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Attributed to Wu Shulan (Chinese school, Qianlong period), Magnolias and Peonies with Rockwork and birds, ink and watercolour on paper, seal mark and inscription upper right, 182 x 88.5 cm

An Bengali silver offering casket, X-ray tested 900 silver, 20th century, the casket and hinged cover of rectangular form with rounded corners, repousse and chased with birds, flower heads and Hindu symbols interspersed by trailing foliage on a dotted grou

A Chinese embroidered silk screen panel, 20th century, in a glazed wooden frame, the embroidery panel depicting a peacock, cranes and birds surrounded by floral scrolls. Weight 198g height 60 cm, width 41.5 cm

A large Carlton Ware 'New Stork' two-handled vase, Carlton Ware, shape 1693/K, pattern 4340, c1950s, the fine ovoid vase with gilt scrolled handles, decorated in the 'New Stork' pattern with exotic wading birds grazing in water under trees, upon a deep 'Ro

A large Carlton Ware 'Mikado' bowl, pattern 4433, body shape 298 (largest), second quarter 20th century, the circular bowl painted to the interior with oriental ladies in pagodas and bridges landscape with kissing birds in flight above, on a 'Rouge Royale'

A superb large antique Japanese Meiji period cloissone charger of 4 sided scallop border form set on a striking turquoise blue ground with fine cloissone inlay depicting exotic birds and butterflies in floral blossom landscape, geometric panelled border. C

A finely detailed large Japanese Meiji period cloissone three coloured jardiniere set on a turquoise blue, pink and flecked golden brown ground with finely inlaid panels having decoration of birds in wisteria and chrysanthemum garden landscapes, geometric

An important rare palace size 19th century English Charles Meigh & Son exhibition majolica vase circa 1855 of bulbous form with cranes forming handles, having central hand painted vignettes to front and rear depicting exotic birds in river landscapes, leaf

An exceptional quality Hododa signed Japanese Meiji period Satsuma lidded koro set on a rich cobalt ground with finest geometric gilding and hand painted panels depicting exotic birds, ducks and cockerels in idyllic landscapes, having gilded finial to lid

A fine Kinkozan signed late Meiji period Japanese Satsuma vase of 4 sided bottle form with long neck, on an ivory ground, hand painted and gilded decoration depicting mythical birds, clouds and geometric designs. Signed to base with character mark for the

A collection of Roman bronze figures of birds of prey, 2nd-4th century AD, found together near Harlow, Essex, length 2.5-4 cm

A Louis Vuitton 'Air Balloon' globe. Circa 2013. Featuring a red and white air balloon with clouds and birds above, carrying a Louis Vuitton monogram trunk with a small figurine inside. On a black base with Louis Vuitton signature. Approx dimensions 11 cm

An early Victorian alphabet sampler, by Ann Simpson age ten in October 1837, featuring the alphabet, birds, trees, biblical verses and geometric designs. 40 x 31 cm.

A women's robe, China, early 20th century. This is a non-official woman's robe, which would have been worn for weddings and other family occasions which were not connected to the court. Made from a red textile with embroidered motifs of flowers and birds.

A Ming Dynasty plate, made from porcelain with a dragon to the centreand birds to the outer in blue pigment, possibly cobalt oxide. Height 8 cm, depth 29 cm

A Hwalot robe, south Korea, a lime green hwalot robe made from rayon, and embroidered with birds and flowers in plied thread. With bright pink lining to the interior. The differing embroidery styles suggest several different makers. Length 128 cm, width 18

A Hwalot robe, south Korea, mid 20th century. Crimson hwalot robe with embroidered flowers and birds, and pink lining to the interior. This example possibly for a child. Length 127 cm, width 212 cm

A small robe, south Korea, mid 20th century. A deep red fabric with green lining. Hand-embroidered designs of birds. Possibly a child's robe. Length 111 cm, width 183 cm

Japanese 'Showa' period porcelain umbrella stand, a fine example in cylinder form, decorated in a hand painted inticate foliate motif with rivers and exotic birds. 60.5 cm

