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Lot 70 A large South-East Asian wooden and lacquered Shakyamuni buddha, 20th century, with four iron rings inset into the base, 90cm wide 50cm deep 148cm high £600 - 800

Lot 71 A pair of Chinese elm chairs, 20th century, each with a horseshoe back with fret-carved splat, over a slatted seat and with brass mounts, on a folding base, 70cm wide 65cm deep 105cm high (2) £300 - 500

Lot 72 A kilim ottoman, the hinged top opening to reveal a blue fabric lining, 78cm wide 40cm deep 46cm high £200 - 400 70

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Lot 73 A Chinese low red-lacquered coffee table, 20th century, with three frieze drawers each with brass plate handles, raised on square section legs with pierced and carved brackets, 111cm wide 66cm deep 43cm high £200 - 300

Lot 74 A Meissen porcelain two-handled fruit basket, Marcolini period, c.1774-1814, of neoclassical oval shape with pierced sides, painted with Deutsche Blumen and gilt line border decoration on four Greek key-shaped legs, inscribed ‘F563’ and underglaze blue marks, 29cm wide 25cm deep 17cm high £200 - 300 See Tatton Park National Trust Collection for a similar pair of baskets, reference NT 1296736, variations in decoration. Lot 75 A Chinese porcelain bottle vase, Kangxi period, of ovoid form with elongated neck, painted in underglaze blue with flower head and scrolling leaf decoration, double ring mark to base, 46cm high £300 - 400 73

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Lot 76 A Chinese six-fold painted paper screen, 20th century, decorated in metallic paints with a figure on horseback travelling through a mountainous landscape, 275cm wide 183cm high £700 - 1,000

Lot 77 A pair of Chinese cloisonné attendant figures, early 20th century, one in the form of a warrior holding a guandao, the other bearing a gift, each raised on a stepped rectangular base with all-over lotus scroll decoration, the warrior 36cm wide 33cm deep 101cm high (2) £6,000 - 8,0000

Lot 78 An Indian sandstone panel stele depicting Varahi, 19th century, the goddess kneeling and holding a trident, raised on a modern display stand, 41cm wide 68cm high £400 - 600 Provenance: Sotheby’s, 26th April 1996, lot 411.

Lot 79 Indian Mughal School (20th century) A large portrait of a Mughal prince, with a shamshir, a katar and a sang gouache on linen 112 x 68cm £200 - 300

Lot 79A An Indian carved alabaster figure of an elephant, with ivory tusks, on a marble plinth, 31cm wide 11cm deep 25cm high £600 - 800

Lot 80 A Syrian inlaid occasional table, 20th century, the circular top inlaid with mother-of-pearl and bone, raised on a turned support and tripod base, 49cm wide 58cm high £200 - 400 78 79

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Lot 81 A Chinese cloisonné duck, early 19th century, with lotus flower sconce, 28cm high £200 - 400 Lot 82 A Victorian mahogany campaign chest, with a secretaire drawer and a bird’s-eye maple lined interior, above three long drawers, with brass mounts, 99cm wide 47cm deep 101cm high £800 - 1,200 Lot 83 A carved stone head of Buddha, probably 19th century, raised on a modern display stand, 30cm high 47cm high overall £500 - 800 Lot 84 A Safavid drawing, 19th century, depicting figures gathered by a campfire, pencil and wash, 15 x 17cm £300 - 400 Lot 85 A large majolica pottery vase, late 19th century, decorated in cobalt blue, brown and green glazes, and with a large applied dragon entwined around the body and neck, the circular spreading foot rim decorated with anthemia, 70cm high £600 - 800

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Lot 86 A Northern European green-lacquered and japanned cabinet on stand, probably 19th century, with three tiers, in two parts, the top fitted with eight drawers flanking a cupboard, the interior painted red, the second tier with a cupboard opening to reveal an orange painted interior with découpage figures, animals and landscapes, the interior also painted red, the lower drawer with a division, the third tier with a top-hung cupboard, the interior in red with a shelf, with iron supports, on scrolled feet, 90cm wide 51cm deep 168cm high £2,000 - 3,000 Provenance: From the collection of Min Hogg (1938-2019), founding editor of ‘The World of Interiors’.

