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A Chinese painting on silk depicting two women and a boat and calligraphy, framed & glazed, 74 by 49cms (29 by 19.25ins).

A Chinese Republic style vase form table lamp decorated with a peacock and calligraphy, 35cms (13.75ins) high.

A pair of Chinese leaf paintings depicting robed figures and calligraphy, framed & glazed, 22 by 28cms (8,5 by 11ins) (2).

A Chinese famille rose circular porcelain plaque decorated with flowers and calligraphy, 29cms (11.5ins) diameter.

A group of five Chinese scroll paintings on various subjects including flowers and figures, with calligraphy.

A Chinese bronze mirror decorated with animals and calligraphy, 13cms (5ins) diameter; together with another similar larger, 18cms (7ins) diameter.

A Chinese white brass opium pipe engraved with dogs of fo and lines of calligraphy by Wen Shen, 38cms (14ins) high.

A Chinese brush washer of compressed globular form, decorated with a white dragon chasing a flaming pearl on a blue ground, red seal mark to the underside, 7cms (2.75ins) diameter; together with a famille rose sparrow beak jug decorated with figures and calligraphy, 6cms (2.25ins) high (2).Condition ReportBrush washer in good condition with no damage or repair, the jug with a small chip to the top rim and the handle is detached with half the handle present

A Chinese Republic style shallow bowl decorated with birds and calligraphy, on a turquoise ground, 21cms (8.25ins) high.

A large Chinese scroll picture depicting a tiger and cubs with calligraphy, 94 by 175cms (37 by 69ins).

A Chinese Yixing pot and cover decorated with a bird amongst prunus, with calligraphy to the side, 18cms (7ins) diameter.

A large Chinese blue & white planter decorated dragons and calligraphy, 21cms (8.25ins) high.

A Chinese porcelain rectangular panel decorated figures and calligraphy, 34 by 23cms (13.5 by 9ins).

A late 19th century Chinese painting on silk depicting a pair of monkeys grooming, and calligraphy, framed & glazed, 48 by 38cms (19 by 15ins).Condition ReportA couple small marks upper right corner and slight colour fading otherwise good overall condition

A Chinese bone and coral calligraphy brush, 36cm long; together with an ivory seal, 5.7cm long; and a Japanese okimono, 8.5cm long.

A GOOD PERSIAN CARPET, cream ground with central floral decorated crimson ground panel, the main body of the carpet decorated with animals, dragons, birds, etc., in a border with calligraphy and floral panels. 11ft 8ins x 8ft 4ins.

A 20th Century Chinese lidded jar hand painted with female figures in a landscape, with calligraphy to reverse and remains of paper label to reverse (a/f) - sold with nine Chinese porcelain hors d'oeuvres dish sections

Title: A Chinese famille noire brush pot with bamboo and calligraphy, 19th/20th C.Description: H 16,5 cm - Dia.: 19,2 cm

Calligraphy.- Young Clerks Assistant (The); or Penmanship made easy..., engraved throughout with frontispiece signed by G.Bickham, title and 57 plates numbered 3-61 (no plates 55 & 56 as often), with 'A New Drawing Book of Modes by Mons.B.Picart' bound at end comprising decorative title and 11 plates, some numbered and signed by Bickham, rather soiled and stained, contemporary ink signatures to some margins and endpapers (partly erased), one or two small sketches to margins, a few plates with some ink colouring, another torn, contemporary calf, rubbed, Richard Ware, [?1733] § Penman's Instructor (The): or, A Compleat Copy Book..., engraved title, 8pp. letterpress and 11 engraved plates numbered 8-18, title cropped with slight loss to imprint, stitched in original wrappers, printed and sold at Dicey's Printing Office..., [c.1750] § Belch (William) W.Belch's Flourishing Copies, engraved throughout with pictorial title and plates, water-stained, original printed brown wrappers, ink signature of Henry Ball to head of upper wrapper, [c.1820] § Charles Clark's Engraved Alphabets, title and 11 plates, lightly stained, original engraved wrappers, [c.1850], the last three all soiled and stained, slightly creased or frayed at edges, 8vo & oblong 8vo (4)⁂ The three small pamphlets are all rare, the second and fourth are both unrecorded by ESTC and/or WorldCat, and the third appears in WorldCat with one copy only (Columbia University, NY).

