Japanese Art & Antiques

painted to the interior in rich cobalt-blue tones and gilt with a crested heron standing on rockwork issuing peony and bamboo, 23cm diameter Prove...

the baluster body rising from a spreading foot to a tall trumpet neck, brightly enamelled around the exterior with nine scaly five-clawed dragons ...

comprising: a silver ring, decorated with a wide central band enclosing the 'Eight Horses of Mu Wang' between narrower floral bands, all reserved ...

the lobed baluster body rising from a flat base to a short neck with everted rolled rim, covered to the exterior with a rich Henan-style black gla...

the tapering baluster body rising from a recessed base to a short waisted neck and everted rolled rim, decorated around the exterior of the slende...

each painted to the interior in rich cobalt-blue tones with a medallion enclosing a basket of flowers, encircled at the broad flaring rim by flora...

of rectangular tapering form, supported on four bracket feet and set with an angular handle to each end, cast to either side with a rectangular pa...

the circular top above a shaped pierced apron, extending into four curved legs joined by a stretcher, the top with studded bosses and inset with a...

the flattened globular body rising from a flat foot to a tall narrow cylindrical neck set with a pair of ruyi handles, painted to the front face i...

decorated to the interior with two large panels enclosing a bird perched on a tree, divided by two smaller prunus-filled lotus panels, all reserve...

with deep rounded sides and flush-fitting cover, decorated in gold hiramaki-e on a black lacquer ground, with aoi mon (leaves of wild ginger crest...

ink on paper, the rubbing taken from one of the six stone horse reliefs from the Zhao Mausoleum of the Tang Dynasty Emperor Taizong, depicting one...

comprising: a caramel jade ring with flattened side, 2.2cm high; a celadon jade ring with mottled brown flattened side, 2.7cm high; a mottled grey...

the baluster body rising from a recessed base to a short neck and everted rim, set at the shoulder with three lug handles, painted around the exte...

the rectangular compressed body rising from four conical feet to an everted rim set with a pair of loop handles, cast in relief to the front and b...

the baluster body rising from a recessed base to a short narrow neck with everted rounded rim, covered overall in a rich dark red glaze thinning t...

each with shallow rounded sides rising from a short tapering foot, painted to the interior with a medallion enclosing three boys at play, the exte...

a woodblock print, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road, horizontal aiban, 23.4 by 36.3cm; together with another woodblock pri...

the compressed globular body rising from three conical feet to an everted rim set with a pair of loop handles, cast around the exterior with two c...

painted to the interior with a floral medallion encircled at the flaring rim with flower-filled lotus lappets on a prunus floret ground, the rever...

ink and colour on paper, 46 by 60cm, framed and glazed

a woodblock print, from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road, horizontal aiban, 23 by 34cm Provenance: The Property of a Gentle...

of globular form with loop handle, inlaid in gold, copper and silver with long-tailed birds amongst tree peony, the cover with knop finial, 17cm w...

the compressed globular body rising from a short foot to a narrow mouth, covered overall in a peachbloom glaze, 10cm diameter

the irregular deep rounded sides incised around the exterior with a poem and covered overall in a crackled ivory glaze, 12cm diameter, tomobako

the well-polished stone of very pale celadon-white tone, 2.7cm high

each urn-shaped body set with a pair of simple lug handles and decorated with a treasure ship, lacking their original flat usubata rims, 23.5cm hi...

the globular body painted with four large panels enclosing birds and animals amidst flowers and foliage, 50cm diameter

one painted with a medallion enclosing a river landscape, the other with antiques and auspicious emblems, 23cm diameter

the twins standing on a pierced aubergine glazed rockwork base, each wearing simple yellow and green glazed flowing robes open at the chest, 14cm ...

ink and colour on paper, 67 by 67cm, framed and glazed

66 chuban tate-e, various artists, including Toyohara Chikanobu and Kobayashi Kiyochika

ink and colour on paper, 46 by 65cm framed and glazed

ink and colour on paper, folding fan, depicting a Luohan in a rocky landscape, 52cm wide, framed and glazed

naturalistically carved recumbent as if about to leap, the stone of olive-green colour, drilled for suspension, 4.5cm long

of rectangular form, carved and pierced with lotus, pierced for suspension, 5.8cm long Provenance: Sotheby's, London, 9 November 2018, lot 417.

the ovoid vase with contrasting tenmoku and nuka glazes, 25cm high, Japanese wood box

the gilt hairpin decorated en tremblant with pomegranate, grapes and a bat, embellished with kingfisher feathers, seed pearls and coral, 12cm wide

ink on paper, 28 by 21cm, framed and glazed

the separately cast bird perched on an upturned autumn leaf, 25.5cm wide Provenance: Acquired from Brian Harkins, London, 27 February 2002.

each urn-shaped body cast with deer in a landscape and set with a pair of animal mask handles, lacking the original flat usubata rim, 24.5cm high

each modelled smiling and holding a ruyi sceptre in the left hand, wearing a brightly enamelled floral jacket and leggings, 18.5cm high

mounted in a gilt-wood frame, image size 40 by 33cm. Provenance: Cohen and Cohen, London.

the well-polished stone of very pale celadon-white colour, 2.7cm high Provenance: Aquired at Bermondsey Market, London.

after Boucher, depicting an amorous young couple playing a flute, gilt-wood frame, image 20.5 by 16cm

AN ILLUMINATED QAJAR QURAN, 19TH CENTURY, PERSIA 17cm x 11cm

A SILVER INLAID SELJUK BRONZE INKWELL PENDANT, PERSIA, 12TH CENTURY Height: 14cm Diameter: 12cm

AN ILLUMINATED OTTOMAN QURAN, 19TH CENTURY Length x Width: 16 x 11.5cm

A TINNED COPPER CALLIGRAPHIC AND ZODIAC BASIN, ZAND DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY Diameter: 20cm Height: 14cm

A PAIR OF GOLD-DAMASCENED STEEL SIDE ARMOUR PLATES, 19TH CENTURY, QAJAR 22cm x 18cm

TWO QAJAR LACQUER PEN BOXES, PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY, Length: 23.5cm

A LACQUERED PEN CASE, 19TH CENTURY QAJAR, Length: 23cm

A LARGE MAMLUK QUR'AN JUZ' EGYPT, CIRCA 1400 30.5cm x 21.5cm

A PERSIAN MINIATURE OF A YOUTH IN EUROPEAN CLOTHING, 18TH CENTURY ,QAJAR Length x Width: 30 x 22cm

A QAJAR GOLDEN INLAY HUQQA BASE SIGNED BY HAJI ABBASS BEARING AHMAD SHAH QAJAR NAME, 19TH CENTURY Height of Huqqa base without stand: 24cm

AN ISLAMIC BLACK STONE CUP FOR HOLY WATER (MECCA), INSCRIBED AAB-E-ZAMZAM, 19TH CENTURY Length: 14.5cm

A RARE SILVER & ENAMEL HOOQAH, 19TH CENTURY, QAJAR Height: 24cm Weight: 555g

AN INDIAN POLYCHROME ENAMELLED SILVER HOWDAH FIGURE, BENARES, INDIA, 20TH CENTURY Height: 14cm Weight: 760g

A ROYAL GREEN & WHITE ENAMELLED MUGHAL WINE CUP, 17TH CENTURY, INDIA Height: 4cm Provenance: Sothebys Art Of Islamic World. lot 146 2017

A WHITE METAL PADLOCK, 19TH CENTURY, QAJAR Length: 16.5cm