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Click here to subscribeNO RESERVEA SAMSON VERTE IMARI BARBER'S BOWL 19TH CENTURY The deep oval body painted with birds and lotus, the flat rim with cartouches enclosing cherry blossoms, the underside decorated with iron-red peony and daylily sprays, 35cm. PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 注：本拍品不設底價。
A large pair of Samson or Continental Imari vases and covers, late 19th or 20th century, In Japanese Arita style, 53cm high (2) Condition Report: one vase with two fine hair cracks to rim each approximately 5cm longone cover with two areas of restoration to rim and a chipsmall chip to tongue of one kylin finialminor wear to gilding and enamels Condition Report Disclaimer
A Chinese Imari large dish, Kangxi, painted in underglaze blue, iron-red and gilt with pagodas on islands, 38.5cm diameter Provenance: Formerly from a family collection in Chelsea and to the current owner清康熙 青花伊萬裡式大盤拍品來源：倫敦切爾西私人收藏 Condition Report: in good condition other than some wear to gilding and minor firing blemishes Condition Report Disclaimer
A Chinese Famille Rose octagonal plate, 18th century, 26cm diameter; and a Chinese Imari style plate, 18th century, 35cm diameter (2)清十八世紀 外銷粉彩花卉圖盤及青花伊萬裡式盤兩件 Condition Report: octangonal plate with one minute chip to the corner and the Imari plate with one filled chipCondition Report Disclaimer
Seven various Japanese Imari dishes, Meiji Period, late 19th century, painted with kyin and Iris, 21.8cm diameter and eight Japanese Imari dishes, Meiji Period, late 19th century, 22cm diameter (15) Condition Report: the seven kylin plates with some wear but in presentable conditionone of the set of eight plates with large section of rim missing and another restored and another cracked and some wear to gilding to all Condition Report Disclaimer
A large Samson or Continental charger, late 19th century, in Japanese Arita style, 54.5cm diameter and a large Samson Imari charger, late 19th century, in Japanese Arita style, 55.5cm diameter (2) Condition Report: 54.5cm dish extensively restored other dish with rim chip and some loss to gilding and some degradation to blue glazeCondition Report Disclaimer
A LARGE JAPANESE 'GOLD IMARI' DISHEDO PERIOD, C.1700Richly decorated in gilt, pink and red enamels, painted to the centre with a flowering spray of peony framed by a band of quails, millet and other birds in flight, the rim with panels enclosing peony, magnolia and camellia, the reverse left undecorated, 55cm.Cf. C J A Jörg, Fine & Curious, Japanese Export Porcelain in Dutch Collections, pp.115-116, no.123, for another example. The author explains that other pieces from the same service are in the Groninger Museum, Groningen. Similar pieces can also be seen at the Dutch museum in Dejima, Nagasaki; at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, and at the Topkapi Saray Museum in Istanbul.
NO RESERVEA JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE KAKIEMON FOLIATE DISH EDO PERIOD, LATE 17TH CENTURY The ai-Kakiemon dish decorated to the well with two scholars beneath a pine tree standing on a riverbank, the rim with a continuous scene of two confronting tigers amidst bamboo and prunus, below a brown-enamelled rim; the underside with karakusa scrolls, the base with various paper labels including one reading 'Marchant London' and a fuku mark, 27.4cm. PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. Provenance: Henry Lawrence (1925-2016) and thence by descent; purchased from S Marchant & Son, London, 21st October 1983; formerly in the collections of the Duke of Portland and of Dr Carew-Shaw. A copy of the invoice is available. Cf. Barry Davies Oriental Art, Ko-Imari Porcelain from the Collection of Oliver Impey, pp.96-97 no.47, for another closely related dish from the collection of Margaret, Duchess of Portland, Welbeck Abbey. See also S Jenyns, Japanese Porcelain, p.21B for a similar dish, and H Garner, Oriental Blue and White, pl.92B for another example.
NO RESERVEA JAPANESE IMARI BOWL EDO PERIOD, C.1700 The exterior painted with flowering prunus and peony issuing from rockwork, the interior with a chrysanthemum spray and a scrolling border to the rim, all rendered in underglaze blue, gilt and polychrome enamels, 11cm. PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.