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN PLATE - decorated with figures and panels of calligraphy, the base with a six character iron red mark, 22cm

A 19TH CENTURY EGYPTIAN BRASS CALLIGRAPHIC ROUND GONG / HANGING, with calligraphy and floral motifs, 37cm

A 19TH CENTURY QAJAR STEEL & GOLD INLAID CALLIGRAPHIC SIGNED LIDDED BOX, Signed H. Abbas and made for sultan ahmed shah, with inlaid gold calligraphy, 23cm x 16cm x 15cm high.

A 12TH - 14TH CENTURY PERSIAN POTTERY BOWL, the interior with figures seated, and bands of calligraphy, 18cm diameter.

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE POTTERY FIGURE OF A LADY HOLDING FLORA, the underside with calligraphy and seal marks, 31cm high.

A FINE PAIR OF 19TH CENTURY PERSIAN QAJAR GOLD INLAID STEEL LIDDED URNS, with gold inlaid borders to panels of carved flora and bands of calligraphy, 38cm.

A FINE 19TH CENTURY SILVER INLAID OTTOMAN CALLIGRAPHIC TABLE - with silver inlay work of calligraphy , and exotic wood inlay, sides with further inlaid sides 62cm - 51cm diameter.

A LARGE 19TH CENTURY PERSIAN QAJAR BRASS TRAY - With calligraphy and formal floral decoration, 75.5cm diameter.

A HEAVY FINE QUALITY 19TH CENTURY SILVER, GOLD & COPPER ON-LAID BRASS CAIRO WARE CALLIGRAPHIC CHARGER, the charger finely on-laid with panels of calligraphy borders, with larger panels of calligraphy central, with bands of formal motif decoration in mixed metal on lay, with a central gold motif upon silver. private U.K collection. 75cm

A GOOD ISLAMIC SILVER INLAID COPPER CALLIGRAPHIC DISH, with silver inlay of calligraphy and scroll, 30cm 717.

A LARGE 19TH / 20TH CENTURY ISLAMIC CARVED HARDWOOD CALLIGRAPHIC TABLE STAND, with carved frieze of calligraphy and floral display, with a central carved support and openwork carved support stretcher, 140cm x 55cm

AN OTTOMAN ISLAMIC GOLD INLAID IRON AXE HEAD , with gold inlay of borders and calligraphy, 30cm

A GOOD INDIAN MUGHAL POTTERY TILE, with two figures amongst an urn, the top with calligraphy / script, 29.5cm square.

A LARGE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN PEACOCK VASE, with decoration of peacocks in landscapes amongst calligraphy, with ruyi borders, the base with a worn iron red 6 character mark, 60cm high.

A GOOD PAIR OF 18TH / 19TH CENTURY INDIAN MUGHAL MINIATURE PAINTINGS, framed, one depicting figures upon horseback in a landscape with calligraphy, the other depicting figures with an elephant, 34.5cm x 26.5cm ( framed )

A PERSIAN ENGRAVED BRASS CALLIGRAPHIC BOWL, carved with calligraphy and animals, 18cm

A 16TH / 17TH CENTURY INDIAN TIBETAN BRONZE OIL LAMP, carved with a lower band of calligraphy, 35cm high.

A GOOD ISLAMIC PERSIAN BRONZE INLAID SILVER CALLIGRAPHY COFFEE POT, the body with calligraphy and roundel decoration, 27cm high x 34cm

A 19TH CENTURY OR EARLIER ISLAMIC SILVER INLAID BRONZE / BRASS BOWL, with inlaid bands of calligraphy, and scroll decor, 23cm diameter

A GOOD 19TH CENTURY ISLAMIC WOODEN CALLIGRAPHIC COFFER, the coffer with brass bound decoration and studs, with front central carved calligraphy, 33cm high x 89cm wide x 37cm deep.

