Glazed with carinated profile, deep shoulder and narrow raised rim, dense dark blue floral motifs and shallow foot. 1.6 kg, 19.5 cm wide



Ex Hong Kong collection, 1970-1990s.

Rectangular in plan with recessed scrolled arch, figure modelled in the half-round of a female musician with pipa (Chinese lute), flowing robes with billowing ribbons to the sides. 6.5 kg, 33 cm



Ex West Country, UK, collection, 1980-1990s.

Sitting nude on a lotus-flower base with openwork mandorla behind the tiered crown, bloom on the left arm curled around the wrist and two more emerging from the base bearing bodhisattva figures; hands in the teaching gesture (Dharmachakra Mudra), cabochon stud to the brow for the urna. 2.7 kg, 30.5 cm



Ex North West London, UK, collection, 1990-2000.

Glazed with carinated profile, deep shoulder and narrow raised rim, dense dark blue floral motifs and shallow foot. 1.27 kg, 18 cm cm wide



Ex Hong Kong collection, 1970-1990s.

Modelled in the round standing on a rectangular base, one foreleg raised, head bent down and to the right, short dressed tail tied with a ribbon. wearing saddlecloth, saddle and harness adorned with bells; remaining polychrome pigmentation. 14 kg, 51.5 cm



Ex Cotswold, UK, collection, 1970-1990. Accompanied by thermoluminescence analysis report no. C122d29 from Oxford Authentication. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.203476.

Formed as a ram running left with large curled horns, legs tucked beneath body; mounting lug with discoid head to reverse. 29 grams, 43 mm



Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.

Rectangular in plan with recessed canopied doorway, seated figure of Buddha modelled in the half-round; some pigment remaining. 3.9 kg, 33.5 cm



Ex Hong Kong collection, 1980-1990.

Hollow-formed figurine comprising a tiered rectangular base, cross-legged figure (perhaps Vishnu) with openwork nimbus of flames to the rear, with a rope in his left hand and a flaming sword held upright in his right hand. 2.74 kg, 33 cm



London, UK, art market, 1990-2000. Ex London, UK, collection of Oriental art.

With piriform profile, flared foot, two lateral loops supporting ring handles, slightly domed lid with three zoomorphic loops. 2.85 kg, 29 cm including lid



Ex Desmond Morris collection, Oxford, UK.

Seated cross-legged in virasana on a lotus flower dais, right hand in bhumisparsha mudra, the left resting on his lap with bumpa vessel, wearing a samghati adorned with floral hem, his face with with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows, aquiline nose, with gentle smile, elongated earlobes, the hair in tight curls surmounted by a flame and with an elaborate diadem. 1.1 kg, 21 cm



London, UK, art market, 1990-2000. Ex London, UK, collection of Oriental art.

Drum-shaped bezel with flange base, incised scroll to the upper face and calligraphic text. 6.73 grams, 20.29 mm overall, 14.45 x 12.78 mm internal diameter (approximate size British F, USA 2 3/4, Europe 3.67, Japan 3)



Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970-2000s.

Standing figure in hooded knee-length garment and floor-length undergarment; right arm bent, hollow at the crook of the elbow to accept a handle. 473 grams, 22.5 cm



Ex West Country, UK, collection, 1980-1990s.