A COLLECTION OF JAPANESE PORCELAIN ITEMSEDO PERIOD, 18TH CENTURYThe first a double-handled koro, the incense burner raised on four short legs and with a dense decoration of chrysanthemum flowers amongst leafy tendrils, painted in underglaze blue, gilt, red and green enamels and with moulded details, the lid topped with a lion dog on a large flowerhead holding a brocade ball; another piece a box and cover painted with fan-shaped and circular medallions containing many flowers; and a small Imari cup and saucer, the surface with unusual translucent dots forming patterns of flowers, painted with further blossoms and butterflies, 17.7cm max. (6)Provenance: from an English private collection, London.
A LARGE JAPANESE IMARI CISTERN AND COVER EDO PERIOD, C.1700-1730Of baluster form beneath a compressed bulbous rim and above a hexagonal base raised on three scroll feet, with a loop handle to the side and a domed cover, embellished with moulded decoration painted in gilt, iron-red, blue, green, purple, pale pink and black enamels, the body depicting the Shichifukujin (Seven Lucky Gods) beneath a curtain tied with a large bow; the rim with panels of shishi reserved on a ground of hares among scrolling clouds, and the cover with two sinuous dragons; the base with acanthus scrolls and a moulded chrysanthemum pierced with an opening for a tap, 40cm. (2)Provenance: formerly an English private collection, Sussex, acquired in the 1990s.This type of cistern was made in Japan exclusively for the export market around the start of the 18th century, closely following Western designs down to the detail of the aperture at the front of the base, ready to be mounted with a European metal spout. The decoration, however, is Japanese in character and presents the Shichifukujin or the Seven Gods of Good Fortune, who were a widely popular theme in the Edo period. These folk deities comprised Ebisu and Daikoku, along with Benzaiten, Bishamonten, Fukurokuju, Hotei and Jurojin, each associated with specific attributes and qualities, capable of bestowing good luck on the faithful. They also feature on another tripod cistern closely related to the present lot, donated by Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks (1826-1897) to the British Museum, London, access. no.Franks.493.A. The piece, complete with its European metal spout, is also illustrated in L Smith, V Harris and T Clark, Japanese Art: Masterpieces in the British Museum, no.155. A further example is illustrated in S Jenyns, Japanese Porcelain, pl.28A.
A JAPANESE EARLY-ENAMELLED VASE EDO PERIOD, C.1660-80 The ovoid body painted with iron-red, yellow, green, blue and black enamels, depicting a watery landscape with fishing boats sailing from behind rocky outcrops and buildings on the shoreline, with a large willow tree to the side and other vegetation; with two concentric iron-red bands above the foot, the shoulder decorated with a border of spirals and two concentric blue and red bands, with a further tooth-pattern band to the neck, 19.3cm.See the Gardiner Museum, Toronto, access. no.G04.18.33 for a similar vase in the Macdonald Collection. Cf. E Strober, La maladie de porcelaine: East Asian Porcelain from the Collection of Augustus the Strong, p.166, for a discussion on this style decoration. See also a comparable example illustrated in Old Imari Ware: The Toguri Museum of Art, p.81, pl.73.
NO RESERVEA LARGE JAPANESE IMARI CHARGER EDO PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY Decorated in underglaze blue, gilt, iron-red, green, yellow and black enamels, with flowering chrysanthemum stems issuing from behind a low screen to the well, within a border of panels depicting bijin framed by tied ribbons and reserved on a ground of karakusa and stylised peonies, the underside with flowering prunus, chrysanthemum and further peonies, the base with a floral spray, 37.3cm. PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. Provenance: from an English private collection, Sussex; previously in the Soame Jenyns collection, by repute.
