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An Isnik pottery charger enamelled in blue, green and brown with central floral pattern within a border of roundels, 14.25ins (362mm) diameter (circa 1600-1630 - enamels retouched and some fritting to edges) £4000-6000
Provenance: The charger was brought back by the vendor's grandfather from Western Turkey in around 1919 and thence by family descent
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A Chinese "Cantonese" carved ivory four division card holder, the panels finely pierced and carved with figures beneath flowering trees, shaped supports boldly fretted and carved with figures and birds, the shaped back plate finely fretted and carved with figures, birds, insects, scrolled leafage and flowers, 11ins (280mm) x 7.875ins (200mm) (19th Century - joints to back panels slightly opening) £1500-2000
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A Chinese "Cantonese" ivory rectangular card case of slightly shaped outline, the front and back carved with figures in a landscape within floral carved borders, 4.5ins (115mm) x 3ins (76mm) (19th Century) £400-600
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A Chinese "Cantonese" ivory rectangular card case, deeply carved with figures on terraces and in pavilions within a landscape, 4.75ins (121mm) x 3ins (76mm) (19th Century) £300-400
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A Chinese "Cantonese" ivory rectangular card case deeply carved with figures in pavilions and gardens, 4.25ins (108mm) x 2.625ins (67mm) (19th Century - top cracked) £200-300
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A Chinese ivory puzzle ball carved with a dragon, 2.5ins (64mm) diameter, and stand for same, 7.75ins (197mm) high overall £150-200
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A Chinese ivory and red stained ivory chess set, King 3.25ins (83mm) high, Pawn 1.5ins (38mm) high (one additional Pawn - minor damage - 20th Century) £120-160
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A Chinese carved ivory standing figure of a woman wearing a blue stained cloak, 10.75ins (273mm) high, signed to base, and hardwood stand for same £1000-1500
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A Chinese carved ivory standing figure of a female musician playing a tambourine, her long hair in a plait and flowing ribbon to front, 8ins (224mm) high, and rosewood oval base for same (left hand broken and restuck and two fingers from right hand chipped and missing) £300-400
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A Chinese ivory and silk embroidered fan, the silk panel embroidered with exotic birds, insects and flowering branches, with plain shaped guard sticks, 11.5ins (293mm) overall, contained in cloth lined and gilt framed box frame, 18.5ins (470mm) x 28ins (712mm) overall £300-400
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A Chinese "Cantonese" ivory brise fan with carved and pierced sticks of figures within pavilions and gardens, 7.5ins (190mm) (19th Century - slight damage), in modern ebonised box frame £250-400
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A Chinese "Cantonese" ivory brise fan, the sticks carved and pierced with figures and pavilions in an extensive landscape, 7.5ins (190mm) (19th Century - ribbon missing) £200-350
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A Chinese fan, the bamboo sticks decorated with brown and gilt lacquer, the paper panel painted in colours and with applied silk detail of people in a landscape, the reverse with flowers and insects, 10.25ins (261mm) (19th Century), and a Chinese brown lacquer fan, the sticks with gilt decoration, 8.125ins (207mm) £150-200
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A Chinese black lacquer fan, the sticks and guards with gilt decoration of figures in extensive landscapes, the paper leaf painted in colours also with figures in a landscape, 11ins (279mm) (19th Century) £100-150
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A Chinese ivory snuff bottle of flattened form, carved on each side with ladies and children within interior settings, with ringed mask handles to sides, and matching cover carved with dragons, 3.25ins (83mm) overall (Qing Dynasty - 18th/19th Century) £2000-3000
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A fine Japanese gilt lacquer and shibyama rectangular three case inro, the whole of ovoid section with rounded top, base and cover, the front and reverse with shaped panels inlaid in mother of pearl, ivory and coloured stones with a figure of an archer in armour with two mythical figures pulling back the bow, on a gilt slightly raised ground decorated in various subtle colours with a choppy sea, the reverse with a bird on a flowering branch on a ground depicting a stream and grasses, speckled gilt lacquer edge to top cover and base, 4.375ins (112mm) x 3.5ins (90mm), and mauve silk cording, complete with finely carved boxwood netsuke of a seated figure being attacked by a mythical figure, with silvery metal ojime cast with insects and leaves, 1.37ins (35mm) high (signed to base) (Meiji period - with some small losses of shibyama to cover with two pieces of stringing missing and lacquer slightly rubbed and marked around edges and base) £1200-1600
