A Japanese Gold Lacquer Box. Edo Period 1st. Half 19th. Century
8 3/4 x 2 3/4 x 1 1/2 ins. (22.2 x 7 x 3.8 cms) This attractive lacquer box has a design of fans and pine clusters. The silver cord fittings are engraved. As can be seen from the photos the edges have some chips, the lid has a repaired split on one corner as does the base section. The metal covers for the split pin cord fittings in the interior are missing. For those who enjoy the technical names the design of fans is rendered in ...click for details
A Large Japanese Stoneware Karatsu-yaki Dish. Edo Period
Diam. 15 1/4 ins. (38.7 cms) This handsome and classic E-Garatsu (Painted Karatsu) dish was reputably excavated from a kiln site but we cannot substantiate this. As can be seen in the photos it has three firing cracks in the rim, one of which has a small chip on the reverse. Curiously the dish has a hole in the centre which has been filled. Perfect dishes of this type fetch thousands of pounds and as Japanese pottery enthusiasts (among ...click for details
Chinese Yuan Dynasty Jun Bowl with Gold Lacquer Repair
This "heavily-potted" stoneware Junyao bowl was made during the Yuan Dynasty (AD 1279 - 1368). It is coated in a thick crackled Jun glaze. The colour is predominantly bluish but there is a purple splash inside and another smaller purple splash to the outer surface. Around the rim is a Japanese kintsugi gold lacquer repair. Diameter 16.75 cm (6.5 inches) ...click for details
Fine Chinese Tang Dynasty Horse with Oxford TL Test
This fine and elegant pottery model of a saddled horse was made during the Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 906). It has been "cold painted" after firing in various coloured pigments. The horse stands alert with its head turned slightly to the left.
A Very Rare Large Japanese Woodblock Print of London Street Scene by Kojo Kokan (1891-1988) 1930.
17 7/8 x 14 1/2 ins. (45.4 x 36.8 cms) The only reference we can find to this print is the example in the British Museum which is illustrated on the BM website and which was exhibited 2007 Oct 10 - 2008 Feb 17, in the BM Japanese Galleries. According to the BM it is from a series entitled Landscapes and Customs of the World and this design, The Royal Exchange in London, was published in 1930. T ...click for details
Very Rare Pair of Tall Chinese Tang Dynasty Pottery Guardian Figures with Bear Head Hoods + Oxford TL Test
These very rare and interesting pottery figures were made during the Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 906). They are made from a pottery that varies in colour from pink to pale grey. They are particularly "heavily-potted" and together weigh 13.6 kg (30 lbs). Note the fine detail, not only to the clothing and faci ...click for details
Fine Large Thai Sukhothai 14th/15th Century Stoneware Bowl
This large stoneware bowl was made during the 14th - 15th Century at one of the Sukhothai kilns. It is heavily-potted with underglaze iron decoration over a white slip, the glaze being crackled. In the centre are five "spur" marks in the glaze from where such bowls were stacked on top of each, separated by spacers, in the kiln. This bowl is delightfu ...click for details
