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Mug, Qianlong, glazed Vase, Qing Dynasty, Impair Dish, Meiji Period, Pair of Satsuma Vases, Meiji Period
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
Mug, Qianlong, glazed Vase, Qing Dynasty, Impair Dish, Meiji Period, Pair of Satsuma Vases, Meiji Period
A ‘family-rose’ export ware Mug, Qianlong, cylindrical with dragon handle, painted in mandarin colours with a scene of figures framed within a ‘Y’-diaper ground, minor rim
hairlines, 13cm.;
A Pair of ‘family-rose’ cylinder Vases, Guangxu, each pink ground filled with green tendrils and reserved with yellow-framed figure panels, hair-crack, 35.5cm.; 14in.
A Pair of enamelled crackleware
Vases, Guangxu, each of broad true baluster
form enamelled with scenes of hunting parties
under applied ‘bronzed’ mask and ring
handles, minor chips, 48cm.; 18in., Chenghua.A blue and white ovoid Jar,Kanji,
the ‘cracked ice’ ground reserved with three
quatrefoil panels of Precious Objects, rim
repair, 21.5cm.; 8in., wood stand and cover.A Chinese blue and white octagonal Meat Plate, Qianlong, of canted form, painted with a landscape between four flower sprays, rim repair, 37.5cm.;
A lavender glazed Vase, Qing Dynasty, of attenuated hexagonal form covered in a well-graded glaze, 33.5cm.; incised four-character mark.
A Chinese export ware Teapot and Cover, painted with landscape under complex brocade borders, 13cm.;
A Satsuma Bowl, Meiji Period, finely enamelled and gilt with chrysanthemum between brocaded roundels and key-fret borders, butterflies within, chip, 11.1cm.;
A Japanese earthenware Wine Pot, Meiji, of wide flared form, on three short feet, the concave sides enamelled with basin panels, small chip, 12cm.;
A Satsuma Koro and Wine or Teapot, Meiji, damage to leg, lacking covers .
An hexagonal Botde and Stopper, Meiji, enamelled with kidney panels under a brocade shoulder, 10.3cm.;
An Hirado monogram Ewer and Cover, tail arched over its back to form the handle, the carapace picked out with flowers, cover repaired, 17.8cm.;
An Impair Vase, Meiji Period, probably Fukagawa, each complex brocade ground reserved with oval garden panels, 30cm.;
A Pair of Kutani Vases, Meiji Period, each iron-red ground brocaded in gilding and filled with panels of birds, a cat catching a butterfly underneath, applied mask and ring
handles, 31cm.;
An Impair Dish, Meiji Period,
enamelled with a complex brocade of
overlapping scrolls and fans over hexagon
fragments filled with garden flowers and
dragons, 45.5cm.;A Fukagawa Vase, Meiji Period, the ovoid body finely enamelled with colourful flowers between brocade borders, 26cm.;
A Pair of Impair Vases, Meiji Period, each of hexagonal ovoid form, the blue ground reserved with garden panels framed by brocade elements, restoration to one, 24.5cm.;
A Pair of Satsuma Vases, Meiji Period,
each of pear form, applied with a pair of dragon handles crouching over intricately enamelled scenes of samurai, rim repair to one, 24.2cm.;A Set of five Impair Dishes, Meiji Period, each of lozenge outline, filled with a bird framed by brocade, two damaged, 29.5cm.;
A Kinkozan Satsuma Jarlet and Cover, Meiji Period, enamelled with begin and with a performance between lappet borders, rubbed signature, 8.7cm.;
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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.
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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.
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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 madeback, 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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Сhinese Ceramics: Tea bowl and Stand, Qianlong, Teapots and Covers, Qianlong, Tea wares, Qianlong
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
Сhinese Ceramics: Tea bowl and Stand, Qianlong, Teapots and Covers, Qianlong, Tea wares, Qianlong
A Swatow Dish, 16th Century, of Split Pagoda’ family, enamelled in turquoise and green with five leaping carp between iron-red sprays revolving about a central medallion, chips,
38.7cm.;
A black ground Vase, Qing Dynasty, of lively baluster form, decorated in gilding with Buddhistic lions, rim repair, 58.5cm.; 23m.
