Japanese Works of Art

A KOREAN IRON-PAINTED DRAGON JAR JOSEON OR LATER, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY Of compressed ovoid form, raised on a short foot and with a straight rim, t...

A KOREAN SANGGAM SLIP-INLAID CELADON BOWL GORYEO DYNASTY, 12TH/13TH CENTURY The well decorated with three flowerheads surrounded by a ring of ruyi...

TWO KOREAN BOTTLE VASES JOSEON DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY OR EARLIER The first a Buncheon-type vessel with a grey celadon body and painted with brownis...

A SMALL KOREAN SANGGAM SLIP-INLAID CELADON BOWL JOSEON OR LATER, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY Of conical shape, the celadon-grey surface decorated with fl...

A KOREAN BLUE AND WHITE VASE JOSEON OR LATER, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY Of baluster form, painted with two figures and a pavilion in a mountainous rive...

A CHINESE 'BLEU DE HUE' DISH 19TH CENTURY Made for the Vietnamese market, the well with a scene from the story of Yu Bonga and Zhong Ziqi, with li...

THREE CHINESE 'BLEU DE HUE' DISHES 19TH CENTURY Made for the Vietnamese market, all three with a metal mount to the rim, the smallest painted with...

A NEAR PAIR OF CHINESE KO-SOMETSUKE BLUE AND WHITE DISHES 17TH CENTURY Made for the Japanese market, each foliate dish decorated to the well with ...

A RARE CHINESE KO-SOMETSUKE MIZUSASHI (WATER JAR AND COVER) MID-17TH CENTURY Made for the Japanese market, the large circular body decorated in un...

A JAPANESE HANIWA MODEL OF A HORSE'S HEAD KOFUN PERIOD, 7TH CENTURY Modelled in typical reddish clay, fitted with a bridle and bit embellished wit...

A RARE AND UNUSUAL JAPANESE SHOKI IMARI DISH EDO PERIOD, C. 1640-50 Decorated in underglaze blue with a highly stylised fish-dragon, the mythical ...

A RARE JAPANESE SHOKI IMARI DISH EDO PERIOD, C.1640-50 With an everted rim, the well decorated in underglaze blue with a mountainous river landsca...

A JAPANESE ARITA BLUE AND WHITE TANKARD EDO PERIOD, C.1660-80 The baluster-shaped body decorated with large flowering sprays of peony, leafy branc...

A JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE DISH EDO PERIOD, 17TH CENTURY The well decorated with a central panel enclosing two large ho-o, the long-tailed birds on...

A PAIR OF JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE ARITA DISHES EDO PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY With scalloped edges, both decorated to the well with a deer prancing amon...

TWO LARGE JAPANESE IMARI FIGURES OF BEAUTIES EDO PERIOD, C.1700 Both bijin typically decorated in underglaze blue, red, black and gilt; the two gr...

A PAIR OF LARGE JAPANESE IMARI VASES AND COVERS EDO PERIOD, C.1700 The baluster bodies decorated in underglaze blue, gilt, iron red, green and bla...

A LARGE JAPANESE IMARI CHARGER EDO PERIOD, C.1700 Typically decorated in gilt, underglaze blue, red and black enamels, the well painted with the s...

*A LARGE JAPANESE IMARI TUREEN AND COVER EDO PERIOD, C.1700 Richly decorated in underglaze blue, gilt and red enamels, painted with shaped panels ...

TWO SMALL JAPANESE IMARI FIGURES EDO PERIOD, C.1700 Both depicted standing with one hand raised to their chest, the man wearing a jacket with volu...

THREE JAPANESE ARITA MOULDED DISHES EDO PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY With scalloped rims, each formed as a crane with its wings outstretched above its hea...

A JAPANESE IMARI BOWL AND COVER EDO PERIOD, C.1700 Typically decorated in underglaze blue, gilt, red, yellow and green enamels, both painted with ...

A JAPANESE IMARI BOWL EDO PERIOD, C.1700 Typically decorated in underglaze blue, gilt, red and pink enamels, the well with pavilions in a river la...

A STUDY COLLECTION OF CHINESE AND JAPANESE CERAMIC PIECES 12TH CENTURY AND LATER Comprising: two small jian-style bowls, one with hare's fur glaze...

A JAPANESE CELADON MOULDED TOKKURI (SAKE BOTTLE) POSSIBLY EDO PERIOD, 17TH OR 18TH CENTURY The faceted body decorated with a continuous design of ...

A CHINESE KO AKAE-STYLE MUKOZUKE (SMALL DISH) QING DYNASTY OR LATER Made for the Japanese market, the square dish decorated in polychrome enamels ...

AN UNUSUAL JAPANESE POTTERY BOWL MEIJI OR LATER, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY Imitating parcel-gilt bronze, of flattened circular form and with a wide ind...

A JAPANESE ELEPHANT-SHAPED KORO (INCENSE BURNER AND COVER) EDO OR MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY The recumbent pachyderm with its head slightly turned to the...

A JAPANESE GLOBULAR VASE MEIJI ERA,19TH/20TH CENTURY Decorated in polychrome enamels with shaped panels enclosing landscapes, some with figures, b...

