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Click here to subscribe19th century Japanese wall mirror, the shaped frame with chinoiserie decoration of figures, buildings and foliage, 82cm x 42cm and an early 20th century gilt-framed wall mirror, the top surmounted by a carved shell and foliate scrolling, the shaped frame carved with flowers, 85cm x 50cm (2)
Two Chinese porcelain relief moulded snuff bottles, early 20th century, moulded with figures and lion dogs, a Chinese enamelled bowl painted with deer in wooded landscape (losses), a small Canton saucer painted with flowering prunus, a Japanese brass relief cast vesta case with prunus and a bird, an Asian small copper picture frame cast with scrolling dragon amongst waves and a small figure of a Buddha (7) Condition Report Bowl - surface scratches, accretions, area of loss to enamel on side, diameter 12.5cmDish - surface scratches, accretions, cracks and chips to enamel, diameter 10cmFrame - surface scratches, accretions, 10.5cm x 8.5cmWhite snuff bottle - surface marks, accretions, 7.5cm highSnuff bottle - surface scratches, accretions, chip to base, 7.5cm highBuddha - surface scratches, accretions, chip to knee, 6cm highVesta - surface scratches, accretions, hinge loose, 4.5cm highGeneral wear and tear.
19th century Japanese gold lacquered six-section inro, decorated with birds in flight and perched amongst pine, the interior in Nashiji, the top signed with circular seal and two-character mark, probably for Kajikawa, 9.5cm long Condition ReportSome very light surface scratches/marks, minor wear to gilding in places, mainly edges. Some tiny kknocks/niblles to edges of some sections. Two small chips to corner of both end sections. General wear and tear.
Chinese gilt-bronze incense burner in the form of a stylised mythical beast, with hinged head cover and metal liner, on claw feet, a shaped rectangular basket-shaped incense burner with pierced fret cover, a Chinese white metal mounted filigree and stone pendant applied with dragons and a Japanese small hand mirror, with calligraphic inscription and flowering chrysanthemums, with bamboo covered handle Condition Report Hand mirror - Light surface scratches. Small losses to bamboo handle.Incense burner - Light surface scratches, oxidisation, accretions, dent to one cornerBeast censer - Light surface scratches, accretions, hinge slightly loose, weight approx 2.2kg, 16cm high, 13.5cm long, 11cm wide.Pendant - Light surface scratches, accretions, oxidisation.General wear and tear.
Collection of three boxes including a Japanese black lacquered box with mother-of-pearl decoration, the lift-off lid opening to a red lacquered interior with lift-out tray, 12cm high x 30cm wide, a 19th century oak box by Garrard & Co, the interior fitted with storage for a coffee pot, 17cm high x 32cm wide and a 19th century mahogany stationery box, the hinged lid opening to a fitted interior with lift-out pen tray, 25cm wide (5)
A modern Japanese black lacquered child's Samurai bow and arrow set on stand, height 59cm, a late 19th/early 20th century Imari decorated porcelain candlestick base, height 21cm, a Japanese green glazed ceramic mask of Hanya from Noh Theatre, 29 x 15cm, and a carved hardwood figure of a lion, with bone teeth, tongue, eyes and nails, length 25cm (4).
A Victorian Japan ware black lacquered circular snuff box, diameter 10.5cm, a further Indian style red lacquered lidded snuff box, diameter 8.5cm, a Japanese red lacquered rectangular gilt decorated trinket box, 18 x 15.5cm, an early 20th century malachite glass lidded pot, diameter 8.5cm, and two early 20th century gilt metal mounted easel back photograph frames (6).
A Korean iron glazed bulbous form vase, decorated with pagodas and landscape, height 26cm, a Japanese Seto Oribe ceramic tokkuri sake bottle vase, height 23cm, a Japanese stoneware salt pig, height 15cm, stoneware jug, height 32cm, two sake bottles, both height approx 23cm, and a hand painted bowl, diameter 26cm (7).
A large Japanese Satsuma baluster form vase, the large panels decorated with female figures amongst foliage and landscape, on a blue and gilt decorated ground, with 'Made in Japan' stamped to the base, height 47cm, a matching modern Japanese baluster form Satsuma table lamp with white shade, height to top of fitment approx 40cm, a pair of modern Chinese hand painted floral decorated porcelain vases, decorated with birds and foliage amongst landscape, both with red painted six character marks to base, height 24.5cm, a pair of modern Japanese Satsuma style vases, both inscribed 'Made in Japan' to the base, height 26cm, and a matching pair of smaller modern Japanese Satsuma style vases, height 19cm (8).