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A Japanese gilt, red and black lacquer rectangular five case inro of oval section with raised decoration of a small single masted boat passing a rocky island, the interior with gilt speckled decoration, 3.75ins (96mm) high x 2ins (50mm) wide (Meiji period - two Character mark to base - lacking silk cord £300-400
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A Japanese gilt lacquer four case inro of rectangular ovoid form, the whole surface finely decorated in various coloured gilt lacquer and black lacquer with a pavilion by a lake with figures in boats, trees and mountains, 4ins (102mm) x 2ins (51mm) (Meiji period - with some wear around leading edges and small losses of lacquer in places) £200-300
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A Japanese brown and gilt lacquer rectangular box, the whole surface decorated with slightly raised fan pattern panels decorated with various figures and flowers on a speckled and swirling sea pattern ground, and with gilt speckled lacquer interior, 7.5ins (84mm) x 3.375ins (112mm) x 5ins (126mm) high (Meiji period - slight damage) £200-300
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A Japanese brown and gilt lacquer rectangular Scribe or writing box, the lid decorated with three cranes by a lake, the interior of the lid decorated with two exotic birds and flowering tree, containing rectangular tray with black slate rectangular ink slab and leaf and floral pattern inkwell, 9.5ins (241mm) x 9ins (228mm) x 2ins (51mm) high (Meiji period - lacquer lifting and missing on one edge, slightly rubbed and marked) £150-250
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Five Japanese carved ivory figures of musicians with rotating heads showing two distinct faces, ranging from 4ins (103mm) to 4.5ins (114mm), each signed (some minor damage) £1000-1500
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A Japanese carved ivory figure of a crouching fisherman with basket, 3.5ins (89mm) high, and hardwood stand for same £200-300
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A Japanese carved ivory standing figure of a man holding a sword, 11.5ins (292mm) high (damaged) £120-160
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A Japanese carved ivory standing figure of a bearded sage with a minogame or giant turtle, 12.5ins (317mm) high (red seal mark to base - Meiji period) £300-400
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A Japanese carved ivory figure carved as a man holding a flowering branch and treading on a snake, 5.25ins (133mm) high (Meiji period - some damage) £150-200
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A Japanese carved ivory netsuke in the form of a seated bearded man with a child on his shoulder, 2.5ins (56mm) high (Meiji period) £200-300
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A Japanese carved ivory netsuke in the form of a seated couple, the woman wearing headdress and animal mask, 1.25ins (33mm) high, and three other carved ivory netsukes, various £200-300
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A Japanese carved ivory netsuke of erotic nature in the form of an embracing couple, 2ins (51mm) high, a Chinese silvery metal mounted and ivory comb, the mount cast with a dragon, 8ins (203mm) overall, and a small selection of other carvings, various £150-200
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A Japanese carved ivory and hardwood figure of a bearded man carrying an umbrella in his right hand and with a barrel on his back from which is emerging a devil-like figure, and on his feet he is wearing hardwood patten, on finely carved rustic pattern base, 12.75ins high (with rectangular lacquer seal mark to base - Meiji period - stem of umbrella broken, foot cracked and opened and fingers of devil chipped) £1200-1500
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A Japanese carved hardwood, ivory and shibyama figure of a street vendor wearing a wide brimmed hat, his robes inlaid in mother of pearl with flowers and flanked by square containers set with ivory tablets of shaped outline engraved with calligraphy and with ivory and horn fitment, on rectangular hardwood base with scroll toes, 10.5ins x 5ins x 14ins high (Meiji period - some joints loose, ivory panels flanking containers have some twisting and are out of place and tubing thought to be horn missing in places - unsigned) £700-1000
