A Rare Japanese Arita Porcelain Tea Bowl Stand. Edo Period 18th. Century
Ht. 6 ins. (15.2 cms) This type of stand is usually referred to as a temmoku-dai or stand for a temmoku tea bowl. There are several blue & white examples in the celebrated Shibata Collection in Nagasaki but no enamelled examples. The piece is heavily potted and the design around the upper surface is reminiscent of Kenjo-Imari presentation porcelain. There is, a with many Arita pieces, a blue Fuku good luck mark in the ...click for details
A Good Large Japanese Arita Porcelain Dish. Meiji Period.
Diam. 14 1/4 ins. (36.3 cms) This beautifully decorated dish has a design of Chinese style scholars at what appears to be a scroll viewing party. The fellow with the elongated head leaning on a table is probably one of the Seven Gods of Good Luck, Fukurokuju, the God of Longevity. In the centre of the dish is a roundel of the Three Friends, the bamboo, the prunus and the pine. The reverse has a design of pairs of straw hats and straw ca ...click for details
A Large Japanese Arita Porcelain Signed Vase. Meiji Period. Late 19th. Century
Ht. 12 1/4 ins. (30.8 cms) This elaborately decorated vase has designs of people, peonies, pheasant etc. executed in red, orange, aubergine and blue enamels together with gilding. The vase is signed by a member of the Zoshuntei family of porcelain makers. The original Sanpo Zoshuntei was the first Arita potter to be allowed to use his own name on his wares ca. 1840. His kilns supplied porcelain throughout the rem ...click for details
A Large & Fine Japanese Porcelain Tokkuri (Sake Bottle) Kyoto Ware. Edo Period. Ex Christies, London.
Ht. 15 1/4 ins. (38.7 cms) This superb and impressive bottle is decorated in red, green, brown, blue and black overglaze enamels with gilding. The various decorative devices and motifs are largely in the form of shells, with seascapes r ...click for details
A Fine Japanese Kyo-yaki Stoneware Vase. Attributed to Okuda Eisen (1753-1811)
Ht. 6 1/2 ins. (16.5 cms). The Kyoto studio potters of the early 19th. century such as Mokubei and Eisen made wares for the Sencha or Chinese-influenced Tea Ceremony often drawing their inspiration from the Chinese wares of the Ming Dynasty. The vibrant effect of the Ming green and red glazes particularly appealed to Eisen and there are ma ...click for details
