Japanese plique-a-jour bowl.Ref: 77/900. 787. A very attractive Japanese plique-a-jour bowl of typical form, decorated with flowers. Applied metal rim and feet. 11 cms wide. A similar bowl is published in Coben & Ferster 'Japanese Cloisonne' plate 127.
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A pair of Japanese cloisonne vases.
Ref: 77/381. An attractive pair of vases, the midnight-blue ground decorated with flowers and foliage in the totai-jippo technique, with clever use being made of the underlying metal ground. A number of other vases featuring wisteria have been published, including one, attributed to Ando Jubei, on display in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, and another, attributed to Kawade Shibataro, in the Ando collection (Coben & Ferster 'Japanese Cloisonne', fig. 98), but I have been unable to confirm this design elsewhere in totai-jippo, which lends itself well to this subject. 15 cms. high.
An unusual Chinese cast-iron Buddha.
Ref: 18/320. A Chinese statue of the seated Buddha, unusually cast in iron rather than bronze. Northern Song or Ming dynasty. 25.5 cms high.
A Chinese bronze finial.
Ref: J/620. A Han dynasty bronze finial in the form of a bird. The use of these finials was reserved to men of standing who had reached 70 years of age, Some traces of red and green patination. Han dynasty (206 BC - 220 AD).
Provenance: Spink, London. Published: Directory 1 (1994) no. 52 (illustrated).
A Chinese Qing hardstone plaque.
Ref: 1/189. A hardstone rectangular plaque, carved in relief with the figure of Lan Chai-Ho (one of the eight immortals, the patron saint of flower lovers). Qing dynasty, 18th century. (modern wooden display stand included). 10.5 cms.
Provenance: Spink, London & Singapore. Published: Spirit of the Stone (1997) no. 18 (illustrated).
An Indian wooden panel.
Ref: 40/754. An unusual Indian hardwood panel of a deity, probably Shiva. Being a removeable panel from a juggernaut processional chariot. 18th or 19th century. 37.5 cms high.
A Chinese jade dish.
Ref: 1/218A. A spinach green jade dish of flat saucer shape. The stone with dark flecks. 17.5 cms. Qing dynasty, 18th century.
Provenance: Spink, London. Published: 'Directory 1' (1994) no. 27 (illustrated).
A Burmese giltwood Buddha.
Ref: 152/18. A Burmese giltwood figure of a seated Buddha, with aperture in back for prayers. Usual faults. 64 cms high inc. associated detachable ushisna. 19th century.
A very similar figure is illustrated in Karow 'Burmese Buddhist Sculpture' p.85.
A Chinese jadeite brushwasher.
Ref: 1/193. A circular brushwasher with hydra grasping the concave body. The stone a mottled apple green and white tones. 7 cms. 17th century, Ming or early Qing.
Provenance: Spink, London & Singapore 'Spirit of the Stone' (1997) no. 205 (illustrated).
Chinese porcelain.
Ref: 34/81. A blue & white dish of trilobal form. 30.4 centimetres / 12 inches. 18th or early 19th century. Ex Calman collection.
A large blue & white Chinese porcelain dish.
Ref: 34/51. An early 19th century charger painted in floral patterns. 36.5 cms wide. Ex Calman collection.
Chinese famille vert porcelain.
Ref: 34/161. A famille vert dish painted with flowers. 18th century. Ex Calman collection.
Japanese prints.
Reference P1127. Utagawa Kunisada, signing 'Toyokuni III' and Hiroshige II. A triptych, dated 1865, being a night scene from a 'Tales of Genji' series. The figures by Kunisada, the landscape by Hiroshige II. Very attractive. Good impressions and colour, a little trimming and wrinkling,
Indian sculpture.
Ref. P2. A sandstone lingnam of typical three-shape form, with the face of Vishnu. Faults and wear, 16th century or earlier. 28 cms high.
Chinese porcelain.
Ref: 18/579. An attractive blanc-de-chine figure of a Buddhistic lion.
Some small faults as usual with these. 26 cms high. Qing dynasty, 18th century.
Thai Buddha.
Ref: P1129. A good gilt-bronze fragmentary Buddha, Ayuthia period, circa 17th century. As is usual with these the lower arms have been lost - it can be seen that adequate armatures were not used. 50 cms.
A pair of Chinese rank badges.
