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Design Vase Bodo Mans Keramik gemarkt Bay Keramik, Entwurf Bodo Mans aus den 1965/70er Jahren, Modellnr. 7135, vierpassige Form auf zurückgesetztem Stand, mit eingezogenem Hals und wulstigem Mündungsrand, oben angegesetzte doppelte Handhaben in Kreisform, geometrisches Reliefdekor in verschiedenen Blau-und Türkis-Farbtönen, H ca. 36 cm
Large 19th Century Indo-Persian All Steel Double Axe Tabar, crescent-shaped heads 26.5cms, chiselled on each side with a pair of addorsed birds above a vase of flowering foliage and damascened decoration overall, surmounted with circular device pierced with stars and with square-section spike, on its cylindrical steel haft etched with sham watering. Heads each 49cms, overall length 98cms. Good condition and age patina.
A FINE EDWARDIAN SILVER TWO-HANDLED VASE AND COVER by George Fox, London 1907, of everted rounded circular form upon a circular pedestal foot, the shaped everted edge with reed and ribbon rim, the pull-off domed lid surmounted by an artichoke finial, the body with applied laurel swags and vacant cartouche to each side, the opposable laurel wreath handles with trifurcated acanthus scroll junctions, gilt interior. 32cm high, 51.3 troy ounces
FRENCH GREEN GLASS LANGUEDOC VASE BY RENE LALIQUE,also known as 'Reversed Leaves', model no. 1021, designed 1929, engraved 'R. Lalique France' signature, 22.5cm highProvenance: Purchased by the vendor's parents in the early 1930s from A. & J. Smith Jewellers, 191 Union St., AberdeenThere is a very small nick (3mm x 1mm) and a few further tiny flea bites to the rim exterior; there are a few again very slight nicks/flea bites to the rim interior practically indiscernible to the human eye but can be felt when running a finger around the rim; a very small scratch and some tiny blemishes around the 'collar'; some light surface level scratches to the top; there are some further sporadic and isolated small spots of either rubbing to the finish or where the finish has not been fully or evenly applied to the surface; there are a very few isolated and sporadic possible imperfections from manufacture including an air bubble-type inclusion, a couple of small circular areas to the upper leaves (the larger of which possibly a very small surface abrasion but appears more akin to a 'blister' from production) and a very small irregularity to one of the leaves of the lower section where a small piece of glass is attached to what would otherwise be a natural depression; variations in the surface finish where some areas have been handled more regularly with resultant 'smoother', more 'glassy' look to these areas, typically the most pronounced areas of the leaves of the upper section; some of the leaves displaying some darker patches but again appears to be either from manufacture or a natural development over the years rather than being damage; scratches to base underside as to be expected; quite dusty so would certainly benefit from a careful clean; otherwise no further visible issues, damage or restoration, overall a good example; additional images available
RENE LALIQUE (1860-1945) OPALESCENT GLASS 'AVALON' VASE,design introduced 1927, moulded with sparrows in fruiting branches, engraved 'No. 986' and signed 'R.LALIQUE FRANCE', to base 16cm highCondition fair. Shallow chip 5mm the width of rim. Another minor chip to exterior foot. Surface wear to base including scratches. Other minor scratches, including to bowl interior. Manufacturing imperfections including satiations. Light wear as per age. Additional images now available.
EARLY 20TH CENTURY STUDIO GLASS VASE,attributed to Monart, shape OC, in mottled green, blue and purple tones, on circular foot with ground pontil, 10.5cm highCondition generally good to fair. The body is without damage, though interior will require clean. Shallow Chip of about 7mm to outside rim of foot, and one of about 2.5mm to base. Also wear to base as per use and age. Additional images now available.
LARGE STUDIO POTTERY VASE BY JOHN SPENCER,of tapered circular form, stylised sgraffito decoration, signature to base, 40.8cm highHeight is 40.8cm, there is a hairline of approximately 10-12cm running vertically from the rim, some further crazing lines only visible to the interior, however no signs of restoration or further damage, some light general wear and imperfections/inconsistencies from manufacture
LALIQUE 'SOUDAN' OPALESCENT GLASS VASE,originally designed in 1928, of ovoid form, moulded with bands of running antelope, 'R. LALIQUE FRANCE' mark to base, 17cm highCondition generally good. One very minor nibble to the inside, and another to the outside rim. Surface wear to base as per age. Additional images now available.