A blank-de-Chine Figure of Guanyin, 18th Century, seated with robes falling down to the ground to one side, in her raised right hand a small scroll, chips to fingers, 20.5cm.;
8in.
A blank-de-Chine Group of Guan Yin, 18th Century, seated upon a rock between two acolytes, missing vases, 22.8cm.; 9in.
A large ‘family-rose’ Tea bowl and Stand, Qianlong, each piece painted with six radiating panels of figures alternating with flowers under a gilt vermicular border.
A Group of export Tea wares, Qianlong, comprising: three ‘family-rose’ Tea bowls, one with Meissen-style panels of European hunters and Chinese riflemen in grisaille and
rouge-de-far palette, and a Saucer with a central panel of three ladies and a gentleman, 15.8cm.; 6′Ain., some damage or rubbing.
A Set of four ‘Companies-des-Indies’ Plates, Qianlong/Jialing, each painted with a pavilion ‘floating’ in a lake, 24cm.;
Two ‘family-rose’ Punch-Bowls,
Qianlong, one painted with puce scale borders
over flower sprays, the other with a Chinese
landscape, restored, 26.5 and 24cm.Three ‘family-rose’ Teapots and Covers, Qianlong, one in Mandarin palette, one in Impair colours and one ‘family-rose’, restoration .
A good celadon Jar, 18th Century, the compressed ovoid body sprigged and carved with a continuous meandering stem bearing four flower heads and fleshy leaves between studded
borders, all under a glutinous bluish glaze, 24cm.
A Chinese ‘family-rose’ Bowl, 19th Century, of us flower form, the celadon ground painted with insects and flowers, rubbed; and a ‘family-rose’ Bowl, decorated with dogs-of-For .
A Southern Chinese stoneware Figure of a man, 19th Century, finely modelled seated on a rock peeping into a double-gourd bottle, 14cm. 51/2in.; and a Southern Chinese stoneware
Figure of a seated sage, 14cm.
The companion Saucer Dish, mark and period of Dialoguing, rim repair, 24.8cm. 93 in.
A turquoise glazed mythical Beast, 19th Century, part lion, part ram and of benevolent intent, seated and looking to its right, 19cm. 77/2m., wood stand .
A blue and white barrel-form Garden Seat, Gangue, painted with a pair of dragons confronted across pierced pairs of cash between studs and chrysanthemum-filled ruby collars, 48.5cm.
A blue and white tureen Stand,
Qianlong, painted with a pair of deer in a
Peony garden framed by a trellis, under flower
sprays trailing from the canted and notched
rim, 38.3cm.; 15m.
A blue and white Meat Dish,
Qianlong, painted with a maiden punting a
boat framed by a hatched cavetto under a
and scroll brocade border, 44.3cm.; 17in.
A Group of export Tea wares, Qianlong, comprising: a Set of six Tea bowls and four Tea bowls and Slop Bowl, cracks and repair; also a Spoon Tray, Milk Jug and en suite .
A Chinese blue and white ‘yen yen’ Vase, Kanji, painted in vivid blue with six auspicious mythical beasts upon spume fleck cracks divided between trumpet neck and baluster body, broken rim, 45.5cm.; 177.
