The ovoid vase of bright yellow glass deeply carved with a long-tailed bird perched on a flowering tree growing from an eccentric rock. The glass has one or two tiny pale green inclusions that show up more in the detail photographs. I assume this piece dates from the early 20th century though I must add that glass is not my subject.
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Each figure depicts the same courtier at three different ages in his life. The enamels are fired directly onto biscuit fired porcelain in much the same manner as those produced during the Kangxi reign. This set is very much later; I suspect produced during the first third of the 20th century. They each have the potter’s mark impressed on the unglazed base and also the dealer’s p ...click for details
A FINE JAPANESE WOODBLOCK KABUKI PRINT BY UENO TADAMASA. 1941
This fine design is part of a series entitled Eighteen Kabuki Makeups (Kabuki kumadori juhachi ban) published by the celebrated publisher, Watanabe Shozaburo in 1941, this design titled "the Two Line Makeup of Matsuo. This was a superb series of which this design is probably the most striking. Tadamasa Ueno (1904-1970) is known for his dramatic kabuk ...click for details
A LARGE CHINESE BURNISHED & CARVED YIXING VASE, SIGNED & DATED.
A splendid large vase made from zisha clay, burnished before firing when the clay is leather hard and then carved with a scholar riding on his donkey whilst attended by his servant. Around the back are carved various archaistic censers with ancient calligraphy. In another place the vase is dated ji hai year, 2nd month of spring. Ji hai is a ...click for details
JAPANESE ARITA PORCELAIN FIGURAL DISH ATTRIBUTED TO KAKIEMON XII, 20TH CENTURY.
A magpie perched upon a persimmon, the leaves forming a shallow dish. The base has a spiral fuku mark that is associated with Sakaida Kakiemon XII (1878 ~ 1963), who in 1917 became the twelfth generation to hold that name.
