JAPANESE WORKS OF ART

A JAPANESE SILVER THREE-TIERED JEWELLERY BOX MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY Of rectangular form and with a cloud-shaped loop handle to the top...

A FINE JAPANESE SILVER KODANSU BY SHUZAN MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY The small chest of typical rectangular form, all sides decorated with ...

A SMALL JAPANESE SILVER BOX AND COVER MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY The rectangular body decorated with a dense pattern of repoussé chrysanth...

A FINE JAPANESE SILVER OKIMONO OF A MINOGAME MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY The mythical turtle depicted with long seaweed growing from the to...

A TALL JAPANESE SILVER VASE BY HASEGAWA ISSEI MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY The elegant quatrelobed body with an elongated tapered neck and raised on...

A FINE JAPANESE BRONZE OKIMONO OF SANKOCHO BIRDS BY KOYAMA YUKIMITSU MEIJI OR TAISHO PERIOD, 20TH CENTURY The two paradise flycatchers perched on ...

A JAPANESE SILVERED BRONZE OKIMONO OF TWO GEESE BY CHIKAYOSHI MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY Both realistically rendered, their beaks, eyes an...

A JAPANESE PARCEL-GILT BRONZE PANEL MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY Depicting a large bird of prey precariously perched on a rock, with large c...

A RARE AND MASSIVE JAPANESE SILVER BRONZE OKIMONO BY GENRYUSAI SEIYA MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY Depicting an impressive cockerel, the bird natural...

A JAPANESE MIXED METAL VASE MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY The baluster body with dragon-shaped handles applied to the shoulder, one side decorated wi...

A PAIR OF JAPANESE BRONZE CANDLESTICKS MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY Both cast with a dragon coiling around the stem decorated with leiwen patterns, ...

A SMALL COLLECTION OF JAPANESE MIXED METAL BOXES AND COVERS MEIJI PERIOD, 20TH CENTURY The first of circular shape, the lid decorated with a crane...

A SMALL JAPANESE METAL BOX AND COVER MEIJI PERIOD OR LATER, 20TH CENTURY The hinged lid decorated with a small owl perched on a flowering branch o...

A PAIR OF JAPANESE ENAMELLED BRONZE AND SILVER VASES MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY Both with a bulbous body, raised on a scalloped foot and with a ta...

A LARGE JAPANESE RECTANGULAR JARDINIERE MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY Raised on four curved legs and with two scrolling handles, the sides cast with ...

A JAPANESE RECTANGULAR JARDINIERE MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY Decorated in archaic style, the feet formed as stylised lion heads and with monster-s...

A PAIR OF JAPANESE CLOISONNE VASES MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY The flattened ovoid bodies each raised on a splayed foot, the sides decorated with e...

A JAPANESE CLOISONNE BOX AND COVER MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY The lid decorated with a pair of chickens and a small butterfly above them, ...

A JAPANESE LACQUER BOX AND COVER MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY The rectangular body and lid decorated with a continuous design of dandelions ...

A PAIR OF JAPANESE CLOISONNE VASES MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY Of cylindrical form, both decorated with continuous designs of many butterflies flyi...

A TALL JAPANESE CLOISONNE VASE BY HAYASHI KODENJI (1831-1915) MEIJI PERIOD, LATE 19TH CENTURY The square-section body decorated with a continuous ...

A JAPANESE MIXED METAL KOGO BY INOUE OF KYOTO MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY The cover of the incense box decorated with a butterfly fluttering above ...

A JAPANESE MIXED METAL VASE MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY The baluster body decorated with tall irises emerging from shallow waters, with two cranes ...

A JAPANESE MIXED METAL VASE MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY The small bulbous body raised on a short foot and decorated with a goose in flight before a...

A JAPANESE MIXED METAL KOGO BY NISHIMURA MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY The cover of the box decorated with a couple in a luxuriant garden, the design...

A FINE JAPANESE MIXED METAL KOGO BY INOUE OF KYOTO MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY The cover of the box decorated with a dynamic scene of figures caugh...

A JAPANESE BRONZE OKIMONO OF DARUMA MEIJI PERIDO, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY The Father of Zen Buddhism depicted standing, wearing long robes covering h...

THREE JAPANESE BRONZE OKIMONO MEIJI OR LATER, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY The first cast as Daruma, the Father of Zen Buddhism wrapped in his long robes ...

A JAPANESE BRONZE OKIMONO OF AN ELEPHANT MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY The pachyderm standing four-square and with its head slightly turned to the ri...

A JAPANESE BRONZE OKIMONO BY GENRYUSAI SEIYA MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY The pachyderm fending off the attack of two tigers, its front leg lifted a...

A JAPANESE BRONZE OKIMONO MEIJI OR TAISHO PERIOD, 20TH CENTURY Cast as a small boy sidesaddle riding a large stallion, holding the horse's mane wh...

A JAPANESE BRONZE OKIMONO OF AN ELEPHANT BY GENRYUSAI SEIYA MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY The pachyderm standing four-square and with its trunk raise...