Japanese porcelain teaset, 6 plates and 6 teacups and saucersFive of the teacups are in good condition with no chips or cracks however one teacup is cracked as shown in photographs, the saucers are all in good condition with no chips or cracks and the plates are also in good condition with no chips or cracks, the teapot and jug are also in good condition
A Japanese katana Meiji period (1868-1912), the same (shagreen) tsuka (handle) wrapped in brown ito (braid), with a rounded tsuba (guard), with a signed tang, mounted in a black lacquered saya (scabbard), blade 65.3cm total 97.5cm long Shipping Disclaimer Buyers must be aware of their country’s shipping and import policies regarding guns, knives, swords, and other offensive weapons prior to purchase. They are required to ensure that the lot can be delivered by a specialist shipper, whether in the UK, Europe or internationally. No compensation will be given to buyers who fail to organise shipping arrangements for goods and weapons due to the prohibitions, restrictions or import regulations of their country. Condition ReportWear and minor knicks to the edge of the blade. Blade looks to require a polish. Wear and minor knocks throughout. Please see additional images. blade (nagasa) 65.3cm long scabbard (saya) 72.8cm long
A cased Victorian silver bowl and spoon, by Martin, Hall & Co (Richard Martin & Ebenezer Hall), London 1881, etched with Japanese kakiemon designs, the bowl with silver gilt interiorbowl, 10cm diameterspoon, 4.7cm long (2)4.63ozt Condition ReportSurface scratches. Wear to the gilt. Minor tarnishing. The spoon with some rubbing to the marks.
Two Japanese wood block prints, 19th century, comprising: one, by Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864), Snow (Yuki): Actors Nakamura Fukusuke I as Hakomawashi Fukusaku, 26 x 36 cm, and the other, by Keisai Eisen (1790 - 1848), A beauty reading a letter, 68 x 23 cm, framed and glazed (2)From the contents of Brook House, Ongar, the former home of Gillian Raffles (1930-2021) an art dealer and owner of the Mercury Gallery in Cork Street, London in 1964. She exhibited and promoted the work of young figurative British artists and dealt in sculpture, paintings, and works of art by 20th Century British and European artists.Condition ReportDid not examine out of the frames. Both with staining and foxing marks. Paper cockled. Colours faded. Some small holes on the Kunisada print.
A large collection of Japanese post cards, bookmarks and printed books, early 20th century, including: a large collection of coloured woodblock prints postcards and coloured bookmarks themed with figures in kimono, a group of printed books in miscellaneous topics (qty)Provenance: Arthur Probsthain bookshop.Condition ReportPostcards and bookmarks - creasing marks to corners, staining and dirt marks in various locations. Colours faded. Book - in poor condition, a/f.
A group of four Japanese swords, Edo or Meiji period, comprising a katana, the same (shagreen) tsuka (handle) wrapped in black ito (braid), with a rounded and pierced tsuba (guard),6 mounted in a lacquered saya (scabbard),blade 69.5cm total 95cm longand three wakizashi,Edo or Meiji, comprising a plain example, with pale ito (braid), tang unsigned, blade 45.5cm, total 74.3cm, the second with a lacquered and gilt saya (scabbard), decorated with a dragon and complete with kozuka, blade 35cm, total 56cm, and a red lacquered example, blade 27.1cm, total 50.5cm (4)Shipping Disclaimer Buyers must be aware of their country’s shipping and import policies regarding guns, knives, swords, and other offensive weapons prior to purchase. They are required to ensure that the lot can be delivered by a specialist shipper, whether in the UK, Europe or internationally. No compensation will be given to buyers who fail to organise shipping arrangements for goods and weapons due to the prohibitions, restrictions or import regulations of their country.Condition ReportUnable to access the tang on the katana and plain wakizashi. Replacement tang pins, loose tsuba/elements, knocks, rubbing and wear throughout. Please see additional images. Please see additional images.
The central knob rising within a square enclosing twelve small nipples alternately representing the Twelve Branches, the main field decorated with TLV patterns as well as eight nipples around the square, with different mythical beasts and birds, surrounded by an auspicious inscription, within a narrow hatched border, all within bands of dogtooth and cloud scroll around the rim. With Japanese wood box. Dimension:W:18cm. Condition:Good condition. Provenance:
the details of the dragon head hook and of the openwork chilong marching up the stem towards it very well defined, and with an unusual button on the back finely carved as a mallow flower, the pale stone with some darker rivering, inscribed Japanese wood box,. Dimension:L:12.5cm.. Condition:Fairly good , minor faulting on stem. Provenance:
of circular shape, the recessed centre well cast with a lion knop encircled by six smaller recumbent mythical beasts and grapevines, enclosed by a band of birds alternating with clusters of grapes, all between a ridged border and a further band of detached florets Dimension: D:13.5cm, weight 580g Provenance: From Geoffrey Middle Collection; From the collection of Anthony Du Boulay, no.P209, Bonhams New Bond Street, London, 10 November 2003, lot 178. Purchased from Douglas J. K. Wright Ltd., London in the early 1960s. Since 1945, Douglas J.K. Wright has been a renowned and well-respected auction specialist and London dealer in Chinese and Japanese works of art. He ran the Japanese department of Spink & Son before opening his own art gallery, Douglas J.K. Wright Oriental Art. Anthony du Boulay (label to back), acquired from the above. Anthony du Boulay served at Christie's from 1949 to 1980, for many years as the Director of the Ceramics Department and for 13 years as the President of Christie's, Geneva. From 1981, he served as Honorary Adviser on Ceramics to the National Trust, United Kingdom, on council of the Oriental Ceramic Society and as the Chairman of the French Porcelain Society. Condition: See photos Link of detail photos: https://we.tl/t-qywbEm242l
A Japanese porcelain footed bowl, early 20th century - painted with a carp in underglaze blue, iron red and gilt below a band of stylised waves below the rim, the exterior with further wave motifs and butterflies, on a short faux-fluted stem and domed foot painted with flowers and snail scrolls, 12.2cm high, 15.4cm diameter.