A SUPERB MIDNIGHT-BLUE CLOISONN̉ۡ VASE DEPICTING HO-O BIRDS AND KIRI LEAVESJapan, Meiji period (1868-1912)The pear-shaped body supported on a spreading foot and rising to a tall waisted neck, with silvered mounts, very finely decorated in bright enamels against a midnight-blue ground with three colorful ho-o birds below a dense design of scrolling foliage and paulownia leaves, with a ring border below the rim and a floral diapered band to the foot.HEIGHT 25.7 cmWEIGHT 398 gCondition: Very good condition with minor surface wear and manufacturing irregularities, such as minor scattered pitting.Provenance: Property from the John and Muriel Okladek Collection. John Okladek (1929-2015) was a world traveler, a premier collector of art objects, and an occasional consultant to leading auction houses relative to some of his expertise. Among other areas of collecting, he and his wife Muriel (b. 1931) built an important and substantial collection of Japanese cloisonn̩.Both the ho-o bird and the paulownia (kiri) tree are imperial symbols of Japan. According to legend, the ho-o, a bird similar to the phoenix that represents the eternal rebirth of the soul, only settles on the Kiri tree. In the hope of attracting this auspicious bird that blesses people with wisdom, health and happiness, the trees are planted in courtyards and gardens.
HOTODA: A SATSUMA CERAMIC VASE WITH SAMURAI AND LUCKY GODSBy Hotoda, signed Dai Nihon Bijutsushi, Satsuma toki, Yokohama Hotoda zoJapan, Meiji period (1868-1912)The baluster-shaped vase with a deep-blue ground elaborately decorated with gilt floral patterns all around except for two large reserves on either side which feature finely painted images, in bright enamel colors and gilt, depicting various sages, samurai warriors, and lucky gods including Daikoku and Benten. The underside with a gilt cartouche below the Shimazu mon reading Dai Nihon Bijutsushi, Satsuma toki, Yokohama HOTODA zo [Made by Hotoda, Yokohama, Satsuma ware, fine art dealer in Great Japan].HEIGHT 19 cmCondition: Very good, undamaged condition with minor wear to gilt.Provenance: Hungarian private collection.
ANDO HIRONOBU: A STONEWARE VASE ‘GINGA YO’, 20TH CENTURYJapan. Of organic shape, the exterior covered in a granular deep blue color (seirosai), the interior in light blue. The vase is titled Ginga Yo (= Fra away galaxy). The base with an abstract mark.Provenance: Dutch private collection.Condition: Excellent condition.Dimensions: Height 44 cmWith the original signed box and a set of post-cards.Ando Hironobu is a potter from the Gifu province, Japan. He was a member of the Nitten Club, the Japan Federation of New Craft Artists, and the Gifu Prefecture Ceramics Artists Association. He also became the director of the Birou Ceramics Association and of the Gifu Ceramic Designers’ Association and received several awards including the Nitten Chunichi Prize and the Kato Kohei Prize.
A PARTLY GLAZED CERAMIC SAKE BOTTLEJapan, 19th to 20th centuryWith beige glaze and craquelé. One side with flower decoration in brown and light beige, the back side undecorated. The aperture of the vase broadened to form the spout. Unglazed base.Dimensions: HEIGHT 25 CM, DIAMETER 8.3 CM Condition: Excellent condition Provenance: American private collection, acquired in the 1950s to 1970s
A FINE SATSUMA CERAMIC VASEJapan, Meiji period (1868-1912)The shouldered vase rising from a recessed food to a small waisted neck with lipped rim, finely painted in gold, black and polychrome enamels with numerous reserves enclosing street merchants, beauties, and courtiers gathered on the streets, armor-clad warriors in discussion as well as two circular reserves with a mountainous landscape and a bird in flight, the ground densely decorated with flowers and gray stippling interspersed with gilt diapered designs, the shoulder with a variety of brocade patterns.HEIGHT 12 cmCondition: Excellent condition with minor surface wear. Provenance: From an important German private collection, assembled in the 1980s till 1999. With an old collector’s label 'Thomsen Collection SV 027' to the base.