Antique Japanese hexagonal gilt vase, brass with embossed temple and birds amongst foliage decoration height 18 cm

Carved wall plaque, framed stunning gilded carved pierced wooden plaque depicting birds and sunflowers. 27 x 32.5 cm

Carved wall plaque, mounted on red painted wooden panel, stunning hand carved gilded pierced wooden plaque depicting birds and flowers. 21 x 63 cm

Chinese celadon cabinet plate, export ware celadon plate hand decorated with birds and butterflies amongst flowers, signed with character marks to reverse, slight chip to rim diameter 26.5 cm

Cigarette Cards: Various themes including Historic Events, Aviation, Birds of Australiasia, Riders of the World, Animals, Advertising Gifts, British Empire Series and more.

An antique Vietnamese silver conical shaped military hat badge, decorated with dragons, insects, birds and human figures, 19th century, 7 cm high, 11.5 cm diameter

Murano glass birds on branch figure depicting 2 birds roosting on a branch, on footed base, height 16 cm ; width 22 cm

A 19th century French Ormolu and Sevres-type mantel clock, the porcelain urn-form body with goat head side mounts, the lid with flaming urn finial above two birds perched to the edge. The dial with Roman numerals framing the flying cherub. The oval base wi

An early 20th century quality Kutani porcelain vase, finely decorated with two large panels of birds amongst clouds with phoenix and dragon. the field with various mon, gilt highlights. Blue character marks and old paper label to base, height 29.5 cm.

Len Castle bird head blue bowl, striking aqua blue glaze, pooling and darker to the centre, unglazed exterior, the rim with a sculpted birds head. Impressed potter's mark. Two hairline cracks at the rim, diameter 34 cm.

Green lacquer and gilt Chinoiserie coffee table, 20th century, rectangular top decorated with figures in landscape with pagoda, birds and blossoms, on four lattice work bracket feet, height 35 cm, width 117 cm, depth 53 cm. Provenance: Ben Stoner Antiques,

Chippendale rococo style water gilded mirror, England, c. 1850, an elaborate gilded frame comprising 16 mirror plates, carved throughout with foliage, garlands, shells and c-scrolls, surmounted by a central cartouche flanked by finely carved ho-ho birds, t

Napoleon III giltwood fire screen, c. 1870, faux bamboo and gilt frame supported by four sabre legs, screen with later fabric, both sides depicting a different Japanese garden with birds, butterflies and blossoms, height 118 cm, width 74.5 cm, depth 35 cm.

Japanese Meji period cloisonne plates, c. 1910, circular plate with blue grounds decorated with birds and floral decoration, diameter 30 cm. Provenance: Ben Stoner Antiques, Sydney

Japanese Meji period cloisonne plates, c. 1910, circular plate with blue grounds decorated with birds and floral decoration, diameter 30 cm. Provenance: Ben Stoner Antiques, Sydney

Austrian painted metal and parcel-gilt single bed, late 19th century, dark rifle green, surrmounted by central crowned figure flanked by two mermaids, above scrolls and tassels, central medallion with gilt birds butterflies and foliage, height 153 cm, leng

A large Chinese blue and white porcelain jar, 20th century, the large jar or planter of baluster form, decorated with birds on branches in shaped reserves, against a ground of raised beads, between successive borders of lappet, ruyi heads and scrolls, with

A large Chinese polychrome jar on turquoise ground, 20th century, the large jar or planter, with raised and painted polychrome dragons above a turbulent sea, between heart-shaped reserves with birds, flowers and clouds upon a brocade patterned yellow groun

A Bengali silver offering bowl, 20th century, the hinged egg-form bowl and hinged cover, repousse and chased with birds, flower heads, and Hindu symbols interspersed by trailing foliage, raised on tripod scrolled feet. Weight 866g height 16.5 cm, length 18

