tails, stone seals and red ink paste, boxed (these are thought of by the Chinese as treasures from the Gods to record history) (3) Est £20 - £40

EARLY 20TH CENTURY JAPANESE KYOTO WARE CHAWAN with calligraphy detailing a poem regarding a visit to a Chinese temple and decorated with blossom tree with perched bird, marks to body, 9cm diameter

EARLY 20TH CENTURY CHINESE YIXING TEA POTof cylindrical form, with calligraphy, mark to base, 10.5cm high

An antique Chinese paktong water pipe for opium or tobacco, bearing engraved decoration and calligraphy, 40cm

An Egyptian white metal cigarette box, the engraved decoration incorporating calligraphy, Cairo assay marks, mid 20th Century, 12.5 cm x 9 cm x 5 cm

Satsuma porcelain six piece tea service comprising six saucers, six cups, lidded milk jug, sucrier and teapot, mounted by a coiled dragon with dragon handle and painted with figures and gilded highlights, gilt calligraphy mark to base with ironstone ground, the teapot 7.5" high, 9" long (faults)

Chinese blue and white porcelain cylinder vase, decorated with figures and birds in trees, calligraphy mark to base, 10.25" high

Chinese School - work on silk, with various calligraphy stamps and further wax seal on the top left corner, 11" x 15"

Collection of Chinese blue and white porcelain to include two cabinet plates, each centrally decorated with a floral bouquet amidst floral and still life borders, 10.75" diameter; blue and white porcelain baluster vase decorated with bands of foliage and medallions, Imperial mark to base, 10" high; also a lidded ginger jar decorated with panels of figures amidst blossom, calligraphy mark to base, 10.5" high (4)