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λ TWO TOBACCO POUCHES.
19th Century.
The first a tooled leather pouch with a fan shape cloisonné clasp, with a Venetian style ojime, fitted with stained ivory kiseruzutsu, 10.5 x 8cm; the second a silk embroidered leather pouch, a gold clasp modelled as a seated farmer, attached with a lacquer pipe case decorated with a dragon in orange hiramakie, 13 x 8cm. (2)
£300-400
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A FINE TOBACCO POUCH WITH A PIPE.
19th Century.
Of textured leather, with a metal clasp in the form of a hare rowing a boat against waves, fitted with double wood pipe cases intricately carved and lacquered with patterns, and a bamboo pipe with gold plated copper ends, 8 x 13cm.
£300-400
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A HALF-MOON SHAPED TOBACCO POUCH WITH A PIPE.
19th Century.
A soft leather pouch with a clasp modelled as an owl and the moon, a delicately woven pipe case containing a wooden pipe with silver ends decorated in soft metal inlay with long-tailed birds and a maple tree, 9cm wide.
£500-700
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λ TWO PIPE CASES.
19th Century.
A plain ivory case containing a bamboo kiseru pipe with silver fittings; and a plain wood case with a wood and silver kiseru, 22cm. (2)
£200-300
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A NAMBAN TSUBA.
Edo period.
In the style of Chinese sword guards, elaborately carved and pierced with dragons amongst an arabesque pattern, an inset tama jewel on the top, with a wooden fitted box, 8.5cm diameter.
£150-200
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AN IRON TSUBA.
Edo period.
Of mokko form, pierced with a dragonfly, with a wooden fitted box, 9cm diameter.
£150-200
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AN IRON TSUBA.
Edo period.
Modelled as an abalone, signed Akahana Yoshitsugu, with a wooden fitted box, 6.8cm diameter.
£150-200
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SIX TSUBA.
Edo period or later.
Including an oval shaped copper tsuba, decorated in high relief with a bamboo tree, the reverse with Chinese figures beside a banana tree, signed Bushu jy Masatsune; an iron sukashi tsuba pierced with ho-o bird with paulownia tree; a namban style tsuba with dragons; three further oval shape tsuba, various sizes. (6)
£250-300
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λ A PAIR OF JAPANESE BRONZE AND IVORY FIGURE GROUPS.
Meiji period.
Each with a carved ivory figure of a cooper on a large barrel cast in bronze, signed Kazuo saku, 17cm H, 12cm H.(2)
£400-600
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AN UNUSUAL BRONZE OKIMONO OF KANNON.
Meiji period.
Heavily cast with traces of gilding on the surface, seated on a rock holding a bottle, surmounted by coiled dragons and lotus flowers, with a storage box, 25cm H.
£600-800
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A BRONZE IKEBANA FLOWER VASE.
Meiji period.
A three-section usubata, the base finely cast with cresting waves, supporting a goblet shaped body with a coiled dragon in high relief, and a removable flat rim, fitted wood box, 23.5cm H.
£300-400
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A BRONZE OKIMONO OF GRAPES.
19th Century or later.
Stylised model of grapes with a stalk, a small frog applied to the vine leaf, unsigned, 8.5cm H
£120-150
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A SILVERED METAL OKIMONO OF A BIRD.
Meiji period.
A naturalistically cast bird perched on a bronze branch with large leaves, signed Yoshimitsu, with a lacquered scroll-shape stand, 33cm wide.
£300-500
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A WOOD OKIMONO OF TWO HARES.
20th Century.
Carved from one single block wood, one recumbent while its companion climbs over it, signed Tachikawa Tominao koku on the reverse, with kakihan, 22cm H.
£200-300
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AN ATTRACTIVE PAIR OF INLAID BRONZE VASES.
Meiji period.
Each of slender ribbed body with everted neck, carved in low relief and inlaid with gold, silver, shakudo, and sentoku with flowering clematis plants and butterflies, with a 'Nogawa' seal mark, 28cm H.
£800-1,000
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A PAIR OF SENTOKU VASES WITH STANDS.
Meiji period.
Elegantly decorated with bamboo and flowering plum tree in the iroe-hirazogan inlaid technique, signed Mitsukoshi sei on the reverse with a Yoshitake seal, wood stands and original fitted box, 15cm H.
£1,000-1,500
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A JAPANESE SILVER JARDINIÈRE.
Meiji period.