A Companies-des-Indies Dish, Qianlong, painted in under glaze-blue with three scattered flower and pomegranate spray under a barbed and hatched rim border, 35.3 cm. -
A Pair of Canton Vases and Covers - A large Canton ‘famille-rose’ Vase - A Samson Punch Bowl - A Chinese celadon Vase, Qing Dynasty
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009
A Pair of Canton Vases and Covers - A large Canton ‘famille-rose’ Vase - A Samson Punch Bowl - A Chinese celadon Vase, Qing Dynasty
A Samson `Compagnie-des-Indes’ Ewer and Basin, late 19th Century, based on a Portuguese silver and a Chinese exportporcelain original, the ribbed ewer and shell-form basin enamelled with Oriental flowers, ewer
and basin repaired
A Pair of Canton Vases and Covers, mid-19th Century, each ovoid body intricately enamelled with figure panels under a waisted neck scattered with flower baskets and Precious Objects, lotus flower finials; A Chinese ‘famille-rose’ Vase, Guangxu, painted with a scene of figures in a garden between an octagonal foot and a galleried rim, six character mark of Kangxi
A Chinese ‘famille-verte’ ovoid Jar, Guangxu, painted with a scene of children playing games in a garden supervised by maidens, mark of Kangxi in underglaze-blue
A Canton ‘famille-rose’ Basin,
Jiaqing/Daoguang, a central female portrait Mon framed by the Eight Immortals and Shoulao, repaired., wood frame
A provincial Chinese porcelain Bowl, perhaps Swatow, painted with an underglaze- blue lion medallion framed by red and green formal lotus scrolls, birds alternating with flowers on the exterior
A Canton celadon ground bottle Vase, Daoguang, painted with kylin and Buddhistic lions amongst Precious Objects and scattered flowers, neck repaired
A large `famille-rose’ Vase, 2nd half 19th Century, of bottle form, the blue enamel ground filled with colourful formal lotus and reserved with barbed panels of figures in landscapes under a show medallioned shoulderencompassed by a band of bats amongst colourful clouds, beneath a waisted neck applied with iron-red mask and ring handles under an overhanging rim with petalled edge, crack in base, minor rubbing, red script
mark of Qianlong, on white enamel square wood stand
A’famille-verte’ baluster Vase, mid-19th Century, the exaggerated body enamelled with full-length figures of the Eight Immortals carrying their respective attributes between fine borders of ‘cracked ice’ whorls, flames, ruyi and stiff leaf lappets, small chip to foot
A large Canton ‘famille-rose’ Vase, Daoguang/Yongzhi, the celadon ground painted with expansive figure panels under gilt Buddhistic lions and dragons under a turn-over rim with petalled edge .
Set of three Chinese blue and white exportware Teabowls and six Saucers, Jigging; and seven other Chinese Teabowls and nine Saucers
A Pair of Chinese `famille-rose’ octagonal Cups and Saucers, Qianlong; and a `famille-rose’ Saucer, YongzhenglQianlong
Eight Chinese `famille-rose’ Teabowls and ten Saucers, Qianlong/Jiaqing, various designs
A Chinese ‘famille-rose’ Teabowl and two Saucers, Qianlong; and nine Japanese Teabowls/Wine Cups and a Saucer
A Chinese ’sang-de-boeuf’ Vase, 19th Century, of stout true baluster form, covered in a dark ox-blood glaze, rim repair
A Canton ‘famille-rose’ Bowl and Cover, Jiaqing/Daoguang, painted with a continuous scene of figures with rickshaws, gilt lychee finial, handles broken, edge chipped
A Canton ‘famille-rose’ leaf moulded Service, mid-19th Century, of lotus and artemisia leaf form, veined in gilding and enamelled with scattered flowers and insects on a celadon ground, comprising: seven Dishes (in