A 19TH CENTURY QAJAR BRASS & SILVER INLAY CALLIGRAPHIC TRAY - with bands of calligraphy and traces of silver inlay, 64cm x 43cm

A 19TH CENTURY ISLAMIC WOVEN MOSQUE HANGING PRAYER RUG / CARPET, decorated with calligraphy and motif decoration, 261cm x 147cm.

A LARGE CHINESE REPUBLIC STYLE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN VASE, decorated with peacocks amongst blossom trees and other native flora, with calligraphy, ruyi borders and two seal marks at the base, 61cm.

A 19TH CENTURY CHINESE CARVED BAMBOO CANTON BRUSH POT, decorated with figures amongst garden scenes with calligraphy, 12cm x 18cm.

A CHINESE YIXING CLAY ENAMEL DECORATED TEA POT, decorated with a figure fishing, the base with ana impressed mark, the verso with calligraphy, 12cm

A LARGE PAAIR OF CHINESE WATERCOLOUR PAINTINGS OF BIRDS, the large pictures depicting an array of birds amongst waterside floral landscapes, the upper section with calligraphy and seal marks, 194cm high x 60cm wide .

A 19TH / 20TH CENTURY CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN JARDINIERE, decorated with scenes of figures interior and panles of calligraphy, with bands of Greek key border, the base with a red seal mark.21.5cm x 16.5cm x 8cm high.

A SET OF THREE 19TH CENTURY CHINESE SILVER CUP & SAUCERS, each carved with a display of flora and calligraphy, the bases with stamped marks, cups 6cm high, saucers 10cm (6)

A tin containing propelling pencils, Chinese calligraphy wax etc.

* Attributed to Charles Leander Weed (1824-1903). Yangtsekiang from I Chang (Hoopeh) to Kwei Fu (Szechuen)… by Francis Ingram Palmer, 1869, c. 1870, mammoth albumen print of Palmer’s hand-drawn map showing the route of Robert Swinhoe’s expedition up the Yangtze River in June 1869, with 19 vignette views and cartouche below, 38.2 x 50.4 cm (15 x 19.9 ins), folded vertically and split at head of ‘centrefold’ with minor loss and continuing diagonal closed tear repair descending diagonally left, small splits to lower margin without loss, some browning to centrefold and margins, lower left corner tipped onto a contemporary album leaf, 27.5 x 38.5 cm, together with Illustrations of China. Scenery of Formosa [Taiwan]. Chinese Architecture, Manners & Customs, c. 1870, calligraphic title-page in brown ink on an album leaf, minor marginal fraying, 27.5 x 38.7 cmQty: (2)NOTESFourth photograph: Terry Bennett, History of Photography in China: Western Photographers 1861–1879, (2010), p. 157, fig. 127; Clark Worswick, Imperial China: Photographs 1850-1912, (1979), p. 41. This mammoth-plate photograph, the only one in the collection, may well be unique and may provide a clue as to the original ownership of this collection. The artist-surveyor of the map and drawings in the photograph was Navigating Sub-Lieutenant Francis Ingram Palmer. Palmer was a skilled artist and was employed by the Admiralty in surveying the coasts of Japan and China on HMS Sylvia in 1869. On this trip up the Yantztze River in 1869 the senior surveyor was L.S. Dawson. The expedition itself was led by Robert Swinhoe, HM Consul in Treaty Port China from 1854 to 1873. Swinhoe's account of the expedition was given in an account read before the Royal Geographical Society on 9 May 1870. It would seem most likely that either Palmer, Dawson or Swinhoe would have arranged for this expensive photograph of the map and drawings to be made. The uniform calligraphy on the album leaves suggests that these captions could not have been written before 1871 when Thomson photographed in Formosa and by which time Palmer was back in England and Weed back in America. This photograph has no caption on the mount and one can speculate that perhaps Weed or Thomson wanted this photograph of the map and vignette drawings for their personal use.

Chinese ink calligraphy and two Chinese paintings (3).

