A BRONZE JIZAI OKIMONO OF A CRAB Meiji period The crustacean naturalistically modelled, its legs and claws fully articulated, patinated to a redd...

A GILT AND POLYCHROME WOOD FIGURE OF AIZEN MYO-O Japan, 19th century or possibly later The wrathful deity in a gilt-decorated floral garment and a...

A GILT-LACQUERED WOOD FIGURE OF BUDDHA AMIDA Edo period, 18th/19th century The seated Buddha in a long flowing robe with his hands in dhyanamudra,...

A SHIBAYAMA STYLE INLAID GOLD LACQUER TRAY Meiji period Of rectangular form, decorated with a scene depicting a gentleman with a hawk, an archer a...

A GROUP OF FOUR NETSUKE Japan, 19th century One carved as a large toad with a smaller toad resting on its back; one toad crouching with its body s...

TWO IVORY AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID PANELS Both signed Mizue and Naito, Meiji period One panel decorated with a man catching cicadas while a monk...

A KUTANI VASE AND A SATSUMA BOWL Meiji period The vase rising from a splayed foot to an ovoid body and a flared neck, painted in polychrome with f...

A PAIR OF SATSUMA BALUSTER VASES Meiji period Decorated in mirror image to the bodies with blossoming prunus trees, the necks with floral medallio...

A 'COCKEREL' SATSUMA JAR, COVER AND STAND Meiji period Of rounded bulbous form, the body decorated with shaped panels variously enclosing gentleme...

THREE 'ARTISAN' HANDSCROLLS Japan, 18th/19th century Ink and colour on paper. 60.6cm (258 1/4in); 90.6cm (379 5/8in); 50.7cm (225 3/4in). (6)....

A PAIR OF 'ARCHITECTURE AND PROPERTY' HANDSCROLLS Meiji period One illustrating methods in architectural paintings with a scene depicting sujikai ...

A 'FUJIYAMA' HANDSCROLL Japan, 19th century Depicting 19 individual views of Fujiyama, ink and colour on paper. 1280cm (504in) long. Footnotes: 日本...

A JAPANESE 'PROCESSION' HANDSCROLL Meiji period Ink and colour on paper, handscroll. 150.3cm (601 5/8in). Footnotes: 明治時代 式典圖 設色紙本 手卷 Provenance...

A NARA-EHON STYLE SCROLL SECTION 18th century Ink, colour and gold on paper, framed and glazed. 31.5cm (12 3/8in) x 126cm (49 5/8in). Footnotes:...

AN ALBUM OF SHUNGA PRINTS AND FOUR SHUNGA PAINTINGS Japan, 18th/19th century An album containing 12 oban shunga prints after Kitagawa Utamaro (175...

YOSHIDA HIROSHI (1876-1950) Showa era (1926-1989), dated 1928 An oban yoko-e print titled along the left margin Komagatake iwa koya (Cave of Komag...

YOSHU CHIKANOBU (1838-1912) Meiji period Woodblock print, 10 oban triptychs, published by Fukuda Hatsujiro/Kumajiro, 1895 and 1896. 35.4cm (13 15...

A 'TIGER' MILITARY RANK BADGE, BUZI Late Qing Dynasty Designed for a fourth rank military official, finely worked in metallic threads with a tiger...

A GROUP OF ELEVEN TEXTILE PANELS 19th century Comprising: a pair of panels decorated with qilin and Buddhist lions amidst bats and clouds in Pekin...

AN EMBROIDERED 'EMMANUEL' POLYCHROME TEXTILE PANEL 20th century Finely embroidered in polychrome threads with various types of floral sprays scatt...

A SILK EMBROIDERED 'IMMORTALS' TABLE HANGING 19th/20th century Depicting the Eight Immortals and Three Star Gods with their various attributes, in...

A PALE BLUE GROUND LADY'S ROBE Late Qing Dynasty Finely woven with exotic butterflies amongst scattered fruit, flower and blossom sprays on a pale...

A BLACK-GROUND 'LOTUS' GAUZE ROBE Republic Decorated with black velvet borders and blue silk sleeves embroidered in gold-wrapped threads with bird...

A SELECTION OF CHINESE ART REFERENCE BOOKS AND CATALOGUES Comprising: reference books including Provenance: Collectors, Dealers and Scholars in th...

EDGAR GORER AND J.F BLACKER, 'CHINESE PORCELAIN AND HARDSTONES, VOLS, I-II, LONDON, QUARITCH, 1911 Quaritch, 1911, two volumes, original gilt deco...

A RUN OF ARTS OF ASIA CATALOGUES BETWEEN 1971 and 2018 (218). Footnotes: 一九七一年至二零一八年 《ARTS OF ASIA》圖錄一組 Please note this lot will be viewable by ...

A RUN OF ORIENTATIONS CATALOGUES BETWEEN 1972 and 2019 (340). Footnotes: 一九七二至二零一九年 《ORIENTATIONS》圖錄一組 Please note this lot will be viewable by a...

CHINESE CERAMICS IN THE TOPKAPI SARAY MUSEUM, ISTANBUL, 1986 By R. Krahl, Sotheby's Publications, three volumes in a slip case, limited to 1500 co...

