Asian Art & Antiques

A Chinese jade fruiting branch carved with a Fu bat and mythical beast seated at top. Length: 7 cm.

Some in burgaute and mother of Pearl, some in v=carved cannibar, some in glass and other materials. Smallest 5 cm., largest 7 cm.

Some in canibbar, some in reversed decorated glass, imari decorated porcelain and other materials. Smallest 5.5 cm., largest 8 cm.

Smallest 5.2 cm., largest 7 cm.

Decorated with dragons chasing flaming pearls. Height: 46 cm. CONDITION Appears to be in good condition

A CHINESE GUAN-TYPE HU TWIN-HANDLED VASE, QING DYNASTY (1644-1912) Thinly potted, of pear shape, resting on a slightly flared foot, the tap...

Framed and glazed 62 by 88 cm

The well-rounded body is potted with a narrow neck rising to a flaring mouth and supported on a short spreading foot ring. The vase is covered in ...

The pear-shaped body is decorated in an under-glaze blue with lotus flowers and scrolling leaves above a band of plantain leaves. The neck decorat...

A Chinese porcelain cup and three saucers, decorated in famille verse enamels with flowers, butterflies and birds. Height of the cup 4 cm. ...

Embroidered with silk on a silk green ground, with two ladies holding flowers in a landscape. 39 by 122 cm.

Leporello illustration book filled with polychrome shunga paintings. Shunga ?? (literally “spring pictures”), is an erotic artistic tradition that...

A medium-sized six-panel byôbu ?? (folding screen) showcasing a delicate Rinpa School-style painting that captures a tranquil gathering of four cr...

The black laquer shrine with two hinged doors mounted with copper kanagu, revealing the figure of Guanyin standing on a double-lotus throne, weari...

A 6-panel byôbu?? (folding screen) with an animated Kanô School-style painting on gold leaf of karako ?? (Chinese children) at play under supervis...

Pair of impressive, antique kakejiku ??? (hanging scroll) showcasing the awe-inspiring Niô guardians ??, also referred to as heavenly kings. Each...

Two blue and white figures of boys, cast seated on one knee and holding a bowl on their heads. Height: 11 cm.

Of rectangular form with recessed gold fundame edges, bearing a superb gyobu nashiji ground finely decorated in gold, brown, and red hiramaki-e an...

The panels are surrounded by two silk borders. Height: 170 cm. Width: 396 cm.

A bronze gilded seated Buddha in the old Rattanakosin style from Thailand. The hands in Bhumisparsha gesture, the earth touching mudra. This is on...

A life-size wooden statue (height 172 cm) of a Buddhist deity in his manifestation of a warrior, clad in armour and standing on a rock. The eyes o...

A large six-panel byôbu ?? (folding screen) covered with six separate hanging scroll paintings ??? (kakejiku) depicting different taka ? (hawks) p...

Black lacquered steel jingasa ?? (ancient soldier’s hat) of the ensui ?? (conical) type. The front and back with a gold lacquer family crest ? (mo...

Fine black lacquer wooden upright katana sword stand ??? (tachi’kake) fully encrusted with shiny blue mother-of-pearl ?? (raden). Height: 65.9...

Remarkable, life-size kakejiku ??? (hanging scroll) showcasing an impressive ferocious hawk ? (taka) perched on a rock in the middle of a turbulen...

Elegant lacquer low two-tiered display table, known as a ‘kanmuri’shoku’ ?? (crown display table) adorned by intricate design of autumn flowers ex...

A captivating lacquer suzuri’bako ?? (writing box) of rounded rectangular form depicting a pair of shishi ?? (temple lions) and the lucky god Hote...

Exceptional, traditional Japanese granite chôzu’bachi ??? (water basin) that is square of shape with on the top surface a cylindrical water pool a...

An uniquely double-gourd-shaped lacquer suzuri’bako ?? (writing box) with a design of gourd leaves, by Hara Yôyûsai ???? (1769-1845). Covered with...

Art Deco-style bronze okimono ?? fashioned in the shape of a Chidori ?? (plover), capturing the bird in full flight above a stylized, upward curvi...

