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JAPANESE 18th Century Attributed to HiradoA Rare 18th Century Japanese Porcelain Dish, Probably Hirado. This extraordinary dish with its unevenly spaced fluted shape and seemingly incomplete design is meant to represent a the effect of water disturbed by a pebble, with the ripples radiating from the center. R & G McPHERSON ANTIQUES 'SUMMER EXHIBITION' Including Chinese and Japanese Ceramics from The John Drew Collection Part II. JUNE 4th - 14th 2008. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE KAKIEMON PORCELAINA Japanese Kakiemon Porcelain Bowl, c.1700. Decorated in Enamel with Two Phoenix with Their Tails Curled Round to Create a Circle. The Phoenix Roundels are Alternated with Flowering Prunus. Provenance : Robert McPherson Antiques. The John Drew Collection. Exhibited at : The Dragon and The Quail, English Kakiemon Porcelain (Stockspring Antiques, 23rd Feb-11th March 2000) Item 57. Described as Arita c.1700. JAPANESE KAKIEMON PORCELAIN : Kakiemon Sakaeda (酒井田柿右衛門, 1596-1666) is popularly credited with being one of the first in Japan to discover the secret of enamel decoration on porcelain, known as 'Akae'. The name "Kakiemon" was bestowed by his overload on Sakaida, who had perfected a design of twin persimmons (kaki: persimmon) and who then developed the distinctive palette of soft red, yellow, bleu and turquoise green. Kakiemon is sometimes used as a generic term describing wares made in the Arita factories using the characteristic Kakiemon overglaze enamels and decorative styles. However, authentic Kakiemon porcelains have been produced by direct descendants, now Sakaida Kakiemon XIV (1934-). Shards from the Kakiemon kiln site at Nangawara show that blue and white and celadon wares were also produced. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
ARITA. c.1680 - 1700. Japanese PorcelainA Small Japanese Porcelain (Arita Ware) Dish, 17th Century . Decorated with a Bird on a Branch Next to a Willow Tree. The Flattened Rim Decorated with Five Flower-Heads. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE KAKIEMON PORCELAINA Pair of Kakiemon Porcelain Beakers of Octagonal Form c.1680 - 1700. Decorated in Enamels Over a 'Nigoshide Body'. The Design Consists of Autumnal Grass or Peony Laid out on Each Facet . For a Group of Ten Very Similar Kakiemon Beakers See : Burghley House Catalogue (No Dates or Publishers Details Printed) Page 22 Plate 62. The 'Nigoshide' Body was a New Whiter Porcelain Body Introduced Between about 1660 - 1680, Solely for use on Kakiemon Wares. Indeed the Kakiemon Palette Evolved at the Same Time. It has Recently been Proposed that the Nigoshide Body is not a New Body at all, Rather it is Just Made from a Clay that has been Levigated and Washed more. Provenance : Robert McPherson Antiques. The John Drew Collection. JAPANESE KAKIEMON PORCELAIN : JAPANESE KAKIEMON PORCELAIN : Kakiemon Sakaeda (酒井田柿右衛門, 1596-1666) is popularly credited with being one of the first in Japan to discover the secret of enamel decoration on porcelain, known as 'Akae'. The name "Kakiemon" was bestowed by his overload on Sakaida, who had perfected a design of twin persimmons (kaki: persimmon) and who then developed the distinctive palette of soft red, yellow, blue and turquoise green. Kakiemon is sometimes used as a generic term describing wares made in the Arita factories using the characteristic Kakiemon overglaze enamels and decorative styles. However, authentic Kakiemon porcelains have been produced by direct descendants, now Sakaida Kakiemon XIV (1934-). Shards from the Kakiemon kiln site at Nangawara show that blue and white and celadon wares were also produced. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE KAKIEMON PORCELAINA Fine Rare Large 17th Century Kakiemon Porcelain Dish. The Scene Painted in Kakiemon Enamels Shows a Man Selling Lunch Boxes and, Probably, Amazake ; a Form of Homemade Thick Sweetened Sake Containing Fermented Rice and Sometimes Spiced with Ginger, etc. It Looks Like he is Offering them to People who have come to Picnic and Admire the Autumn Maple, a Traditional Japanese Custom (We would like to thank Mr Paul Freeman for information about the subject matter of this dish). Kakiemon Sakaeda (酒井田柿右衛門, 1596-1666) is popularly credited with being one of the first in Japan to discover the secret of enamel decoration on porcelain, known as 'Akae'. The name "Kakiemon" was bestowed by his overload on Sakaida, who had perfected a design of twin persimmons (kaki: persimmon) and who then developed the distinctive palette of soft red, yellow, bleu and turquoise green. Kakiemon is sometimes used as a generic term describing wares made in the Arita factories using the characteristic Kakiemon overglaze enamels and decorative styles. However, authentic Kakiemon porcelains have been produced by direct descendants, now Sakaida Kakiemon XIV (1934-). Shards from the Kakiemon kiln site at Nangawara show that blue and white and celadon wares were also produced. JAPANESE KAKIEMON PORCELAIN Kakiemon decoration is usually of high quality, delicate and with asymmetric well-balanced designs. These were sparsely applied to emphasize the fine white porcelain background body known in Japan as NIGOSHIDE (milky white) which was used for the finest pieces. Kakiemon wares are usually painted with birds, flying squirrels, the "Quail and Millet" design, the "Three Friends of Winter" (pine, prunus and bamboo), flowers (especially the chrysanthemum, the national flower of Japan) and figural subjects such as the popular "Hob in the Well", illustrating a Chinese folk tale where a sage saves his friend who has fallen into a large fishbowl R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
KAKIEMON c.1680 - 1700.A Japanese Kakiemon Style Porcelain Beer Mug c.1680-1700. Decorated in Kakiemon Enamels on Blue and White Reserves of 'Karakusa' Scrolls. For a Kakiemon Beer Mug of this Type See : Fine and Curious, Japanese Export Porcelain in Dutch Collections (Christiaan J.A. Jorg, Hotei Publishing,2003) Page 169 Item 201. Jorg Describes it thus "This is a rare example of a beer mug in Kakiemon-style enamels. It is the same as cat.200 but the enamelling made it more special". Kakiemon Sakaeda (酒井田柿右衛門, 1596-1666) is popularly credited with being one of the first in Japan to discover the secret of enamel decoration on porcelain, known as 'Akae'. The name "Kakiemon" was bestowed by his overload on Sakaida, who had perfected a design of twin persimmons (kaki: persimmon) and who then developed the distinctive palette of soft red, yellow, bleu and turquoise green. Kakiemon is sometimes used as a generic term describing wares made in the Arita factories using the characteristic Kakiemon overglaze enamels and decorative styles. However, authentic Kakiemon porcelains have been produced by direct descendants, now Sakaida Kakiemon XIV (1934-). Shards from the Kakiemon kiln site at Nangawara show that blue and white and celadon wares were also produced. Kakiemon decoration is usually of high quality, delicate and with asymmetric well-balanced designs. These were sparsely applied to emphasize the fine white porcelain background body known in Japan as NIGOSHIDE (milky white) which was used for the finest pieces. Kakiemon wares are usually painted with birds, flying squirrels, the "Quail and Millet" design, the "Three Friends of Winter" (pine, prunus and bamboo), flowers (especially the chrysanthemum, the national flower of Japan) and figural subjects such as the popular "Hob in the Well", illustrating a Chinese folk tale where a sage saves his friend who has fallen into a large fishbowl. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
A Pair of Japanese Imari Porcelain Saucers with Brocade Designs, c.1690 - 1720. Provenance : Augustus II (1670-1733) King of Poland and Elector of Saxony, Known as Augustus the Strong. Japanese Palace Inventory Wheel Engraved Mark to Both. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
KAKIEMON. c.1680 - 1720. Japanese Porcelain.A Japanese Kakiemon 'Nigoshide' Porcelain Dish of Circular Form with an Iron-Brown Lobed Rim. The Plain Central Medallion Encircled by Very Finely Moulded Panel in Relief with a Pair of Three-Clawed Dragons among a Hoju Mon (treasure ball) and a Flower. The Reverse with Three Spur Marks. JAPANESE KAKIEMON PORCELAIN : Kakiemon Sakaeda (1596-1666) is popularly credited with being one of the first in Japan to discover the secret of enamel decoration on porcelain, known as 'Akae'. The name "Kakiemon" was bestowed by his overload on Sakaida, who had perfected a design of twin persimmons (kaki: persimmon) and who then developed the distinctive palette of soft red, yellow, blue and turquoise green. Kakiemon is sometimes used as a generic term describing wares made in the Arita factories using the characteristic Kakiemon overglaze enamels and decorative styles. However, authentic Kakiemon porcelains have been produced by direct descendants, now Sakaida Kakiemon XIV (1934-). Shards from the Kakiemon kiln site at Nangawara show that blue and white and celadon wares were also produced. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