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Lot 87 A George III-style oval wall mirror with mirrored slip, contemporary, the frame set with rosette flowers, 91cm wide 72cm high £300 - 500 88

Lot 88 A Ghanaian Fante Asafo flag, depicting a Napoleonic figure, smaller figures, and a bird in a tree, embroidered on a central white square panel against a brown ground, inscribed ‘No. 1 Co’ in the lower left corner, with a Union Jack in the upper right-hand corner, 85 x 115cm £300 - 500 Provenance: Sotheby’s, ‘Textiles from the Collection of Alistair McAlpine, Part Two’, 30 May 2007, lot 116. Previously in the collection of Alistair McAlpine.

Lot 89 Two painted tin containers, adapted as lamps, each with a single iron handle and detachable cover, tin 50cm square 72cm high, added brass light fittings 68 and 70cm high (2) £200 - 400 89

Lot 90 An Indian low games table, 20th century, the rectangular top inlaid with an ivory chequerboard within a foliate field, over two small counter drawers, and raised on cabriole legs with conforming decoration, 76cm wide 44cm deep 46cm high £200 - 300

Lot 91 A silk Qum rug, decorated with birds and flower-laden vases to a central oatmeal field, enclosed by a banded border, 275 x 167cm £400 - 600

Lot 92 A pair of Dresden urn vases and covers, c.1900, each with a pineapple finial to the pierced cover and painted with shipping and quayside vignettes to opposing reserves on each vase, on a square pedestal gilt-lined base, underglaze blue marks and impressed ‘F535n’, 23cm wide 15cm deep 41cm high (4) £300 - 500

Lot 93 A pair of Chinese export porcelain ice pails, liners and covers, Jaiqing period (1810-1820), decorated all-over in polychrome enamels with fruit and flowers and highlighted in gilt, 25cm diameter 33cm high, together with a pair of shell-shaped dishes, 27cm diameter, a reticulated basket, 28cm wide, two oval reticulated dishes, 28cm diameter, and three side plates, 20cm diameter, all with matching decoration (14) £200 - 300 For a similar pair of ice pails, see ‘A Game of Bowls’, Cohen and Cohen 2014. 92

Lot 94 A gilt-bronze bust of Buddha, possibly 17th century, with traces of gilding, broken at the waist and arms, on a modern stand, 38cm high 47cm high overall £600 - 800

Lot 95 An Anglo-Indian padouk centre table, 19th century, the circular top with a gadrooned edge and foliate carved frieze, raised on a profusely carved baluster column and an elongated quadriform base, 144cm diameter 86cm high £500 - 800 Lot 96 A Batavian hardwood strongbox, 19th/20th century, the panelled lid with inset brass corners and a gadrooned border over panelled sides, brass-bound corners, heavy brass handles and turned feet, 51cm wide 40cm deep 44cm high £200 - 400 93

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Lot 97 A Ceylonese carved ebony workbox, 19th century, carved all-over in relief with floral and foliate motifs, the hinged lid decorated underneath with inlaid ivory and bone in the form of an elephant within geometric floral and foliate borders, enclosing a lift-out tray with fifteen compartments, 41cm wide 27cm deep 15.5cm high £300 - 500

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Lot 98 A large pair of Moroccan iron lanterns, 20th century, each of star outline and with pierced grille sides, heavily oxidised, 135cm high (2) £300 - 500

Lot 99 Spare lot Lot 100 Indian Company School (19th century) A man with a pack buffalo on mica 19 x 24cm, and Indian Company School (19th century) A lady holding a sword in a landscape watercolour with pencil inscription image 13.5 x 9cm (2) £200 - 400 Lot 101 A wooden and lacquered Shakyamuni Buddha, early 20th century, possibly Thai, inset with glass jewels, mounted on a later display stand, 51cm wide 31cm deep 93cm high £400 - 600

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Lot 102 A Ceylonese ebony box, 19th century, the hinged lid with a vacant oval cartouche, within dense relief-carved flowers and foliage, 28cm wide 20cm deep 10.5cm high £200 - 300