Two Chinese 19th century Celadon-Ground famille rose plates, late Qing, mid 19th century comprising a serving dish or shallow bowl in the form of a ruyi head and a smaller circular plate raised on a foot ring, painted in the famille rose palette with butte

Japanese sterling silver Shibuichi cigarette case, marked sterling, of slender rectangular form, with engraved 'Tmj' monogram and engraver mark, decorated with blossoming branch and birds, total weight 68gm, 8.5 cm x 5 cm. Provenance: collection of the lat

18th century Dutch silver box and cover, marked Johan Roelofsen, Middelburg, c.1790, of shaped form, chased with images of figures, birds and castles, total weight 22gm, height 33.3 cm. Provenance: collection of the late Fredric Sinfield, Sydney NSW, 1938

Nice Moser gilt enamel cranberry glass vase, 20th century, of baluster form with twin fluted gilt handles, decorated with birds and foliage in a stipple enamel border, flanked by a swirl foliate ground, height 38 cm

18th century English Japanned longcase clock, by Charles Pingstone of London, with engraved brass dial decorated with birds and foliage above a central date aperture window and subsidiary seconds dial, set within a silver chapter ring engraved with Roman n

Meissen porcelain footed comport, 19th century hand painted comport decorated with colourful birds to front and underneath of comports bowl and base of pedestal and gilded highlights to reticulated border and base, height 16 cm, diameter 28 cm (marked to b

Brass carriage clock, beautiful five bevelled window clock with ornately gilt face plate depicting birds and foliate design, housed within raised geometric square and triangular pyramid surround and base with fancy handle and key

Two Chinese white jade figures of birds, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), comprising one figure of a crane carrying a lotus leaf and blossom in its mouth, and another bird carrying a sheaf of millet in its mouth. The crane figure 4.25 cm high, 5.25 cm wide. Prove

Two Chinese white jade belt plaques, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), comprising two rectangular belt plaques with dished beaded-edge, one with winged forward-facing dragon amongst scrolling foliage openwork, the other with two paradise flycatcher birds amongst f

A Chinese white jade dragon plaque, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), carved from white jade of even hue with a writhing four-clawed dragon amongst scrolling foliage, birds and flowers in deep openwork and with fine surface details. Together with an old fitted gre

An Aubusson-Style tapestry, in early eighteenth century 'Verdure' manner, the field with a pictorial design of birds and rabbits amidst flowering foliage around a medallion of fruit to the centre, the borders of alternating classical masks and flowering fo

A large Chinese export silver vase, wing Nam, Hong Kong, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), circa 1900, of baluster form with fine relief decoration of birds, plum blossom and orchids to the sides. Marked 'Wn' to the base for wing Nam. 1410 grams. 39 cm high, 15 cm

A Chinese mother of pearl inlaid octagonal lacquer tray, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), circa 17th century, of compressed octagonal form with a flower-petal rim, decorated with birds, plum blossom, bamboo and rocks to the interior. 17.5 cm high, 27.25 cm wide

A Victorian sterling silver tea and coffee service, Martin, Hall, & Co. London, 1881, a tea pot, coffee pot, two-handled covered sugar basin, and covered cream jug, the bodies of chamfered rectangular outline tapering towards their flat tops, the spouts of

A late Victorian Cedar-Cased taxidermy diorama of Australian parrots, Arthur Coles, Melbourne, late 19th century, a King parrot, gang-gang cockatoo, crimson and Eastern rosellas, various lorikeets, and budgerigars, variously mounted on a tree and the groun

John Gould (1804-1881), Paradisea raggiana, Sclater, hand coloured lithograph, a plate from J. Gould, the birds of New Guinea and the Adjacent Papuan Islands, including many new species recently discovered in Australia (1875-1888), the lithograph drawn by

John Gould (1804-1881), Paradisea papuana, hand coloured lithograph, a plate from J. Gould, the birds of New Guinea and the Adjacent Papuan Islands, including many new species recently discovered in Australia (1875-1888), the lithograph drawn by William Ma

