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A Chinese pale celadon jade rectangular pendant carved with figures in a boat and calligraphy. height 5.4cm.

A group of Oriental textiles, 20th century, to include: an applique Burmese runner, and a red satin panel embroidered with calligraphy and blooms and two embroidered Obi, (4).

Four Persian watercolours, also four various Persian pages of calligraphy, red and black ink script. (8)

An Indian carved white marble beam, decorated with calligraphy, length 117cm., and one other similar beam (broken into two sections), probably Delhi or Agra. (3)

*Leicestershire - George III. Attractive vellum Recovery document, dated Michaelmas Term [6th to the 28th November], made in the twenty-second year of George III [1781] , of Cornelius Hill's demands against Richard Broom for lands in Billesdon, etc., written in ornate calligraphy, large portrait of the King in initial letter [young portrait] and with decorative engraved top and side margins, complete with an appended large unbroken Royal wax seal, in original metal skippet, small tear at fold with no loss to vellum or text (1)

A late 20th century calligraphy picture, Terry Johnson, the arms of Kendal. 18" x 19"

19th Century silk lined box containing twelve Chinese ink stones in the form of ancient coins, gilded, calligraphy to the reverse

19th Century silk lined box containing ten Chinese ink stones decorated with landscape scenes and gilded calligraphy to the reverse

19th Century silk lined box containing eight Chinese ink stones with relief moulded decoration of Buddhist figures, painted and gilded, calligraphy to the reverse

19th Century silk lined box containing eight Chinese ink stones with relief moulded decoration of Buddhist figures in landscape scenes, painted and gilded, calligraphy and decoration to the reverse

A Chinese blue and white tea caddy, 20th Century, the hexagonal body painted with panels of prunus, bamboo and calligraphy.

C18th / C19th Chinese porcelain miniature rectangular censer & cover with gilt temple lion finial, painted in polychrome with landscapes alternating with panels of calligraphy, probably Qianlong, apparently formerly in the Kitchener Collection (no. 144), chip to one ear of lion finial & re-stuck, tiny glaze flake to underside of one foot, 3.5ins. (9cms.) high.

An Indian bronze figure of a Jain Tirthankara seated beneath a canopy with attendant figures extensive calligraphy on the reverse 19th century 13cm.

A Japanese iron tetsubin with a bronze cover cast with panels of landscapes and calligraphy 23cm. (2)

A Chinese bamboo root carving with extensive calligraphy in several different styles 19th century 33cm.

A good Chinese ivory wrist rest carved in relief with a butterfly and flowering lilies and with two columns of calligraphy 19th century 20cm. Cf. Four Treasures of the Scholar’s Study in the collection of the Shanghai Museum no.28 p.19 for a similar example but carved with an orchid

A set of ten ink blocks all within a shallow box each decorated with river landscape scenes and calligraphy to the reverse 19th century.

A Chinese famille rose vase painted with Budai attended by three boys and the reverse with calligraphy Qianlong mark but 20th century 24.5cm.

A Chinese circular dish finely painted with a cricket clambering over leaves and fruit and with a panel of calligraphy the reverse with a four character hall mark 20th century 12.8cm. In a fitted hardwood case. The poem translates as: The setting sun makes the red persimmons shine in the garden In the early winter upon the dilapidated fences flourishing green flowers branch out.

A Chinese famille rose cylindrical brushpot painted with four young ladies assembled around a table the reverse with calligraphy Qianlong mark but later 12cm.

A Chinese famille rose flared bowl painted with a peacock between flowers Qianlong mark and a saucer painted with figures and calligraphy the reverse with a Daoguang mark 14cm. (2)

A Chinese souffle bleu large brush pot decorated in gilt with a watery landscape and calligraphy. Cracked and rubbed. Kangxi 1662-1722 19cm. Wide.

A Chinese stoneware vase one side incised with huts beneath trees before mountains the reverse with calligraphy 20th century 34cm.