Lot 103 A Ceylonese ebony writing box, 19th century, carved all-over in relief with flowers and foliage, the hinged lid enclosing correspondence and storage compartments, a velvet-lined slope and cylindrical and folding rulers, 40cm wide 24cm deep 16cm high £200 - 400

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Lot 104 Continental School, 20th century, an elephant with head raised and ivory tusks, bronze, on a green marble plinth, 27cm wide 16cm deep 20.5cm high £150 - 250

Lot 105 A Regency mahogany serving table by Gillows of Lancaster, with brass rail back and three blind frieze drawers, stamped to the right-hand example, with boxwood strung border decoration, on reeded column legs, 229cm wide 91cm deep 92cm high £2,000 - 3,000 Lot 106 A set of eleven brass buckets, each with an iron handle and on a spreading foot, 50cm high (11) £300 - 500

Lot 107 A pair of large brass ashtrays, 20th century, each inscribed ‘Cigar & Cigarette Ends’, with a single drawer and raised on paw feet, 36cm wide 21cm deep 24cm high (2) £300 - 500

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Lot 108 Eight pewter plates, 17th and 18th century, three with various London pewterers’ marks, the smallest 23.5cm diameter the largest 43cm diameter (8) £200 - 300

Lot 109 A set of eight simulated rosewood dining chairs, c.1820, each with a cut brass inlaid bar back over a caned seat and on swept sabre legs, two carver, six standard, carver 49cm wide 50cm deep 82cm high, standard 45cm wide 48cm deep 82cm high (8) £700 - 900

Lot 110 A pair of pink floral interlined curtains, modern, by Nina Campbell, 260cm wide x 304cm long, together with a second pair, 260cm wide x 302cm long (4) £300 - 500

Lot 111 A Victorian walnut extending dining table, the rounded rectangular top raised on substantial lobed baluster supports and oversized castors, with three additional leaves, bearing a retailer’s label, 370cm long when fully extended 120cm deep 77cm high (4) £800 - 1,200

Lot 112 A large Persian Khorassan carpet, 20th century, with dense scrolling foliate motifs on a blue ground, within a multiple banded border, 587 x 390cm £2,500 - 3,500 112

Lot 113 An opposing pair of taxidermy peacocks, 20th century, each raised on an ebonised stand with a square base, 210cm high approximately (2) £1,500 - 2,500 114

Lot 114 An Indo-Persian brass trunk, 19th century, the domed top with a large handle, a further handle to either side, decorated all-over with engraved calligraphic script and set with two large hasps, raised on a spreading foot, 96.5cm wide 58cm deep 61cm high £1,000 - 1,500

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Lot 116 A late Regency mahogany pedestal table, with a mirrored flame figured veneered top, on a leaf and gadroon moulded column and base, with three lion paw and lappet carved feet and castors, 32cm diameter 73cm high £400 - 500 Lot 117 An Ottoman zirah or ‘zincir zırh’, 17th century, an Islamic chain-mail shirt, with alternating rows of round riveted links and solid links, with a back section of metal plating, the front with metal plates with hoops for lacing, and mounted on a metal mannequin, 140cm high overall £600 - 800

Lot 118 An Indian ironwork elephant goad or ankus, inlaid with gold, the openwork shaft with small bells, 58.5cm long £200 - 300 Provenance: The collection of Major Richmond Keith Molesworth Battye (1905-1958). Major Battye left the army in 1938 and joined the Indian Political Service. He was posted to the North-West Frontier, working in Gilgit and Chitral, where he was called upon to adjudicate between different tribal chiefs in the area, and where he collected Sino-Tibetan items. 117

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Lot 119 A half a coco de mer ceremonial water jug, 19th century, Seychelles/India, with a carved wooden handle and an inset metal spout, 30cm wide 25cm high £200 - 400

Lot 120 A sea coconut or coco de mer (Lodoicea maldivica), Seychelles, with polished surface, 25cm wide 15cm deep 25cm high £300 - 400

Lot 121 A Regency-style gilt overmantel mirror, with a deep classical frieze over a triple plate, flanked by column supports to either side, 149cm wide 90cm high £300 - 500