Ref. 22/480. A pair of embroidered rank badges. Qing dynasty. The fifth civil rank Silver Pheasant embroidered against clouds and buddhistic symbols. Some faults but attractive. 28.8 cms/11.5 inches wide. This type of badge, without waves, rocks or water, dates from the years immediately after the Reform movement of 1898, when the Guangxu emperor attempted to reform the government. The Dowager Empress CiXi had the emperor placed under detention and ordered the execution of the reform-minded officials who had aided him in this enterprise. These badges were thus produced for only a short period and consequently are comparitively scarce, particularly as pairs. A single badge of similar style is in the Yale University Art Gallery, the gift of Schulyer V. R. Cammann (#1992.77.37).
Chinese xia pei robe.
Ref. 37/72. An attractive black ground quasi-official dragon robe xia pei, embroidered in couched and coloured silks with three dragons and a pair of pheonix. Qing, mid 19th-early 20th centuries. A few small faults and some wear.
A very similar robe, also with detail at top to simulate a cloud collar, is illustrated in Robert D. Jacobsen 'Imperial Silks: Ch'ing dynasty textiles in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts' no. 259 (accession no. 42.8.104).
Chinese robe.
Ref. 27/154. A woman's informal robe of woven silk. Early 20th century. Very little wear.
Japanese cloisonne.
Ref: 903-138. A cloisonne dish decorated with bird in foliage. 30 cms. 19th or early 20th century.
A Japanese cloisonne box.
Ref: 87-719. A Japanese closionne box decorated with birds on a turquoise background. Late 19th or early 20th century. 11.5 cms long. With fitted wooden box.
Japanese netsuke.
Ref: 10/94D. A finely carved wooden hollow quatrefoil netsuke. 19th or 20th centuries. Width 2.8 cms / 1.1 inches.
Chinese porcelain.
Ref: P1124. A large Chinese blue and white vase very finely painted and enamelled with a dragon chasing the flaming pearl. Excellent workmanship. Qing dynasty - 19th century. 40 cms / 15.5 inches.
Chinese porcelain.
Ref: P1128. A large Chinese blue and white baluster vase painted with scenes of warriors amidst landscapes. Small details highlighted in enamel. Qing dynasty - 19th century. 40 cms / 15.5 inches.
Japanese cloisonne.
Ref: 37/77. A Japanese Inaba vase attractively decorated with flowers and foliage on a green tomei-jippo background. Signed Inaba. 20th century. 12.1 cms high.
Japanese cloisonne.
Ref: 30/129. An unusual ginbari parasol handle with sinuous dragon along the handle. Usual cracks in the enamel but a scarce piece. 24 cms / 9.5 inches. Late 19th or early 20th century.
Japanese lacquer.
Ref: J2. A fine lacquered box decorated with a scene of deer at night. Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926). Signed. 21.5 cms.
Japanese lacquer.
Ref: 12/94B. A lacquered box (cover only shown), decorated to the outside with imperial mon and to the inside with an inscription in silver in archaic script referring to the 'Great Japanese Empire' (or Emperor). 19th or early 20th century. 17.7 cms / 7 inches long.
Japanese lacquer.
Ref: P1131. A Japanese lacquered stacking box, the base, five compartments and the lid decorated with foliage, the underside of the lid with a fine gold lacquer picture of figures in a landscape. Late 19th or early 20th century. Some repairs to corners. Ex Godfrey. 30.5 cms / 12 inches long.
Korean hyungbae.
Ref: 2/190. A scarce Korean rank-badge for a high ranking military official, the green figured silk decorated with two panthers or leopards in silver wrapped thread. Coloured threads are used for the eyes and mouths, etc. of the animals. Choson dynasty, late 19th or early 20th centuries. The worked area approx. 19 cms x 23 cms. There is a possible royal connection with these - the use of badges decorated in silver or gold was traditionally limited to the royal family. A badge decorated in silver wrapped thread with the much commoner single civil bird insignia is illustrated in Suk joo-sun 'Yi dynasty Upper Garment Insignia Patterns pl. 12).
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A fine Faberge cigar box.
Ref: K89. A rectangular box, on spreading foot with milled mount, applied with a narrow foliate band and key fret, marked in cover and under base. Marked Faberge with the Imperial Warrant, Moscow 1908-17. Provenance: Christie's Geneva, 'Kelch' sale, 10th May 1989
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