VIETNAMESE c.1450 - 1520. Vietnamese Pottery.A Unusual Vietnamese Blue and White Pottery Crab Form Box and Cover. For a very similar blue and white crab box and cover from the Ulrich Beck collection see : Vietnamese Ceramics, A Separate Tradition (John Stevenson and John Guy, Art Media Resources,1997.ISBN 1-878529-22-6) Page 367 Item 358 Provenance : The Mr and Mrs Robert P.Piccus Collection of Annamese Ceramics (label inside the base). An English Private Collection. R & G McPherson Antiques. The John Drew Collection of Chinese and Japanese Ceramics. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
ARITA c.1655 - 1670 JapaneseAn Early Japanese Porcelain Plate Decorated in Blue and White with an Origami Design c.1655-1670. R & G McPHERSON ANTIQUES EXHIBITION' Including Chinese and Japanese Ceramics from The John Drew Collection Part II. JUNE 4th - 14th 2008. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
ARITA. c.1700 - 1730. Japanese Porcelain.An Unusual 18th Century Japanese Arita Porcelain Teabowl and Saucer Decorated in the Imari Palette. The Design is of a Five Piece Japanese Porcelain Garniture with Prunus Flowers in the Beaker Vases and a Bird Hovering Above. The Porcelain Garniture Stands on a Bench with a Balustrade Behind and a Chicken and Cockerel Below. For another Japanese Imari Porcelain teabowl and saucer decorated with a garniture see : Fine and Curious, Japanese Export Porcelain in Dutch Collections (Christiaan J.A.Jorg, Hotei Publishing, 2003.ISBN 90-74822-16-9) Item 250 Page 198. For a further 18th century Japanese Imari Porcelain teabowl and saucer of this type of design See : The Voyage of Old Imari Porcelains (The Kyushu Ceramic Museum, 2000) Item 90 Page 58. Provenance : Earl D. Vandekar.(label to base) B.F. Edwards Collection, item 939.(label to base) Christie's New York, 22nd January 2002. Part lot 158.(label to base). R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
ARITA c.1750 - 1770. Japanese PorcelainAn 18th Century Japanese Blue and White Porcelain Model of a Horse After a White Delft Original. This Japanese Porcelain model is part of a group of models based on Delft pottery made for the Dutch market in the mid-18th century. As well horse models, recumbent cows on shaped bases are known, there is also a model of a Dutchman seated on a barrel. It seems as if the more exotic Japanese Porcelain models of the late 17th and early 18th Centuries were out of fashion, replaced by porcelain copies of Delftware, Delftware that was purely Dutch in style. For a similar Japanese Porcelain model and its Delftware original see : Fine and Curious, Japanese Export Porcelain in Dutch Collections (Christiaan J.A.Jorg, Hotei Publishing, 2003.ISBN 90-74822-16-9) Items 262 for the Japanese Porcelain model, and 262b for the original Delftware model, Page 286. . R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
KAKIEMON c.1680 - 1730. Japanese Porcelain.A Japanese Kakiemon Porcelain Bowl. This White Kakiemon Porcelain Bowl is Made with a 'Nigoshide' Body and has an Iron-Oxide Dressed Rim. The 'Nigoshide' Body was a New Whiter Porcelain Body Introduced Between about 1660 - 1680, Solely for use on Kakiemon Wares. Indeed the Kakiemon Palette Evolved at the Same Time. It has Recently been Proposed that the Nigoshide Body is not a New Body at all, Rather it is Just Made from a Clay that has been Levigated and Washed more. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
ARITA. Japanese c.1660 - 1670.A Rare Early Japanese Arita Porcelain Dish in the Chinese Transitional Porcelain Style. Decorated with Two Figures in a Landscape. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE KAKIEMON PORCELAINA Japanese Kakiemon Porcelain Beaker Decorated with Flowers c.1690. Decorated in Kakiemon Enamels over a Nigoshide Body.The 'Nigoshide' Body was a new Whiter Body Introduced in Between about 1660 - 1680 Solely for Kakiemon wares. Indeed the Kakiemon Palette also Evolved at the Same Time. It has Recently been Proposed that the Nigoshide Body is not a New Body at all, Rather it is just made from a Clay that has been Levigated and Washed more. Provenance : Richard de la Mare, G & C.W. Digby. Exhibited : The Oriental Ceramic Society, 1956. JAPANESE KAKIEMON PORCELAIN : Kakiemon Sakaeda (酒井田柿右衛門, 1596-1666) is popularly credited with being one of the first in Japan to discover the secret of enamel decoration on porcelain, known as 'Akae'. The name "Kakiemon" was bestowed by his overload on Sakaida, who had perfected a design of twin persimmons (kaki: persimmon) and who then developed the distinctive palette of soft red, yellow, bleu and turquoise green. Kakiemon is sometimes used as a generic term describing wares made in the Arita factories using the characteristic Kakiemon overglaze enamels and decorative styles. However, authentic Kakiemon porcelains have been produced by direct descendants, now Sakaida Kakiemon XIV (1934-). Shards from the Kakiemon kiln site at Nangawara show that blue and white and celadon wares were also produced. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE (c.1660 - 1680).Early Arita Blue and White Porcelain Dish. Decorated with "Basho" (plantain) Rockwork, Small Flowers and Grasses. The Plantain is Partly Covered by Clouds Decorated with Fine Shippo-Tsunagi-Mon (treasured bands). A very similar dish is illustrated in the Shibata Collection (1991) Volume II page 107, Plate 274. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE (c.1660 - 1690). A Very Rare Early Arita Porcelain Jar. Decorated With a Large Hand Modelled Dragon Which Has Been Applied To The Surface, With Polychrome Decoration to The Body. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE. c.1680 - 1700.An Japanese Arita Blue and White Porcelain Shallow Lobed Dish. Decorated with Flower-Heads on a Blue Background. Each Flower-Head is 'cut-out' using Wax Resist ( Wax was painted on to the unglazed body of the porcelain to separate different tones of the cobalt blue, the technique is similar to Batic : Batik or batique is an Indonesian-Malay word and refers to a generic wax-resist dyeing technique used on fabric). The Blue on Blue Decoration is Surrounded by Four Raised C-Shape Panels. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE c.1750 - 1780.An 18th Century Japanese Porcelain Dish, Arita Kilns. Decorated in the Chinese Style with an Extensive Landscape Containing a House on a Rocky Outcrop. Geese in the Distance can be Seen Flying Over other Buildings. The Rim with Characters. The Plain Back has 6 Spur Marks. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE c.1880 - 1920.A Japanese Porcelain Dish in the Nabeshima Style, Possibly Arita Ware. Decorated in Blue and White with a Procession of Three Over-Lapping Sailing Ships, The Reverse with a large Conch Shell. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
Ko Karatsu Teabowl 18th Century JapaneseAn 18th Century Ko Karatsu Teabowl with Hakeme (brush-marks glaze), with a Wooden Box. This tea bowl has flowing gray glaze, and is vigarously decorated with slip.The bottom section has a half-glazed 'crinkled cloth' skin kodai called chirimen kodai. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE. 19TH CENTURY.An Arita Porcelain Bowl and Cover. Decorated with the 'Black Ship' Design. Consisting of an 18th Century Style European Ship and European Figures in 18th Century Costume. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE (c.1680 - 1720). A Rare Arita Porcelain Serving Dish in the Form of Mount Fuji. Decorated with Pine in a Landscape. Very Sharply Moulded. This Piece is Not Export ware. Exhibited at : The Japanese Aesthetic, three centuries of Japanese porcelain design and western interpretations (The Ceramic and Glass Circle of Australia, 2006). Item 3, Dated to c. 1670-1690. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE. c.1680 -1720. A Very Rare Japanese Arita Porcelain Apothecary Jar. Decorated in Underglaze Blue with a European Style Wreath, the Center of which Contains the 'Star of David'. It is Possible this Piece was Made for a Dutch Jewish Merchant. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE. c.1670 - 1680.A Rare and Finely Painted Early Arita Blue and White Porcelain Dish. Decorated with a Flowering Plant with a Wave Swirling around it. Painted in Fine Lines and Various Washes of Cobalt, some of which are Divided by Wax Resist. The Present Dish was made for the Home Market and so is not Export Ware. Wax was painted on to the unglazed body of the porcelain to separate different tones of the cobalt blue, the technique is similar to Batic (Batik or batique is an Indonesian-Malay word and refers to a generic wax-resist dyeing technique used on fabric). R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE. c.1670 - 1690.A Small Japanese Arita Blue and White Porcelain Dish. This Fan Shaped Dish has one Side Making it Asymmetrical. The Decoration Consists of an Egret in a Watery Landscape. For an Arita Blue and White Dish of this Shape See : The Catalog of "The Shibata Collections" The Exhibition (1) (Akihiko Shibata and Yuko Shibata and others, The Kyushu Ceramic Museum, 1990) Page 77 Item 199. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE (c.1660 - 1690).A Japanese Arita Ware Porcelain Plate Decorated in the Chinese Kraak Style of The Late Ming / Transitional Period. Kraak porcelain is a type of early blue and white Chinese export porcelain produced from the Wanli reign (1573-1620) until around 1640. It is named after the Portuguese ships (Carracks), in which it was transported. Kraakware was the first Chinese export ware to arrive in Europe in large quantities. It is Blue and White, decorated with stylized flowers such as peonies and chrysanthemums, and with wide border panels. Wares included large dishes, bowls and vases. Pieces are often warped and have tool 'chatter marks' on the bases. Kraakware was copied by Arita and Delft potters R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE. c.1690 - 1730.A Japanese Export Porcelain Dish. Aria Kilns Decorated in the Imari Style. The Center Painted with a Balustraded Garden Terrace with a Large Flowering Tree and an Urn Containing a Scholar's Rock with a Flowering Shrub. The Back Decorated with Three Large Flowering Sprigs. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
Early EDO (1603-1867) Kanbun period 1661 - 1672.An Early Ko-Imari Japanese Blue and White Porcelain Dish. This Dish Bears Distinctive Features Relating to the so-called Ai-Kutani (literally indigo-blue Kutani) Group that were made at Arita kilns for Home Consumption in the 1660s. See the Shibata collection catalogue, volume II, plates 162, 177, volume VI, plate 395 for similarly moulded Ai-Kutani dishes. See also the Shimada collection catalogue, plates 100 and 101 for related examples. From the investigation made in 1970 and 1971 it was discovered that kiln number 1 was used first to produce mainly tea ceremony wares, a low temperature ceramic, a kind of faience, Toki in Japanese, for maybe 4 years up to around 1652. Then the kiln started to produce ceramic dishes, from about 1655 . As far as the style is concerned; the production began mainly with the introduction of Imari technique. But the Kutani potters had problems in manufacturing perfect porcelain, they could not reach a high enough temperature and therefore many pieces had defects. The wares made at that time often could be referred to as what we sometimes call in Europe half-porcelain. It is thick and the colour is not clear white, rather gray or cream. As the quality of the biscuit produced in the kiln was not always very good, the production was not sufficient for the needs, so white pottery had to be imported from Arita and painted in Daishoji area before being transported to the Kutani kilns. But the target of Daishoji Han was to reach a level similar to Imari and the only way was to have access to the proper technology. In the mean time Toshiharu died and was replaced by Toshiaki who requested Goto Saijiro to get the technique from Arita potters. The Kanbun period (1661- 1672) is the peak for enamel overglaze, red color painting and Kakiyemon style in Arita, and many kilns were opening. As a matter of fact, before or after Kanbun period a policy of secrecy has been enforced by the local Lords and the kiln technique, accordingly, well protected. So it was the best timing to have access to this know-how. In 1661 Goto Saijiro Sadatsugu under request from Toshiaki dispatched Tadakiyo to Hizen, to learn the enamel overglaze technique which had been imported from China. The kilns closed in about 1700.From the investigation made in 1970 and 1971 it was discovered that kiln number 1 was used first to produce mainly tea ceremony wares, a low temperature ceramic, a kind of faience, Toki in Japanese, for maybe 4 years up to around 1652. Then the kiln started to produce ceramic dishes, from about 1655 . As far as the style is concerned; the production began mainly with the introduction of Imari technique. But the Kutani potters had problems in manufacturing perfect porcelain, they could not reach a high enough temperature and therefore many pieces had defects. The wares made at that time often could be referred to as what we sometimes call in Europe half-porcelain. It is thick and the colour is not clear white, rather gray or cream. As the quality of the biscuit produced in the kiln was not always very good, the production was not sufficient for the needs, so white pottery had to be imported from Arita and painted in Daishoji area before being transported to the Kutani kilns. But the target of Daishoji Han was to reach a level similar to Imari and the only way was to have access to the proper technology. In the mean time Toshiharu died and was replaced by Toshiaki who requested Goto Saijiro to get the technique from Arita potters. The Kanbun period (1661- 1672) is the peak for enamel overglaze, red color painting and Kakiyemon style in Arita, and many kilns were opening. As a matter of fact, before or after Kanbun period a policy of secrecy has been enforced by the local Lords and the kiln technique, accordingly, well protected. So it was the best timing to have access to this know-how. In 1661 Goto Saijiro Sadatsugu under request from Toshiaki dispatched Tadakiyo to Hizen, to learn the enamel overglaze technique which had been imported from China. The kilns closed in about 1700. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE KAKIEMON PORCELAINA Japanese Kakiemon Enamel Decorated 'Nigoshide' (Milky-White) Porcelain Teabowl with a 'Banded-Hedge' Type Design c.1690. These Banded-Hedges were a Formal Device within Japanese Traditional Gardens. The Design also Includes 'The Three Friends of Winter' (Pine, Bamboo and Prunus). These Three Plants Signify Perseverance, Neither the Pine nor the Bamboo Shed their Leaves in Winter and the Plumb Flowers at the very end of the Winter, Heralding the Arrival of Spring. The 'Nigoshide' body was a new whiter body introduced in between about 1660 - 1680 solely for kakiemon wares. Indeed the Kakiemon palette also evolved at the same time. It has recently been proposed that the Nigoshide body is not a new body at all, rather it is just made from a clay that has been levigated and washed more. JAPANESE KAKIEMON PORCELAIN : Kakiemon Sakaeda (酒井田柿右衛門, 1596-1666) is popularly credited with being one of the first in Japan to discover the secret of enamel decoration on porcelain, known as 'Akae'. The name "Kakiemon" was bestowed by his overload on Sakaida, who had perfected a design of twin persimmons (kaki: persimmon) and who then developed the distinctive palette of soft red, yellow, bleu and turquoise green. Kakiemon is sometimes used as a generic term describing wares made in the Arita factories using the characteristic Kakiemon overglaze enamels and decorative styles. However, authentic Kakiemon porcelains have been produced by direct descendants, now Sakaida Kakiemon XIV (1934-). Shards from the Kakiemon kiln site at Nangawara show that blue and white and celadon wares were also produced. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE. 19th CENTURY.A 19th Century Japanese Porcelain Brush Handel and Cover. Possibly Hirado. Decorated in Blue and White with Dragons. There are also Small Clouds Picked out in Polychrome Enamels. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE. c.1740 - 1780.A Large Arita Porcelain Dish Boldly Decorated with a Lobster Among Plants and Waves. The Back is Painted with a Typical 'Karakusa' Scrolling Design. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