The shallow tray decorated to the exterior with irises in high relief, raised on 'dragon's head' feet, the retailer's marks K&K, Kuhn & Komor to the base, in katakana (Kun Komoru), 36 x 8cm.
£1,000-1,500
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AN INLAID SILVER AND BRONZE BOX AND COVER.
Meiji period.
The cover finely inlaid in silver and gold with a heron standing on a tree branch beside a stream, the detail of the tree engraved in katakiribori on a bronze ground, signed Terumitsu koku, and the ginsei mark to the base, 10 x 13.5 x 5cm.
£400-600
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AN INLAID BOX AND COVER.
Korea, 20th Century.
A fine bronze jewellery box, the cover decorated with lotus flowers arabesque designs inlaid in gold and silver on a brown ground, fitted with wooden inner compartments, with a storage box, 23 x 16 x 7cm.
£1,500-2,000
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A RED CLOISONNÉ VASE DECORATED WITH A NIGHTINGALE.
Meiji period.
Of globular form with a narrow neck, worked in gilt wire with a nightingale perched on a camellia tree, on a red colour ground, unsigned, 21cm H.
£100-150
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TWO CLOISONNÉ VASES AND COVERS.
Meiji period.
The first of squat globular form worked in copper wire with chrysanthemums and wisteria against a green jinbari ground, the cover similarly decorated with a gilt metal chrysanthemum finial, unsigned, 11cm H, the second of rounded hexagonal form worked in silver and gilt wire decorated with stylised dragon and ho-o bird enclosed by karakusa patterns against a pale blue ground, with a ball shaped knop on the cover, unsigned, 13cm H. (2)
£400-500
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A COPPER CHOKIN PANEL.
Meiji period.
An iroe hirazogan panel, boldly engraved in katakiri bori with an eagle perched on a pine tree, framed and glazed, signed Fu sen koku. 21 x 18.5cm.
£150-250
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A CARVED WOOD PANEL.
20th Century.
Carved in high relief with a crane standing beside a bamboo tree, engraved signature Chikugairin koku, 82 x 16cm.
£100-120
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λ A WOOD INLAID PANEL.
Meiji period.
Depicting two women under a flowering cherry tree, inlaid in shibayama style, with bone, mother-of-pearl and lacquer takamakie, 42 x 89cm.
£120-150
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A MOUNTED PORCELAIN PLAQUE.
20th Century.
Of a circular shape, painted in various enamels with two toddlers at play, with a 'Ho' seal mark, 29.5cm diameter.
£250-300
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AN IMARI SAKE BOTTLE.
18th Century.
Of square form with angled shoulders and waisted neck, decorated in underglaze blue, iron-red, green enamel and gilt with stylized peonies, and takokara arabesque, 19cm H.
£600-800
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A LARGE SATSUMA VASE.
Meiji period.
Of baluster shape, decorated in gilt and enamels with samurai warriors beneath a lappet moulded shoulders richly painted geometric patterns, unsigned, 31cm H.
£600-800
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A SATSUMA KOGO.
Meiji period.
Of circular form with lobed edge, the cover decorated in various enamels and gilt with chrysanthemums beside a stream, the interior with a sprig of chrysanthemum, the Satsuma mark on the base, 7.5cm.
£80-100
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A BLUE AND WHITE BEAKER VASE.
Transitional era.
Decorated with a continuous scene of birds among rocks, pines and flowers, above a band of scrolling flowers and lappets, 22cm H.
Provenance: English private collection.
£1,000-2,000
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A BLUE AND WHITE 'KRAAK WARE' CHARGER.
Ming Dynasty, Wanli era.
Decorated with a central roundel of birds on a rock beside chrysanthemums, together with a matching dish, 32cm diameter. (2)
£500-800
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A BLUE AND WHITE JAR.
Ming Dynasty, Wanli era.
Of globular form with flat shoulders below a narrow neck, the body decorated with a continuous scene of a bird on a rock among flowers, 8.5cm H.
£400-600
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A BLUE AND WHITE 'BIRDS ON LOTUS POND' BOWL.
Ming Dynasty, Chongzhen period.
Painted in reserve with a continuous scene of a lotus pond with flowers and a bird, 14cm diameter.
Provenance: London private collection.
£500-800
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A WUCAI 'LADIES' JAR WITH ORMOLU MOUNTS.
Transitional era.
