A decorative black lacquer box by the Ryukyu Lacquer Ware Company, c 1920. The inside red, the knobbed lid with a carved lacquer banana plant - flowers, fruit and leaves - in colours. Stamped company mark. Diameter: "3 ¾ / 9,7 cm. Condition: small nick to the rim of box and lid (cf. picture).
A small plate, for the tea ceremony, depicting three beautiful leaves against a silver foliated background. Cloisonné enamel on copper by Ando, Japan, probably 1950’s. Diameter "4 ½ / 11,6 cm. Condition: fine.
Vase of convex shape, decoration of a bird and a butterfly among leaves and berry bushes. The motif is created by thin metal threads and the colored lacquer is filled in and polished. The brown lacquer background is carved as to resemble tree bark. This complicated cloisonné or Totai technique for decoration on porcelain was in use in Japan in the 1920’s and 30’s. Height: "7 ½ / 19,2 cm. The back, with old paper label, indistinct letters in blue and the word“Lacquer”. Condition: Flakes ar ...click for details
Vase or brush pot, decorated with water lilies and herons in silver, green and red on a dark brown background. The motif is created by thin metal threads and the colored lacquer is filled in and polished. The brown lacquer background is carved as to resemble tree bark. This complicated cloisonné or Totai technique for decoration on porcelain was in use in Japan in the 1920’s and 30’s. Mark for Tashiro in Yokohama (ceased c 1937). Height: "8 ½ / 21,5 cm. Condition: Flakes around the upper r ...click for details
Two Satsuma beakers of cylindrical shape, Kyoto ware. Both with stamped Ryozan-like mark in gold. Moriage decoration of birds and maple leaves in gilt and colours against a crackle-glaze pale beige background, c 1930. Height: "3 ½ /9,5 cm. Condition: minimal rim chip to one beaker.
Chinese plate from the last century, c 1950's. Decoration in Famille Rose colours of a mountainous river landscape, with a small palace, a water mill and a boat. Printed mark in red: China. Diam: "9 ¾ /24,5 cm. Condition: some wear to the gilt border, otherwise fine.
Figurine of Cai Shen, God of Prosperity, with his sceptre, c 1930 or possibly 1944. Enamelled in Famille Rose colours, the face left unglazed but painted. Impressed Chinese lettering to the base, and 44. Height: "5 ½ /14 cm. Condition: fine.
A cylindrical vase or small easel stand, c 1900 – 1920. High relief decoration of blossoming prunus and a butterfly mainly in the Sancai palette, green and puce on a yellow ground, all in the style of 19th c artist Wang Bingrong. Height: "5 ¼ /13 cm. Condition: hairline, otherwise fine.
Japanese Banko marbleware teapot, 1930’s. Enamelled decoration of flowers – irises and maple leaves. Unmarked. Height: " 3 ½ /8,5 cm, width from spout to handle: "6/15 cm. Together with a similar miniature pot (no lid), marked, height: "1 ½ /4 cm. Condition: fine.