KO-KUTANI, Arita c.1655 - 1670. Japanese Porcelain.A Rare Ko-Kutani Enamelled Dish c.1655-1670. The White Bodied Thinly Potted Porcelain Dish is Decorated with a Deep Green, Some of Which is Over black, Aubergine and Iron-red. The Scene Comprises a Building with Pine Encircled by a Roundel Enclosing Tendrils on a Green-Enamelled Ground, Grapevines to the Wide Rim Extending to the Underside. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE KAKIEMON STYLE c.1680 - 1700.A 17th Century Japanese Porcelain Shallow Bowl in the Kakiemon Style. Decorated with a Scene Including 'Banded Hedge' with a Bird on a Prunus Tree Surrounded by 'Ruyi' Lappets. KAKIEMON PORCELAIN : Kakiemon Sakaeda (酒井田柿右衛門, 1596-1666) is popularly credited with being one of the first in Japan to discover the secret of enamel decoration on porcelain, known as 'Akae'. The name "Kakiemon" was bestowed by his overload on Sakaida, who had perfected a design of twin persimmons (kaki: persimmon) and who then developed the distinctive palette of soft red, yellow, bleu and turquoise green. Kakiemon is sometimes used as a generic term describing wares made in the Arita factories using the characteristic Kakiemon overglaze enamels and decorative styles. However, authentic Kakiemon porcelains have been produced by direct descendants, now Sakaida Kakiemon XIV (1934-). Shards from the Kakiemon kiln site at Nangawara show that blue and white and celadon wares were also produced. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE. c.1690 - 1730. (Correction, Probably Japanese Kakiemon, c.1660-1670 : See Notes Below).An Arita Ware Blue and White Porcelain Dish. Decorated with Two Seated Long Tailed Birds Next to Flowering Prunus. The Rim Dressed with a Brown Iron Oxide. I Would Like to Thank a Customer of Ours For the Following Information about the Dating of this Dish, Based on a Very Similar Example in His Collection that he Showed to Someone in Japan .... "(he) dated this one as 1660-1670 when I showed him a photograph on a visit to Arita in 2003, and explained this was a very early example of Kakiemon blue and white (where they were experimenting with different shades of underglaze blue) ". R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE. 19th CENTURY.An Arita Blue and White Porcelain Shallow Bowl Decorated with Students within a Hall. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE. c.1750 - 1790.A Japanese Blue and White Porcelain Shallow Bowl, Arita Kilns. Decorated with a Small Boat on a Cloudy Evening Containing Three Figures Inside. Possibly Based on the Classic Chinese 'An Ode to the Red Cliff'. The Back with a Dark Cobalt Blue Ground. For a Bowl of this Pattern See : The Catalog of "The Shibata Collections" The Exhibition (1) (Akihiko Shibata and Yuko Shibata and others, The Kyushu Ceramic Museum, 1990) Page 175 Item 469. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE Late 18th or 19th Century.A Japanese Porcelain Elephant Shaped Censer with a Celadon Glaze. The Figure of a Boy on the Cover is Unglazed. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
VIETNAMESE. c.13th to 15th Century.A Celadon Glazed Stoneware Bowl with a Central Impressed Design and a Raised Border to the Cavetto. Made in Imitation of Chinese Celadon Ware of the Period. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE KAKIEMON PORCELAIN c.1680 - 1700.A Kakiemon Porcelain Saucer with a 'Banded Hedge' Design c.1680 - 1700. The Kakiemon Enamels Decorated Over a 'Nigoshide Body'. The 'Nigoshide' Body was a New Whiter Porcelain Body Introduced Between about 1660 - 1680, Solely for use on Kakiemon Wares. Indeed the Kakiemon Palette Evolved at the Same Time. It has Recently been Proposed that the Nigoshide Body is not a New Body at all, Rather it is Just Made from a Clay that has been Levigated and Washed more. These Banded-Hedges were a Formal Device within Japanese Traditional Gardens. The Design also Includes 'The Three Friends of Winter' (Pine, Bamboo and Prunus). These Three Plants Signify Perseverance, Neither the Pine nor the Bamboo Shed their Leaves in Winter and the Plumb Flowers at the very end of the Winter, Heralding the Arrival of Spring. Provenance : G & C. W. Digby Collection. Robert McPherson Antiques. The John Drew Collection. KAKIEMON PORCELAIN : JAPANESE KAKIEMON PORCELAIN : Kakiemon Sakaeda (酒井田柿右衛門, 1596-1666) is popularly credited with being one of the first in Japan to discover the secret of enamel decoration on porcelain, known as 'Akae'. The name "Kakiemon" was bestowed by his overload on Sakaida, who had perfected a design of twin persimmons (kaki: persimmon) and who then developed the distinctive palette of soft red, yellow, blue and turquoise green. Kakiemon is sometimes used as a generic term describing wares made in the Arita factories using the characteristic Kakiemon overglaze enamels and decorative styles. However, authentic Kakiemon porcelains have been produced by direct descendants, now Sakaida Kakiemon XIV (1934-). Shards from the Kakiemon kiln site at Nangawara show that blue and white and celadon wares were also produced. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE 18th Century.An 18th Century Japanese Porcelain Dish. Decoarted with Roundels and Flower-Heads. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE. 19th CENTURY.A Japanese Porcelain Serving Dish Decorated in Polychrome Enamels. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
ARITA c.1655 - 1670 JapaneseAn Early Japanese Porcelain Dish with Moulded Borders and the Center decorated with a Bird Among Sweet Chestnut in Blue, Iron Red and Gilding. This dish is one of a number of dishes from this period with the sparing use of a strong iron red and gilding over underglaze cobalt blue. I think it might be possible considered this group as the precursors to imari porcelain. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE. c.1680 - 1720. JAPANESE. c.1680 - 1720. An Unusual Arita Blue and White Porcelain Dish in the Kakiemon Style. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE. Early Edo. c.1650's.An Rare Early Japanese (Pre-Export) Porcelain Dish, Arita Kiln, Early Edo period, c.1650's. The Typically Stoutly Potted Arita-kiln Non-Biscuit (Namagaké) Porcelain of Shallow Circular Form Supported on a Short Foot. The Finely Painted Interior Decorated in Underglaze Cobalt Blue Tones with a Pair of Egrets (Sagi) among Flowering Monochoria (Mizuaoi) in a Pond, all within a Thick Painted Ring. The Reverse Sparsely Painted with Sprays of Grasses, an Underglaze-Blue 'Fuku' (literally Happiness) Character Mark within a Double Square and a Spur Mark to the Glazed Base, Kiln-Grit Adhering to the Unglazed Foot Ring and some to the Interior, Firing cracks and Pinholes, the Thickly Glazed Underside is Partly Unglazed Showing the Porcelain Body . It is a rare to see pre-export Arita-kiln porcelain in the West, as the dish was manufactured before Arita-kiln ware began to be exported to Europe with the agency of the V.O.C. The porcelain dish can be categorised as s an early "Aï-Kutani" piece which bears some prominent features found on the so-called Shoki-Imari ware. Arita-kiln ware in this period is basically non-biscuit porcelain (namagaké) but this ceased to be employed in Arita kilns after the mid Edo era. See Seiki-no-imari by S. Yamashita (1974), plate 60 for similarly painted dish with flowering monochoria and a pair of egrets, although both dishes are much later in date and see also Aï-Kutani-to-Aï-Kakiemon by the same author, in which Aï-Kutani ware is discussed in detail with showing marks such as Fuku mark within a double square found on this type ware. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE. c.1720 - 1740.An 18th Century Japanese Arita Blue and White Porcelain Bowl. With Steep Sides and an Indented Rim. Decorated with a Man Among Pines, the Reverse with Four Lines in Cursive Script. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE. c.1740 - 1780.An Unusual Peach Shaped Arita Porcelain Dish in Blue and White with Over-Glaze Enamel Decoration. The design is of Peony and Iris. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE. c.1680 - 1700.Arita Ware Porcelain Dish Decorated with a Design that Includes Folded Paper and Peony Flowers. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE KAKIEMON PORCELAINA Japanese Kakiemon Porcelain Saucer, c.1680-1700. The Kakiemon Enamels are Decorated Over a 'Nigoshide Body'. Provenance : The Weishaupt Collection No.924 (Label to base). Robert McPherson Antiques. The John Drew Collection. JAPANESE KAKIEMON PORCELAIN : JAPANESE KAKIEMON PORCELAIN : Kakiemon Sakaeda (酒井田柿右衛門, 1596-1666) is popularly credited with being one of the first in Japan to discover the secret of enamel decoration on porcelain, known as 'Akae'. The name "Kakiemon" was bestowed by his overload on Sakaida, who had perfected a design of twin persimmons (kaki: persimmon) and who then developed the distinctive palette of soft red, yellow, blue and turquoise green. Kakiemon is sometimes used as a generic term describing wares made in the Arita factories using the characteristic Kakiemon overglaze enamels and decorative styles. However, authentic Kakiemon porcelains have been produced by direct descendants, now Sakaida Kakiemon XIV (1934-). Shards from the Kakiemon kiln site at Nangawara show that blue and white and celadon wares were also produced. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE. c.1750 - 1780.An Arita Moulded Porcelain Dish in the Form of Abalone Shell (Sea-ear. Awabi in Japanese), the Interior Painted in Underglaze Cobalt Blue, Iron Red, Overglaze Onamels and Gilt with a Continuous Landscape Including a Carp Leaping up the Waterfall "koi-no-taki-nobori" Symbolising Success in Life. Half of the Well Decorated with Flowering Branches with Scrolls Reserved on Light Green Enamelled Ground, the Reverse Encircled by Mountains and Trees. Three Spur Marks to the Glazed Base, the Unglazed Foot Rim Oxidised with Pale Orange Colour. See : The Catalog of "The Shibata Collections" The Exhibition (1) (Akihiko Shibata and Yuko Shibata and others, The Kyushu Ceramic Museum, 1990) Page 169 Item 448 for a similarly shaped dish which dates to 1740 and 1770. Also See Volume IV, plates 214, 215, 216 and 217 for similarly moulded enamelled dish of sea-ear, all of which date to 1750-1780. