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  • An Impair Plate, Impair Vases, Meiji Period, Satsuma booted Vases, Fukagawa Imari Vase

    Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

    An Impair Plate, Impair Vases, Meiji Period, Satsuma booted Vases, Fukagawa Imari Vase

    An Impair Plate, late I7th/early 18th Century, centred by a basket of flowers framed by flower and bird panels, 24cm.;

    A Kutani Cat, Meiji/Taisho Period, curled up asleep with brocade bow and bells on its collar, ear chip.

    A Pair of Impair Vases, Meiji Period,
    each tapering body decorated with ho-o flying
    in and out of a dense ground of leaves and
    flowers under a concave trumpet neck filled
    with brocade, 61.8cm.;

    A finely enamelled Kinkozan
    earthenware Figure of a begin, Meiji/Taisho,
    the young woman wearing a kimono
    meticulously painted with a design of
    overlapping flower carriages against a
    pale-purple ground, her obi carrying dragon
    moon in a simulated gold file woven cloud
    ground incorporating the signature, fan broken,
    head glued, 43cm.; 17in.

    A Satsuma Vase, Meiji/Taisho Period, of short ovoid form, enamelled with broad panels of samurai and potentates against and between a brocade ground.

    A Pair of Satsuma booted Vases, Meiji/Taisho Period, each blue enamelled ground decorated with samurai seen through flowering prunes’  under a brocaded neck, 31cm.;

    A Pair of Satsuma Vases,
    Meiji/Taisho Period, each tapering slender
    body lavishly gilt with panels of samurai and
    female deities between fabric moulded and
    enamelled brocade borders, 46cm.; 18in.,

    Yabu Meizan: A Satsuma hexagonal Jar, Stopper and Cover, Meiji Period, finely enamelled with flower, fan, landscape and procession scenes, glued, 13.8cm.;

    A Pair of Satsuma Vases, Meiji, of shouldered squared ovoid form, painted with figure and landscape panels within an under glaze-blue ground embellished in gilding, rubbed

    hair-crack in one, 36cm.;

    A Satsuma Bowl, Meiji Period, of
    cinquefoil outline, the deep-blue ground
    reserved on the inside with a smaller cinquefoil
    panel scene of begin with children, 21.8cm.;

    A Kinkozan Satsuma Koro, Cover and
    inner Cover, Meiji Period, with bamboo leaf
    moulded handles and bamboo borders
    training gill spruce against a deep-blue
    ground.

    Yabu Meizan: Seven Satsuma Cups, art Saucers and a Sugar Bowl, Meiji, each enamelled with different flowers or shrubs.

    An enamelled Arita Dish, 18th Century, painted in soft under glaze-blue heightened in over glaze enamels with three children jumping about a lady in a garden where an Immortal

    appears upon a cloud, framed by eight repeated figure panels radiating between repeated bird panels under a prunes  bordered rim, riveted, pseudo Chinese mark, fu gui chang chun

    (riches, honour and enduring spring), 31.2cm.;

    Yabu Meizan: A Satsuma Koro and Cover, Meiji, the low cylindrical sides painted with boats in a bay under curled-over short strap handles, the shoulder and pierced cover filled

    with millefiori, on three bracket feet, handle repair, signed Yabu Meizan, 6.5cm.;

    A Pair of Japanese turquoise glazed porcelain Tigers, 19th Century, recumbent with closed and half-open mouth, chips, paw missing, 17.8cm.;

    A Satsuma Tea Service, Meiji/Taisho period, painted with quail and other birds amongst flowering plants and shrubs, comprising: Teapot and Cover, Sugar Bowl and Cover, Jug and

    Cover, six Cups, Saucers and Plates.

    A Fukagawa Imari Vase, Meiji Period, of broad ovoid form, the flower-filled ground reserved with four barbed panels of flower baskets and landscapes, 25.5cm.;  signed in

    iron-red.

    A Fukagawa Imari Bowl, Meiji Period, the fluted interior filled with four garden panels in a deep blue ground centred by a vase of flowers, a continuous flower meander on the

    exterior, 27.8cm.; bamboo signature in under glaze-blue.

    Kinkozan: A Satsuma Vase, Meiji, of cylindrical form between waited foot and neck, the body finely decorated with three kidney-shaped panels of figures reserved against a blue

    ground and separated by moulded bamboo borders, 14.2cm.; 5Vsin., signed on body in gilding, impressed mark, Kinkozan.

    An Arita Plate, late I7th/early 18th Century, painted in inky tones of under glaze-blue with flowers on a fence framed by six radiating panels of alternating flowers, 22cm.