three sizes), four Bowls (in two sizes), four small Trays and another Dish, chips and repairs
A Canton Vase, 19th Century, T of tall mallet form, painted in enamels an with deer grazing under pine trees inhabited by monkeys against a green washed ground
A Pair of ‘Canton’ Vases, 20th Century, of mallet form, with green Buddhistic lion handles over painted scenes of the Eight Immortals
A Chinese flambe Dish, 18thtearly 19th Century, of shallow form with inturned rim, the ox-blood glaze splashed and streaked in mottled blue
A Samson `armorial’ Punch Bowl, late 19th/20th Century, painted in ‘Coqagnie- des-Indes’ style, 25cm.; 9314in.; and three Chinese teaware Bowls
A Chinese `famille-rose’ Bowl, Qianlong, the ‘chicken-skin’ ground reserved with panels of flowers and shells, a puce scale border within, cracked
A Canton `famille-rose’ Chamber-Pot, 19th Century, panelled with bird and figure groups, 27.5cm.; 103/4in.; and a Canton `famille-rose’ Basin, repaired
A good Canton oval Dish, Jigging/ Daoguang, finely painted with three dignitaries seated at separate tables in a columned loggia, servants in attendance, all within a border of green flushed white flowers in a pale-blue ground
A Chinese celadon Vase, Qing Dynasty, of pleated bi-conical form, base repair
A Chinese Bowl, Qing Dynasty, painted inside and out with five deer amongst rocks, the crags pierced by translucent rice grain openings, chip, mark of Qianlong
A later enamelled late Ming Meipin mark and period of Wanli, enamelled `famille-verte’ palette with phoenix flying between elongated lappet and ruyi borders, replacement silver mouth and silver plug-in base, six
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Canton pen Box and Cover - A Pair of Chinese blue and white Vases - A Pair of Canton Vases - An ivory Netsuke
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009
Canton pen Box and Cover - A Pair of Chinese blue and white Vases - A Pair of Canton Vases - An ivory Netsuke
A white on blue Canton pen Box and Cover, 19th Century, of rectangular form, the blue sides reserved with white flower and fruit sprays trailed in slip with incised detail
A Pair of ‘famille-rose’ ovoid Jars and Covers, Guangxu, the lime-green ground painted with ducks amongst rocks and flowers, small hair-crack in cover
A Canton four-tier food Container and Cover, Guangxu, the cylindrical sides enamelled with white lotus meanders against a blue ground, metal handles and carrying 24cm.
A Set of three graduated Canton `famille-verse’ Bowls, Liners and Covers, marks and period of Guangxu, each painted with narcissus and iron-red flower sprays on a body applied with blue masks intended for metal handles.
A blue crackle-glazed bombe Censer, 19th Century, chip to foot rim.
Three Chinese snuff Bottles, one interior painted with scholars riding amongst rocks in a landscape, one of porcelain
moulded as a closed lotus leaf, the third of glass with carved mask-and-ring handles.
A Pair of powder blue ovoid Canisters and Covers, Guangxu.; and a flambe glazed Jar and Cover of onion form
A Chinese blue and white Bowl, mark and period of Daoguang, on three mask and tongue feet, the interior covered in bamboo and prunus sprays on a ‘cracked ice’ ground centreing a landscape medallion
A famille-rose’jardiniere or Fish Bowl, Guangxu, the purple ground reserved with ‘famille-verse’ landscape panels between ruyi and trellis borders, five golden carp
A Pair of Canton Vases, 19th Century, of typical club form, with figure panels under a neck and shoulder applied with gilt Buddhistic lions and dragons.