A box of 19th century and later Chinese and Japanese ceramics including a Chinese famille rose baluster vase painted with immortals and calligraphy inscription, mounted as a lamp. late Qing period, 40 cm high o/a, to/w a famille rose ginger jar and cover painted with birds and peony mounted as a lamp, 27 cm o/a, a Chinese late 19th century Kangxi style ginger jar and cover with blossoming prunus decoration on cracked ice blue ground, 16 cm high, a Japanese Satsuma circular box and cover decorated with figures in a verdant landscape, 11 cm diameter, a large Japanese gilt and polychrome 'Rakkan' jar and cover, 38 cm high, various patch boxes, plates bowls etc (box)

A decorative 20th century Chinese marble plaque painted with two cats beside a fish pond, below a five-character calligraphy inscription, set in a fret cut and brass mounted hard wood frame, post Qing dynasty, 73 x 43 cm  

14 carat gold jade set bracelet, with six green jade panels and Chinese calligraphy links, 17.5cm long

Tan Swie Hian (Chen Ruixian) Kalligraphie in caoshu (Grasschrift). Tusche auf Papier. Sign.: Ruixian und Siegel: Chen Ruixian yin.137 x 69,5 cmProvenienzPrivatsammlung, Schweiz, direkt beim Künstler erworben Tan Swie Hian (Chen Ruixian) Calligraphy in caoshu (grass script). Ink on paper. Signed Ruixian and sealed Chen Ruixian yin.137 x 69.5 cmProvenancePrivate collection, Switzerland, acquired directly from the artist

Tan Swie Hian (Chen Ruixian) L'après midi d'un faune. Öl auf Leinwand. Sign.: Chen Ruixian und datiert 1984. Gerahmt.Tan Swie Hian (chin. Chen Ruixian), 1943 in Indonesien geboren und bereits 1946 nach Singapur immigriert, zählt zu den renommiertesten Künstlern Singapurs, der nicht nur als Maler, sondern auch als Kalligraph, Bildhauer und Dichter Bekanntheit erlangte. 1993 wurde für ihn in Singapur ein eigenes Museum errichtet. Tan will in seiner Kunst Elemente der Kulturen Chinas, Indiens, Südostasiens und der westlichen Welt kombinieren. Als konvertierter Buddhist soll seine Kunst den Betrachter dazu führen, seine eigene Wirklichkeit jenseits des Scheinbaren wahrzunehmen. In Singapur wird er als teuerster lebender Künstler angesehen. Seine Werke wurden in Einzelausstellungen in Paris, Genf und Seoul sowie in Gruppenausstellungen u.a. in Washington, Hong Kong und in der Wanderausstellung "Contemporary Art in Singapore: Where East meets West." in Amsterdam, Hamburg, Glasgow u.a. Städten gezeigt.128 x 94 cmProvenienzPrivatsammlung, Schweiz, direkt beim Künstler erworbenLiteraturAbgebildet in: Lim Lei Hu et. al, Tan Swie Hian, Singapur 2001, S. 99 Tan Swie Hian (Chen Ruixian) L'après midi d'un faune. Oil on canvas. Signed Chen Ruixian and titled 1984. Framed.Tan Swie Hian (chin. Chen Ruixian), was born in Indonesia in 1943 and immigrated to Singapore in 1946. He is one of the most renowned artists in Singapore, and known for his Chinese calligraphy, Chinese poetry and sculptures. In 1993, the first private museum in Singapore - The Tan Swie Hian Museum - was built by his collector, Tan Tien Chi. In his art Tan combines elements of Chinese culture with cultures of India, Southeast Asia and the Western world. As a converted Buddhist his works are meant to lead the viewer to appreciate his way of perceiving the world and the reality beyond the apparent. In Singapore, he is regarded as the most expensive living artist. His works have been shown in solo exhibitions in Paris, Geneva and Seoul, as well as in group exhibitions such as in Washington, Hong Kong and in the exhibition "Contemporary Art in Singapore: Where East meets West" in Amsterdam, Hamburg, Glasgow and other cities.128 x 94 cmProvenancePrivate collection, Switzerland, acquired directly from the artistLiteratureIllustrated in Lim Lei Hu et. al, Tan Swie Hian, Singapur 2001, p. 99