Japanese Satsuma figure of a seated Jurojin (one of the seven lucky gods) and a deer. 22 cm. height

134 by 152 cm.

Persian text, two lines elegant black nastaliq script within clouds on gold and polychrome ground, the outer border heavily gilt and decorated wit...

Three couplets written in black nasta’liq script reserved in clouds on a cream colored ground, arranged in two vertical columns divided by a light...

Sa’adi and the wise men, probably from the Bustan’e Sa’adi, with a frontispiece decoration to the reverse, illuminated miniature on polished paper...

Gouache colour heightened with gold on paper, consisting of four lines of strong Nasta'liq script ( Nada Ali) within cloud bands, set against a gi...

Gouache colour heightened with gold on paper, depicting Iskander watching the mermaids bathing, above and under Persian inscriptions of poems in n...

Ink heightened with gold on paper, depicting the famous sufi Haji Bektash wearing coat and a cap, his right hand holding his beard, appear to be s...

Gouache heightened with gold on paper, a young man wearing a sky-blue robe with elaborate turban, a young woman wearing a gilt splashed red robe, ...

Gouache and gold on paper, four lines of text written in nasta'liq script in black ink in four columns, depicting a prophet seated in a landscape ...

Gouache heightened with gold on paper, depicting a seated Kay Kavous with attendants in a landscape, above lines of text written in four columns o...

Gouache and ink heightened with gold on paper, text arranged in four columns above and beneath the painting in black nastaliq script. The reverse ...

opaque pigments on paper heightened with gold, the miniature possibly later, depicting an enthroned ruler and courtiers within a landscape, with f...

Arabic manuscript on paper, the inscriptions comprising pious invocations in blue ‘gulzar’ script. 25.5 by 21 cm.

Gouache pigments on canvas, Persian manuscript in large white Nasta'liq script, the remaining space decorated with the finely painted workings of ...

Persian manuscript on paper, 4 lines of text in large nasta'liq script in black ink within cloud bands against a finely-illuminated ground of inte...

Persian manuscript on paper, 4 lines of text written diagonally in large nasta'liq script in black ink within cloud bands against a finely-illumin...

Ink, gouache and gold on paper pasted on a cardboard page, four in Persian, in nastaliq, in reserve in clouds on a gold background garnished with ...

Persian manuscript on paper, two double sided leaves, with 12ll. to each page, written in black nasta'liq script, arranged in two columns, divided...

Arabic manuscript on paper, interlinear Persian translation, 14 lines to each page, written in black Kufic script, diacritics in red, rosette vers...

An Arabic manuscript on cream paper, 25 ll in black, red and blue ink, written in thuluth and nasck script. The upper section with Quran 109...

An Arabic manuscript on paper, 71 leaves with 31 lines to each page, written in black naskh script. Catchwords and titles in red ink, the upper ...

Arabic manuscript on vellum, each page with 9 lines written in maghribi script in sepia ink, double brown roundel verse markers, red diacritic mar...

Arabic manuscript on vellum, 35 lines written in brown Maghribi script, catchwords in red and green ink, polychrome verse rosette markers outlined...

Arabic manuscript on paper in scroll form, written in black Ghubar script of the whole Quran, the headpiece with gold and royal blue decoration en...

Arabic manuscript on paper, each folio with 15 lines of elegant black naskh script, diacritics and vowels in red, marginal occasional notes indica...

Arabic manuscript on paper, 41 lines to the page, written in small Naskh script, key words and letters picked out in red or in larger black ink, f...

A complete Quran, Arabic manuscript on paper, each folio with 17ll. written in black bihari script, the word 'Allah' picked out in gold. Firs...

A Mamluk Quran section, Arabic manuscript on paper, 19ff. with 2 fly-leaves, each folio with 13ll.,written in elegant gold Muhaqqaq script outline...

Arabic manuscript on cream paper, 20 leaves with 3 fly-leaves, each page with 9 lines. The first, central and the last line in very elegant black ...