Meiji Period Art

each plump bird standing on an oval base of vegetation, one with head raised looking straight ahead, the other pecking at the ground, 3.5 and 4cm ...

the rounded sides rising from a short tapering foot, enamelled and gilt to the interior with a phoenix medallion encircled by six panels alternate...

the tapering baluster body rising from a recessed base to a short flaring neck, painted in iron-red and gilt around the exterior with two large pa...

the rectangular box with over-hanging cover, decorated in gold, silver, red and black hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, keuchi and kimpun on a black lacquer...

the shallow rounded sides rising from a short tapering foot to a flaring rim, enamelled and gilt to the interior with a scroll depicting figures i...

the shallow rounded sides rising from a short tapering foot, painted to the interior in underglaze-blue and iron-red with a medallion enclosing a ...

the compressed globular body rising from a recessed base to a short neck with everted rim, richly enamelled and gilt to the exterior with Immortal...

the robustly-potted dish brightly enamelled to the interior in aubergine, green and blue with large curling leaves reserved on a yellow ground, 36...

standing, leaning back with legs apart, the archer holds a bow in one hand as he prepares to loose an arrow with the other, with an aikuchi and a ...

the flaring sides rising from a short tapering foot, enamelled to the interior with a medallion enclosing Hotei and a fisherman, encircled by lotu...

the tapering baluster body rising from a recessed base to a short waisted neck and everted rolled rim, decorated around the exterior of the slende...

of globular form with loop handle, inlaid in gold, copper and silver with long-tailed birds amongst tree peony, the cover with knop finial, 17cm w...

each urn-shaped body set with a pair of simple lug handles and decorated with a treasure ship, lacking their original flat usubata rims, 23.5cm hi...

the globular body painted with four large panels enclosing birds and animals amidst flowers and foliage, 50cm diameter

66 chuban tate-e, various artists, including Toyohara Chikanobu and Kobayashi Kiyochika

the separately cast bird perched on an upturned autumn leaf, 25.5cm wide Provenance: Acquired from Brian Harkins, London, 27 February 2002.

each urn-shaped body cast with deer in a landscape and set with a pair of animal mask handles, lacking the original flat usubata rim, 24.5cm high