A Pair of Chinese blue and white Vases, Guangxu, of typical club form, painted with skirmishes between soldiers on horseback between painted lappets and applied dragons on the shoulder and neck, one rim damaged,
A Chinese ‘famille-rose’ Dish, Guangxu, painted with five sages and their two attendants in a garden, a table for scholarly pursuits, repairs
A Chinese ‘famille-rose’Jardiniere, Guangxu, of U-form with everted rim over three enamelled figures separated by titles and literary texts
A clobbered and metal-mounted Chinese Plate, mark and period of Kangxi and later, a central scene of three women on a veranda framed by a trellised rim panelled with bucolic figure scenes, gilt-metal rim and feet,
six character mark
A Set of three ‘grisaille’ landscape Plates, Qianlong, framed by a rim of blue enamel flower sprays between gilt spearhead and lotus scroll borders
A Chinese ‘Mandarin’ palette Mug, Qianlong, the cylindrical body with dragon handle enamelled with a figure panel within an underglaze-blue frame between smaller vignettes
A Chinese exportware Mug, Qianlong, of cylindrical form with stepped flared foot, the deep blue ground gilt with flowers
between ornamental borders
A Chinese blue and white Jar and Cover, Qianlong/jiaging, of broad baluster form, painted with a lakescape under a complex brocade border, hinged collar and clasp to cover and rim, minor hair-cracks, 64cm.; 25in.,
carved wood stand
A Pair of Canton rouleau. Vases, 19th Century, each greenound reserved with circular under shaped filled with garden scenes, damage to both galleried rims,
A four-case gold lacquer Inro, 19th Century, decorated with a rocky shoreline concealing houses; and an ivory Netsuke of Hotei, 18th Century
A staghorn knife Handle, 19th Century, carved as the long figure of Daruma, his face revolving to metamorphose into a female, with metal blade
A wood tobacco Pouch and Cover, late 19th Century, carved as a temple gong; and a pipe Holder, carved with a whisk
Five Netsuke, 18th Century, comprising: an ivory carving of a sennin with a cub on a rock, a rat amongst bales, Hotei and bag, Hotei and boy and a wood Carving of Hotei and boy
Two ivory Netsuke, 18th Century, one of a jackal with skull, the other of a recumbent buffalo
Yoshikyo: A wood Netsuke, late 18th/early Century, well carved as a fruit and bud, finely hollowed, signed
An ivory Netsuke of Hotei, late 18th/early 19th Century, a young boy attending to one ear, stained -
Fukagawa Imari Vases - A Pair of Japanese Imari Dishes - A Pair of Arita Vases - A Satsuma Bowl
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009
Fukagawa Imari Vases - A Pair of Japanese Imari Dishes - A Pair of Arita Vases - A Satsuma Bowl
A Pair of Fukagawa Imari Vases, Meiji, each pear-form body well painted with alternating ho-o and flower basket medallions upon a flower-strewn ground between a formal lotus meander and a mouth of fish medallions in an iron-red border filled with clouds, 34cm.; 1331,in., red signatures (2)
A Hirado Jar and Cover, Meiji, of stout barrel form, the sides painted in underglaze-blue with three ho-o between cut flower branches
A ‘Kakiemon’ ovoid Jar, Meiji, finely painted in underglaze-blue and overglaze enamels with a bird on a rock under a chrysanthemum, signed; and an octofoil Imari Plate
A Fukagawa Imari Jar and Cover, Meiji, of ovoid form, well painted and gilt with barbed panels of flowers against a ground of peony, cover cracked
An Imari jar and Cover, 19th Century, of reeded ovoid form, vertically panelled with four garden scenes between brocade striped ribs under a knop in the form of a shi-shi with a ball in its paws Pair of Arita Vases,
Meiji, each slender ovoid body painted in underglaze colours with birds flying amongst plants, one distressed
A Pair of Imari Dishes, Meiji, radially panelled with six compartments centred by a fan or character pane against brocade about a medallion centre
A Hirado kirin Censer, Meiji, seated on its haunches with flame licked flanks, restored
A Kutam lacquer cased supper Set, Meiji eight Trays whorled in a circle about a circular tray centre, eachainted with bijin within a brocade frame, the box painted with birds amongst flowers An Arita Vase, 20th Century, the ovoid body painted in underglaze-blue with finely shaded bamboo, small enamelled birds flying through the leaves, Fuji mark
