In crouching pose with head turned and left paw resting on the knee, right paw extended, tail curled to rear. 1.52 kg, 22 cm high



From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.

Each with concentric bands of blue hatching and scrolling, central rosette. 1.57 kg total, 16-16.6 cm



Ex Nagel Auction, with official Tek Sing Treasure labels to verso. Accompanied by an illustrated information sheet about the Tek Sing shipwreck.

The Tek Sing (True Star) wreck is one of the famous recovery stories of the 20th century. Sailing from the port of Xiamen (then known as Amoy) in February 1822 the vessel Tek Sing was bound for Jakarta, Indonesia laden with porcelain goods and 1600 Chinese emigrants. The captain decided to pass through the Gaspar Strait, between the Bangka-Belitung Islands, and ran aground on a reef. The vessel sank in about 100 feet of water. The next morning, February 7, an English East Indiaman captained by James Pearl, passing through the same waters, encountered debris and some survivors and managed to rescue about 190 of the latter.

Comprising three powder boxes with painted rosette to the lid, geometric panels to the sidewall. 362 grams total, 65-67 mm



Ex Butterfield and Butterfield auction with official Hoi An Hoard labels. Accompanied by an illustrated information sheet about the Hoi An shipwreck.

In the mid 15th century a freighting junk loaded with fine Vietnamese pottery sank in an area of the South China Sea called the 'Dragon’s Embrace.' This vessel is part of the shipwreck cargo recovered off the coast of Vietnam at Hoi An. The ceramics themselves were probably made in the area of Chu Dau.

Hollow-formed idol comprising a rectangular base with beaded bands supporting a cuboid block with applied figure to each corner and two sides, each with elbows resting on the upper surface and hands pressed together; forward ledge of the base with supine figure; rear of block with large figure in dhoti with left hand placed across the midriff; some gilding remaining. 1.6 kg, 27.5 cm



From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.

Poster from the 1986 Christie's Amsterdam sale of porcelain and gold from Nanking; board-mounted in a metal frame. 4.35 kg , 58.5 x 80 cm



Ex Christie's, Amsterdam, 28 April-2 May 1985.

With arched recess, high-relief figure wearing a cuirass with right arm bent and hand clenched in a fist, left hand supporting a shield with mandorla motif. 3.7 kg, 29 cm



From a West Country, UK, collection, 1990s.

With raised mouth, broad shoulder and tapering sidewall, stepped base; radiating petals to shoulder, trees to sidewall reserved against a brown field; old dealer's label to underside. 105 grams, 64 mm



From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.

Comprising an elaborate ogival niche with a bottom right figure dressed in long robes; pigment to the frame, impressed hand-print to reverse. 6.05 kg, 30.5 cm



From a West Country, UK, collection, 1990s.

Carved in the round with rounded facial features and exaggerated nose, tall segmented headdress. 620 grams, 11.3 cm



From a private Barnsley, UK, family collection.

With high-relief image of a crouching figure wearing a paridhana loincloth and with ropework bracelets to his biceps and wrists; hair drawn up in a topknot, with grimacing facial features and bulging eyes. 10 kg, 42 cm



From a West Country, UK, collection, 1990s.

Comprising a bulbous body with two small loop handles below the equator, flat base, low neck and everted rim; decorated to the upper surface with four black painted hatched roundels and swags surrounding. 3.8 kg, 37 cm



Acquired before 1970. From the Cheuk family collection.

Tin-glazed shallow dish with dark blue landscape details in a lattice border. 86 grams, 11.8 cm



Ex Scott family collection by descent.