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A SANCAI-GLAZED BOTTLE VASETang DynastyThe ovoid body rising from a spreading foot to a waisted neck with a cup-shaped mouth, splashed with green,...

A GOLD-LACQUER SMALL THREE-CASE INRO IN RINPA STYLEEdo period (1615-1868), early 18th century The kinji ground, lacquered with foliage floating on...

An attractive pair of Chinese marble barrel-form garden seats, Ming dynasty, with owl mask and ring handles, 41cm high x 41cm wide (2) ...

A large leaf from a dispersed Qur'an written in kufic script on vellum North Africa or Andalusia, 9th-10th CenturyArabic manuscript on vellum, 14 ...

A QINGBAI INCISED FLORAL VASESouthern Song DynastyThe rounded body incised with scrolling lotus stems, the cylindrical neck rising to an everted s...

A rare Seljuk gold overlaid steel sword Persia, 11th/12th Centurythe single edged steel blade of slightly curved form with flattened spine and do...

A RARE PAINTED POTTERY MODEL OF A FOREIGN WINE MERCHANTTang DynastyThe bearded Central Asian figure with bushy eyebrows and broad nose wearing a c...

A leaf from a dispersed Qur'an written on pink paper Andalusia, late 12th-13th CenturyArabic manuscript on paper, five lines of text written in la...

Am attractive large grey stone figure of a seated lion, Tang Dynasty, the muscular beast seated on its haunches on a rectangular base with ...

A QINGBAI LOBED EWERSong DynastyThe lobed body rising from a spreading foot to a slightly flaring trumpet neck, incised with vertical ribs between...

A Khorasan silver and copper-inlaid bronze war hammer in the form of an elephant Persia, 11th/ 12th Centurythe head of trapezoid form with a centr...

IIZUKA TOYO LINEAGE AFTER A DESIGN BY HOGEN EISENA Gold-Lacquer Three-Case Inro Edo period (1615-1868), 19th centuryThe rounded rectangular kinji ...

A rare Mamluk firman Egypt, dated 23rd Sha'ban 874/25th February 1470Arabic manuscript on paper, 10 lines (recto) written in naskhi script in blac...

KOMA KYUHAKU LINEAGEA Black-Lacquer Five-Case Inro Edo period (1615-1868), probably 19th centuryDecorated in gold hiramaki-e, kirikane, e-nashiji ...

A large Chinese grey limestone stele of a standing buddha, Sui Dynasty (581-618), dated the 19th Year of Kaihuang (599), the figure carved...

A XING STONEWARE MODEL OF A BUCKET, A QINGBAI BOX AND COVER AND A WHITE-GLAZED CYLINDRICAL BOX AND COVER9th-12th centuryComprising: a bucket with ...

A LONGQUAN CELADON MINIATURE 'TWIN FISH' BRUSHWASHER AND A LONGQUAN 'INSECT' BRUSHWASHERYuan DynastyThe first with deep rounded sides, waisted nec...

A RARE WHITE-WARE SAWTOOTH-RIM DISHFive DynastiesFinely potted of conical shape with shallow, rounded sides, the mouth rim with sawtooth edge, the...

An illuminated Ottoman Qur'an, attributed to the scribe Hasan Uskudari (d. 1614) Turkey, Constantinople, late 16th Century/early 17th Century, bea...

KANSHOSAI TOYO LINEAGEA Gold-Lacquer Four-Case Inro Edo period (1615-1868), probably 19th centuryThe rich nashiji ground decorated in gold, silver...

A Chinese black Ying scholar's rock, in the form of a mountain range with jagged peaks and deep furrows, 21cm long, with fitted wood stand ...

THREE QINGBAI WARESSong DynastyComprising: a dish carved with foliate motifs to the well; a small dish with combed decoration; and a large box and...

A YAOZHOU DEEP BOWLSong DynastyElegantly potted with deep curving sides, rising from a straight short foot to a slightly everted rim, moulded to t...

YAMADA JOKASAI LINEAGEA Gold-Lacquer Four-Case Inro Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th centuryOf rounded rectangular form, the ...

A large illuminated Safavid Qur'an Persia, early 16th CenturyArabic manuscript on paper, 239 leaves, 15 lines to the page written in naskhi script...