A Lalique 'Deux Pigeons' vase, designed 1931, post 1945, the cylindrical clear glass bowl faceted in form, with two loop handles applied with moulded birds in frosted glass, stenciled 'Lalique France', 20.5 cm high. Provenance: George and Janice Rayner, Me

A Rene Lalique 'Saint-Francois' vase, designed 1930, the tapering body moulded with birds amongst branches in opalescent glass, stenciled 'R. Lalique France', 17.5 cm high. Provenance: George and Janice Rayner, Melbourne. Literature: Felix Marcilhac, R. La

Lin family collection. Chinese polychrome overlay inside painted 'Landscape, birds and flowers, figures' snuff bottles. A Chinese glass-carved 'Bamboo' snuff bottle. A black overlay white glass snuff bottle, height 7.5, diameter 3.8 cm, height 6, diameter

Lin family collection. Chinese inside- painted 'Tiger, prawn' glass snuff bottles @2. Chinese inside- painted 'Landscape, flower and birds, figure' glass snuff bottles x 4, height 7.8, diameter 4 cm, height 8, diameter 4 cm, height 7.1, diameter 3.5 cm, .

Lin family collection. A Chinese coral-red ground famillie-rose 'Birds and flowers' snuff bottle, height 7.5, diameter 5.5 cm

Lin family collection. A Chinese early 20th century carved bone snuff bottle with birds and flowers pattern, height 6.5, diameter 4.8 cm, 0shiji

A French spelter and marble clock, early 20th century, painted porcelain dial surmounted with love birds next to a farm girl carrying a wheatsheaf

Satsuma pair of antique Japanese earthenware vases decorated with samurai and birds, Meiji period, 19th century, 32 cm high

An oval Wakizashi iron Nara school tsuba, c1760, both sides with birds flying above a rocky shoreline. .3 cm x gold inlay, .1 cm x Shakudo and .1 cm x copper bird. Other gold and silver details. 6.2 cm x 6.8 cm

A fine quality Japanese Meiji period cloisonne Kogo, c1890, decorated with birds flying over floral sprays on a mid blue ground. Gold and silver wires. Diameter 9.5 cm

A very fine quality Meiji period cloisonne vase by Hayashi Kodenji, c1905, decorated with a scene of birds in a flowering cherry with wild flowers below. All on a musen blue / black enamel ground. Typical borders of spirals & lappets, height 19 cm

An early Meiji cloisonne wall plaque, c1880, Decocrated in standard wirework with nine panels of ho-ho birds, butterflies, mons, flowers, and scrolls. Scale reverse in all over enamel. Diameter 30.4 cm

An Australian sterling silver presentation waiter, William Edwards, circa 1867, featuring a richly embossed Neoclassical border with panther, vines, urns and masks enclosed by laurel leaf rim, raised on cast paw feet, the tray with engraved grapevines, bir

A polychrome cloisonne plate featuring birds among flowers, diameter 30 cm

A hand decorated bulbous Japanese vase featuring birds amongst flowers, height 26 cm - signed to base

Victorian uranium glass vase, hand painted with monkey and birds amongst flowering foliage height 18 cm

Russian sterling silver vodka cup, gilded Soviet era 925 silver with heavily enamelled decorations depicting red and blue birds and beading against white ground, marked 925 and makers mark, comes with original box height 4.5 cm

Chinese screen, double sided eight panel Concertinaed, black lacquered with painted relief scenes, of Royalty & deities on one side, and birds in the garden on reverse side, height 184, cm, width 330 cm

A fine Chinese Art Nouveau .900 silver export goblet, Wang Hing, Canton & Hong Kong, circa 1900 the generous bell form bowl supported on three branches rising from a domed circular base chased with roots and rocks, the body engraved with birds amidst flowe

A pair of Chinese cloisonne vases on stands, mid-20th century the high shouldered baluster vases with waisted necks and bases, decorated with birds, ducks and storks amongst lotus blooms and foliage, against a zig-zag wire blue ground, between waves and ru