A set of twelve Japanese gilt lacquer bowls and stands - early 20th century, both the bowls and stands finely painted with various flowers on a gilt ground, the outsides also gilded, each with a painted single character mark beneath a Mount Fuji symbol and 'JAPAN', the bowls 12.1cm diameter, the stands 17cm diameter (one bowl with damage to rim - pieces present to restore); together with a pair of early 20th century gilt metal and gilt painted wrythen glass stands, 8.5cm high. (26)
Three pieces of Oriental pottery and porcelain - comprising a large Chinese blue and white porcelain bottle vase, painted with scrolling vines and peony blooms between lappet and stylised foliate borders, Qianlong four character mark but late 20th century, 42.5cm high; a Japanese Satsuma earthenware covered vase, 1920s-30s, black painted two character mark to base and edge of cover, stout baluster form with tripod beast mask feet, twin lion handles and dome cover with lion and ball finial, painted with a figural reserve with a noblewoman and her young attendant in an interior, 39cm high (chip to finial, small hairline to rim); and a late-20th century Chinese blue and white porcelain baluster jar and cover, painted with lotus flowers and vines, 26.25cm high.
A Japanese porcelain censer - probably late 19th century, of lozenge form, raised on four short swept feet, the rim with a border of moulded lappets, painted with scholars and elephants in a landscape with rocky outcrops, the pierced cover with a seated lion finial, 16.5cm high, the cover a/f.* The cover has been broken and has glued repairs, with some excess glue visible and losses to the lower edge at one corner. The base is in good condition, with a little gilt wear.
A tole ware style painted metal cutlery / utensil stand - in the 19th century style, with three compartments painted in mottled dark red and gilt on gilt ball feet, centred by a loop-top handle, 28.5cm high; together with a Japanese lacquer glove box, Meiji period, painted with a bird in flight above a flower, 24.5cm long, the base a/f with old wired repair. (2)
A Japanese bronze plate, 19th/20th century, of circular form, engraved with egrets in a lotus pond, inlaid with gold, silver and copper, enclosed with a key fret border, 30cm diameter, wood stand, and a bronze vase, with a pair of tubular lug handles, decorated with shaped panels, 18cm high (3)Condition ReportPlate - surface scratches, small dents to edges. Stand with surface scratches, knocks and wear. Vase - surface scratches, small dents to edges.
A collection of Japanese Hirado ware porcelain okimono, Meiji period (1868-1912), of a boar, a dog and a ram, 4.8 to 6.5cm long, a porcelain netsuke,probably Hirado, in the shape of a monkey, the nodding head with an open mouth and movable tongue, wearing a tall hat and a long robe,12cm high, anda rare Arita ram,c.1690, recumbent with its head turned back, with engraved hair and two horns, details picked out in cold-painted red and black, 13cm long (5)Provenance: The David and Sarah Battie Collection.Condition ReportNetsuke - chipped to tongue and collar of robe. Hirado ram - chipped to both ears. Arita ram - small chips in various locations, restored to ears and horns.
A Japanese Hirado teapot, Meiji period (1868-1912), modelled as a seated boy, wearing a robe painted with clouds and holding a puppy, its mouth forming the spout and a ribbon as the handle, the cover in the shape of a conical hat,22.5cm high (2)Provenance: The David and Sarah Battie Collection.Condition ReportNo obvious faults.
A pair of Japanese bronze wall vases, 19th/20th century, each in the shape of a gu vase with a flattened back, moulded with archaic motifs against a diapered ground, 21cm high (2)Provenance: The David and Sarah Battie Collection.Condition ReportSurface scratches and dents. Both with base filled and splits to rim.
Two pairs of Chinese export cups and saucers, 18th century, for the Japanese market, comprising one pair of Chinese Imari and the other wucai, painted with flowers between iron red panels with a chrysanthemum mon, cups 7.8 and 9.2cm diametersaucers 11.8 and 12cm diameter (4)Provenance: The David and Sarah Battie Collection.Condition ReportLobed saucer - chipped to rim.Lobed teabowl - chipped to rim and foot rim.Imari tea cup - chipped and cracked to rim.
A Japanese blue and white bowl and cover, Edo period (1603-1868), the rounded sides rising from a circular foot, painted with a continuous landscape, the cover similarly decorated, 10.7cm diameter (2)Provenance: The David and Sarah Battie Collection.Condition ReportCover with cracks to glaze.
A Japanese cloisonné teapot, Meiji period (1868-1912), in the style of Namikawa Yasuyuki, decorated with precious objects, 15cm high (2)Provenance: Collected by the late Winifred Turner, who worked for Sotheby’s in the early to mid-20th century, thence by descent.Condition ReportSurface scratches and minor dents.
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