A large stoneware leaf-shaped dish decorated with leaves and fruits in over-glaze blue and green enamels on top of underglaze blue veins. Probably a kaiseki dish for the tea ceremony. Late Edo, 19th century, Kyoto.

Thickly potted with slightly flared sides raised on a shallow tapering ring foot, covered all over with an ivory glaze suffused with a fine network of dark grey crackle. 17th ~ 18th century.

The squat Blanc de Chine washer covered overall with a pure white glaze stopping neatly just above the unglazed foot-rim. The glaze has an attractive soft sheen; the porcelain is very translucent and exhibits a slightly warm tone when a light is placed behind. 18th to 19th century.

Hindu god Vishnu. The murti has been polished until recently but will darken given time. However, it is a decent size at nearly six inches tall.

A large bottle of meiping form covered with an attractive crackled glaze in imitation of the fabled Song dynasty Ge glaze. The slightly concave base is unglazed and shows some nice wear to the exposed porcelain. No stopper.

The meiping form porcelain vases gently lobed with high shoulders and an ovoid cross-section. They are decorated in black enamel and gold, a palette better known by the French term, ‘en grisaille’.

A five-peak brush rest covered overall with a cobalt blue glaze showing lighter where the body is moulded with flowers. The base is unglazed and shows some nice genuine wear form normal use. Nice item for the scholar’s table.