A FINE SATSUMA VASE DEPICTING A FAMILY TEMPLE VISITBy Kozan, signed KozanJapan, Meiji period (1868-1912)The cylindrical body rising from a waisted foot to a waisted neck with lipped rim, superbly enameled and gilt with a husband, wife, and their young daughter walking along a path lined with colorful bushes and trees toward a towering temple, with hills and further trees in the background. Two diapered bands to the foot and below the rim, the shoulder with a band of shaped reserves enclosing diapered designs against a foliate scroll ground below a line band at the neck and the gilt rim. Signed KOZAN to the base.HEIGHT 18.8 cmCondition: Excellent condition with minor wear and minimal firing flaws. Provenance: Canadian private collection.
YABU MEIZAN (1853-1934): A SATSUMA DISH WITH MAPLE LEAVESBy Yabu Meizan (1853-1934), signed Yabu MeizanJapan, Meiji period (1868-1912)The shallow rounded sides rising from a short foot to a six-lobed gilt rim, the interior finely decorated in gilt and bright enamels with leafy maple branches, the leaves in the process of turning color, ranging from verdant greens and yellows to pale and deep red hues. Covered overall in a finely crackled transparent glaze. The recessed base with the gilt signature YABU MEIZAN.DIAMETER 21.4 cmCondition: Very good condition with expected minor surface wear and firing flaws. The signature is worn and has become partially illegible.Provenance: British private collection.Auction comparison: Compare a Satsuma vase by Yabu Meizan with a closely related design, 11.6 cm high, dated c. 1900, at Bonhams, Fine Japanese and Korean Art, 24 September 2020, New York, lot 896 (sold for 3,187 USD). Compare a related Satsuma dish by Yabu Meizan, 16 cm diameter, also decorated with maple leaves, dated early 20th century, at Bonhams, Fine Japanese and Korean Art, 15 March 2017, New York, lot 6268 (sold for 7,500 USD).
YABU MEIZAN: A SUPERB AND LARGE SATSUMA VASE WITH SPARROWBy Yabu Meizan (1853-1934), signed Yabu MeizanJapan, late 19th to early 20th century, Meiji period (1868-1912)The ovoid body rising from a recessed foot to an everted flat rim, finely enameled and gilt to the sides with a bird in an autumnal branch, the slightly rotten leaves are achieved with great naturalism and the complete image stands out beautifully against the pure ivory white crackled ground, the lip with a band of floral scroll. Signed to the base YABU MEIZAN within a gilt seal.HEIGHT 23.6 cmCondition: Two tiny, restored chips underneath the outer lip, otherwise excellent condition with minor wear to gilt.Provenance: From an important East German private collection, mainly assembled in the 1970s and 80s.Yabu Meizan (1853-1934) was a Japanese artist and workshop owner known for painting on porcelain. His studio produced high-end Satsuma ware and he was one of the artists who continued the tradition of high artistic quality while also successfully exporting. Meizan actively marketed his work internationally as well as domestically, taking an active role in organizing the presentation of Japanese wares at world fairs.Auction comparison: Compare with a closely related vase by Yabu Meizan depicting a similar motif and of almost the same size at Christie's, the Avo Krikorian collection: Innovation and inspiration of Meiji period design, 19 February 2007, Geneva, lot 47 (sold for 26,400 CHF).
A LARGE INLAID BRONZE VASE WITH SPARROWSBy Kazumasa and Hidemisu Kansei, signed Kazumasa and sealed Hidemitsu KanseiJapan, late 19th century, Meiji period (1868-1912)Well cast, the bulbous body rising from a spreading foot to a tall, gently waisted neck with a petal-lobed trumpet mouth. The front applied in high relief with three sparrows with gold-inlaid eyes, two of them in flight above lotus leaves and buds along with the remains of an old mushroom-covered tree trunk, scattered bamboo leaves, and a tattered woven bamboo net filled with grains, all within a subtly modeled and incised stream, the back similarly decorated with a lotus leaf and bamboo. The bronze patinated to a warm copper-brown tone. The base signed ISSEI above the seal HIDEMITSU KANSEI.HEIGHT 54 cmWEIGHT 6,778 gCondition: Very good condition with minor wear and casting irregularities, few minuscule nicks, the applied decoration partly with green verdigris.Provenance: French private collection.