Portrait du Maharaja Bhim KanwarInde, XVIIe-XIXe siècle, d'après Nanha. Page d'album composée d'une miniature peinte à la gouache rehaussée d'or représentant un portrait en pied du dignitaire rajput en "jama". Marges décorées d'arabesques florales dorées sur fond noir. Signature apocryphe en rouge. Présence d'inscriptions et sceaux au revers. (Usures et repeints). Dim. du portrait : 11,4 x 6,9 cmDim. de la page : 21,7 x 15,7 cmOeuvres en rapport: Christies, New York, 19 Juin 2019, lot 75.Sultans of Deccan India, 1500–1700: Opulence and Fantasy, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2015, no.105, p.212.Portrait de Maharaja Bhim Kanwar par Nanha dans le Shah Jahan album, Metropolitan Museum of Art (Inv. n°55.121.10.2), Ce portrait est composé d'après l'oeuvre de Nanha appartenant au Shah Jahan album conservé au Metropolitan Museum of Art (Inv. n°55.121.10.2), représentant le dignitaire rajput, fils de Rana Amar Singh, Gouverneur du Mewar. Shah Jahan lui conféra le titre de Maharaja en reconnaissance de son dévouement à la famille impériale moghole. L'œuvre de Nanha a probablement circulé comme "modèle", jusqu'à ce qu'elle soit reprise au XIXe siècle et faussement attribué à Manohar, peintre d’origine hindoue, actif circa 1582–1624, fils de Basawan, l’illustre peintre moghol à la cour d'Akbar. Le portrait a été par la suite inclus dans un album dont on connaît quelques folios, jusqu'ici uniquement montés avec des calligraphies uniquement, et attribué à Golconde dans le Deccan. Néanmoins la proximité de ces calligraphies avec celles ornant les murs de la mosquée Ulu Camii à Bursa interroge sur la réelle origine de ses marges et de cet album. A Portrait of a Rajput Nobleman, After Nanha, Mughal artist, mounted on an album page, India probably, 18th-19th century. Gouache and gold on paper, the nobleman facing left, on an album page with floral motifs in gold on a dark blue ground borders, added inscription amal-e Manuhar in nasta'liq at lower left, verso with various inscriptions and seal impressions. This portrait is based on the work of Nanha belonging to the Shah Jahan album kept at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Inv. N ° 55.121.10.2), representing the Rajput dignitary, son of Rana Amar Singh, Governor of the Mewar. Shah Jahan bestowed on him the title of Maharaja in recognition of his dedication to the Mughal imperial family. Nanha's work probably circulated as a "model", until it was taken up again in the 19th century and falsely attributed to Manohar, a painter of Hindu origin, active c. 1582–1624, son of Basawan, well-known Mughal painter at the court of Akbar. The portrait was subsequently included in an album of which we know a few folios, so far only mounted with calligraphy only, and attributed to Golconde in the Deccan. However, the proximity of these calligraphies to those adorning the walls of the Ulu Camii mosque in Bursa questions the real origin of its margins and of this album.

Vue aérienne du Masjid Al-Haram - Mosquée de la MecqueAcrylique sur toile représentant les éléments principaux du sanctuaire : les 7 minarets, la Kaaba, le puits de la source Zamzam, le Maqam Ibrahim, inspirée des représentations faites par des artistes indiens durant le 19e siècle . Trois lignes d'inscriptions arabes en "thuluth" noir titre l'oeuvre. 48 x 64 cmAn aerial view of Mecca on canvas with calligraphy

After general Zhu; Painted calligraphy on Chinese ikon paper. (220cm x 108cm)

Mammoth bone tusk depicting several figures of wisemen dealing with calligraphy next to scenes of race horses and additional figures. One can see on the back of the sculpture the Mammoth's raw material, which adds a natural dimension to this high quality carving. The sculpture is given inside a wood stand carved and optimized for this sculpture. Hand crafting and carving in a finish level of the highest order. Very good condition. Height of carving itself (withut the wood stand): 30X8 cm.

MOROCCAN VASE, glazed ceramic with Arabic calligraphy decoration, 60cm H.