NO RESERVEA COLLECTION OF JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE PIECES EDO AND LATER, 18TH CENTURY AND LATER Comprising: a Hirado sake bottle painted with boys at play amidst pine trees; a Nabeshima-style dish, painted with a prunus tree and daisies; a Hirado globular sake ewer and cover, painted with storks amidst pine trees; a pair of Square Hirado dishes, decorated with fruiting vines; a moulded Kakiemon-style bowl, with landscape scenes, shippo and birds, the base with a fuku mark; a late shoki Imari-style dish depicting a hare below a crescent moon; some with paper labels for the Lawrence Collection, 27cm max. (8) PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. Provenance: Henry Lawrence (1925-2016) and thence by descent; the Hirado Nabeshima-style dish and the sake ewer and cover purchased from Christie's South Kensington, 22nd February 2007, lot 2334; the pair of Hirado square dishes purchased from Chris Sheffield, c.1999; the shoki-Imari style dish purchased from Bonhams London, 14th May 2015, lot 342.
A SMALL COLLECTION OF JAPANESE IMARI PIECES EDO PERIOD, 18TH CENTURYComprising: a small moulded teapot, the foliate body decorated with rabbits prancing amongst vegetation; a scalloped bowl and a dish, and a nine-sided plate, all three decorated with floral designs rendered in gilt and polychrome enamels, 20.9cm max. (5) Provenance: from an English private collection, London.
NO RESERVETWO JAPANESE ARITA POLYCHROME DISHES EDO PERIOD, 17TH AND 18TH CENTURY Both decorated in underglaze blue and polychrome enamels; the first an early-enamelled dish painted with a spray of prunus and insects, the reverse with underglaze-blue floral scrolls and an iron-red fuku mark; the other, a decagonal Imari dish decorated with iris, chrysanthemum and camelia within a border of floral panels, the underside with flowering prunus sprays; both 21cm. (2) PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. Provenance: from an English private collection, Sussex. Barry Davies Oriental Art, Ko-Imari Porcelain from the Collection of Oliver Impey, pp.180-181 no.103, for a piece closely related to the prunus and butterfly dish, dated c.1655 by the author.
NO RESERVEA COLLECTION OF JAPANESE PORCELAIN PIECES EDO PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY Comprising: a teacup and three bowls, one with a lid; all decorated in underglaze blue and polychrome enamels, variously painted with mythological beasts, flowers, chrysanthemum mon, brocade patterns and geometrical designs, one piece with a mark reading Da Ming Chenghua nian zhi; two bowls and the lid with the same four-character signature, 15.9cm max. (5) PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. Provenance: from an English private collection, London. Cf. B Davies, Barry Davies Oriental Art, Ko-Imari Porcelain from the Collection of Oliver Impey, pp.208-209, no.125 for a bowl similar to the one on the right in the catalogue picture, exhibited at the British Museum, Porcelain for Palaces, 1990.
A JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE ARITA BOTTLE VASEEDO PERIOD, C.1680The bulbous body with a short flared neck, decorated with pavilions in a mountainous river landscape, one side with a large weeping willow and another with fishing nets; with concentric bands of lappets to the shoulder, 21.5cm.Provenance: formerly in the collection of Oliver Impey (1936-2005). Impey was Senior Curator at the Ashmolean Museum, Reader in Eastern Art at Oxford University, and a leading authority on Japanese Art. Published: Barry Davies Oriental Art, Ko-Imari Porcelain from the Collection of Oliver Impey, pp.50-51 no.22, where the piece is discussed and illustrated.
NO RESERVEUTAGAWA HIROSHIGE III (1842-94) KAWANABE KYOSAI (1831-89) MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY Three Japanese woodblock prints, the first two by Hiroshige, both made of two pages of an e-hon (printed book), from the series Dai Nippon Bussan Zue (Products of Greater Japan), depicting Imari porcelain production and sugar making, published by Ōkura Magobei in 1877, both 17.5cm x 23.5cm; the third print by Kyosai and titled Rengi tori to nasu, Denso kashite uzura to naru (A pestle becomes a bird, moles turn into quails, in the middle of the Fourth month), from the series Kyōsai hyakuzu (One Hundred Pictures by Kyōsai), signed Ōju Seisei Kyōsai, 17.3cm x 12cm. (3) PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. Provenance: a private collection, Hampshire.