A Hichosan Shimpo Imari Dish, possibly Meiji, a ‘Three Friends of Winter’ medallion centre framed by three panels of fan pairs alternating with gilt shi-shi
A Japanese porcelain Vase, 20th form, of ovoid orm, painted in flushed underglaze and iron-red enamel with peony
An Imari Dish, Meiji, painted with overlapping brocades framed by a shaped and notched rim and an Imari ovoid Vase
A Pair of Kutani cylindrical Vases, Meiji, enamelled predominantly in orangey-red heightened in gilding with two flower reserves between fan panels and a lappet encircled foot
A Pair of Japanese Imari Dishes, Meiji, each centred by a flower medallion framed by six radiating panels alternately containing fan reserves in a brocade ground and lappet reserves centred with archaic seals in a dark cobalt ground
An Imari Bowl, 19th Century, the steep sides enamelled inside and out with broad chrysanthemum scrolls under a panelled trellis rim
A blue and white Arita Dish, Meiji, painted with a bird flying amongst peony
An Arita blue and white Ewer, late 17th Century, the pear-form body panelled with flowers reserved in a lotus scroll ground under a narrow neck tapering to a galleried mouth with pinched spout, handle repaired, A Pair of Satsuma Vases, Meiji of hexagonal ovoid form, each filled with a throng of arhats under a pair of dragon handles
A Satsuma Bowl, Meiji with barbed hexafoil rim, the rounded sides enamelled and outside with boys forming a procession, the interior with a dragon greeting three figures on a shore
A Pair of Arita Vases, Meiji, each slender oviform body painted in underglazeblue and enamels with flowers, one distressed
An Arita blue and white ovoid Jar and Cover, Meiji, filled with a flowering garden, a bird flying through the branches of a tree
A large Imari Dish, Me-, a central flower basket panel framed by four radiating panels of birds in pomegranate between panels
broken brocade
A smaller Imari Dish, Meiji, of kiku outline, painted with a flower basket centred by panels of birds and ribbed brocade
An Imari part dessert Service, Meiji, comprising: six notched square Fukagawa Plates, each painted with a vase of flowers within a panelled blue border and an oval Dish
A Pair of Imari Cups and Saucers, early 18th Century, painted in typical palette with flowers over a fence under an undulating blue ground border filled with flowerheads, crack
A Ming Tileworks green glazed Ridge Tile, modelled with a winged pony seated on its haunches
A Pair of Chinese ‘powder blue’ bottle Vases, 19th Century, each with low discoidal body under a cylindrical neck and on spreading foot
A Sang-de-boeuf bottle Vase, 18th, early 19th Century, of club form, covered in a speckled glaze draining to the bevelled foot and a blue and white Guglet
A blue and white Dish, Kangxi period (1662-1721), hair-crack -
A Japanese lacquer Box and Cover - A Pair of Japanese bronze Vases - A Chinese grisaille landscape Panel, Guangxu - A Chinese bronze Group, Qing Dynasty
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009
A Japanese lacquer Box and Cover - A Pair of Japanese bronze Vases - A Chinese grisaille landscape Panel, Guangxu - A Chinese bronze Group, Qing Dynasty
A Japanese bronze Censer, Meiji, in the form of-a standing elephant, on its back a two-tier pagoda.
A Chinese bronze tripod Censer and Cover, 17th Century, on lion mask and paw feet, the bombe sides cast with shrews amongst grape vine between lappets and arched long handles, a third dragon with pearl in claw
encompassing the domed cover, pierced with the meandering curls of its tail.
A ‘Japanese bronze trumpet beaker Vase, Meiji, of octagonal section, cast and applied with a bird standing under bamboo, bottom loose.
A Japanese Vase, Meiji, of ,teardrop’ form, with cinquefoil mouth, the body moulded with a pair of swimming carp.
A Eagle, Meiji, perched with wings spread upon a rock washed by waves.
A Japanese cloisonne spherical Koro and Cover, Meiji, on three short feet, the red ground decorated with a dragon beneath ho-o in a blue border, damage.
A Group of Japanese and Chinese cloisonne wares, Meiji, comprising: a polyhedral Koro and Cover, three circular Boxes and Covers, two rectangular Boxes with hinged Covers, a cylindrical Box and Cover, a Beaker and a Goblet and Cover
A Pair of Japanese bronze Vases, Meji each club-form body cast with flowers under openwork handles on the archaically banded, knopped and galleried trumpet neck.
