A Japanese vase modelled as Kintaro on the back of a carp. Arita. Edo Period
Modeled as a man precariously astride a carp jumping out of water, decorated in underglaze blue, and iron-red, green, gold and black enamels, the scales of the carp finely detailed.
A Japanese Imari “La Dame au Parasol” plate. Edo Period
The circular dish with wide rim decorated in iron-red, black, green and aubergine enamels and gilt on underglaze blue with the well-known scene after Cornelis Pronk showing a Japanese lady in Kimono attended by her maidservant holding a paper parasol, the revers decorated with seven iron-red insects.
A Japanese armorial plate for the European market decorated with flowers and foliages. Arita, c. 1710-1730
The plate centered with a coat-of-arm, surrounded by a gilt baroque shell and leaf design, on a gilt floral ground.
A Japanese double walled baluster vase. Edo period, circa 1700
Decorated with a double wall, and painted in the traditional imari palette, with a phoenix and flowers.
A Japanese aï kakiemon large dish. Edo period.
With foliated rim and decorated in underglaze blue with the design with Chinese figures standing beside pine, bamboo and plum on rocky outcrops with a fisherman in a boat on a river, chocolate rim.
A Japanese Kakiemon dish. Edo period.
Painted in the Kakiemon style with a bird and flowers.
A Japanese sometsuké crane shaped dish. Edo period.
The dish has moulded relief decoration in the form of a crane with outstretched wings which is decorated in blue and white, red and gilt.
A Japanese large imari jar and cover. Edo period.
Oviform vase with short cylindrical neck, decorated in iron red and gilt on underglaze blue, with broad band of plum, chrysanthemum and hydrangea issuing from rockwork, the shoulder with a band of chrysanthemum petals with various geometrical and floral designs, the neck with karakusa, the domed cover similarly decorated, the finial modeled as sacred pearl.
A Japanese imari dish. Edo period.
Decorated in iron red and gilt on underglazed blue, with peonies, bamboo, a tree, a tortoise and a heron flying over them.