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE. c.1700 - 1730.An Early 18th Century Japanese Arita Porcelain Shallow Dish. The Center Decorated with the 'Three Friends of Winter' Growing from an Urn. The Back Edge is Painted with a Typical 'Karakusa' Scrolling Design. There is a 'Fuku' Mark to the Center. The Glaze on the Reverse has Crawled in Places. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE. c.1670 - 1690.A Large Japanese Arita Porcelain Dish in the Kraak Style (Fuyodé). The Porcelain of Circular Form with Flaring Sides (Kabuto-Gata), the Interior Painted in Fine Underglaze Cobalt Blue with a Central Medallion Depicting Flowering Sprays of Peony in a Flower Pot Supported on Tripod. The Well and Rim Decorated with Panels Enclosing Alternately Flowering Peony, and the Three Friends; Pine, Bamboo and Prunus "sho-chiku-bai", Divided Further by Narrow Panels with Symbolic Objects, the Reverse Decorated with Sparsely Painted 'Karakusa' Scrolls. Three Spur Marks to the Glazed Base, some Kiln-Grit Adhering to the Unglazed Foot Rim. The fuyodé Ko-Imari dish is in good condition with no chips, no cracks and no restoration. Old wear to the interior and exterior of the dish in general use. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
SOUTH EAST ASIAN CERAMICS 14th - 16th Century.TOP LEFT ; Vietnamese Blue and White Pottery Bowl, 14th or 15th Century (stock number 18835) Diameter 10cm, Perfect Condition, Provenance Bluett Label to Base. : SOLD TOP RIGHT ; Vietnamese Blue and White Pottery Jarlet, 15th Century (stock number 18834) Diameter 11cm, Glaze Flakes, Small Chip to Rim : SOLD MIDDLE LEFT ; Vietnamese Blue and White Pottery Jarlet, Decorated with Scrolling Flowers, 15th Century (stock number 18637) Diameter 8.5cm, Glaze Flakes, Small Chip to Rim : £ 68 CENTER ; Thai Stoneware Box and Cover, Si Satchanalai Kilns, 14th-16th Century (Stock number 18385) Diameter 11cm, Perfect, Provenance from a Private English Collection : £ 125 BOTTOM LEFT ; Thai, Si Satchanalai Kilns, Painted Jarlet 14th - 16th Century (stock 18636) Perfect, Diameter 8cm : SOLD BOTTOM RIGHT ; Vietnamese Celadon Dish, 13th/14th Century, RIM CHIPS (18032) : SOLD. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
Arita c.1760 - 1800. Japanese Porcelain.An 18th Century Japanese Arita Blue and White Porcelain Dish Decorated with Flowers and Asymmetric Abstract Designs. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE. c.1660 - 1670.An Early Arita Porcelain Dish. The Small Dish of Thickly Potted Porcelain is Decorated in a Silvery Blue Grey Cobalt. The Center is Painted with a Fruiting Peach Branch, While the Border is Reverse Painted (i.e. the design is left in the white) with Ruyi-Head Shaped Panels. The Placing of the Ruyi-heads is Uneven, this is I feel, Deliberate and is in Keeping with Japanese Aesthetics. The Reverse with a Single Blue Line and a Single Spur Mark. The Foot Rim is Rather is Rough and the Center within is Discoloured During Firing. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE. c.1700 - 1730.An Unusual Early 18th Century Japanese Porcelain Wall Vase. Decorated in Relief and Cobalt Blue with a ShiShi Lion Among Peony. Moulded in Two sections with a Seam Down the Side, the Base is Unglazed and Shows an Impression of Material Where the Piece Rested While Drying. The Top of the Back has an Oval Aperture for Suspension. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE. C.1700 -1740.An Unusual 18th Century Arita Polychrome Decorated Porcelain Tripod Pouring Vessel. The Pinched Shape Supported on Three Feet with a Bamboo Sectional Handel. The Feet with 18th Century European Gilt_Bronze Mounts. For a Similar Vessel See : The Burghley Porcelains, An Exhibition from The Burghley House and based on the 1688 Inventory and 1690 Devonshire Schedule (Oliver Impey, Hiroko Nishida and various other contributions, Japan Society c.1986) Pages 264-265, Item 116. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
THAI 14th to 16th Century.A Rare Thai Celadon Stoneware Model of an Elephant. From the Si Satchanalai Kilns. From a Private English Collection. Bluett London (Label to base). We have other pieces of South East Asian Ceramics from this collection in our exhibition that are not illustrated on our website. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE KAKIEMON PORCELAINA Japanese Kakiemon Porcelain Bowl Probably 'Nigoshide' Bodyc,1680-1720.. Finely Potted Porcelain of Circular Form with a Brown Foliated Rim. The Interior Naturalistically Moulded in Relief with a Central Floral Panel Enclosing Fruiting Branches, the Moulded Well Decorated with the Three Friends, Sho-Chiku-Bai (pine, bamboo and prunus) Issuing from Rockwork, the Undecorated Reverse with a Spur Mark to the Base. JAPANESE KAKIEMON PORCELAIN : Kakiemon Sakaeda (酒井田柿右衛門, 1596-1666) is popularly credited with being one of the first in Japan to discover the secret of enamel decoration on porcelain, known as 'Akae'. The name "Kakiemon" was bestowed by his overload on Sakaida, who had perfected a design of twin persimmons (kaki: persimmon) and who then developed the distinctive palette of soft red, yellow, blue and turquoise green. Kakiemon is sometimes used as a generic term describing wares made in the Arita factories using the characteristic Kakiemon overglaze enamels and decorative styles. However, authentic Kakiemon porcelains have been produced by direct descendants, now Sakaida Kakiemon XIV (1934-). Shards from the Kakiemon kiln site at Nangawara show that blue and white and celadon wares were also produced. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE. c. 1690 - 1720.An Arita Polychrome Enamel Teapot and Cover. Japanese Export Ware Decorated with Chrysanthemums. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE ? . c.1820 - 1880.Probably Japanese or Possibly Korean. A Small 19th Century Moulded White Porcelain Buddhist Figure. The Porcelain is Very White and the Glaze Has a Blue Tinge to it. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE. Early-Mid EDO PERIOD, c.1670-1680A Finely Potted Arita-kiln Blue and White Porcelain Dish of Circular Form. The Interior Very Boldly Painted in Fine Underglaze Cobalt-Blue Tones with a Large Bamboo Shoot (takénoko) Surrounded by a Three-Dimensionally Represented Two Folding Screen Dividing Falling Maples (momiji), the Reverse Sparsely Painted Alternately with Clouds and Flowers. A Five Spur Mark to the Glazed Base, some Kiln-Grit Adhesion to the Unglazed Foot Ring. This fine Arita-kiln porcelain dish was manufactured in the very late (almost transitional) Ai-Kutani period for the domestic market. The interior and the reverse of the dish bears very characteristic features commonly found on Ai-Kutani ware. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE KAKIEMON PORCELAINSmall Japanese Kakiemon Porcelain Dish (c.1690 - 1710). The Center Decorated with a Plant Pot with Rocks and Flowering Plants. The Border with a Flowering Prunus Branches. JAPANESE KAKIEMON PORCELAIN : Kakiemon Sakaeda (酒井田柿右衛門, 1596-1666) is popularly credited with being one of the first in Japan to discover the secret of enamel decoration on porcelain, known as 'Akae'. The name "Kakiemon" was bestowed by his overload on Sakaida, who had perfected a design of twin persimmons (kaki: persimmon) and who then developed the distinctive palette of soft red, yellow, blue and turquoise green. Kakiemon is sometimes used as a generic term describing wares made in the Arita factories using the characteristic Kakiemon overglaze enamels and decorative styles. However, authentic Kakiemon porcelains have been produced by direct descendants, now Sakaida Kakiemon XIV (1934-). Shards from the Kakiemon kiln site at Nangawara show that blue and white and celadon wares were also produced. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE. c.1670 - 1690.An Arita Porcelain Shallow Dish Decorated in Blue and White with a Goose on a Promontory Next to a Crashing Wave. There are Two more Birds in the Sky. The Rim Dressed with a Brown Iron Oxide. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
