"Asian art is a specialism undoubtedly weighted in favour of the various forms of pottery and porcelain that play such an important role in the discipline.
One cannot dispute the extraordinary heights of technical and decorative skill that the greatest ceramicists of the Ming and Qing Dynasties were able to achieve. But to think of porcelain alone when we think of Asian art is to ignore the raft of other extraordinary works in other materials.
For lovers of Asian metalwares there is much to bid on in this catalogue, including Chinese and Japanese bronzes, Chinese export silverware, Islamic inlaid copper, Omani jewellery and more besides."
A rare Chinese blue and white 'Flower and Wave' censer and cover for the Islamic market Xuande six-character mark, probably Ming Dynasty. Estimate £30,000 - £50,000 (+BP)