Three Chinese blue and white seals painted with landscapes bamboo and calligraphy 12.5cm. Max. (3)

A Chinese circular plaque decorated with calligraphy including the characters for the date 1889 17cm.

A Chinese blue and white bottle vase painted with four figures beside a river and rockwork the reverse with two columns of calligraphy the base with a four character hallmark and a blue and white goblet painted with landscape panels. Both with damage and good restoration. Both Kangxi 1662-1722 21cm. (2)

A Chinese blue and white slim ovoid vase decorated with a watery landscape and with two rows of calligraphy to the reverse 19th century 29.5cm.

A Chinese blue and white ovoid vase one side painted with three figures playing go the reverse with seven columns of calligraphy unmarked Kangxi 1662-1722 22cm.

Islamic Coins Seljuq of Rum ‘Izz al-din Kayka’us II second reign (655-658h) Dinar without mintname or date obv: al-sultan al-a‘zam / ‘izz al-dunya wa’l-din / kayka’us bin kaykhusraw rev: al-imam a / l-musta‘sim billah / amir al-mu’minin 4.20g. With superb naskhi calligraphy extremely fine and apparently unpublished. The cataloguer suggests that this coin was probably a donative issue struck to mark the beginning of the second sole reign of ‘Izz al-din Kayka’us II in 655h at the time when he received the patent of investiture from the Abbasid caliph al-Musta’sim.

Chinese school 19th century- Retreats along a riverbank; black and coloured ink on silk, with inscription and two seals, 110x71cm: together with a 20th century scroll depicting calligraphy, (2), (scrolls)

Japanese school 18/19th century- Elegant Lady holding a fan; black ink and sumi on paper, with inscription and two seals, 125x25cm: Japanese school 18/19th century- Woman and child; black ink and sumi on paper, with inscription and one seal: Chinese school 19th century- Three fans decorated with calligraphy laid on a common scroll; black ink, each with inscription and seals, (3), (scrolls)

Chinese school 18/19th century- Disciples coming to see Confucius, with extensive calligraphy; coloured ink on silk, with inscription and one seal, 255x20cm., (scroll)

Chinese school 18/19th century- calligraphy scroll, depicting a passage from the writings of Confucius; black ink on paper, with three seals, 150x62cm: together with six other calligraphic scrolls and a rubbing from a Forth Century Western Christian inscription, (7), (scrolls)

J P Hemm 18/19th century- 'To the King's most excellent Majesty, George the Fourth King of Great Britain and Ireland', publ by Alexander & Co 1 York Street, Covent Garden, London; engraving with hand drawn calligraphy in black ink and gold, 56x43cm: British school 19th century- Still-life of blue and white porcelain on a table; watercolour, 31x44cm., (2)

A Jain Holy manuscript with black and red calligraphy, on the subject of Janinism religion, containing Vedic techniques of prayer to reach 'Moshka'. The book is written according to 'Samvat' Hindu calendar. a/f

A Persian rectangular framed dressing mirror, the foliate chased white metal frame with cartouches containing portraits and calligraphy, 68x48cm.

A Japanese lacquer four case inro decorated with animals, height 9.5cm, a circular ivory box decorated with running figures in gilt containing games counters, and ivory netsuke decorated with calligraphy, and a boxwood netsuke of a standing figure. (4)

ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT LEAF. Olivotto, I., illus. van DYKE, HENRY. The Foot-Path to Peace. 18 lines of calligraphy, title and author with initials in gilt. Surrounded by raised mount of white morocco, elaborately decorated coloured floral borders with raised gilding, painted copies of Raphael's Madonna and Child and Portrait of a Young Man in roundels. Signed at bottom left. Framed and glazed. 242 x 217 mm.

