1937
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A Chinese blue and white oviform jar, Kangxi, painted with a procession of boys leading a figure riding a mythical beast, 17cm. high, wood cover.
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£250 - £350
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£1,050
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1938
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Two illuminated folios from a Safavid manuscript, Shiraz, 16th century, from a Kitab-i Badayi of Sa'di, Persian manuscript on paper, mounted , 24cm. b
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£400 - £600
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£450
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1939
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A Canton ivory rectangular card case, late 19th century, profusely carved with figures amongst pavilions and trees, 10.75cm. high.
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£100 - £150
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£150
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1940
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A Chinese hardwood brush pot, 20th century, of cylindrical form, carved with lotus flowers, 12.5cm. high.
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£80 - £120
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£80
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1941
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A Japanese Shino pottery chawan, possibly 17th century, covered with a crackle glaze and blue painted floral designs, 11cm. wide
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£80 - £100
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£240
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1942
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A Chinese overlay glass bowl, the clear glass with internal brown and white splashes, overlaid in blue with birds and lotus below a key pattern border
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£200 - £300
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£160
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1943
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Folios, North African Qur'an, circa 12th/13th century, eighteen parchment leaves, black script with red highlights, oblong 8vo. 13.5cm. by 20cm, (a.f
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£800 - £1,200
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£2,000
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1945
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A Chinese cloisonné vase adapted as a lamp, late 19th/20th century, the vase of bottle form worked with panels of Buddhist emblems on a black ground,
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£200 - £300
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£520
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1946
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A group of nine Japanese Imari `black ship' bowls and covers and four stands or plates, Meiji period, the bowls of slightly varying size, painted with
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£300 - £500
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£220
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1947
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A Japanese sectional ivory okimono of swordmakers, Meiji period, one seated on a mat inspecting a long sword, another standing beside, a stand and swo
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£300 - £400
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£280
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1948
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A pair of Chinese porcelain cups, 20th century, each in the form of a lotus flower, turquoise interiors, 6cm. high
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£200 - £300
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£480
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1949
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A Qu'ran section, signed Abdullah, Afghanistan or possibly India, dated AH 1329/ AD 1911-12, comprising juz's XI to XIII, Arabic manuscript on paper,
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£200 - £300
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£420
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1950
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A small Chinese jade cylindrical vase, 18th/19th century, the stone of greyish tone with russet inclusions, carved with chilong amongst cloud scrolls,
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£100 - £150
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£4,800
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1951
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A bound group of gold and silver- speckled pink paper folios, Safavid, 17th century, 52 folios plus 2 fly-leaves, each folio with a central gold-speck
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£150 - £250
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£600
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1952
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Late Mamluk or early Ottoman Astronomical tables, late 15th or early 16th century, Arabic manuscript on paper, 10 ff. plus two modern fly leaves, the
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£200 - £300
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£680
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1953
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A Japanese bronze vase, Meiji period, the bulbous body decorated in relief with birds in flight, raised on three terrapin supports, 25cm. high, fitted
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£100 - £150
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£190
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1955
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A Kufic Qu'ran folio, Near East or North Africa, 9th/10th century, Qur'an VI, v.103 (part) to v.117 (part), Arabic manuscript on parchment, each side
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£200 - £300
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£420
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1956
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An Ottoman gessoed wooden box and sliding cover, possibly 17th century. of rectangular form, the sides and cover with calligraphy, 45cm. length.
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£200 - £300
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£420
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1957
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An album page with a portrait of a mughal prince, Delhi, North India, circa 1800, pencil and transparent pigments on paper, the prince standing holdi
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£400 - £600
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£600
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1958
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A Persian prayer book, dated AH 1205, manuscript on paper, 228 ff. plus two fly-leaves, each folio with 20 II. of black naskh script, important words
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£200 - £300
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£1,100
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1959
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A pair of Japanese Imari oval fluted dishes, Meiji period, each painted in the centre with a vase of flowers, on a ground filled with flowering branch
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£80 - £120
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£120
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1960
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A nobleman on horse attacked by a lion, Rajasthan, North India, 19th century, opaque pigments and gold on paper, yellow and pink borders, 16.4cm. by 2
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£300 - £500
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£800
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1962
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A Chinese white jade pierced plaque, carved with two birds amongst lotus, 10cm. wide. Illustrated
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£400 - £600
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£1,300
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1963
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An Indian marble turned vase, probably 19th century, of compressed globular form, 12cm. high.
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£80 - £120
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£70
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