ARITA c.1750 - 1780 JapaneseAn 18th Century Japanese Porcelain Dish. This Arita-kiln porcelain dish is of circular form with a scalloped rim, the interior painted in iron red, overglaze enamels and gilt with a Manchurian crane in flight and a carrot on a very naturalistically moulded large flowering peony spray in relief, the underside decorated with flowering sprays of iris. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE. c.1700A Rare Blue and White Van Frytom Style Circluar Dish. Van Frytom Decorated a Series of Small Dishes That Were Made For The Tea-Ceremony in Japan, Marked MB and Dated 1684. See : Frederik Van Frytom 1632 - 1702, Life And Work Of A Dutch Pottery-Decorator By A.Vecht ( Scheltema and Holkema NV, Amsterdam, 1968 ). For Fragment of a Dish Matching the Present Example See : The Voyage of Old Imari Porcelains (The Kyushu Ceramic Museum, 2000) Page 49 Plate 73. "...Dish with Underglaze Cobalt Blue Design of Western Landscape Arita, excavated from Dejima 1680 - 1700's. Provenance : Robert McPherson Antiques. The John Drew Collection. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
ARITA c.1670 - 1690. Japanese Porcelain.A 17th Century Japanese Blue and White Porcelain Dish, Arita Kilns c.1670 - 1690. Decorated with Three Panels Showing Two Egrets on a Foreshore, the Panels are Divided by a Central Triangle. The Base with a Blue and White seal mark which has a Stilt-mark in the Center of it. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE. c.1670 -1680.A Finely Potted Arita Porcelain Dish of Circular, Shallow Form. The Interior Boldly Painted in a Fine Underglaze Cobalt Blue with a Large Central Reserve of Square Form Enclosing Bamboos Coiled by Flowering Morning Glory (asagao), Surrounded by Grounds Decorated with Shippo-tsunagi Mon and Flowerheads. The Reverse Encircled by Flowering Branches, Four Spur Marks to the Glazed Base, the unglazed Foot Ring Partly Oxidized with Pale Orange Colour. IT IS SHOWN ON ITS SIDE...Sorry. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
KOREAN. Koryo Dynasty 12th or 13th CENTURY.A Moulded Korean Celadon Dish. The Border Decorated with a Moulded Pattern. Provenance : Robert McPherson Antiques. The John Drew Collection. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
KOREAN. Koryo Dynasty. 12th Century.A Korean Celadon Bowl. Incised into the Well are Two Phoenix. During the nearly five centuries of the Koryô dynasty (918–1392), celadon constituted the main type of ceramics produced in the Korean . This ware typically appears gray-green in hue. The colour of Koryo celadon owes much to the raw materials—specifically, the presence of iron in the clay and of iron oxide, manganese oxide, and quartz particles in the glaze—as well as to the firing conditions inside the kiln. Temperatures were commonly around, or below, 1150ºC, and the level of oxygen within the kiln was dramatically reduced at some stage of the firing; this is known as a reducing, rather than an oxidizing, atmosphere. Koryô celadon ranges from a plain, undecorated type to objects with incised, carved, mould-impressed, or inlaid designs. Provenance : Robert McPherson Antiques. The John Drew Collection. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
SHOKI-IMARI, ARITA c.1630-1645. Japanese Porcelain. A Rare Early Japanese Shoki-Imari Porcelain Dish. This stoutly-potted Arita-kiln Porcelain dish is of very shallow circular form with a flared rim, covered with a pale greyish tinged thick glaze, painted in underglaze cobalt blue with blossoming chrysanthemum kiku reserved on a cobalt-blue ground, the underside sparsely decorated with clouds, kiln-grit adhering to the unglazed footrim. The decorative style of the present early Japanese Blue and White Porcelain dish shows some decorative features similar to the so-called kosometsuké ware that were manufactured for the Japanese market at the end of the Ming dynasty. It is generally believed that the earliest Japanese Porcelain produced at Arita was very much influenced by this Late Ming style. Chrysanthemum decoration is frequently found on Shoki-Imari but the cobalt-blue kiku flowerhead at the centre of this dish is rare and appears to have been unrecorded in major sources on the subject. Shoki-Imari Porcelain is rarely encountered in western collections as it was made for home consumption prior to the Dutch V.O.C. imports of the mid-17th century. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE. 19th Century.An Unusual Japanese Signed Porcelain Water Dropper (Mizuire). By Unseizan Kiyohachi Sei (Made by Unseizan Kiyohachi). This piece was purchased at Bonhams, London on 16th. Dec. 1976 as part of the collection of the celebrated collector, the late W.W.Winkworth, one of the best and most knowledgeable collectors of Japanese ceramics of the time. It was part of a lot of 6 pieces and is described as ".....a Japanese porcelain water dropper, gilt with honeysuckle below the collared neck, ring handle & spout. Signed Unsetzan Kiyoi Zukuri" In fact this translation is incorrect, it should read Unseizan Kiyohachi Sei (Made by Unseizan Kiyohachi) Unfortunately we can find no reference to this potter. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
KAKIEMON. Japanese c.1690.A 17th Century Japanese Kakiemon Style Plate. The Center Painted in Kakiemon Enamels with Two Deer in a Landscape. The Border with Prunus and Pine Growing from Rockwork. JAPANESE KAKIEMON PORCELAIN : Kakiemon Sakaeda (1596-1666) is popularly credited with being one of the first in Japan to discover the secret of enamel decoration on porcelain, known as 'Akae'. The name "Kakiemon" was bestowed by his overload on Sakaida, who had perfected a design of twin persimmons (kaki: persimmon) and who then developed the distinctive palette of soft red, yellow, blue and turquoise green. Kakiemon is sometimes used as a generic term describing wares made in the Arita factories using the characteristic Kakiemon overglaze enamels and decorative styles. However, authentic Kakiemon porcelains have been produced by direct descendants, now Sakaida Kakiemon XIV (1934-). Shards from the Kakiemon kiln site at Nangawara show that blue and white and celadon wares were also produced. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE. c.1690.A Rare Arita Porcelain Dish. With a Pale/Mid Blue Ground Decorated in a Dark Brown with Raised Black Enamel Dots. The Gilded Decoration is of Birds in Flight Above a Prunus Tree. from the Collection of the Late Dr. Oliver Impey. Illustrated in : Ko-Imari Porcelain From The Collection Of Oliver Impey (Barry Davies Oriental Art Ltd, London, 1997). Item 100, Pages 174-175. This highly unsusal decoration might be an attempt to immiatate lacquer decoration found on some Japanese porcelain of the period. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
ARITA. Japanese c.1670 - 1690.A Fine Japanese Porcelain Dish from Arita c.1670 - 1690. Of circular form with lobed and flared rim, the interior painted in very fine underglaze cobalt blue tones with a large central medallion enclosing flowering sprays of narcissus surrounded by bamboo fences, the well decorated with the Three friends "sho-chiku-bai" (pine, bamboo and prunus) issuing by the rockwork, the reverse encircled by stylised scrolling of 'karakusa', five spar marks to the glazed base, the interior very partly unglazed revealing porcelain clay oxidised with pale orange colour. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
ARITA, JAPANESE c.1750 - 1780An 18th Century Japanese Porcelain Dish with Moulded and Painted Decoration of a Man by a Waterfall. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE (c. 1700 - 1730).Imari Export Porcelain Teapot With an 18th Century Delft Replacement Cover.The Delft replacement cover was made specificaly for this teapot. The potters at Delft found it difficult to compet with the import from China and Japan. One way they could find work is to make replacement covers for all sorts of objects. This cover dates to : c. 1720 - 1750. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE. c.1690 - 1710.A Well Painted Japanese Arita Porcelain Bowl. The Square Form has a Thick Everted Rim is Painted in Underglaze Cobalt Blue with Overglaze Enamel Decoration. Provenace : Exhibited at the Oriental Ceramic Society in 1956, Item 84. For an Arita Bowl of this Type See : : The Catalog of "The Shibata Collections" The Exhibition (5) (Akihiko Shibata and Yuko Shibata and others, The Kyushu Ceramic Museum, 1997) Page 151 Item 214. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE. c.1780 - 1830.An Arita Porcelain Serving Dish Decorated with 'Brocaded' Borders in Polychrome Enamels Over Blue and White. The Back Edge is Painted with an Elaborate 'Karakusa' Scrolling Design. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE (c.1680 - 1710). Export Ware Blue and White Arita Porcelain Plate. In The Style Of Dutch Pottery Which was in Turn Based On Chinese Transitional Porcelain (c. 1640). R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE 16th or Early 17th CenturyAn Early Japanese Pottery Dish 16th or Early 17th Century. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