A Nuremberg brass alms dish, with spirally lobed boss and encircled by an engraved band of (worn) calligraphy below the cavetto, the wide border stamped with florets and crescents, 50cm diam, 18th c ++ On request

Four various card cases, comprising a silver mounted green stained alligator hide side opening card case, dated 1907, a silver plated self dispensing card case, c1900, an Egyptian engraved brass card case, decorated with calligraphy and a simulated ivory example, 10cm w and smaller, late 19th/early 20th c ++ The lot in fine condition

Victorian photo album and Japanese folding calligraphy £20

An Elkington electrotype Mameluk style circular table top and outer rim decorated with calligraphy, diameter 77cm.

Rabghuzi (Nasir) Narrationes de prophetis: Cod.Mus.Brit.Add.7851 edited by K.Grønbech Monumenta Linguarum Asiae Maioris IV modern half vellum morocco labels Copenhagen 1948 § Busse (H.) Untersuchungen zum Islamischen Kanzleiwesen modern roan-backed cloth Cairo 1959 § Enay (M.-E. editor) Mohammed and The Holy Qur'an text in German and English Hamburg 1995 § Grohmann (A.) Arabische Paläographie 2 vol. Vienna 1967-71 plates and illustrations some colour the last two original cloth the last with dust-jacket some rubbed; and c.15 others on Islamic manuscripts and calligraphy 4to (c.20)

Gaur (A) A History of Calligraphy, and various others on crafts, etc

A Chinese beech scholars' cabinet, the hinged doors painted in red and black with panels of calligraphy on block legs, height approx 202cm.

Japanese scroll painting, in vertical format depicting calligraphy

A BOWL the exterior painted with a variety of iron red seal marks, blue seal mark, 7 1/4in. (18.5cm.), together with a small saucer dish with light iron red marbling and calligraphy, blue square seal mark, 6in. (15cm.) dia.

Early 20th century Mignon calligraphy machine in oak case

A Japanese gilded scroll painting, 19th century, painted in colours against a gold sponged back ground with scenes of horse men and samurai, archery, combat lessons, calligraphy, filling barrels with rice, and reading, approx 23’ long, 12.5" wide

*[Calligraphy]. "Penmanship when well executed is a speaking picture", by J. Bidgood, 1846. orig. pen & ink calligraphic design on paper, consisting of various well-known proverbs and mottoes, and imagery, including a globe and sphere, an open bible, the Royal Coat of Arms, hourglass, etc, signed and dated, approx. 125 x 73 cms (49 x 29 ins), framed and glazed (1)

Rothe (Edith). Mediaeval Book Illumination in Europe, pub. Thames & Hudson, 1968, num. col. and b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., together with Welch (Anthony), Calligraphy in the Arts of the Muslim World. Published in Cooperation with The Asia Society, New York, Dawson, 1979, num. col. and b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., both 4to, with others related, G/VG (28)

A French Majolica Islamic-style jardiniere decorated with panels of stylized flowers and calligraphy impressed marks for Bordeaux. Cracked. Late 19th century 22cm.

AN IVORY FIGURE OF A MAN AND DOG he holding aloft a pole with trailing streamers surmounted by a triformsphere incised with calligraphy, signed on a red lacquer tablet, 7in. (18cm.) high

A FAMILLE ROSE BOWL of ogee shape, painted with a band of emlems and flowering branches, the incurved rim with stylised calligraphy, square seal mark for Daoguang, 71/2in. (19cm.) dia.

A Thai gilt bronze seated figure of Buddha with a line of calligraphy around the base 26cm.

A Chinese bronze vase with animal head handles and cast with a band of birds around the body the neck with three columns of calligraphy 26.5cm.

A Chinese stone stele carved with a central standing figure of a Bodisatva flanked on either side by two smaller similar Bodisatvas the rectangular base with a central cartouche of Buddha flanked by further figures the reverse with ten lines of calligraphy 65cm. High.

A Chinese jade pendant one side carved with three goats beneath a pine tree the reverse with calligraphy 5.5cm.

A Chinese jade archer’s ring carved with a flower spray and four rows of calligraphy.

A small Chinese pale green jade compressed circular brush washer carved with a flowering spray and calligraphy detailed in gold 6.5cm.