A Cameroons (Duala) oblong stool carved in openwork with the word KAMERUN and on the reverse with a pair of confronting leopards. Dimensions: 20 ½ in. wide x 12 ¾ in. high x 9 ½ in. deep.
Age cracks. Old repair to back of openwork panel. Early 20th cent.
The stool presumably dates from the period, pre- 1916, when the Cameroons were a German col ...click for details
A miniature Chinese export porcelain figure of a boy, seated and holding a lotus. Late 18th century English clobbering. Height: 2 5/8 in. Qianlong (1736-95).
Chip to right hand and tip of lotus. No other damage.
A miniature Chinese export porcelain model of Liu Hai seated on his three-legged toad, possibly intended as a waterdropper. Late 18th century English clobbering. Height: 2 5/8 in. Qianlong (1736-95).
An unusual Chinese Imari bowl and cover decorated with chrysanthemum mons and scrolling lotus, a floral spray within a double circle inside the footrim. Diameter: 7 in. Kangxi (1662-1722).
The bowl copies a Japanese design of about 1700 in shape and decoration. It is most unusual in still having its cover intact. Such pieces, now rare, illustrate the Chinese intention to undercut the cost of Japanese production to the W ...click for details
A shouldered green Chinese monochrome vase covered all over with a finely crackled glaze. Neck reduced and mounted in silver. Height: 5 7/8 in. Qianlong (1736-95).
A blue and white English delft tile decorated with a house and mill by a stream within an octagonal dash border. Approx 4 ½ x 4 7/8 in. Probably Liverpool, third quarter 18th century.
A fine Chinese export famille rose dish enamelled with a literary scene of two ladies conversing on a terrace and a scholar playing the qin in his studio. Diameter: 9 ¾ in. Yongzheng (1723-35).
An interesting pair of Japanese porcelain octagonal bowls or cups standing on a pedestal foot and decorated in underglaze blue with a landscape scene with watchtower. Arita, mid-19th cent. Height: 2 ½ in.; diameter: 4 3/8 in.
Perfect condition. This curious view seems to be related to a group of much earlier Arita export wares which show a similar watchtower structure in a design popularly known as “Deshima Island”.
A rare Indian alabaster figure of a seated European. Height: 4 1/8 in. 19th cent.
The figure is seated cross-legged in the Indian manner, but wears European dress apart from the cap or turban and shoes. He is presumably a merchant. The nose is chipped and the figure was clearly holding something in his right hand, which has now been lost. Such figures reflect Indian curiosity about European dress and manners during the ...click for details
