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A PAIR OF 18TH CENTURY CHINESE QIANLONG PERIOD CANTON ENAMEL TEAPOTS & COVERS, of fluted hexagonal section with overhead handles, each decorated to the side with a continuous scene of sages and a boy in a mountain backed garden setting, each with columns of calligraphy, each domed cover with a flower head, 6.4in high to top of handles.

A GROUP OF SIX 19TH CENTURY CHINESE PROVINCIAL BLUE & WHITE PORCELAIN JOSS STICK HOLDERS, of various sizes, each tapering body painted with columns of calligraphy, the tallest 4.4in high. (6)

A LARGE EARLY 20TH CENTURY CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN VASE, the sides decorated in vivid enamelling with a scene of ladies in a garden setting beside a pavilion and terrace, the reverse with a spray of foliage, the waisted neck with columns of calligraphy, 22.6in high.

TWO 18TH CENTURY CHINESE QIANLONG PERIOD CANTON ENAMEL DISHES, each of square form with canted corners, each with a mountain backed scene and columns of calligraphy, one base with a seal mark, the other with a flower mark, 3.8in square & 3.9in square. (2)

A SLENDER CHINESE PORCELAIN BRUSH POT, the sides of the cylindrical body painted with a river landscape scene and columns of calligraphy, the base with a seal mark, 5.9in high.

A GOOD QUALITY 19TH/20TH CENTURY CARVED BAMBOO BRUSHPOT, the sides well carved with columns of calligraphy and a signature panel, 4.3in high & 4.5in wide at base at widest point; together with another carved bamboo brushpot applied with a lacquer finish, 4.4in high & 4.75in diameter. (2)

TWO SMALL SIMILARLY DECORATED YIXING POTTERY TEAPOTS & COVERS, each incised with columns of calligraphy, the underside of each cover and each base with impressed marks, 2.6in & 2.75in high overall. (2)

AN UNUSUAL EARLY 20TH CENTURY CHINESE PEWTER-CLAD CARVED COCONUT TEAPOT & COVER, the sides carved with calligraphy and a floral spray, 3.6in high overall & 6.2in long including spout.

A LARGE 19TH/20TH CENTURY JAPANESE TRIPOD JARDINIERE, decorated to one side with a samurai standing on a small bridge, the features of the samurai inlaid in silver-metal, the reverse side with faint inlaid calligraphy, 14.25in diameter at rim & 9.1in high.

A PAIR OF CHINESE PORCELAIN HAND RESTS, each decorated with calligraphy and snowy landscape scenes, each 8.25in long.

A LARGE PAIR OF CHINESE PORCELAIN & HARDWOOD HANGING PANELS, each panel incorporating four variously shaped famille rose porcelain panels depicting birds, foliage and calligraphy, each carved and pierced wood frame with scroll, bat and peach panels and borders, each wood panel 56.4in x 15.5in.

AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY CHINESE GREEN OVERLAY & INTERIOR PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE, painted with two scenes of sages, the scenes incorporating calligraphy and a seal, 2.8in high.

A PAIR OF EARLY 20TH CENTURY CHINESE PAINTED STONE TABLE SCREENS, each with a wood frame and stand, each painted with a differing scene of an Immortal with an attendant, each reverse with columns of calligraphy and a seal, 9in high.

A GOOD QUALITY 19TH CENTURY CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN BOWL, the base with a Daoguang seal mark and possibly of the period, together with a good quality carved hardwood stand, the square-section bowl with canted corners and painted with a variety of legendary warriors and descriptive calligraphy, the bowl 6.25in wide. (2)

A LARGE 19TH CENTURY CHINESE BLUE & WHITE PORCELAIN VASE, together with a fitted wood stand, the sides painted with two legendary figures and columns of calligraphy, the base with a four-character Kangxi mark, 18.4in high.

A GOOD QUALITY CHINESE PORCELAIN VASE, possibly Republic period, the side well painted with columns of calligraphy and figures in a continuous garden setting, the base with a seal mark, 9.75in high.

A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN JARS & COVERS, each decorated with columns of calligraphy and a scene of ladies and children in a fenced garden setting, each base with a Kangxi mark, 15.25in high overall.

A CHINESE BLUE & WHITE PORCELAIN BRUSHPOT, the sides of the cylindrical body painted with columns of calligraphy, the base with a four-character mark, 5in high; together with a Ming style Blue & White porcelain bowl, 6.1in diameter. (2)

A CHINESE NARROW STANDING SPICE CABINET, of eight rows of drawers, and with calligraphy on a base with curving legs, 3ft 11in wide & 9in deep and 4ft high.

AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY CHINESE IVORY TABLET, composed of three attached sections, with engraved and stained decoration of sages in landscapes, the reverse with columns of calligraphy and seals, 3.4in x 1.3in; together with a small bone and hardstone object, 3.5in long. (2)

AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY CHINESE BRONZE DISH, supported on four shallow ruyi form feet, the interior with columns of calligraphy, the base with a character mark encircled by two dragons, 5.3in square.

AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY CHINESE HARDSTONE AND WOOD SCREEN, in two sections, the screen onlaid in various hardstones and carved wood with two bronze-form vases of flowers, a column of calligraphy onlaid in ivory, the reverse with lacquered decoration of butterflies hovering above flowers and leafage, the stand with carved and pierced decoration, 35.5in high & 22in wide at widest point.

A CHINESE PORCELAIN PLAQUE, decorated with columns of calligraphy and with a scene of two birds, rockwork and foliage, the reverse unglazed, 16.6in x 10.8in.

A GOOD QUALITY HARDSTONE ONLAID LAPIZ TYPE TABLE SCREEN, in a Zitan-type wood frame and detachable stand, decorated to one side with boys and goats in a garden setting, the reverse with columns of calligraphy, 17.75in high overall & 10.75in wide.

A LARGE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN BOTTLE VASE, the sides decorated with children and ladies on a garden terrace, the reverse with columns of calligraphy, the base with a four-character mark, 15.3in high.

Japanese kimono, mid-blue silk damask, painted or printed with flowers and foliage and embroidered in coloured silks and couched metal threads, padded hem, lined with ivory silk and two red silk rectangles, about 1920s. Together with a collection of textiles including four fine red wool hangings, embroidered in silk with Chinese calligraphy, together with a fine white cotton damask coverlet and a lace edged and insert silk embroidered cotton pelmet. Provenance - second part of this lot: Bernheimer Collection. Sold as a collection with all faults not subject to return. (7)

Attributed to You Shi Fen, A Chinese painting of a swift with flowers, sealed with calligraphy to right, ink and colour on xuan paper, mounted, 123 x 62cm.

After Qiu Ying, A Chinese scroll painting of ladies in a classical rock garden set amidst clouds, lines of calligraphy and seal to top right, ink and colour on xuan paper, mounted, 70.5 x 47cm.

A Chinese scroll picture, decorated with calligraphy, signed in script and two red seals, 67 cm high, 34 cm wide.

A Chinese bronze hardstone seal, 20th century, carved with a landscape and rows of cursive calligraphy, 14.5cm high

Matsumura Goshun (1752-1811) Bamboo Tree stalks and leaves, signed and sealed, with rows of calligraphy to top right, ink and wash on paper, framed, 37 x 17.5 cm

A Chinese celadon porcelain bowl, Republican Period, the lid with fruit and leaf finial, both lid and bowl decorated with white leaves and abstract forms, to the interior with crabs and bands of calligraphy, six character to the base, 17cm diameter

A Chinese blue and white brush pot bitong, painted with Chinese figures in landscape by river and rows of Chinese calligraphy, 16cm high CONDITION REPORT: minor glaze splits to interiors, very minor frit to rim/dirt

A Chinese polished bronze censer, made for the Islamic Market, 18th century or earlier, with panels of moulded calligraphy to the body, on tripod legs, marks for Xuan De to base, 15.7cm diameter CONDITION REPORT: Overall in good condition, old repair to base, light wear to base, in good condition

A pair of Chinese polished bronze covered boxes, made for the Islamic Market, the tops with calligraphy and floral borders, 10.5cm diameter(2) CONDITION REPORT: light scores and scratches to base consistent with age, manufacturing marks and filling, good condition

Follower of Deng Bishan(1874-1930), A porcelain plaque of fish and weeds, bears seal marks and calligraphy to the top left, enamel on porcelain, framed with wooden boards to back, 76.5 x 53cm

A Chinese blue and white porcelain square vase, 19th century, with moulded lions head handles, decorated with warriors and large reserves of calligraphy, 43cm high CONDITION REPORT: general dirt, glaze losses to high points

Illuminated Calligraphy Kipling (Rudyard), If; idem, England, Anon., Children's Charter, manuscript on vellum sheet, each loose in mount (3) CONDITION REPORT: If - tape stains to edges (hidden by mount), otherwise VG. Mount corner bumped; England - vellum at RHS a little thin so appears darkened, o/w VG. Mount corners bumped. Mount slightly too big for manuscript; Children's Charter - tape stains to margins (hidden by mount). Otherwise VG. Mount corners bumped.