  • Сhinese Ceramics: ‘family-rose’ Charger, Qianlong, Figure, Ming Dynasty, Chinese armorial Punch Bowl

    Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

    Сhinese Ceramics:  ‘family-rose’ Charger, Qianlong, Figure, Ming Dynasty, Chinese armorial Punch Bowl

    A large ‘family-rose’ Charger, Qianlong, the centre Filled with an almost pyrotechnically multi-coloured peony in a final framed by a whorl ground border
    billed with placed flowers, cracks, 42cm.;wood stand.

    A ‘family-rose’ baluster ‘wawa’ Jar, Guangxu, painted with hundreds of boys performing out-of-doors festivities, drilled, 38cm.; 15m., wood stand .
    A blue and white export Plate, Qianlong, painted with a river scene, a boat overshadowed by trees on a shore under a barbed cavetto and complex brocade on the rim, 25.8cm.

    A Pair of ‘prunes’ ‘ Jars, Guangxu, ea of ovoid form, painted with blossoming whim branches against a blue ground, 25.5cm.; low four character mark of Kanji . with a kylie and

    phoenix framed by four auspicious beasts in panels with auspicious flowers in-between, extensive riveting, 36.2cm.; 141/4in., seal mark in under glaze-blue.

    A Chinese Imari Bowl, Kanji, well painted with two orange pheasants on rocks a peony garden, two cracks, 26cm.

    A powder-blue Vase, Qianlong, of
    hexagonal mallet form, with pierced long
    handles, traces of gilt landscape and figure
    designs, 41cm.; 16in.

    A ‘Companies-des-Indies’ Tea Caddy and Cover, Qianlong, of arched rectangular form, each side painted with a tied spray of European flowers, chipped cover, 13.2cm.

    A gilt-metal mounted ‘Companies-de Indies’ Bowl, Qianlong and 19th Century, painted with figures out-of-doors between upright acanthus, cast gilt-metal handles linking rim and

    wasted foot, 28cm.

    An aubergine glazed kylie Seal Box and Cover, 19th Century, standing four-square, 6.2cm.

    A yellow glazed Ridge-tile Figure, Ming Dynasty, a sitting mythical beast with flame-

    A ‘family-rose’ Peach, 19th Century, green with a flush of rose, moulded with a leafy branch, 11cm..

    A yellow ground ‘family-rose’ Dish, 19th Century, enamelled with dragon and phoenix amongst clouds, 34cm.; 133in., six-character mark in iron-red of Qianlong, box .

    A Pair of export ware Saucers, circa
    1800, decorated with Bianca –copra - Bianca sprays
    between pencilled borders, 15.5cm.; 6Vsin.; and
    a Douay Cup, painted with a formal cloud
    design, mark of Yongzheng, wood stand .

    A blue and white Dish, Kanji,
    painted with cut flowers in a medallion centre
    rammed by two tiers of lappets containing
    further flower heads under a barbed rim,
    15.7cm.; 6in., us spray mark.

    A Chinese armorial Punch Bowl,
    Qianlong, twice charged with the full arms of
    Baron King between scattered flowers under a
    plain turquoise ribbon border incorporating
    two racially panels, restored, 35.5cm.; 14in.

    Possibly the arms of the Fifth Baron King of Ockham, his wife’s arms in pretence.

    Canton ‘family-rose’ Bowl, Daoguang, the exterior finely painted with a
    continuous scene of figures out-of-doors, the
    interior with framed panels of figures, both under mille fiery borders, 36.8cm.; 141/2in.
    Another Canton ‘family-rose’ Bowl, mid-19th Century, painted inside and out with continuous scenes of figures in the grounds about a house under a border of fruit, crack,

    36.8cm.;

    A Canton ‘family-rose’ Bowl, mid-19th Century, painted inside and out with continuous figure scenes under flower and fruit borders, 35cm.;

    A Canton ‘family-rose’ Bowl, mid-19th Century, painted inside and out with panelled scenes against a flower-strewn ground, 34cm.;

    A Garniture of five Samson armorial ‘Compagnie-des-Indes’ Vases, late 19th Century, three of baluster form with covers, two trumpet beakers, all of hexagonal section, repairs to

    covers, 12 and 16cm.;

    A ‘family-rose’ Mug, Qianlong, the cylindrical body painted with a circular medallion of a man shooting between beaded’ borders under an incurved rim, applied twin strap

    handles, 13cm.;

  • Сhinese Ceramics: ivory glazed Bulb Bowl, Ming Dynasty, Wine Cup and Saucer, Yongzheng, Canton ‘family-rose’ Vases, Guangxu

    Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

    Сhinese Ceramics: ivory glazed Bulb Bowl, Ming Dynasty, Wine Cup and Saucer, Yongzheng, Canton ‘family-rose’ Vases, Guangxu

    A ‘family -verte’ Jardiniere, Guangx the rounded sides enamelled with a pheasant amongst flowers and rocks, lipped rim, 26cn 10 in.; and a carved wood Stand (2).