LA NOVAJ TEMPOJ (XINSHIJI) 1907 Dated 31 August, 1907 Published in 4, rue Broca, Paris. 55cm (21 5/8in) wide. Footnotes: 一九零七年八月三十一日 新世紀 Prove...

THREE WOODBLOCK PRINTED TEXTS Circa 1573-1620; 19th century Comprising one volume yitongzhi, comprising parts 59 and 60; one volume of Dongzhoulie...

EIGHT CATALOGUES RELATING TO CHINESE ART Comprising: H.F.E. Visser, The Exhibition of Chinese Art of the Society of Friends of Asiatic Art, The Ha...

DISCOURSE ON THE NEWLY-BUILT ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENTS IN THE OBSERVATORY (xinzhilingtaiyixiang zhi); DESCRIPTION OF THE SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT UNDER...

SIXTEEN WOODBLOCK PRINTED BOOKS ON CONFUCIANISM, RELIGION AND PHILSOPHY Qing Dynasty/Republic period Comprising: one volume of Qindingshujingchuan...

ZHU ZHENGSHENG; ZHU YAN; FOLLOWER OF LAN YIN (1585-1664) Scholar with Boy; Birds; Landscape Ink and colour on paper, six hanging scrolls. The thre...

LI DIYUAN; JIN PEISHAN (Iletungge); ANONYMOUS Calligraphy Comprising: three pairs of hanging scrolls and two single hanging scrolls, ink on paper....

SHI ZHU ZHAI JIANPU; WU CHANGSHUO HUAHUI CE 1952; 1972 Two woodblock printed books comprising: Shi Zhu Zhai Jianpu, four volumes bound in a silk b...

CHINESE EXPORT SCHOOL (19TH CENTURY) An Album of Tradesmen Ten leaves, ink and colour on pith paper. Each leaf 19.5cm (7 3/4in) x 31.5cm (12 3/8in...

CHINESE EXPORT SCHOOL (19TH CENTURY) Bird and Flower studies Set of eight, ink and gouache on paper, unframed. 44.9cm (17 11/16in) high x 31.7cm (...

CHINESE EXPORT SCHOOL (19TH CENTURY) Figurative studies Ink and colour on paper, unmounted. 31.9cm (12 9/16in) x 23cm (9 1/16in). (12). Footnotes...

CHINESE EXPORT SCHOOL (19TH CENTURY) Seated Figures A set of six pith paper paintings, framed and glazed. Each 18.2cm (7 1/8in) x 28.8cm (11 5/16i...

A THREE-FOLD WALL PAPER SCREEN 19th century The panels variously painted on silk with birds and butterflies amidst flowers and leaves, set within ...

ANONYMOUS (19TH CENTURY) Ladies Ink and colour on paper, framed and glazed. 137cm (53 7/8in) high x 61cm (24in) wide. (3). Footnotes: 十九世紀 佚名 仕女圖 ...

A PALACE PAINTING AND AN EMBROIDERY OF AN OX 19th century and Republic The painting ink and colour on silk, both framed and glazed. The painting...

WANG JIA'NAN (1955-) Landscape Panorama Ink and colour on paper, mounted onto four panels. Each panel 193cm (74in) high x 61cm (24in) wide. (4). F...

YAO ZHONGFAN (19TH/20TH CENTURY) Landscape Ink and colour in paper, three hanging scrolls. 143.5cm (56 1/2in) x 36.8cm (14 1/2in). (3). Footnote...

NANG'AN; LU RUNXIANG (1841-1915); LI QIANGUANG; LI DUNYE; LUO ANXIAN (1834-1895); SUN LI Various subjects Ink and colour on paper, six fan leaf pa...

AFTER QIU YING (1494-1552) Battle Scene; Immortals in Palace Ink and colour on silk, framed and glazed. 53.3cm (21in) x 90cm (35 7/16in). (2). F...

BIAN YONG Egrets Ink and colour on silk, partially mounted Dated bingshen year (1836 or 1896). 145cm (57 1/8in) high x 66cm (26in) wide. Footnotes...

ANONYMOUS (19TH CENTURY) Erotic scenes A group of six paintings, ink and colour on paper, partially mounted. 21cm (8 1/4in) high x 18cm (7 1/8in) ...

ANONYMOUS (19TH CENTURY) Erotic scenes A group of seven paintings, ink and colour on paper, framed and glazed. 22cm (8 5/8in) high x 19cm (7 1/2i...

ANONYMOUS (19TH CENTURY) Figures in a Moonlit Forest Gold and colour on blue silk, framed and glazed. 164cm (64 5/8in) high x 39cm (15 3/8in) wide...

ANONYMOUS (19TH CENTURY) Battle scenes Ink and colour on silk, handscroll in two sections. 334.8cm (131 13/16in) long overall. (2). Footnotes: 佚名...

AFTER WANG WEN (1497-1576) Immortals in a Landscape Ink and colour on silk, hanging scroll. 107cm (42 1/8in) x 33cm (13in). Footnotes: 王問（傳） 仙人山...