With a high-relief figure of a robed male monk, with painted detailing. 1.6 kg, 20.5 cm



Ex Hong Kong collection, 1980 onwards.

Budai was a 10th-century monk, known for his laughing face and round stomach, and was named after the cloth sack that he carried under his arm. Buddhists believe him to be the incarnation of Maitreya, the future Buddha, who helps common people in the mortal world.

Formed as a shoe-shaped plaque with a raised head at one end. 220 grams, 17.5 cm



From a deceased estate of a gentleman collector from the Wirral Penninsula.

Modelled in the round as a lady in floor-length robes with hands exposed from her broad sleeves, toes of her slippers protruding at the base and wearing a tall headdress. 535 grams, 22.5 cm



Ex West Country collection, 1990s.

Buddha depicted seated in a niche, his right hand making the abhaya mudra of reassurance and safety, and his left hand lowered in the varada mudra. 4.05 kg, 33 x 16.5 cm



Ex Hong Kong gentleman's collection.

Modelled in the round as a lady in floor-length robes with hands crossed at the chest, toes of her slippers protruding at the base, black headdress. 565 grams, 21.6 cm



Ex West Country collection, 1990s.

Wide cream-glazed bowl with everted rim and low foot, slashed decoration on the outer face. 380 grams, 16.5 cm



Ex Hong Kong gentleman's collection.

Shallow bowl with low foot. 178 grams, 13.7 cm



Ex Hong Kong gentleman's collection.

With swept lunate blade connected to the baluster handle by the gaping jaws of a serpent; four-arched vajra finial. 1.52 kg, 33.4 cm



Private collection, UK.

Comprising a slender double-edge blade with a raised midrib on both sides, a round-section handle and a disc pommel. 374 grams, 40.6 cm



Ex private Wiltshire, UK, collection, previously with the Ma Gallery, Bath, UK.

Standing on a hexagonal base with pointed shoes, dressed in an ankle-length robe tied at the waist; separate head with a conical cap. 1.46 kg, 41.5 cm



Ex Sotheby's, London, circa 1990s. London, UK, collection.

Comprising an elaborate ogival niche, standing figure dressed in long robes and holding a drumstick in one hand and fly-whisk in the other, beside a small architectural frame for a musical instrument; handprint to reverse. 5.8 kg, 29 x 29 cm



Ex West Country, UK, collection, 1990s.

Featuring a tall piriform body with a narrow mouth, two concentric circumferential bands on the shoulder and a slightly flaring foot. 950 grams, 18 cm high



Ex Hong Kong gentleman's collection.