Lot 122 A George IV rosewood collector’s cabinet in the manner of Gillow, the crossbanded and strung shaped top above two cockbeaded frieze drawers and brass grille doors, enclosing fourteen graduated small drawers, set between lotus-capped fluted columns, on lobed feet, 111cm wide 45cm deep 85cm high £1,000 - 1,500

Lot 123 A George III mahogany and brass-bound cellaret, of octagonal form, the hinged lid enclosing a later lined interior, raised on a base with tapering square supports, terminating in brass caps and castors, 62cm wide 45cm deep 68cm high £400 - 600 Lot 124 A pair of ship dioramas, 19th century, showing each side of a two-masted sailing ship flying the red ensign, each in a rosewood frame, overall size: 42cm wide 8cm deep 29.5cm high (2) £300 - 400

Lot 125 A needlework panel, mid-19th century, depicting a standing grey horse in a naturalistic setting, 18 x 22cm, within a maple frame, together with a similar example, depicting a trotting black horse, with beadwork detail, 14 x 17cm, within a maple frame (2) £200 - 400 121

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Lot 126 Indian Company School (19th century) Sixteen Indian paintings on mica Washing clothes in a river 11 x 15.5cm; A servant with a brush and basket 13 x 9.5cm; A cook preparing fish 13 x 10cm; A spice seller 13.5 x 10cm; A huntsman 10.5 x 7cm; Boiling a kettle on a brazier 13.5 x 11cm; Pouring liquid into a bowl 13 x 10.5cm; A lady with a casket 13 x 10cm; A butcher 12 x 8cm; A groom 13 x 9cm, and six further paintings (16) £300 - 500

Lot 127 Persian School (17th century) An injured figure with others alongside within two blocks of script watercolour and ink 25 x 15cm £200 - 300

Lot 128 Indian Company School (19th century) Eleven Indian paintings, oval, on mica depicting: Paramasiven; Narasima; Nummalver; Coombacaman; Narismaswamy; Emparoomal; Ramaswamy; Krishnaswamy; Mandaman; Thoompoorer, and Vittopah each approximately 13.5 x 11cm (11) £200 - 400

Lot 129 Fourteen Indian erotic paintings, 19th/early 20th century, depicting couples in various positions, gouache on paper, some with applications, 37 x 30cm, all framed and mounted (14) £300 - 500

Lot 130 An Indian white metal hookah pipe, 19th century, with a foliate embossed mouthpiece and an engraved spreading circular base, 20cm diameter 70cm high £200 - 300

Lot 131 A Mughal ivory hookah pipe, 18th century, with a pierced and painted stepped bowl and an ovoid base, with white metal and turned wooden fittings, 49cm high £1,000 - 1,500

Lot 132 An ivory and horn table hookah pipe, early 19th century, possibly French colonial, the carved urn-form bowl with a pierced gilt-bronze grille and cover, surmounted by an amethyst finial, supported by the figure of a naval officer in a bicorn hat, raised on a fluted column, the stem with banded decoration connecting to the original flexible tube, terminating in an amber mouthpiece, the whole set on an ebonised stepped circular base decorated with gilt-bronze trophies of arms, 20cm diameter 33cm high £1,000 - 1,500

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Lot 133 A colonial rosewood desk, 19th century, with a raised galleried shelf back, galleried sides to the top and ripple carved moulding to the border and between the drawers, on gadroon moulded and turned legs with brass castors, 112cm wide 58cm deep 111cm high £500 - 600 Provenance: Rivenhall Place, Essex. Lot 134 A contemporary armchair, by Howard Chairs Ltd., upholstered in cream fabric, raised on tapering square front supports terminating in brass castors, stamped to each back leg, 110cm deep 85cm high, and two cushions (3) £1,000 - 1,500 135

Lot 135 A Sino-Tibetan bronze, 18th/19th century, of a standing female figure, 30cm high £300 - 400

Lot 136 A William IV rosewood occasional table, c.1830, in the manner of Gillow, the circular top raised on a turned and lotus carved support, terminating in a triform base and carved bun feet, 51.5cm diameter 73cm high £300 - 500

Lot 137 A pair of large Indian Mughal-style paintings, 20th century, each depicting a court scene, within a floral detailed border, 104 x 73cm, and another similar, 106 x 76cm (3) £300 - 500

