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288	A "SATSUMA" OVOID VASE decorated in polychrome with blossoming foliage growing over bamboo canes with butterflies, the base signed and inscribed, Meiji, 7" high, together with a bowl and six sake cups with decoration of wisteria, foliage, birds and insects (8) Estimate: 50-100	Nil	100
289	A "QAJAR" FINIAL decorated with panels of flowers and fluting, the circular base with a meandering vine, on an associated ebonised plinth, 16" high. Estimate: 100-200	Nil	90
290	A "QAJAR" TILE painted with a man on horseback in a landscape, 9.75" x 6.5" Estimate: 150-250	Nil	150
300	A MAGNIFICENT CHINESE "LANTERN" VASE probably made under the direction of Tang Ying with decoration in underglaze blue, copper red and passages of Anhua, the neck with bands of blossoming prunus, flowers on a cellular ground and bamboo shoots over a continuous mountainous landscape shrouded in clouds and mist, with buildings, trees, waterfalls, a bridge and figures on a boat, the tallest peak with two "impressed" characters and the base with the seal mark of Qianlong and of the period, 18.5" (47cm) high. See illustration Provenance: Almost certainly acquired from Embly Court, Hampshire, by James E. Clifton of Wellow, by whom bequeathed to the family of the vendor. Private Collection, The Isle of Purbeck, Dorset. The use of copper red and the masterly execution of the continuous landscape suggests that this outstanding vase was manufactured in the imperial kilns under the direction of Tang Ying during the early years of Qianlong's reign. The painterly manner in which the landscape is rendered is reminiscent of the work of Wang Hui (1632-1717), who played a key role both in reinvigorating past traditions of landscape painting and in establishing the stylistic foundations for the Imperially sponsored art of the Qing court. Indeed, the decoration on this vase may be derived from his master work - the series of twelve monumental scrolls depicting the Kangxi Emperor's Southern Inspection Tour of 1689. A blue and white lantern vase painted with deer and crane amongst rockwork and pine trees from the Qing Court Collection is illustrated in "Blue and White Porcelain with Underglazed Red (III) - The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum" Beijing, 2000, vol.36, no. 135. Another was included in the exhibition of "Imperial Perfection, Chinese Palace Porcelain of the Three Great Emperors", at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, 2004. (Illustrated in the accompanying book as no. 27). Another lantern vase with extensive underglaze copper-red decoration is with Marchants. The unmarked vase is dated by them to the Yongzheng period.	17.5%	625000
301	TWO CHINESE SCRAPBOOKS with cuttings of Chinese printed cartoons and magazine photographs, and a large quantity of Oriental bound manuscripts (a lot) Estimate: 50-100	Nil	65
302	AN ORIENTAL ILLUMINATED MINIATURE depicting three figures picnicking within a puce and gilt border, 9" x 11.5" Estimate: 150-300	Nil
303	IRANIAN SCHOOL Three studies of a man and woman courting, two signed, gouache, each 11.25" x 9" and one 9.75" x 6.75" (3) Estimate: 150-300	Nil
304	IRANIAN SCHOOL A woman in a white dress holding a vase with her attendant hugging her knees, gouache on ivorine, signed to the lower left, 11,25" x 9" Estimate: 150-300	Nil	350
305	AFTER TOYOKIYO A full length portrait of a geisha playing a hanetseki, coloured woodblock print, 14.5" x 9.5" and four other 19th century woodblock prints (5) Estimate: 150-300	Nil	150
306	AFTER CHIKANOBU A woman in ornate dress performing noh play, coloured woodblock print, 13" x 9" and three further Japanese woodblock prints (a lot) Estimate: 80-160	Nil	90
307	AFTER NOEL NOVET, SAKURADA MON Printed signature and date in English and Japanese, sepia woodblock print, 15" x 10", and seven other modern Japanese prints (a lot) Estimate: 50-100	Nil	100
308	A DOUBLE ROW NECKLACE formed from blue cut-glass hexagonal beads and clear glass tumbled beads, 12" Estimate: 150-300	Nil
309	A BLUE LACE AGATE TUMBLE BEAD NECKLACE, 10", possibly South Iranian Estimate: 150-300	Nil
310	TWENTY FIVE PRIMITIVELY CUT PALE AGATE BEADS strung on a cord Estimate: 150-300	Nil
311	AN IRANIAN GOLD AND BLACK-COLOURED GLASS BEADED NECKLACE, possibly 13th century, 12", and another similar (2) Estimate: 200-400	Nil	240
312	A PAIR OF CHINESE CLOISONNÉ BOXES, in the form of fabulous horned beasts, decorated in polychrome with cloud-scrolls on a blue ground, with parcel-gilt mounts, probably Qianlong, 7" high x 10.25" long. See illustration Estimate: 2000-4000	Nil
313	AN INDO-PERSIAN SHIELD with inlaid silver metal decoration, feathery leaves and foliage, the centre with four bosses, 18" dia. ` Estimate: 200-300	Nil	210
314	A CHINESE BRONZE LID from a censer, pierced and chased with shi-shi amidst foliate tendrils and arabesques, 15.25" high. See illustration Estimate: 100-200	Nil	650
316	AN AFRICAN "TUSK" with carved decoration and metal mounts, 27" Estimate: 50-100	Nil	550
317	A PARCEL-GILT METAL VESSEL decorated with animals, flowers and Hebrew script, with a pouring spout, 9.5". See illustration	Nil	320
318	AN EGYPTIAN ALABASTER GOBLET with pale striations, with a tapering body, a cylindrical stem and a repaired circular foot, probably ancient, 7.75" high Estimate: 50-100	Nil	80
319	AN ALABASTER VESSEL of rounded rectangular form in well-striated stone, 12.5" Estimate: 100-200	Nil
320	A BACTRIAN STYLE ALABASTER GOBLET in well striated stone with a cup-shaped top and a slightly flared cylindrical stem, 11.25" high. See illustration Estimate: 80-150	Nil	90
321	A CHINESE GILT BRONZE FIGURE of a crouching cat, possibly Han, 2.5", and another of a mystical beast with a long neck and a curling tail (2). See illustration Estimate: 250-450	Nil	800
322	A CHINESE JADE FIGURE of a woman riding on the back of a phoenix, possibly Qianlong, 7" high Estimate: 300-600	Nil	320
323	A CHINESE BRONZE MIRROR in the Tang style decorated with mystical beasts, tendrils and a band containing a continuous inscription, the centre with a pierced boss, 6.75" dia. See illustration Estimate: 100-200	Nil
324	A PAIR OF "SASANIAN" OVOID BRONZE VASES with lobed pierced-drop and beaded decoration, 5.5" high (2) Estimate: 50-100	Nil	2200
325	A JAPANESE "ROOTWOOD" AND LACQUER DISH, the interior decorated with butterflies and insects, on a red ground, the naturalistic exterior with a brown-lacquered surface, Meiji, 10.75". See illustration Estimate: 100-200	Nil
326	A COLLECTION OF ORIENTAL WORKS OF ART including a pair of shoes, glass finials, purses and two sets of chopsticks and knives in "shagreen" cases (a lot) Estimate: 100-200	Nil	160
327	A CLASSICAL STYLE BRONZE HANGING OIL LAMP with three shaped apertures and stylised flowerhead decoration, with reddish green patination and later chains attached to the original twisted links, 13" max. See illustration	Nil