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Glazed and painted earthenware group of two women, fishwives, carrying a basket of fruit, on a rectangular base, made at Prestonpans, early 19th century

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Bronze group of two bound prisoners: Ancient Egyptian, from Meroe

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Group in porcelain with a white glaze, of Kintoki astride a carp leaping a cataract, painted in red green and manganese with traces of gilding: Japan, Arita, 18th century

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Group in carved wood of a monster with an attendant standing on an irregular base, with polychrome decoration on a gesso ground: China, Beijing, Zhihua temple, Yuan- Ming dynasties, 13th- 17th century

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Group in soapstone probably representing Shide and Hanshan, the twin genii of union and harmony, with a three-legged toad, a lotus branch and a pandora? box: China, 18th century

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Group in iridescent rock crystal of three animals, a deer, a monkey and a bird: China

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Group in carved green jade of an eagle standing upon and tearing a hare, with incised line detail: China, probably Ming dynasty, 1368 - 1644 AD

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Group in white mutton-fat jade, a vase on the back of a dragon with its feet on branches of sacred lingzhi fungus, with phoenixes with fungus sprays: China, 19th century

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Group of two deer in white mutton-fat jade, both kneeling and holding branches of the sacred lingzhi fungus in their mouths: China, 19th century

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Figure group of carved blackened wood, maternity group of mother with her children: West Africa, Mali, Bambara people, early 20th century

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Carved wooden standing figures of an adult and child holding hands, made for a tourist market: Africa, Eastern Africa, Malawi, c.1960 - 1970

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Porcelain group decorated in colours and gilt with the Tailor of the Saxon Court mounted on a goat, with two kids in a carrier slung on his shoulder: German, Saxony, Meissen, based on a model by Johann Joachim Kändler, c. 1750

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Porcelain group decorated in colours and gilt with the Wife of the Tailor of the Saxon Court mounted on a goat with a child at her breast: German, Saxony, Meissen, c. 1745 - 50, variant of an earlier group modelled by J.F. Eberlein

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Porcelain group of Leda and the Swan, painted in colours and gilt, with Leda sitting on a tree stump flanked by the swan and a kneeling cupid: German, Saxony, Meissen, c. 1740 - 1750

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Porcelain group painted in enamel colours with a shepherd with a sleeping shepherdess, a sheep, and a boy with a dog: German, Saxony, Meissen, Marcolini period, early 19th century

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Group of three women with an urn in biscuit porcelain: English, Derby, late 18th century

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