A Chinese porcelain month cup, finely enamelled with a cricket on a camelia, within gilt borders, with a poem inscribed to the reverse. Four-character red enamel mark yongching changchun (enduring spring eternally celebrated) to the base. Republic period (c. 1950s?).
Perfect condition.
The mark is associated with porcelain made in the 19th cent ...click for details
A signed Japanese kakemono of a shoal of fish. Length: 22 x 61 in. Painted area: 15 7/8 x 48 ½ in. Sumi-e and colour on silk. Inscribed and dated Summer 1922. Signed: Suiun. Ivory rollers. Fitted paulownia wood box.
The signature is that of the artist Komuro Suiun (1874-1945). Some specks of ink from the inscription at upper right have fallen onto other areas of the scroll. The scroll is generally in quite good conditio ...click for details
An attractive Japanese kakemono of a duck on a snowy riverbank under a winter moon. Dimensions: 21 ¾ x 77 in. Painted area: 16 1/8 x 42 ¼ in. Sumi-e and colour on silk. Signed and sealed. Bone rollers. Early 20th cent.
Very good condition. Clean and crisp. Slight creasing to borders in one or two places only. No other damage.
An attractive Japanese cloisonné baluster vase, worked in silver-wire and musen enamels with an autumnal design of vine leaves and grapes on a pale blue ground. Chrome mounts. Unsigned. Height: 8 ½ in. 2nd. Half 20th cent.
A fine silver-gilt snuff bottle, relief-decorated in enamels with a writhing dragon, the sides studded with turquoise and coral. Silver gilt stopper mounted with glass imitating tourmaline. Height: 2 ½ in. Probably 20th cent. Tests as sterling quality.
One turquoise is missing. No other damage. Ex-Kaynes-Klitz collection.
A Japanese lacquer dish decorated in hiramakie with a central motif of a crane in flight surrounded by an elaborate feathered border on a brown lacquer ground. Diameter: 8 ¼ in. Zohiko elephant mark to the reverse. Probably 20th cent.
Excellent surface and condition. One small area of cracking/lifting to the rim at the reverse only.