Ahmed Mater Al-Zias Aseeri 1979 Abha (Saudi-Arabien) - lebt und arbeitet in AbhaMagnetism. 2012.Folge von 4 Fotogravüren. Signiert, datiert, nummeriert und betitel sowie mit der fortlaufenden Blattnummerierung. Aus einer Auflage von 45 Exemplaren. Auf Velin. 42 x 62,7 cm (16,5 x 24,6 in). Papier: 62,3 x 81,3 cm (24,5 x 32 in).[JS].Der saudi-arabische Künstler Ahmed Mater ist in seinem Heimatland als Künstler und Arzt tätig. Seit er 2003 als einer der Mitbegründer der Künstlerinitiative `Edge of Arabia` künstlerisch in Erscheinung tritt, formiert sich ein zunehmendes internationales Interesse für seine Kunst, welche von Fotografie über Installation, Kalligrafie und Malerei bis hin zu Videoinstallationen reicht. Ahmed Mater setzt sich inmitten der Zeichen von Modernisierung und Globalisierung immer wieder mit der Tradition und Ästhetik der islamischen Kultur künstlerisch auseinander und kreiert auf diese Weise eine beeindruckende Synthese aus Tradition und Moderne.Diese Synthese findet sich in der hier gezeigten eindrucksvollen Arbeit `Magnetism`. Mit minimalistischen Mitteln, die vor allem durch den zentralen schwarzen Kubus auch an die Tradition der amerikanischen Minimal-Art erinnern, lässt Ahmed Mater eine Komposition von starker Aussagekraft entstehen. Um einen Magneten in Form eines schwarzen Kubus, der unmittelbar an die Kaaba, das quaderförmige `Haus Gottes` im Innenhof der heiligen Moschee in Mekka denken lässt, versetzt Ahmed Mater eine unzählbare Menge von winzigen Eisenpartikeln in Bewegung. Alle Partikel richten sich zwangsläufig nach dem schwarzen quadratischen Zentrum aus und lassen in verschiedenen Positionierungen und Bewegungen doch immer wieder ein abstraktes Muster entstehen, das trotz seiner abstrakten Natur große Parallelen zu den Bildern des Hadsch, der großen jährlichen Pilgerfahrt der Muslime nach Mekka, aufweist.Mittlerweile finden sich seine vielfältigen Werke in zahlreichen bedeutenden Sammlungen und Museen weltweit, darunter die Londoner Tate Modern und das Los Angeles County Museum. 2010 erscheint eine Monografie über Ahmed Mater im Verlag Booth-Clibborn Editions. Ahmed Mater lebt und arbeitet in Abha.Ahmed Mater ist u.a. vertreten in: The British Museum, LondonLos Angeles County Museum of ArtGreenbox Museum, AmsterdamCentre Pompidou, Paris ca. 18.40 h +/- 20 Min.ENGLISH VERSIONAhmed Mater Al-Zias Aseeri 1979 Abha (Saudi-Arabien) - lebt und arbeitet in AbhaMagnetism. 2012.Series of 4 Photo gravures. Signed, dated, numbered and titled as well as with serial sheet number. From an edition of 45 copies. On wove paper. 42 x 62,7 cm (16,5 x 24,6 in). Sheet: 62,3 x 81,3 cm (24,5 x 32 in).[JS].Ahmed Mater is an artist and co-founder of ?Edge of Arabia ?. He works as an artist and medical doctor and splits his time between Abha, Jeddah and Makkah in Saudi Arabia. He is founder of the Al-Meftaha Arts Village in Abha. Mater co-founded Edge of Arabia in 2003 and since then has attracted international attention for his art, which encompasses photography, calligraphy, painting, installation, performance and video. His work explores the narratives and aesthetics of Islamic culture in an era of globalization, consumerism and transformation. Most recently, his artistic practice has delved into unofficial histories of Saudi life through examinations of the differing representations of traumatic events and how they construct collective historical dimensions. His recent work increasingly uses image and video to explore local collective memory and unofficial histories behind contemporary Saudi Arabian sociopolitical life.Ahmed Mater is represented at, among others: The British Museum, LondonLos Angeles County Museum of ArtGreenbox Museum, AmsterdamCentre Pompidou, Paris ca. 1

SET OF FIVE CHINESE DECORATED EARTHENWARE TILES each with calligraphy and different character, 13cm x 13cm

A Chinese Yixing teapot modelled as a gold splashed bronze with style handle, Zhuanshu seal on base, 19th century, together with a two tiered teapot having a teapot form cover and decorated in the Canton famille rose style on blue ground with prunus flowers and calligraphy, 19th century (3). Condition Report: Good condition other than a break to handle just above spout which has been glued.