The broad-shouldered jar is decorated with a scene of a lady and children on a palace veranda, the base and rim lavishly mounted in ormolu, and surmounted by a pierced and carved wood stand, 52cm H.
£1,500-2,000
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A WUCAI 'LADIES' JAR.
Transitional era.
Decorated with ladies and attendants on a veranda, the cover decorated with boys at play, 38cm H.
£500-800
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TWO WUCAI JARS.
Transitional era.
Each decorated with chrysanthemum heads borne on densely scrolling foliage, one with a domed cover, the other reduced at the shoulders, 38cm H. (2)
£500-800
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A BLUE AND WHITE OVOID 'BOYS' JAR.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi era.
Decorated with a continuous garden scene of boys at play in a garden, one holding a flag, another riding a qilin, 18cm H.
£500-800
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A BLUE AND WHITE 'TREASURES' LANTERN VASE.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi era.
The ribbed body with circular panels enclosing flowers and insects, between a border of scrolling flowers at the base and shoulders, 22cm H.
Provenance: English private collection prior to 1940.£300-500
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A BLUE AND WHITE 'LANDSCAPE' GINGER JAR.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi era.
Decorated with a continuous watery landscape scene in which stand two scholars, 22cm H.
Provenance: Christie's, South Kensington, 12 January 2005, lot 204 [part lot].
£800-1,200
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A BLUE AND WHITE 'PEONIES' CHARGER.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi era.
Painted in reverse with peonies borne on scrolling foliage on a blue ground, 36.5cm diameter.
Provenance: London private collection.
£800-1,200
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A GILT-DECORATED POWDER BLUE VASE AND COVER.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi era.
Painted to the body with animals and flowers in variously shaped panels, the domed cover similarly decorated and surmounted by a bud-form finial, 45cm H.
£3,000-5,000
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A BLUE AND WHITE AND COPPER RED 'BATS' DISH.
Qing Dynasty, Qianlong mark and of the period.
Decorated to the interior with five bats in flight among scrolling clouds, Da Qing Qianlong nianzhi mark to base, 20cm diameter.
£600-800
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A FAMILLE ROSE ENAMELLED MILK GLASS CIRCULAR PLAQUE.
Qing Dynasty, 18th / 19th Century.
Delicately painted in bright enamels with an interior scene of a lady beside a sword-bearing man standing before a horse, 11cm diameter.
Provenance: Acquired from CY Tse Antiques and Collectables, Hong Kong, 3 May 1986.
£800-1,200
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FOUR 'LANDSCAPE' DISHES.
Qing Dynasty.
Each enamelled with a watery landscape scene depicting fishermen, Da Qing Daoguang nianzhi mark to base, 18cm diameter. (4)
£200-300
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A PAIR OF 'BAT AND SHOU CHARACTER' DISHES.
Qing Dynasty.
Each painted with four bats above lingzhi fungus emerging from frothy waves, encircling an undecorated roundel, the rim decorated with thirty-two stylised shou characters in iron red, 20cm diameter. (2)
£100-200
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A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE BOWLS.
Qing Dynasty, Xianfeng mark and of the period.
The exterior decorated with a continuous scene of flowering and fruiting branches, Da Qing Xianfeng nianzhi mark to base, 18cm diameter. (2)
£800-1,200
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A BRONZE FLOWER VASE.
Yuan Dynasty.
The globular body rising to a waisted neck and galleried everted rim, all supported on a splayed foot, lappet decoration above a decorative band on the shoulders flanked by a pair of loop handles in the form of dragons, the foot and rim detailed with a patterned ground, 3.29kg, 36cm H, 9.5cm diameter.
£500-800
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A BRONZE HU WITH ELEPHANT HEAD HANDLES.
Yuan Dynasty.
The pear-shaped body rising to a tall neck flanked by a pair of elephant heads, the exterior of the vessel divided into four registers by three undecorated bands, each register cast in relief with archaistic motifs or repeated patterns, 785g, 19cm H.
£300-500
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A BRONZE FLOWER VASE.
Ming Dynasty, 16th Century.
The pear-shaped body rising to a waisted neck and flared mouthrim, flanked by a pair of handles in the form of dragons with long slender tongues, various decorative motifs the body with moulded ruyi heads, 2.13kg, 24cm H.
£400-600
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A LONGQUAN CELADON VASE.
Ming Dynasty.
Decorated with incised floral patterns, 42cm H. (2)
£100-200
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