A PAIR OF JAPANESE BRONZE QUAILS BY ATSUYOSHI FOR THE MARUKI COMPANY MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY The two plump birds realistically depicted standin...

A JAPANESE BRONZE OKIMONO OF TORTOISES BY KOSE MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY Both realistically cast, the larger animal with its right leg fo...

A JAPANESE BRONZE OKIMONO OF A MONKEY AFTER TAKAMURA KOUN (1852-1934) MEIJI PERIOD OR LATER, 20TH CENTURY Realistically modelled, the primate sits...

A JAPANESE BRONZE HANGING KORO MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY The incense burner cast as an eagle in flight, fitted with chains for suspension, the wi...

A JAPANESE BRONZE OKIMONO OF A TIGER MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY The feline baring its fangs in a snarl, its glass eyes menacingly fixed on...

A PAIR OF JAPANESE BRONZE SHISHI EDO PERIOD, DATED 1660 The two male lion dogs both seated on their haunches, their heads turned towards each othe...

A RARE MYOCHIN INLAID IRON KORO EDO OR MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY The incense burner of rectangular form and decorated with Fudo Myoo and his two ...

A JAPANESE MAGARI YARI (THREE-PRONGED SPEAR) EDO PERIOD, 18TH OR 19TH CENTURY The long pole decorated with scrolling tendrils and sixteen-petalled...

A JAPANESE TANEGASHIMA (MATCHLOCK CARBINE) EDO PERIOD, 18TH OR 19TH CENTURY With an iron octagonal-section barrel inlaid with a writhing dragon in...

TWO JAPANESE IRON TSUBA EDO PERIOD, 17TH CENTURY OR LATER The first Higo School tsuba in the style of Hayashi Shigemitsu (1652-1729), with an open...

THREE JAPANESE GOLD INLAID SHAKUDO TSUBA EDO AND MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY The largest of otafuku gata quatrelobed shape with a shakudo fukurin r...

TWO JAPANESE PARCEL-GILT BRONZE TSUBA EDO OR MEIJI PERIOD, 18TH OR 19TH CENTURY Both with a quatrelobed body, the first depicting playing cards fr...

TWO JAPANESE LACQUER MEDALLIONS ON COPPER OF FAMOUS EUROPEAN FIGURES EDO PERIOD, LATE 18TH CENTURY The first a portrait of François-Marie Arouet, ...

A RARE AND IMPORTANT JAPANESE LACQUER CABINET FOR THE DUTCH MARKET EDO PERIOD, C.1680 Of rectangular form with a flat top, the sides and front emb...

A RARE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE SHONZUI-STYLE 'ZODIAC' DISH FOR THE JAPANESE MARKET CHONGZHEN, 1628-44 The well painted with three figures in a boat...

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE SHONZUI-STYLE 'HARE' DISH FOR THE JAPANESE MARKET TIANQI 1621-27 The well decorated with a central medallion enclosing a ...

TWO CHINESE KO-SOMETSUKE DISHES FOR THE JAPANESE MARKET TIANQI 1621-27 Both decorated in underglaze blue with a deer underneath a pine, a crane in...

A CHINESE KO-AKAE DISH FOR THE JAPANESE MARKET CHONGZHEN (1628-44) The well decorated with the lone figure of a luohan carrying a bundle of books ...

A SQUARE-SECTION INCENSE BURNER AND COVER 17TH OR 18TH CENTURY Possibly Japanese, each side painted with a square panel variously enclosing a spra...

A RARE AND MASSIVE JAPANESE ELEPHANT KORO (INCENSE BURNER AND COVER) EDO PERIOD, LATE 17TH OR EARLY 18TH CENTURY The large pachyderm depicted stan...

A RARE JAPANESE KO-IMARI CHA-IRE (TEA CADDY) EDO PERIOD, PROBABLY 17TH CENTURY The squat gourd-shaped body decorated all over with underglaze blue...

A GOOD JAPANESE KO-KUTANI STYLE FOLIATE DISH EDO PERIOD, c.1650-60 The well decorated with a small Japanese bullfinch perched on a flowering branc...

A JAPANESE ARITA MODEL OF A LEAPING CARP EDO PERIOD, 17TH CENTURY The large fish with its body contorted and its mouth open, the moulded scales re...

A JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE KAKIEMON-STYLE DISH EDO PERIOD, 1670-90 The scalloped body decorated with two Chinese figures on a wood jetty gazing at ...

A LARGE JAPANESE KAKIEMON 'HOB IN THE WELL' DISH EDO PERIOD, C.1680 The deep octagonal body painted to the well with the legend of Shiba Onko, the...

SIX JAPANESE PORCELAIN ITEMS EDO AND MEIJI PERIOD, 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY Comprising: a pair of foliate dishes, each decorated with a small butterf...

EIGHT JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE ITEMS EDO AND MEIJI PERIOD, 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY Including three pairs of bowls and two dishes, variously decorated...

TWO JAPANESE ARITA BLUE AND WHITE VESSELS EDO PERIOD, 17TH CENTURY The first a tall bottle vase painted with sprays of camellia, chrysanthemum, mi...