A Japanese red Jinbari vase, Taisho (1912-1926) or early Showa, early 20th century the high-shouldered lobed ovoid body rendered in repousse technique with a continuous scene of birds amongst wisteria and bamboo on a stippled ground and covered by a red hu

Victorian mother of pearl calling card case, finely engraved to each side with birds and flowers

Meiji period Japanese rosewood & shibayama whist marker, with gilded floral and foliate decoration, the ivory tabs inlaid with birds and insects

Small Indian silver bowl, with 8 relief decorated panels depicting, animals, birds and figures, 128 grams

A Cambodian silver open worked box, modelled as a purse with hinged opening, decorated with flowers and birds, raised on four ball feet, swing handle. Width: 12 cm. Weight: 137 gm.

Boucheron 18ct gold and painted miniature brooch, circa 1910; the oval miniature depicting a seated young girl playing with birds, signed Paillet, mounted in a gold frame edged with chased foliate motifs, length 33 mm, width 28 mm, total gross weight appro

Diamond and feather aigrette, circa 1900; of spray design, decorated with five-point stars embellished with rose-cut diamonds terminating in cultured pearls supporting a detachable plume of white egret feathers, mounted in 9ct gold with silver tops, length

Late 19th century Chinese bronze censer, the domed lid with foo dog holding a reticulated ball, twin fish handles, the body with birds, blossom and branches (one tail broken), scroll legs and circular base, 48 cm high

Japanese Meiji period cloisonne vase, ovoid shape decorated with birds and blossom on a dark blue ground

Pair of 19th century Meissen dessert comports (1 af) & plates, each centre painted with birds, the gilded lattice border with a further three vignette panels of birds and to the base of the comports, blue crossed swords mark to base (faults)

Lalique style fruit bowl, the exterior moulded in relief with 3 spread wing birds, (tiny nick to rim) 25 cm diameter

Indian silver box and cover, of circular form, embossed with flower heads and stylised birds, total weight 31gm, diameter 4 cm

A Sevres porcelain cup, cover and saucer (Gobelet a lait Couvert Et SA Soucupe), blue interlaced L mark with date letter F for 1758, painter's mark for Yvernel (fl.1750-58), the pink ground with gilt foliate bordered reserves painted with scenes of birds a

A Victorian mother-of-pearl inlaid papier mache writing slope and a jewel casket, mid 19th century, the writing slop inlaid with pearl, paua shell and bone inlay with gilt enrichments, the with a leather writing slope and compartments, the other box with p

A French hand decorated porcelain trinket box with gilt bronze mounts, Paris, 19th/20th century, decorated with fancy birds on a branch within a cartouche upon a Royal Blue ground with profuse gilt enrichments, inscription to base, 10 cm long

A fine pair of Aesthetic movement enamelled vases in gilt bronze mounts, later 19th century, exquisitely decorated with coloured birds with gilt enrichments amidst rushes and assorted flowers against a teal ground, housed in oriental style mounts with pier

A Japanese cloisonne vase, Meiji period, decorated with birds in flight and perched on a branch of a blossoming tree between formal borders around the base, neck and galleried mouth rim, wood stand, 18.3 cm high

The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition: Official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley: Image A11 - Title: The Home of Cormorants, with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Monday Feb. 24, 1930' verso, together with the offic

Australasian Birds: A collection of early etchings, engravings and colour lithographs including 'The White Fulica', the 'Bankian Cockatoo Variety' and the 'Wattled Bee Eater' both by Latham, the 'Caspian Tern' by Mazell and the 'New Holland Cassowary' by W

Chinese lacquer and gilt table altar, of rectangular form, the black lacquer cover decorated with birds, foliage and figures, opening to gallery stand in gilt, raised on four foliage feet, 23 cm x 34 cm

Chinese silver card case, marked Wang Hing, of rectangular form, decorated with central shield with initials, surrounded by scene of figures in a village, with a scene of bamboo and birds verso, total weight 90gm, 10 cm x 7 cm