A Japanese bronze pricket candlestick Figure of a crane, 19th Century, head and neck curved back with a lotus stem in its beak, standing on the back of a bearded turtle (minogame).
A small Group of Cloisonne, various dates, comprising: a Chinese small footed Censer and Cover, Qing Dynasty, a Box and Cover and a cigarette Case.
Three iron Tsuba, 18th/19th Century, two pierced with dragons and pearls, the third relief cast with the same.
A Chinese bronze Group, Qing Dynasty, cast as a young boy hugging a recumbent dog.
A Japanese silvered bronze Group, 19th Century, sennin seated amongst rocks with a tiger by his side.
A bamboo libation Cup, Qing Dynasty, of rhinoceros horn form, the sides deeply carved with gnarled pine branches bearing broad clusters of leaves against the gnarled wood of the main trunk, , re’ ood of a rich nut
brown tone with polished highlights;
A Set of three Japanese shibayama bezeek gaming Counters, Meiji, the ivory flip tabs inlaid with birds and insects, one inlay missing, 9.2cm.;
A Canton export lacquer games Box and five inner Boxes and Covers, late 18th/early 19th Century, of plain rectangular form, each initialled B in gilding, chipped; and a Collection of mother-of-pearl fish Counters
A Group of nine Chinese hardwood Stands.
A Chinese soapstone Carving of a Deity, 19th Century, seated to one side and holding a vase, the clothes finely detailed with incised ornament.
A Chinese soapstone censer Figure of Liuhai, 19th Century, seated in partly jewelled’ clothes, a three-legged frog in his lap, his mouth pierced for release of fumes; and a small soapstone Carving
Two Chinese rose quartz Carvings of a hare and a bird; three hardstone Fruits; two jade Dishes; a cornelian Carving of a boy with a kylin; and two amethyst Carvings
A lacquer Box and Cover, 18th Century, of shallow rectangular form, the brown ground applied with a deer in relief running out of deep grass painted in gold lacquer, cracks, repair to cover.Japanese lacquered Box and
Cover, Edo, of rectangular form, the sides and cover decorated with figures in houses seen between parted cloud borders, cover glued;
A Chinese jade libation Cup, of octagonal form with two arched dragons grasping the rim to form handles, chip.
A scholar’s huang huali writing Tray, Guangxu, of square outline with reeded sides, one fitted with a pair of counter levered sliding drawers.
A silver wire inlaid wood Brushpot, Bidong, Guangxu, of feintly waisted cylinder form, inlaid with three rows of three archaistic characters and with wheel of auspicious characters, minor inlay damage and blister, Eight
Chinese/Korean brass furniture Padlocks and Keys, circa 1900, various sizes (8) 1674 A Group of Chinese Writing Wares, various dates, comprising: aeen glazed twin fish water Dropper, shell-shaped water Coupe, a
Yixing brush Washer, a seal Box and Cover, a carved ‘clair de lune’ Bottle and a small bronze Spoon
A Chinese grisaille landscape Panel, Guangxu, painted with figures fishing about a rocky shore, detailed in rouge-de-fer, wood frame.
Chinese School, 19th Century: a handscroll landscape, paper and silk.
S. Ema. ‘Plum Rain’, early 20th Century, gouache on fine sand paper, framed, signature and painted seal mark, Kyoto
A Chinese silk embroidered informal Jacket, early 20th Century, of deep purple colour with broad black ruyi borders incorporating ‘cut-out’ flower sprays backed in colourful foliage, the broad sleeves embroidered with bird panels in a gold file ground between green and pink stripes;
A Japanese lacquer Box and Cover, 18th Century, with two drawers and an internal press, the black sides gilt with flowers on a bank, the cover with a peacock and hen perched on a crag beside a torrent, minor chips to
edges.
An ivory Netsuke of a woman and bull, 19th Century, the woman taken aback by the phallic form of a scarf accidentally caught in the beast’s horns