Derby porcelain imari pattern part breakfast service, mid 19th century, iron red crown batons mark, pattern no.19, including a muffin dish and cover, an eggcup stand and six eggcups, a teapot, a sugar bowl and cover, assorted plates, cups and a milk jug (some damages and repairs) Condition Report Two of the egg cups are cracked and restored. The milk jug has a riveted repair to handle. Teapot cover cracked across and riveted. Teapot stand cracked and riveted. Muffin dish cover cracked and riveted across. Handle respaired. A dinner plate with hairline crack.Some staining and wear overall, otherwise in good decorative order.
Pair of late 19th century Berlin-style figures in the Meissen-style decorated with flowers on gilt scroll moulded tree stump bases, underglaze blue sceptre marks, 22.5cm high max, another pair smaller modelled as fish and poultry sellers on square tree stump bases, with underglaze blue sceptre marks and a Spode Imari pattern flared cylindrical footed pot pourri tub pastille burner of flared form decorated with oriental flower sprays within gilt cartouches, raised on gilt paw feet, gilt Spode mark, pattern no.1216 (lacking liner) (5) Condition Report Both Berlin-style figures with chips and losses, surface marks and accretions.Small male figure with chip to hat, wear to shoes. Female figure with restoration to one arm.General wear and tear.
Collection of corkscrews and bottle openers including a late 19th/early 20th century turned wooden handle example, a bottle opener with Royal Crown Derby imari-style porcelain handle, a white metal-mounted koala bottle stopper, an Italian nickel-plated double-lever corkscrew, assorted cut glass decanter stoppers and other items
Collection of English porcelain and bone china cups and saucers including an early 19th century Imari coffee cup and saucer, iron red pattern no.2/578, decorated with blue and gilt key-pattern within scrolling oriental flowerspray borders, a Spode Regent green ground pattern coffee cup, an ivory ground coffee cup and saucer, a Warwick pattern example, a yellow ground Ruskin pattern example, another with Maple London mark, a Minton's hunting pattern coffee cup and saucer with Davis Collamore retailers marks of New York, a Royal Albert Art Deco trio, a Royal Doulton Glamis thistle pattern side plate signed by P Curnock, a Vienna-style coffee cup and saucer with ribbon gilt borders and other items
Group of 19th century English porcelain imari pattern teawares including Derby, printed and painted iron red crown marks, various pattern numbers, including a Derby porcelain oval teapot and cover, two large breakfast cups, four saucers and a cake plate, an English porcelain imari pattern part tea service including a teapot and cover, sugar bowl and cover, teacups, coffee cups, saucers and a plate and others similar (some damages and losses)
Three Derby porcelain vases, circa 1820, two with iron red cross batons D marks, comprising a topographical example painted with mountainous view, titled with gilt serpent handles, 17cm high, another of the same form painted with a basket of flowers on a marbled plinth, the third decorated in the imari palette (some damages, repairs and restoration) (3)
Group of Derby porcelain two-handled cups and a group of English porcelain coffee cans, circa 1820's, iron red crossed crown batons mark, various pattern numbers, including a pair of two-handled small flared vases with scroll handles decorated in the imari palette, another painted with a figure in mountainous lake landscape, a two-handled cylindrical vase on gilt paw feet painted with a flower spray, a Derby porcelain coffee can, gilt and painted in blue with fruiting vine and two English porcelain coffee cans decorated in the imari palette (some damages and repairs)
Canton famille rose cylindrical tea kettle and cover, an oviform vase, a pair of Kangxi blue and white teabowls painted with figures in discussion, a 19th century tea bowl with figure before terracing inscribed with four characters to reverse with seal, cloisonne enamel bowl and other items (some damages and repairs) Condition Report Canton kettle - cover cracked across and restuck, small chip to spout, repair to handle. Canton plate - rim chip. Canton small vase - cracked and chipped. Pair of blue and white teabowls - one cracked across and repaired, and the other chipped and with faint hairline crack.Small imari teabowl - large section of rim cracked out and repaired, Teabowl in famille rose palette, - ok. Flared teabowl with figure before terracing, with a section of footrim chipped and lacking, wear to gilding. Blue and white crackle glazed vase - minor wear. Cloisionne bowl - ok. Some wear overall.
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