A Chinese Republic porcelain ink box decorated with an etched figure by a pagoda, this with calligraphy, stained black on a cafe au lait ground. Seal mark, original box. Together with a crackle glazed celadon ink box, purple seal mark, together with two seals, each boxed.

A pair of oil lamps with European bronze mounts and Chinese style blue ground font, heightened with gilt 'calligraphy', each with two panels, one showing female figures, the other flowers, one damaged. Etched glass shades.

A black wood walking stick with Chinese white metal handle, decorated with Chinese calligraphy

Anglo-Indian horn mounted barley sugar twist walking cane, 90cm; also a horn mounted ebony riding crop; antler mounted riding crop; a walking cane surmounted with a carved ivory head of a monkey, 87cm; ivory mounted malacca cane, 89cm; and a bone mounted cane inset with Chinese calligraphy, 86cm (6)

An Indo-Islamic carved panel, study of a falcon, the body incorporating Islamic calligraphy, trailing leaf carving to frame border.

A Chinese ink painting depicting a pair of ducks among lotus flowers, together with a piece of Chinese calligraphy on gold flecked paper, the painting 42 x 29cm.

A group of two Chinese landscape ink paintings, attributed to Wang Hui, along with a piece of Chinese calligraphy and an embroidery.

An Indo-Islamic carved panel, study of a falcon, the body incorporating Islamic calligraphy, trailing leaf carving to frame border.

A group of two Chinese landscape ink paintings, attributed to Wang Hui, along with a piece of Chinese calligraphy and an embroidery.

A PAIR OF 18TH CENTURY PERSIAN STEEL AND BRASS CALLIGRAPHY SCISSORS, having fretted fringe holes, 25.5cm long

A PAIR OF 18TH CENTURY PERSIAN STEEL AND BRASS CALLIGRAPHY SCISSORS, having fretted fringe holes, 25.5cm long

An unusual cased pair of Chinese silver teacups and saucers, c. 1900, the cups engraved with calligraphy and foliage, the saucers with foliage, each piece with stamped character marks. 7.65 troy ounces

A group of Chinese silver spoons, c. 1900 comprising: a pair with coiled dragon terminals, stamped LH and 90 (Luen Hing); another by Luen Hing with triple character terminal; one with coiled dragon terminal above a calligraphic roundel indistinctly stamped SS(?) and also with stamped character mark; one with "fiddle" terminal cast with calligraphy stamped T&C and with character mark; and a set of three, unmarked, with foliate and insect cast terminals (8) 3.5 troy ounces

A Chinese porcelain jar painted with a flower filled urn and calligraphy, with turned wooden cover

Egyptian brass vessel, the tapered sides decorated with silver calligraphy and panels of arabesques, diameter 20cm.

Pair of Chinese porcelain models of ducks in opposing poses, painted in famille rose enamels on the grey ground, moulded calligraphy to the base of one, length 20cm.

Persian illustrated single page depicting a hunt with falcons, within a floral border, signed, calligraphy to the reverse, 36 x 23cm, mounted, together with three other Indo-Persian illustrated pages in unframed card mounts.Condition report: Page 1 (blue horse) - in a hinged mount, calligraphy on reverse, mounting tape on the edges of the paper, a few small holes, some pencil annotations 36 x 23cm. Page 2 (elephant) - in a hinged mount, calligraphy on reverse, mounting tape and pin holes, 29 x 22cm. Page 3 (female figures) - in a sealed mount, no visible damage, 21.5 x 15cm. Page 4 (man smoking a hookah) - in a sealed mount, no visible damage, 31 x 20cm.

Japanese Satsuma bowl, late Meiji period, painted with bijins and calligraphy on the blue and gilt ground, seal mark to base (rubbed), diameter 12.5cm, together with a hardwood stand; also a similarly decorated saucer dish signed Kinkozan in gilt and impressed, diameter 18.5cm. (2) Condition report: mark rubbed on bowl

Chinese folding screen of eight leaves set with double sided painted soapstone panels of figures, landscapes, calligraphy and auspicious objects, each leaf 98 x 22cm.Condition report: one hinge pin is broken.