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Lot 138 A carved white marble bust of a woman, late 19th century, looking to dexter with her hair tied back, the plinth inscribed ‘MOYCAC MNHMA’, signed ‘F. Jessen fec.’, 50cm wide 28cm deep 47cm high £1,000 - 1,500 Lot 139 A painted chest of drawers, early 20th century, the rectangular top above three long cockbeaded drawers, raised on bracket feet, decorated all-over with floral and foliate scrolls, 98cm wide 49cm deep 91cm high £300 - 500 139

Lot 140 A Victorian mahogany baby grand piano by Bechstein, c.1872-1873, no. 58987, raised on turned and faceted tapering supports terminating in brass castors, 150cm wide 210cm deep 98cm high £800 - 1,200

Lot 141 Alfredo Neri (Italian, 1862-1928), a neoclassical harp-playing figure, bronze, signed ‘Neri’ on a circular base, 22cm wide 16cm deep 49cm high £500 - 700

Lot 142 A French Louis XVI-style giltwood framed girandole, 19th century, of shaped rectangular outline, the ribbon and stick moulded frame with a scrolling surmount, with three foliate branches, 56cm wide 86cm high 27cm deep £250 - 350 141

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Lot 143 Two pairs of brocaded yellow silk interlined curtains, and a single drop, with a pair of swag mounted pelmets, 200cm wide, and a further longer pelmet, 240cm wide, each drop 240cm wide x 270cm long (8) £300 - 500 Lot 144 A wingback armchair, early 20th century, upholstered in oatmeal linen, raised on tapering square supports, terminating in ceramic castors, 84cm wide 94cm deep 96cm high £500 - 700 Lot 145 A North-West Persian Nain carpet, with silk thread, 395 x 306cm £1,000 - 1,500 Provenance: Skeynes Park, Edenbridge, Kent. Lot 146 Auguste Moreau (French, 1834-1917), an Art Nouveau figure of ‘Autumn’, a young woman holding an armful of fruit with a basket by her side, bronze, signed ‘Auguste Moreau’, on a marble base, 31.5cm high £600 - 800 Lot 147 Auguste Moreau (French, 1834-1917), an Art Nouveau bronze figure of ‘Summer’, a young woman holding a laden basket, signed ‘Auguste Moreau’, on a marble base, 31cm high £600 - 800

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Lot 148 A wingback armchair, first quarter of the 20th century, upholstered in green floral Zoffany velvet, raised on tapering square front supports, terminating in brass castors, 90cm wide 90cm deep 107cm high £600 - 800

Lot 149 An 18th century glass, c.1760, with a funnel bowl above an opaque corkscrew stem and a conical foot, 16.5cm high, a wine glass, c.1750, with a funnel bowl over a plain stem and a conical folded foot, 14cm high, and a wine glass, c.1760, with a bell bowl over an opaque twist stem with four tapes around a multi-ply spiral, raised on a conical foot, 15.5cm high (3) £200 - 300 Provenance: From the collection of the late Tony Saunders of Bedford.

Lot 150 A Dutch engraved friendship goblet, mid-18th century, the flared bucket bowl engraved with two hearts enclosed by a scrolled foliate border below an inscription ‘VRIEND SCHAP EN LEIFDE’ (‘friendship and love’), raised on a facet cut knopped stem and conical foot, 17cm high £400 - 600 Lot 151 A Dutch engraved royal armorial goblet, mid-18th century, the bucket bowl engraved with the arms of Princess Anne, daughter of George II, above a knopped and tear stem, raised on a conical foot, 22.5cm high £1,000 - 1,500

Lot 152 A Dutch engraved drinking glass, mid-18th century, engraved with a house beside a terrace and inscribed ‘HET WELVAAREN VAN DESEN HOYSE’, possibly ‘to the prosperity of this house’, over a hollow blown knopped stem and conical foot, 19cm high £600 - 800

Lot 153 A Turkish silk and gold-coloured metal rug, early 20th century, the field woven with two diamond-shaped motifs, surrounded by geometric floral and foliate decoration, within multiple borders, with a knotted fringe to one end, 180 x 123cm £1,000 - 1,500

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