Imari rice bowl with lid (called "chawan" in Japanese) from the mid- to late Edo period (1780-1830), decorated with a ship and a small bamboo grove in red and gold.

The top of the lid bears the mark "Dai Shin ken ryu" in Japanese kanji characters (seal script, underglaze blue), a spurious Chinese Qianlong mark.

The chawan has a diameter of 10.5 cm (4") and a height of 8 cm (3"); perfect state.

Satsuma duo (cup and saucer) from the early 20th century (late Meiji era in Japan).

It shows two Japanese ladies with their children before a background of giant flowers.

The mark on the underside of both cup and saucer says "Yoshi" in Japanese kanji characters (gold on black).

The cup has a diameter of 6.5 cm (2.5"), the saucer 13 cm (5"); perfect state.

This is an Imari plate from the very late Edo period, also known as 'bakumatsu' (1840-60).

It is bisected diagonally, depicting ducks, butterflies, iris flowers and a winding stream in the left/lower half and abstract patterns in the right/upper half.

It is marked with a 'running' fuku mark (uzufuku) in overglaze red.

Dimensions 17.5 x 14 cm (7 x 5.5"), excellent state.

Fukagawa plate from the late Meiji period (probably between 1900 and 1910).

It is decorated with flowers in several shades of underglaze blue as well as overglaze colours and is marked in the back with the Fukagawa trademark, a stylised mountain and river.

Diameter 22 cm (9"), excellent state without cracks, repairs or chips.

Japanese lacquer 'chawan' (lidded bowl) from the mid-Meiji period (1880-1900).

It is decorated in takamaki-e, hiramaki-e and nashiji techniques on a red background, with a floral decoration on the outside and butterflies on the inside

There is no mark.

Diameter 10.5 cm (4 inches), height 6.5 cm (2.5 inches); excellent condition.

Japanese lacquer plate from the late Edo period (1840-60).

It is decorated in takamaki-e and hiramaki-e techniques, showing a floral decoration with flowers, vines and leaves.

There is no mark.

Diameter 17.5 cm (7 inches); excellent condition.

Japanese Imari vase produced in the famous Koransha studio (which was founded by the Fukagawa family in the second half of the 19th century). It is decorated in underglaze blue as well as overglaze red, orange and gold, showing floral decoration.

It is marked on the underside with the Koransha trademark (an orchid) in red.

Diameter 8 cm (3"), height 15.5 cm (6"), perfect state (apart from some expected rubbing on the gold)

This is a Japanese Imari plate from around 1900 (Meiji period), produced by Koransha, the famous porcelain studio founded by the Fukagawa family.

It shows a central reserve (in underglaze blue) with a man riding a giant fish in a stormy sea as well eight segments with floral and abstract decorations in underglaze blue as well as overglaze red, orange, green and gold.

The back bears the orchid mark (again in underglaze blue), which is the trademerk of Koransha (literally "th...

This is a rare Imari plate from the late Edo period (1820-40). It is decorated in underglaze blue as well as overglaze colours and gold.

Apart from a round central reserve with a flower it shows two folded screens decorated with flying cranes and clouds as well as two reserves with floral decoration.

Marked "Dai Men sei ka nen sei" on the reverse (a spurious Chinese Chenghua mark). Diameter 21 cm (8.5"), perfect state.

This is a Japanese Satsuma vase, most probably produced in Kyoto and dating to the early Meiji period (1870-90).

The decoration shows two groups of two people (woman and man, two men) with a background of trees and rocks.

No marks; diameter 17 cm (7"), height 28 cm (11"), perfect state.

This is a Kutani bowl, produced during the mid-Meiji period (1880-1900). It shows a phoenix and a dragon flying in clouds, painted in various overglaze colours (red, green, blue, aubergine and gold).

It is marked "Kutani" on the reverse in Japanese kanji script (overglaze red).

Diameter 15 cm (6"), height 3.5 cm (1.5"), excellent state; some crazing (see pictures).

This is an underglaze blue ("sometsuke") Japanese plate from the mid-Meiji era (1880-1900), produced in Hirado.

It depicts five "karako" (Chinese children) playing in a garden and is marked "Hirado Mikawachi" in Japanese kanji characters on the reverse.

Diameter 19 cm, perfect state.