AN BRONZE AND PARCEL-GILT AMPHORA VASEJapan, Meiji period (1868-1912)The baluster body in the style of a Chinese archaistic amphora with dragon handles, inlaid in silver, gilt, and copper, details worked in takazogan and shibuichi. One side decorated with bats in flight amid blossoming wisteria, the other with sparrows (suzume). The neck and foot decorated with leafy and key fret borders in silver and gilt.HEIGHT 23.4 cmWEIGHT 1,620 gCondition: Very good condition, fine patina, with manufacturing irregularities and casting flaws.Provenance: British private collection.Auction comparison:Compare a related bronze vase by Suzuki Chokichi, dated Meiji, at Bonhams, Fine Japanese Art 7 Nov 2019, London, lot 218 (sold for 5,312 GBP).
A LARGE ANDO STYLE CLOISON̉ۡ ENAMEL VASEJapan, Taisho to early Showa period (1921-1945)The baluster-shaped vase decorated with a fine green ground and worked in musen-shippo (wireless technique) with lighter green enamels to depict subtle floral and foliate designs around the shoulder. The rim on the mouth and underside silver plated.HEIGHT 22 cmCondition: Very good condition with no damages whatsoever, only minor wear and microscopic nicks to the brass rims. Provenance: Austrian private collection.
A PAIR OF CLOISONN̉ۡ ENAMEL VASESJapan, Meiji period (1868-1912)Each vase baluster-shaped and decorated with silver wire and colored enamels on a fine turquoise-green ground and depicting a blossoming cherry tree branch. The rims and underside applied with copper.HEIGHT 15 cm eachCondition: Few nicks with associated hairlines and minor surface scratches. The rims and base with remains of silvering. Provenance: Austrian private collection.
A LARGE MIDNIGHT-BLUE CLOISONNÉ VASE WITH FLOWERSJapan, Meiji period (1868-1912)The baluster sides rising from a short foot to a broad shoulder with a waisted neck and everted rim, the rims of silver, the exterior finely decorated in bright enamels with a dense composition of various flowers including chrysanthemum borne on towering leafy stems, all between diapered borders above the foot and below the rim, the base with a green ground.HEIGHT 24.5 cmWEIGHT 790 gCondition: Excellent condition with minor wear and manufacturing irregularities. Provenance: French private collection.Auction comparison: Compare a related midnight-blue cloisonné vase with similar decoration, 18.5 cm high, with an Ando wire mark and dated Meiji to Taisho period, at Christie’s, Japanese and Korean Art, 22 September 2005, New York, lot 281 (sold for 2,880 USD).
A Hallmarked Silver and Tortoiseshell Circular Compact, (internal mirror cracked); a novelty circular shallow trinket pot, detailed with a field mouse, hallmarked silver and other napkin rings, a plated swing handled basket dish, a four flute epergne (glass damage / repair), plate sugar caster, slender spill vase, etc.
Richard Joyce for Royal Lancastrian Pottery, baluster vase decorated with banded strapwork in green lustre on red lustre ground, painted cypher and impressed factory marks, 20.5 cm highThere are imperfections from the production process around the bottom half of the body of the vase otherwise, it i
Hannah Barlow for Doulton Lambeth, footed baluster vase incised with donkeys in a grassland setting, within moulded borders, impressed and incised factory marks with HB monogram and marks for Florence C. Roberts and Ethel Beard, 27cm highThe general condition is good. There are a few imperfections from the production process.
Pilkington's Royal Lancastrian vase of tapered shouldered form, decorated in a mottled flambé glaze with iridescence and silvered collar, shape 2369, impressed marks to base, 22.5cm highRather crudely restored area approx. 10mm x 5mm on edge of foot rim. Several small superficial glaze scratches to body near shoulder.
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