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AUCTION – Antique Chinese Sancai Glazed Pottery Ding Tripod Incense Burner

Antique Chinese sancai glazed pottery tripod censer (ding) with twin handles and feet with relief moulded heads of beasts. Comes with its own wooden collection box. Beautiful object for a scholar’s desk.

Dimensions
Height: 11.5 cm
Width: 9.5 cm

Auction closing 2 October, 2022

Antique Chinese Imari Decorated 18th c. Export Porcelain Plate. Scroll Pattern

Gorgeous 18th century Chinese imari decorated dish with nice strong tones of underglaze blue. Decorated in unusual pattern with inner scroll device featuring bamboo and peonies behind a fence, framed by more typical diaper border with floral sprays.

Diameter: 22.7 cm / 9 inches

Fine Antique Japanese Blue and White Porcelain Dish Marked ‘Ken’ 乾 Edo Period

Charming antique Japanese porcelain dish with fine underglaze blue scene depicting boys playing on a large pierced scholar’s rock. Marked 乾 (‘ken’ or ‘qian’) to the base which is assumed to stand for Qianlong (乾隆).

Diameter: 15 cm

Antique Japanese Yokohama Export Porcelain Dish By Nakajima / Nakashima 中島造 横浜焼

Very nice antique Japanese Yokohama porcelain dish featuring beautifully painted rural scene with Mt. Fuji in the background and heavily gilded border with Ho-o bird spreading his wings and tail feathers. Marked 中島造 (Made by Nakajima) underneath.

Diameter: 18 cm

Fine Antique Japanese Sharkskin Glazed Porcelain Sugar Bowl by Takeuchi Chubei

Very beautiful blue-ground porcelain sugar bowl by Meiji artist Takeuchi Chubei decorated in unusual textured ‘sharkskin’ glaze (鮫肌釉). Depicting butterflies amongst falling cherry blossom and with foliate scrolls embellishing its flared rim. Base inscribed with characteristic patent number in black overglaze enamel.

Height: 14 cm
Width: 17 cm

Fine Antique Japanese Seto Blue and White Porcelain Tile With Quails. 19th c.

Finely hand-painted antique Japanese seto porcelain tile depicting pair of quails. Combination of quails and standing grain is a visual rebus that can be interpreted as ‘peace and harmony’. Marked with diamond-shaped underglaze blue maker’s mark on the back.

Dimensions: 15×15 cm

LARGE 12.5″ Antique Japanese Blue-Ground Satsuma Vase With Samurai Early 20th c.

Unusually large antique Japanese cobalt blue-ground Satsuma vase decorated with two panels – one depicting samurai warrior and the other with wisterias and irises. Framed by numerous gold floral sprays all around. Inscribed in the upper right corner above the samurai. Fantastic decorative item!

Height: 31.5 cm / 12.5″

Fine Antique Japanese Kutani Porcelain Teapot and Cups by Kachoken. Meiji Period

Finely hand-painted teapot and pair of cups depicting coastal scenes with men and women collecting seafood and their children playing on the rocky outcrops nearby. All marked with nine-character iron red mark 大日本九谷華暢軒製 (Great Japan Kutani, Made by Kachoken). Kachoken mark often appears on works by Haruna Shigeharu (1847-1914) and decoration on these pieces is very similar to his style of painting.

Teapot measures 14 cm tall. Cups measure 6 cm tall.

Fine Antique Japanese Moulded Kutani Porcelain Vase by Watano. Meiji Period 綿埜製

Lovely antique Japanese Kutani vase of unusual ovoid form and with relief-moulded ruyi-head bands framing central decoration of birds and flowers inside cartouches formed from long tail feathers of Ho-o birds. Inscribed to the base with nine-character iron red Watano mark written as 綿埜製 which dates this piece most probably to late 19th century when the company was run by Watano Genuemon (綿野 源右衛門). Beautifully painted with great details all around.

Height: 17.5 cm

Antique Chinese Sancai Glazed Biscuit Model of a Howling Dog or Wolf

Interesting antique Chinese sancai glazed moulded biscuit figurine of a howling dog or wolf with an opening on its back and in its mouth. Some age-related surface wear as per photographs.

Height: 5.5 cm

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Antique Chinese Republic Period Porcelain Tile 1912-1925 Wu Jinhe Kiln, Chaozhou

Beautiful early Republic period Chinese porcelain tile with a hand-painted scene depicting scholar with his young attendant. Inscribed in the upper left corner and with Wu Jinhe kiln stamp on the back. These tiles were made in a kiln called Wu Jinhe in Chaozhou, Guangdong province, China. Martin van Straaten, a Dutch tile dealer in London, imported Chinese tiles until their quality deteriorated in the early 1920s. Van Straaten then sourced supply from Holland, sending Chinese tiles as samples. Tiles from Tichelaar factory show very similar designs.

Tile measures approx. 13×13 cm, frame 15.5×15.5 cm.