A PAIR OF JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE BOWLS MEIJI OR LATER, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY Both decorated in underglaze blue with a continuous river landscape t...

A LARGE JAPANESE KUTANI OVOID VASE MEIJI OR LATER, 20TH CENTURY Decorated with a phoenix and a large writhing dragon amongst scrolling clouds and ...

A LARGE JAPANESE SETO WARE BLUE AND WHITE MOULDED BOWL MEIJI OR LATER, 20TH CENTURY With an irregular foliate rim, the well decorated with a large...

A JAPANESE KUTANI FIGURE OF GAMA SENNIN MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY Seated on a rocky outcrop, the Immortal carries his three-legged pet toad on ...

A JAPANESE ENAMELLED VASE MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY The baluster body with a dense design of scrolling tendrils on a blue ground, the decoratio...

TWO JAPANESE KUTANI FIGURAL GROUPS MEIJI OR LATER, 20TH CENTURY One of Kenzan and Jittoku, the two friends examining a handscroll; the other depic...

A JAPANESE KUTANI MODEL OF A TAKARABUNE (TREASURE SHIP) MEIJI OR LATER, 20TH CENTURY Laden with sacred objects including Daikoku's mallet, the sai...

A COLLECTION OF NINE JAPANESE SUMIDA WARE ITEMS MEIJI AND TAISHO, 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY Comprising: a figure of Kannon and another of Daruma; a la...

A SMALL COLLECTION OF JAPANESE PORCELAIN ITEMS MEIJI OR LATER, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY Comprising: an Imari-style foliate dish decorated with many ch...

AN UNUSUAL JAPANESE PORCELAIN INK BOX AND COVER MEIJI OR LATER, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY Of rectangular shape, the lid painted in bright polychrome wi...

AN UNUSAL SET OF SEVEN JAPANESE DISHES MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY All painted with scenes illustrating the First Sino-Japanese War (1894-95), tw...

A JAPANESE SQUARE PORCELAIN PLAQUE MEIJI ERA, LATE 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY Delicately painted in polychrome with two frolicking sparrows by a b...

TWO JAPANESE NABESHIMA DISHES MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY One decorated in underglaze blue with narcissi, the other with a prunus tree in the mis...

A JAPANESE KAKIEMON-STYLE DISH MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY The well decorated in polychrome enamels with two small rats and flowering sprays of chrysa...

TWO JAPANESE NABESHIMA DISHES MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY Both decorated in underglaze blue and polychrome enamels, one with shaped panels enclosing t...

A SMALL JAPANESE KOGO (INCENSE BOX AND COVER) EDO OR MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY Possibly Seto ware, the small pottery box modelled with Daikoku stand...

A JAPANESE KO KUTANI-STYLE BOWL MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY The foliate body decorated with a large three-clawed dragon to the well, the cavetto with ...

A JAPANESE KUTANI BOWL MEIJI OR LATER, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY Painted to the well with an archer and a beauty gardening, with large peonies to the s...

A LARGE JAPANESE SATSUMA RECTANGULAR TRAY MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY Intricately decorated in enamels and gilt, the moulded well painted with an elab...

TWO LARGE JAPANESE VASES MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY The tallest a Kutani vase of baluster shape, the other a Satsuma double-handled vase raised ...

A JAPANESE SATSUMA KORO (INCENSE BURNER) AND COVER MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH/20TH CENTURY Of hexagonal shape, typically decorated in polychrome and gilt ...

THREE JAPANESE SATSUMA PIECES MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY One a tall square-section vase decorated with Immortals in landscapes, with dragons and...

A COLLECTION OF JAPANESE MINIATURE PIECES MEIJI AND LATER, 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY Comprising: nineteen Satsuma pieces, variously shaped as vases, t...

A COLLECTION OF JAPANESE SATSUMA PIECES MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY Comprising: a figure of Jurojin, five vases of various shapes, a jar and cove...

TWO JAPANESE SATSUMA DISHES BY KINKOZAN MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY One dish decorated with a large kakemono (scroll painting) depicting thatched pavi...

A SMALL JAPANESE SATSUMA CUP BY KINKOZAN MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY The well delicately painted with a beauty observing farmers at work, a water mill...

A JAPANESE SATSUMA VASE, BOX AND COVER BY KINKOZAN MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY The square-section vase typically decorated in polychrome and gilt with...

A JAPANESE SATSUMA VASE BY KINKOZAN MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY Of bulbous form and raised on a slightly flaring foot, typically decorated in polychro...

A PAIR OF JAPANESE SATSUMA VASES BY TAIZAN MEIJI ERA, 20TH CENTURY Of baluster shape, both decorated with sparrows in flight on a blue-green groun...

TWO JAPANESE BASKET WEAVE VASES MEIJI ERA OR LATER, 20TH CENTURY The green bodies painted with branches of prunus, encased in white metal basket-w...

A JAPANESE GOSU SATSUMA KORO AND TWO CLOISONNE VASES MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY The incense burner of bulbous form and raised on three curved feet, d...