"Yin Yang Blue Vase", slab-formed vase of porcelain decorated in underglaze blue: Japan, Kyoto, by Kondo Takahiro, 1993 - 1994

Circular dish of porcelain decorated in underglaze blue with birds, fruit and flowers, with a central monogram VOC (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie): Japan, made for the Dutch East Indies Company, 18th century

Circular plate of porcelain painted in underglaze blue, with two birds in centre perched on a tall rock with a lotus plant on left and chrysanthemums on right: Japan, 1800 - 1850

Dish of Kraak porcelain, decorated in underglaze blue with two scholars in a landscape in circular central medallion surrounded by a flower-scroll border, and sixteen radial panels, and with four ogival plant panels on the underside interspersed with four small panels featuring the Three Friends of Winter (Suihan sanyou): China, late Ming dynasty, 1620 - 1644 AD

Plate of porcelain, decorated in underglaze blue with scene depicting the destruction of a house during the Rotterdam Riots of 1690, with Chenghua reign mark: China, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi reign, 1662 - 1722

Ewer of blue and white porcelain with flowers in blue, and handle, snail-cover, and dragon-nozzle of spout in silver-gilt: China, gilt in Danzig, 17th century

Ewer of blue and white porcelain with flowers in blue, and handle, snail-cover, and dragon-nozzle of spout in silver-gilt: China, gilt in Danzig, 17th century

Porcelain plate, decorated in centre with bird and flowering plants in underglaze blue, with the crest of Peers on rim, made to the order of Charles Peers: China, Qing dynasty, export ware shipped from Guangzhou (Canton), c. 1731 AD

Plate of semiporcelain with painted decoration in bluish black under a clear glaze, with a design of a central circular medallion with figure surrounded by a border with radiating panels containing utensils and floral ornament, Chinese style: Middle East, Iran, c. 1600

One of five wall tiles of underglaze painted earthenware, oblong, and painted with a white inscription in reserve against a dark background with flower scrolls in a cartouche: ASIA, West Asia, Turkey, 17th-18th century

One of five wall tiles of underglaze painted earthenware, oblong, and painted with a white inscription in reserve against a dark background with flower scrolls in a cartouche: ASIA, West Asia, Turkey, 17th-18th century

One of five wall tiles of underglaze painted earthenware, fragment, oblong, and painted with a white inscription in reserve against a dark background with flower scrolls: ASIA, West Asia, Turkey, 17th-18th century

One of a panel of five tiles of enamelled earthenware bearing a continuous inscription in natural clay colour on a turquoise-glazed ground of incised scrolls: Central Asia, Uzbekistan, Buchara or Samarkand, c1350 - 1400

Wall tile of glazed earthenware with a representation in low relief of Bahram Gur killing an antelope in the presence of his queen, surrounded by a polychrome framed floral border: Middle East, Iran, 19th century

Wall tile of glazed earthenware with bas-relief polychrome design of an equestrian figure with hawk on right hand, floral ornament, and buildings in background, with raised border at top: Middle East, Iran, 19th century

Wall tile of glazed earthenware with bas-relief polychrome design of an equestrian figure with hawk on right hand, floral ornament, and buildings in background, with raised border at top: Middle East, Iran, 19th century