A large terracotta head of Bodhisattva, Gandhara region, 3rd or 4th century

lot 162 (The Asian Sale, 4th Apr, 2019)

the face of ideal proportions with pronounced chin, fine mouth enhanced by a broad wavy moustache below an aquiline nose, almond-shaped eyes with ... read more

Sold for £1,000 More details 4  

A Jain marble figure of Tirthankara, 19th century or earlier

lot 163 (The Asian Sale, 4th Apr, 2019)

standing in tadasana, both arms beside the body, fully naked, serene expression, tight hair curls, extended earlobes and a srivatsa mark on his chest, ... read more

Sold for £500 More details 1  

A Chinese Court Blue Dragon Robe Jifu, late 19th century

lot 165 (The Asian Sale, 4th Apr, 2019)

worked in golden copper and silver embroidery on a blue gauze ground, with standing waves at the hem and nine five-clawed dragons on the front, back ... read more

Sold for £1,300 More details 1  

A collection of 30 wooden netsuke, ojime and okimono, 20th century

lot 166 (The Asian Sale, 4th Apr, 2019)

carved as beasts, people, devils, and masks, some of them signed, largest 7cm long (30)

Sold for £400 More details 27  

A collection of 5 netsuke and one okimono, first half 20th century

lot 167 (The Asian Sale, 4th Apr, 2019)

carved in ivory and bone, one formed as rats, three of them signed, largest 4cm high (6)

Sold for £130 More details 14  

Six ivory Shaman fortune telling sticks, north east China, circa 1880's

lot 168 (The Asian Sale, 4th Apr, 2019)

one representing a fish, largest 11cm (6)

Estimated at £100 - £150 More details 2  

A 19th century wooden netsuke signed Miwa

lot 169 (The Asian Sale, 4th Apr, 2019)

finely carved as a man playing a flute on a buffalo, 3.7cm high

Estimated at £400 - £500 More details 4  

A collection of 8 netsuke, Meiji period and later

lot 170 (The Asian Sale, 4th Apr, 2019)

two in wood and five in ivory, (three of them signed), including a manju-netsuke mounted as a brooch, a men-netsuke and a finely carved and signed ... read more

Sold for £850 More details 13  

Seven various tsuba, Edo period

lot 171 (The Asian Sale, 4th Apr, 2019)

of differing shapes, three with gilding, largest 7.5cm diameter

Sold for £240 More details 1  

A fine signed Soten school shakudo tsuba, Edo period

lot 172 (The Asian Sale, 4th Apr, 2019)

with an open work design of seven sages in a bamboo grove with a servant, inlaid with gold, copper and silver (Hikone-bori), signed 'Soheishi Nyado ... read more

Sold for £440 More details 1