Vietnam, or Southern China, 18th – 19th century
Height: 28 1/2 inches, 72.5 cm
Width: 14 3/8 inches, 36.5 cm
A very large mother-of-pearl inlaid wood ‘apostle’ cross. The cross-section inlaid with incised pieces of mother-of-pearl depicting fruiting vines, flowers
Northern India, circa 1880
Various dimensions, the smallest measuring 1½ inches, 4 cm, the largest 4 inches, 10 cm
A group of 12 carved and stained ivory scent bottles. Each bottle is carved in the form of a vegetable or
India, circa 1880
Height: 13 1/4 inches, 33.5 cm
Width: 8 1/4 inches, 20.5 cm
An unusual woven fan of circular shape. The fan and its handle are woven from different coloured strips of bamboo. The central part of the
India, 17th-18th century
Length: 5 1/8 inches, 14 cm
A finely-carved portable ivory gunpowder primer, depicting a jumping tiger. The mouth is wide-open, revealing large teeth and a tongue. Emerging from the open mouth is a stopper, which is decorated
South India, 17th–18th century
Lengths: 15 3/4 inches, 40 cm and 13 3/4 inches, 35 cm
Two iron throwing weapons (boomerangs) known as valai-tadi. The valai-tadi are crescent-shaped with one end heavier than the other. A bell-shaped pommel provides
Gandhara, 4th – 5th century
Height: 8 1/4 inches, 21 cm
A terracotta head of a youthful man with Western features. The hair is stylised and is parted in the centre, the thick strands flow backwards, away from the face.
Japan, Meiji period, 1868 – 1912
Length of banana: 10 inches, 25.5 cm
Height of apple: 1 3/4 inches, 4.5 cm
Two ivory okimono, one of a banana, the other of an apple. Both fruits are naturalistically depicted, the
Japan, dated: Heisei 1, 1989
Height: 46 inches, 117 cm
Width: 35 3/4 inches, 91 cm
A rectangular wood panel, lacquered in colours on a black ground with an abstract pattern of circles and lines. The panel is signed with
Japan, Showa period, 1926 – 1989
Length: 11 3/4 inches, 30 cm
Width: 8 1/4 inches, 21 cm
Height: 1 1/4 inches, 3 cm
A cloisonné enamel tray of rectangular outline, the four sides rising gently upwards from the rectangular
Heisei period, dated 1992
Length: 4 1/2 inches, 11.5 cm
Height: 2 inches, 4 cm
A small bronze sculpture of twisted, openwork form. The metal patinated a dark grey colour. The flat base inscribed ‘Y. Jida ‘92’ and with the