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An Indian ivory and brass mounted rectangular work box, the ivory fretted and carved with floral and bead ornament, 8.25ins x 7ins x 2ins high (19th Century, and a Chinese black lacquer and gilt decorated rectangular box, 11ins x 6.5ins x 1.75ins high (both in poor condition), containing over three hundred mother of pearl gaming counters of various shapes and sizes £250-400
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A Chinese celadon jade archer's ring carved with a band of Shou character roundels interspersed with C-scrolls and with key fret borders, 1.25ins (320mm) diameter £2000-3000
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A Chinese jade rectangular pendant carved with calligraphy within a shaped border and surmounted by scroll work, and with gold coloured metal fitment, 2.25ins (56mm) x 1.75ins (45mm) £300-400
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A Chinese pale celadon jade pendant carved with boys playing musical instruments to one side, the other with a three line script, 2.25ins (57mm) x 1.5ins (38mm) £200-300
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A Chinese white jade circular pendant pierced and carved with two standing figures, 2.25ins (57mm) diameter, and three similar carved jade pendants £200-300
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A green jade pendant carved in the form of a gourd suspended by triple pearl set suspension loop, 37mm x 23mm overall (early 20th Century), on fine 425mm 9ct gold chain necklet for same £200-300
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A Chinese jade circular disc carved with mythological birds, 2.125ins (54mm) diameter, and a Chinese square jade ring, 1.375ins (35mm) x 1.375in (35mm) £150-200
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Two small Chinese carved "Spinach" jade pebbles, 1.5ins (38mm) and 1.75ins (44mm) long respectively £70-100
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A small collection of Chinese jade, comprising - celadon jade circular plaque carved with a dragon, 2.25ins (57mm) diameter, a similar, 2.25ins (57mm) diameter, a celadon jade plaque carved in an archaic manner, 2.5ins (64mm) x 1.625ins (41mm), an oval ring carved with stylised dragons, 2.375ins (60mm) overall, and a black jade carving of a figure beside a mountain, 2ins (51mm) high £200-300
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A Chinese celadon jade belt hook carved with a dragon and salamander, 4.25ins (108mm) overall, and two others, 3.5ins (89mm) and 3.25ins (83mm) overall (20th Century) £300-500
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A Chinese pale celadon jade two-handled vase and cover, the fronts and sides carved with leaves and scrolls, 7.5ins (190mm) high overall, and green stained ivory and carved wood stand for same, complete with fitted wooden box (20th Century) £1000-2000
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A Chinese pale celadon jade figure of a horse taking water, 4.75ins (121mm) overall x 2.75ins (70mm) high, on carved wood stand (20th Century) £1000-2000
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A Chinese white jade seated figure of a Buddha holding a fruit and a flower, 3.5ins (89mm) high, and carved green jade stand for same £800-1200
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A Chinese dark celadon jade carving of a kylin and baby, 3ins (77mm) overall x 1.75ins (45mm) high £200-300
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A Chinese green jade carving of a young boy leaning on a fishing basket, 3.125ins (77mm) high, and one other jade carving of a recumbent figure, the jade with brown inclusions, 3.25ins (83mm) high (20th Century) £200-300
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A Chinese pale celadon jade rectangular ink stone with brown inclusions, carved with three kylin to border, 5ins (127mm) x 3.5ins (89mm) £200-300
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A Chinese jade rectangular hand rest with brown inclusions, the top carved with prunus blossoms, 3ins (76mm) x 2ins (51mm) x 1in (26mm) high £150-200
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A Chinese agate two-handled censer and cover with circular reeded finial to cover, scroll and ring pattern handles, on three scroll feet, and hardwood stand for same, 4.25ins (108mm) high £150-200
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A modern Chinese lavender jadeite jade necklace of link and bead pattern form, 865mm overall (gross weight 113 grammes) £3000-4000
Note: The Gem & Pearl Laboratory Report No. 08923 dated 15th November 2013 confirms the stones to be jadeite jade with no evidence of heat treatment
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