References
For very similar examples see collection of the V&A Museum, London – object FE.11-2014 and 10 other similar examples tagged Wu Jinhe

Antique 18th c. Worcester Fence Pattern Coffee Pot Dr. Wall First Period c. 1770

Rare 18th century Worcester blue and white porcelain coffee pot in the Chinese-style ‘Fence’ pattern depicting a scene with two birds flying above landscape with oversized flowers and scholars rocks behind a fence and with a building on an island in the distance. Marked to the base with underglaze blue crescent moon mark, dating this example to pre-1783 ‘first period’ also known as ‘Dr .Wall period’, c. 1770. Great piece for a collection!

Height: 21 cm

Fine Antique Chinese Red Cloisonne Brush Washer Bowl With Floral Decoration

Fine early 20th century Chinese red cloisonné brush washer with beautiful floral decoration and ruyi-head border along the outside of the rim. Inside of the foot underneath enamelled lime green.

Diameter: 20 cm

See what’s been happening on our website and on eBay this month. Up for auction is a beautiful and rare Japanese shin-hanga woodblock print by Kawase Hasui and we’ve also added some new interesting Buy It Now items to our eBay shop. Read the full list below.

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Kawase Hasui – Rainy Night at Maekawa. Original Japanese Shin-hanga Woodblock Print

Beautiful original Japanese shin-hanga woodblock print ‘Rainy Night at Maekawa’ by Hasui Kawase (1883 – 1957). Inscribed along the right edge. Signed in the lower left corner and marked with two red seals – one belongs to the artist and the other one presumably belongs to the publisher Watanabe (?). Lovely print with nice strong colours. Comes framed and glazed – print can easily be taken out of the frame if necessary. Frame shows some signs of age.

Dimensions: 
Area of the print is 36×23.7 cm
Frame measures 49×37 cm, visible area of the print is 34×22 cm

川瀬 巴水 相州前川の雨 

eBay auction closing 31 July 2022

Antique Chinese Blue & White Export Porcelain Dish Plate With Floral Decoration

Charming 18th century export porcelain dish with underglaze blue decoration featuring parasol tree and peonies among scholar’s rocks with additional sprays of peonies along the border. Very skilfully decorated with excellent use of negative space!

Diameter: 23 cm

Antique French Porcelain Plate in Japanese Kakiemon Style by Gabriel Fourmaintraux

Very rare early 20th century dish by French artist Gabriel Fourmaintraux (1886-1984). Decorated in Kakiemon style with a scene featuring dragon coiled around a bamboo and a tiger gazing up to the sky. This pattern was copied either from the original 17th century Japanese Arita piece or from one of the later European copies of this type (such as those produced by Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory during the mid-18th century). Marked with Sun symbol to the base with initials GF inside and inscribed Desvres France 20500.

Diameter: 22.7 cm

Antique Japanese Miniature Cloisonne Teapot. Style of Takahara Komajiro, Meiji Period

Fine Japanese miniature cloisonne teapot in the manner of Takahara Komajiro, embellished with colourful floral medallions set against a black spiral diaper ground. Charming example of its type and a great addition to any collection.

Height: 7 cm
Width: 13.5 cm

Fine Chinese or Japanese Celadon Glazed Vase. Unusual Form

Stunning and beautifully potted celadon glazed vase of unusual form with long neck, flared lip and wide foot with a groove designed to collect drips of glaze flowing from the bulbous body. Very skilfully made example and a rare find. Of unknown origin but most probably a 20th century piece from China or Japan. 

Height: 19 cm

Antique Worcester Porcelain Teacup & Saucer Fence Pattern Dr Wall Period c. 1770

Great 18th century Worcester blue and white porcelain cup and saucer in the Chinese-style ‘Fence’ pattern depicting a continuous scene with two birds flying above a landscape with oversized flowers and scholars rocks behind a fence and with a building on an island in the distance. Both marked to the base with underglaze blue crescent moon mark (cup also with an additional letter E), dating these examples to pre-1783 ‘first period’ also known as ‘Dr .Wall period’, c. 1770.

Dimensions:
Saucer – diameter 12 cm
Cup – diameter 7.5 cm; height 4 cm

Antique Chinese 18th Century Clobbered Qianlong Export Porcelain Dish. 9″

Antique 18th century Chinese blue and white Qianlong export porcelain plate that has later been decorated or ‘clobbered’ in England with bright overglaze enamels. Featuring a large central medallion with willow, peonies and pierced scholars rock, bordered by radiating panels with four dragons and additional floral motifs. Red pseudo-Chinese mark typical for clobberware of the period.

Diameter: 23 cm

Antique Chinese Yongzheng Period Export Famille Rose Porcelain Cup With Ormolu Mounts

Gorgeous 18th century Yongzheng period Chinese Famille Rose porcelain cup in later French ormolu mounts. Great decorative piece!

Diameter of the cup is approx. 8 cm
Measures 12 cm tall and 12 cm in diameter with mounts included