VIETNAMESE. c.1450 - 1500.A Rare Vietnamese Blue and White Pottery Incense Burner in the Form of Buddhai. Provenance : The Piccus Collection. A Private Collection. R & G McPherson Antiques, August 2003. The John Drew Collection. Illustrated in : Vietnamese Ceramics, A Separate Tradition (John Stevenson and John Guy, Art Media Resources, 1997) Page 369. Item 368, Dated as 16th Century. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE. c.1680 - 1710.A Fine Large Arita Porcelain Jar and Cover. Japanese Export Ware in the Imari Style, Under-Glaze Blue Iron-Red, Lustrous Pink and Gold Creating a Brocade Design. The Main Field with a Pair of Cranes and with a Dragon Panel to the Neck. The Domed Cover Sumounted by a large Lion-Dog (Shi-Shi) on a Rock Work Base. Fine quality jars like the present example were made for large European country houses of the 17th and early 18th centuries. Their strong colours and shimmering brocaded patterns must have looked dazaling within the setting of a Baroque interior. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE. c.1770 - 1790.An Unusual Large Arita Porcelain Blue and White Dish. The Moulded Basket Weave Borders are in the Meissen Style. The Plain Back with Five Spur Marks. For a Dish of this Shape See: The Catalog of "The Shibata Collections" The Exhibition (4) (Akihiko Shibata and Yuko Shibata and others, The Kyushu Ceramic Museum, 1995) Page 151 Item 286. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
VIETNAMESE c.1450 - 1520A Vietnamese Blue and White Pottery Cup. Provenance : Robert McPherson Antiques The John Drew Collection of Chinese and Japanese Ceramics. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE (c.1680 - 1710).Export Ware Blue and White Arita Porcelain Plate. In The Style Of Dutch Pottery Which was in Turn Based On Chinese Transitional Porcelain ( c. 1640 ). R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE. c.1770 - 1790.A Pair of Japanese Porcelain Blue and White Flower Shaped Bowls. Decorated with a Willow Tree in a Landscape. The Unglazed Bases Have a Counter Sunk Glazed Circle. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
ARITA. c.1700 - 1730. Japanese PorcelainA Rare 18th Century Japanese Porcelain Saucer with Polychrome Decoration Including an Apothecary Bottle Initialled 'F W'. The scene to the lower left of this 18th Century Japanese Porcelain saucer clearly shows two Japanese men having a pick-nick with a food box, chop-sticks, a plate, cup and a bottle. The bulbous shape bottle is what is clearly referred to as an apothecary bottle with its globular body, tall neck and distinctive double flanges. The side is painted with 'F W' in red. Apothecary bottles are a well known item in Japanese Porcelain of the 17th and 18th Centuries, some of which have the initials of members of the V.O.C. (The Dutch East India Company) on their base or side. For two of the examples sold by us see 17636 for a bottle of this shape with the Star of David and 19234 a reduced bottle with a Cypher. It is interesting to see the bottle shown in the present example because it is being used by the Japanese in in a domestic setting, presumably for wine or water rather than as an apothecary bottle. For an example of a Japanese Porcelain bottle inscribed 'F.W' with a saucer similar to the present example see : Fine and Curious, Japanese Export Porcelain in Dutch Collections (Christiaan J.A.Jorg,Hotei Publishing,2003. ISBN 90-74822-16-9)Items 276 and 276a Page 221. Jorge speculates that F.W might be the initials of the owner or could in fact stand for 'Franse Wijin' (French Wine). R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
KOREAN c.12th - 13th CenturyA Korean Celadon Dish with a Painted Flower-Head Design in the Center. Provenance : Glade Antiques The John Drew Collection of Chinese and Japanese Ceramics. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE. 19th CENTURY.An Arita Porcelain Bowl, Decorated with the 'Black Ship' Design. Consisting of an 18th Century Style European Ship and European Figures in 18th Century Costume. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE KAKIEMON PORCELAINA Japanese Kakiemon Porcelain Bowl c.1690. Of Octagonal Form Enamelled with Three Sprays of Flowers. Provenance : Richard de la Mare. Exhibited at the Oriental Ceramic Society, 1956. For a Similar Bowl from the Reitlinger Gift See : Japanese Export Porcelain, Catalogue of the Collection of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (Dr.Oliver Impey, Hotei Publishing, 2002) Page 152 Item 219. Dated to the early 18th Century. JAPANESE KAKIEMON PORCELAIN : Kakiemon Sakaeda (酒井田柿右衛門, 1596-1666) is popularly credited with being one of the first in Japan to discover the secret of enamel decoration on porcelain, known as 'Akae'. The name "Kakiemon" was bestowed by his overload on Sakaida, who had perfected a design of twin persimmons (kaki: persimmon) and who then developed the distinctive palette of soft red, yellow, bleu and turquoise green. Kakiemon is sometimes used as a generic term describing wares made in the Arita factories using the characteristic Kakiemon overglaze enamels and decorative styles. However, authentic Kakiemon porcelains have been produced by direct descendants, now Sakaida Kakiemon XIV (1934-). Shards from the Kakiemon kiln site at Nangawara show that blue and white and celadon wares were also produced. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE. c.1690 - 1720.An Arita Chrysanthemum Shape Polychrome Porcelain Dish. Decorated in the Kakiemon Style with 'Banded Hedges'. Banded-Hedges were a Formal Device within Japanese Traditional Gardens. Although the layout and Content of the Design are in keeping with Kakiemon Porcelain the Colours are Rather Different, Suggesting this is an Arita Ware Piece in the Kakiemon Style. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE. c.1690 - 1730.A Deep Arita Kakiemon Type Blue and White Bowl. The Well Decorated with Two Figures Under a Parasol. For a Barbed Rim Dish of this Pattern with Touches of Kakiemon Enamels from The Museum of Fine Arts Boston, See Japanese Porcelain (Soame Jenyns, Faber and Faber, 1965) Plate 73D. Provenance : Robert McPherson Antiques. The John Drew Collection. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
ARITA. Japanese c.1660 - 1680.A Massive 17th Century Japanese Arita Porcelain Dish. Decorated in Strong Blue of Varying Tones With a Central Urn of Flowers on a Garden Terrace. The Border of Large Fruiting Pomegranate Branches, the Lower Section of the Border is Painted in a Deeper Blue to Help Give the Design Balance. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE c.1700 - 1740An 18th Century Japanese Porcelain Fan Shaped Dish (Oogi-Gata) Made at the Arita Kilns. The Moulded Porcelain Form Sits on a High Foot with Rounded Flarred Sides. Decorated with Two Butterflies Hovering above Flowering Peony. The Back Decorated with Mountain Ranges and the Base with a Four Chracter Yongle (Ming) Mark. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE KAKIEMON PORCELAINA Kakiemon 'Nigoshide' Porcelain Flower Shaped Moulded Dish.c.1670-1720. The Rim with a Brown Iron-Oxide Dressing. The Base with Three Spur Marks. The 'Nigoshide' Body was a New Whiter Porcelain Body Introduced Between about 1660 - 1680, Solely for use on Kakiemon Wares. It has Recently been Proposed that the Nigoshide Body is not a New Body at all, Rather it is Just Made from a Clay that has been Levigated and Washed more. JAPANESE KAKIEMON PORCELAIN : Kakiemon Sakaeda (酒井田柿右衛門, 1596-1666) is popularly credited with being one of the first in Japan to discover the secret of enamel decoration on porcelain, known as 'Akae'. The name "Kakiemon" was bestowed by his overload on Sakaida, who had perfected a design of twin persimmons (kaki: persimmon) and who then developed the distinctive palette of soft red, yellow, bleu and turquoise green. Kakiemon is sometimes used as a generic term describing wares made in the Arita factories using the characteristic Kakiemon overglaze enamels and decorative styles. However, authentic Kakiemon porcelains have been produced by direct descendants, now Sakaida Kakiemon XIV (1934-). Shards from the Kakiemon kiln site at Nangawara show that blue and white and celadon wares were also produced. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
