A elliptical spoon tray and matching teapot stand or tray of square canted form . The dishes decorated with all over moulding of lotus arabesques and under-glaze blue diaper banding. The centres decorated in encre de chine with an eremitic theme of the scholar withdrawing from the hurly burly of conventional life for a simple scholars retreat. The manner in which the design is partially wrapped around the central motif is somewhat unusual .
The spoon tray measures 15.5cm in length and is 8cm wi ...click for details
A finely painted sometsuke o-zara painted with a striking all over octopus scroll pattern, called by the Japanese tako-karakusa. Although these designs can appear rather plain to Western eyes, they required remarkable patience and expertise upon the part of the painter. Painting on the dry biscuit body of porcelain was akin to painting a fresco, so there was no margin for error. So these designs are all the more remarkable considering their extra-ordinary complexity.
Such octopus scroll pattern ...click for details
A finely painted large serving dish decorated in the centre with an auspicious shochikubai mon and framed by a wide border incorporating rock peonies divided by kikkou brocade, hexagonal diaper, containing cherry blossom. Dating circa 1720-40, Kyoho period. The reverse of the dish decorated with Lotus scroll and a spiral fuku within a double square.
Shakuzara of the mid Edo period are considerably rarer than the smaller plates and dishes that accompanied them. The dish is in good condition, exc ...click for details
A good abalone shaped dish decorated in under-glaze blue and gilt outlined enamels with a Crab and water reeds dating to the late mid Edo period.
The motif is a classic one appearing on Chinese paintings from the Song period, and can be interpreted as an auspicious wish for academic success. In Korea the character for crab is pronounced as “kap”, meaning a hard thing, which can also mean first place in the examinations, and the character for water reeds pronounced jeollo, which sounds similar t ...click for details
A fine mid Eighteenth century Ko Imari sometsuke scalloped rimmed dish decorated with a central ryu-mon motif framed by a dense border of octopus scroll. The reverse decorated with a simplified lotus scroll and a Spiral fuku within a double square. The dish dates to the Kyoho to Horeki period of the mid Edo period
The dish measures 6 suns in diameter, 18.5cm in diameter, and is in good condition. Shipping at Cost.
A fine mid Eighteenth century Ko Imari sometsuke scalloped rimmed dish decorated with auspicious central ryu-mon motif framed by a dense border of octopus scroll. The reverse decorated with a simplified lotus scroll and a Spiral fuku within a double square. The dish dates to the Kyoho to Horeki period of the mid Edo period
The dish measures 6 suns in diameter, 18.5cm in diameter, and is in good condition, trivial chip to the footrim. Shipping at Cost.
The dish is decorated with two groups of figures two of whom can be identified with the eight Daoist Immortals and perhaps the female figures in the composition are intended to represent the Queen Mother of the West with two of her attendants overseeing from their Island retreat of Penglai some sampans in the foreground. The more usual version has four figures on the left-hand side of the dish, whilst this version has five figures. The dish dates the late Tianqi or early Chongzhen period.
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Nanking platter and matching mazarine made in Jingdezhen for the North American market, c. 1790-1810. Ex-James Galley Chinese Export Porcelain. About 17-3/8" x 14-7/8" x 2-1/4". Excellent condition with no damage and no repairs. Insured shipping at cost.
Restored foliate Chinese export porcelain plate in the tobacco leaf pattern, c. 1760-1770. About 8-3/4" diameter. Apparently restuck and overpainted in places. Please note the shallow chip to the underside of the rim, visible to the reverse. Original enamel and gilt appear for the most part intact. Presents well, though not pristine. Shipping at cost.
A nagazara of unusual oval form decorated in ko sometsuke style with three Chinese figures in a landscape framed by a reverse painted sayagata , interlocking manji swastika fret, border . The back of the dish decorated with a 17C Chinese Kraak style reverse pattern of auspicious motifs of longevity, principally peaches and lingzhi, and the two character Chinese seal mark Qian, strength in abundance from heaven, probably adapted from the zuanshu nien hao of the Chinese Emperor Qianlong. Dating ...click for details