    An ivory glazed Bulb Bowl, Ming Dynasty, with bombe sides over three paw few carved with flowers, crack, feet loose, 29cm.; and a cream glazed Vase, 24.3cm.; 9/2in.

    A matched Set of four blue and white small Plates, Kanji, each painted with a ‘Jumping Boy’ pattern framed by a trellis bordered rim, hair-cracks, chip, approx. 10cm.; 4in.,

    three with apocryphal Chengdu marks, one marked tang (made for the hall of precious jade) .

    A ‘family -rose’ bottle Vase, Daogu the low body and cylindrical neck enamelled with richly blossoming branches, 30cm.

    A Pair of ‘family-rose’ Lanterns and Stands, Guangxu/later, each decorated with wa-wa scenes of children celebrating the New Year with processional dragons and fireworks (4)    .

    A Pair of Chinese crackleware balls Vases, Guangxu, with ‘bronzed’ dragon relief under prunes’ handles, 25.3cm.; Win.

    A ‘family-rose’ octagonal Bowl, mark
    and period of Tongzhi, eight figures
    accompanied by auspicious animals arranged
    about the sides, puce interior, chip, minor
    repairs, 18.6cm.; 7 in., seal mark in red.

    A Pair of ‘Mandarin’ palette baluster Vases, Qianlong, each ‘fish roe’ blue ground reserved with enamelled domestic scenes of figures, hair-crack, 17.8cm.; 7in.

    A good ‘rose-verte’ Wine Cup and Saucer, Yongzheng, each piece painted with maidens accompanied by deer in a blossoming garden, small glaze chip, three cracks in saucer; and a

    ‘family-rose’ Rice Bowl and Stand, painted with an iron-red bird amongst flower repair, bears Marryat Collection label; and a ‘Queens’ pattern Saucer .

    A Samson ‘family-rose’ Plate, late 19th
    Century, painted in Chinese style with a lady
    observing foul deeds in a garden framed by a
    complex brocade border, 22.7cm.
    .
    A transitional blue and white Food Jar,
    mid- 17th Century, painted in soft tones of
    under glaze  cobalt blue with two fabulous
    beasts among rocks, one a dragon-headed scaly
    animal, the other of ram-like appearance,
    hung with metal swing handles, 21cm.; 8in.
    diam.

    An Aria blue and white Coffee Urn,
    late 17th Century, of conical form, the
    tapering sides painted with two birds among
    flowers, rocks and fruiting pomegranate,
    square spigot button, 26.5cm.; 10′/2in.

    A Pair of Canton ‘family-rose’ Vases, Guangxu, each of mallet form with applied gilt dragons and dogs-of-For over figure and bird panels, chip, 25.8cm.; Win.

    A Chinese Imari Charger,Kanji, closely following a Japanese original with panels of shish birds and butterfly separated by three under glaze-blue wave-edged panels filled with

    peony and radiating from a flower basket medallion centre, repaired, 46cm.; 18in.

    A Group of export ware, 18th Century,
    comprising: two Teapots, a Canton enamel Bowl, Cover and Stand, a Cup and Saucer, a Worcester ‘Lowestoft’ Teapot and a He rend arrow beak  Jug and Cover, some damage .

    A spinach green jade Bowl and Cover, 18th Century, repaired, 15cm.; 57in., wood ; tend  .
    An attractive Longue celadon Dish, early Ming Dynasty, of characteristic form with fluted interior radiating to a lipped rim, ill covered in a rich bluish-green glaze front made

    back, the biscuit firing ring oxidized to range.

    A Pair of Chinese Stick Stands, of
    cylindrical form, painted with green dragons, drilled, one damaged, 65cm.; 25/2in.

    A Pair of turquoise glazed Dogs-of-For, 20th Century, seated on cube bases, 32cm.; 12/2in.

    A coral-red ground Dish, reserved with a partially unrolled scroll filled with a river landscape, gilt flower sprays scattered round about, 23.3cm.; Win., seal mark of Qianlong

    in under glaze-blue (boxed).

    Chinese export armorial wares, late Qianlong, comprising: a Pair of Fitzhugh border pierced Dishes bearing the arms of Brent, distressed, 25.6cm.; and a Pair of Vegetable

    Tureens bearing the crest Farquason over a festooned shield monogrammed J.F., damaged handles .


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