A QINGBAI MOULDED EWER AND COVER AND A SMALL LOBED BOX AND COVERSong DynastyComprising: a ewer moulded with bands of lotus petal lappets, with a s...

A Chinese carved marble tripod censer, 18th or 19th century, of compressed globular shape and supported on three short foot, carved with a ...

A Chinese Qiyang soapstone 'landscape' table screen, late Qing dynasty, 19th century, the rectangular panel well carved on one side with a ...

A VERY RARE IMPERIAL YELLOW-GLAZED DISHZhengde six-character mark and of the periodFinely potted, with a short hollowed circular foot rim, the cur...

An illustrated leaf, and a text leaf, from Nizami's Kherad-nameh, the second book of the Iskandar-nameh, depicting Plato seated in the desert, att...

A YAOZHOU CELADON BOWLNorthern Song DynastyThe bowl with shallow sides rising from a short foot to an everted lip, carved with a central floral me...

KANSHOSAI TOYO LINEAGEA Gold-Lacquer Ribbed Four-Case Inro Edo period (1615-1868), 19th centuryThe rounded rectangular, ribbed body decorated in g...

A large Chinese zitan waisted stand, 18th century, the whole raised on five elegantly curved cabriole legs terminating in scroll-form feet...

HARA YOYUSAI (1772-1845/6)A Gold-Lacquer Five-Case Inro Edo period (1615-1868), mid-19th centuryOf rounded rectangular form, the kinji ground lacq...

A RARE IMPERIAL WUCAI PORCELAIN BRUSH HANDLEWanli six-character mark and of the periodThe long cylindrical porcelain shaft enamelled around the ex...

A LONGQUAN CELADON-GLAZED 'ARROW' VASESouthern Song DynastyThe pear-shaped body rising from a slightly tapered foot, applied with two tubular hand...

An illustrated leaf from a manuscript of Nizami's Khamsa, depicting Bahram Gur with the Indian Princess in the black pavilion Persia, probably Shi...

A youth reading a book and holding an apricot Safavid Persia, 17th Centurypen and ink drawing on paper with some gold and gouache, laid down on an...

A Chinese zitan carved wall pocket, Qianlong, of flattened baluster form, carved to the body in archaic style in relief with 'C' scrolls an...

A JUN WARE 'LOTUS-BUD' MINIATURE WATERDROPPERSong/Jin DynastyOf lotus-bud form, covered in an even lavender blue glaze, decorated with a violet sp...

A WUCAI 'FOUR CRANES' APPLE-SHAPED BRUSHWASHERChongzhenThe compressed rounded body rising to an inward-curved mouth, decorated with four crane rou...

A GOLD-LACQUER FOUR-CASE INROEdo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century The rounded rectangular kinji ground decorated in e-nas...

A RARE WUCAI 'BOYS' WINE CUPJiajing six-character mark and of the periodThe steep walls rising to a flared rim from a short foot, decorated around...

SHIOMI MASANARI LINEAGEA Black-and-Gold Lacquer Four-Case Inro Edo period (1615-1868), 19th centuryThe vertical rounded rectangular body with a ro...

A large Chinese ironwood table, tielimu, Qing dynasty, the large single-panel top enclosed within fluted edges, supported on an open panell...

A YAOZHOU INCISED BOWL, A GUAN TYPE LOBED CUP AND A LONGQUAN CONICAL BOWLSong DynastyComprising: a Yaozhou bowl incised with five chrysanthemum sp...

A CIZHOU SGRAFFIATO JAR AND A JIZHOU PAINTED JARThe Cizhou jar Xixia/Jin Dynasty, the Jizhou jar Song/Yuan DynastyComprising: a sgraffiato jar of ...

A late 19th - early 20th century Indian dancing Shiva bronze temple figure. The statue featuring four armed deity Shiva dancing as Lord Nataraj / ...

SHIOMI MASANARI LINEAGEA Black-Lacquer Four-Case Inro Edo period (1615-1868), 19th centuryOf rounded rectangular form, decorated with a continuous...

AN IMPERIAL YELLOW-GLAZED SAUCER-DISHJiajing six-character mark and of the periodThe shallow rounded sides rising from a short tapered foot to an ...