KAKIEMON. Japanese c.1680 - 1700.A Japanese Kakiemon Porcelain Bowl. Decorated in Enamels Over a 'Nigoshide Body'. The Design Consists of Bundles of Millet and Flowers. Kakiemon Sakaeda (酒井田柿右衛門, 1596-1666) is popularly credited with being one of the first in Japan to discover the secret of enamel decoration on porcelain, known as 'Akae'. The name "Kakiemon" was bestowed by his overload on Sakaida, who had perfected a design of twin persimmons (kaki: persimmon) and who then developed the distinctive palette of soft red, yellow, bleu and turquoise green. Kakiemon is sometimes used as a generic term describing wares made in the Arita factories using the characteristic Kakiemon overglaze enamels and decorative styles. However, authentic Kakiemon porcelains have been produced by direct descendants, now Sakaida Kakiemon XIV (1934-). Shards from the Kakiemon kiln site at Nangawara show that blue and white and celadon wares were also produced. Kakiemon decoration is usually of high quality, delicate and with asymmetric well-balanced designs. These were sparsely applied to emphasize the fine white porcelain background body known in Japan as NIGOSHIDE (milky white) which was used for the finest pieces. Kakiemon wares are usually painted with birds, flying squirrels, the "Quail and Millet" design, the "Three Friends of Winter" (pine, prunus and bamboo), flowers (especially the chrysanthemum, the national flower of Japan) and figural subjects such as the popular "Hob in the Well", illustrating a Chinese folk tale where a sage saves his friend who has fallen into a large fishbowl. The 'Nigoshide' Body was a New Whiter Porcelain Body Introduced Between about 1660 - 1680, Solely for use on Kakiemon Wares. Indeed the Kakiemon Palette Evolved at the Same Time. It has Recently been Proposed that the Nigoshide Body is not a New Body at all, Rather it is Just Made from a Clay that has been Levigated and Washed more. Provenance : G & C. W. Digby Collection. Robert McPherson Antiques. The John Drew Collection. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE KAKIEMON PORCELAINA Japanese Porcelain Plate Decorated in the Kakiemon Style With Two 'HoHo' Birds on a Rock, the Border with Birds in a Scroll Design. Three Stilt Marks on the back. C.1680-1700. The design Relates to a Chelsea Porcelain Pattern. For a very similar example see Christie's, London, Japanese Works of Art, 6th and 7th March 1989: Lot 322, Kakiemon Shallow Plate, 21.4cm, dated to c.1680 . For Another Kakiemon Plate of This Pattern See See : The World in Colours ( Exhibition of the Oriental Ceramic Society, 2006 ) Item No. 148. JAPANESE KAKIEMON PORCELAIN : Kakiemon Sakaeda (酒井田柿右衛門, 1596-1666) is popularly credited with being one of the first in Japan to discover the secret of enamel decoration on porcelain, known as 'Akae'. The name "Kakiemon" was bestowed by his overload on Sakaida, who had perfected a design of twin persimmons (kaki: persimmon) and who then developed the distinctive palette of soft red, yellow, blue and turquoise green. Kakiemon is sometimes used as a generic term describing wares made in the Arita factories using the characteristic Kakiemon overglaze enamels and decorative styles. However, authentic Kakiemon porcelains have been produced by direct descendants, now Sakaida Kakiemon XIV (1934-). Shards from the Kakiemon kiln site at Nangawara show that blue and white and celadon wares were also produced. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
THAI (14th - 15th century).Si Satchanalai Celadon Ware Kiln Waster. This kiln waster comes from the Si Satchanalai kilns. The products of these kilns were referred to as Sawankalok in the past.Sawankalok is near Si Satchanalai. This kiln waster is of celadon glazed stoneware and is comprised of a large ribbed bowl with two other bowls and a jarlet that have fallen on top. The pieces have fallen when they were in a semi-hard state and have become jumbled up and fused together.The largest bowl has sections folded over.The base of one bowl has the top of a tubular kiln support still joined to it. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE. 18th Century. A Small Arita Porcelain Shallow bowl with a Moulded Design and Characters in Underglaze Blue. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE. c.1690.A Japanese Imari Porcelain Decagonal Saucer Dish with an Upturned Rim. Decorated with a Tiger Next to Bamboo. Provenance : From the Royal Collection of Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland. Incised (wheel engraved) Dresden Palace Mark ; N:i93 with a Wavy Line Beneath. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
19th Century. Japanese Pottery.A Japanese Raku Ware Teabowl. The Raku irregular formed teabowl bares the Raku potter's mark of Tannyu the tenth. Rakuyaki (楽焼) or Raku (樂) is a form of Japanese pottery characterized by low firing temperatures (resulting in a fairly porous body), lead glazes, and the removal of pieces from the kiln while still glowing hot. In the traditional Japanese firing process, the pot is removed from the hot kiln and put directly into water or allowed to cool in the open air. Raku is considered the traditional method for creating bowls for the Japanese tea ceremony. Raku tea bowls are hand-made from earthenware, each with a unique shape and style. The term raku is derived from the site where clay was dug in Kyoto in the late 16th century and is found in the Kanji character meaning "enjoyment" or "ease." For 15 generations it has been the title and seal used by a lineage of potters whose work formed the central tradition in Japan. In the 16th century, the first of these potters, a Korean craftsman Chojirō (長次郎), is said to have come under the patronage of the Japanese tea master Sen-No-Rikyu. According to myth, in 1598, the ruler Hideyoshi, after Chojiro's death in 1592, bestowed upon his adopted son, Jokei, a golden seal with the written symbol "raku." Both the name and the ceramic style have been passed down through the family to the present. After the publication of a manual in the 18th century, raku ware was also made by numerous workshops in and around Kyoto: by amateur potter tea practitioners and by professional and amateur potters around Japan. Raku ware marked an important point in the historical development of Japanese ceramics, as it is the first ware to use a seal mark and the first to focus on close collaboration between potter and patron. Other famous Japanese clay artists of this period include Donyu (1574-1656), Hon'ami Kōetsu (1556-1637) and Ogata Kenzan (1663-1743). R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE. c.1680 - 1690.A Blue and White Kakiemon Porcelain Dish. The Four-Lobed Form Painted with a Flowering Branch to the Center. The Segmented Border Decorated with Alternating Diaper and Prunus Flower Heads. The Base with a Cursive or 'Running' Fuku Mark. For a Dish of the Same Pattern See : Japanese Export Porcelain, Catalogue of the Collection of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (Oliver Impey, Hotei Publishing, Amsterdam,2002) Page 114, Item 140. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
KAKIEMON. Japanese c.1700A Japanese Kakiemon Porcelain Flower Shaped Dish. The Rim Decorated in Underglaze Blue with Enamels, Comprising of Pomegranate and Prunus. The Center Painted in Overglaze Blue and Enamels with Flowers. The Reverse with 'Karakusa' Scrolls and the Base with a Chenghua Six Character Mark (Ming Dynasty 1465-1487). For a Similar Kakiemon Dish from the Dresdan Palace See : Japanese Export Porcelain, Catalogue of the Collection of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (Oliver Impey, Hotei Publishing, Amsterdam, 2002) Item 175 Page 130. Kakiemon Sakaeda (酒井田柿右衛門, 1596-1666) is popularly credited with being one of the first in Japan to discover the secret of enamel decoration on porcelain, known as 'Akae'. The name "Kakiemon" was bestowed by his overload on Sakaida, who had perfected a design of twin persimmons (kaki: persimmon) and who then developed the distinctive palette of soft red, yellow, bleu and turquoise green. Kakiemon is sometimes used as a generic term describing wares made in the Arita factories using the characteristic Kakiemon overglaze enamels and decorative styles. However, authentic Kakiemon porcelains have been produced by direct descendants, now Sakaida Kakiemon XIV (1934-). Shards from the Kakiemon kiln site at Nangawara show that blue and white and celadon wares were also produced. Kakiemon decoration is usually of high quality, delicate and with asymmetric well-balanced designs. These were sparsely applied to emphasize the fine white porcelain background body known in Japan as NIGOSHIDE (milky white) which was used for the finest pieces. Kakiemon wares are usually painted with birds, flying squirrels, the "Quail and Millet" design, the "Three Friends of Winter" (pine, prunus and bamboo), flowers (especially the chrysanthemum, the national flower of Japan) and figural subjects such as the popular "Hob in the Well", illustrating a Chinese folk tale where a sage saves his friend who has fallen into a large fishbowl. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
VIETNAMESE 15th Century.A Celadon Glazed Vietnamese Stoneware Bowl, 15th Century. For a Similar Bowl from the Museum of East Asian Art, Bath See : Vietnamese Ceramics, A Separate Tradition (John Srevenson and John Guy, Art Media Resources, 1997) Page 371. Item 374. Provenance : Bluett London, an English Private Collection. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
ARITA. Japanese c.1750.An 18th Century Japanese Porcelain Dish, Arita Kilns. Of Circular Form, the Interior Painted in Fine Underglaze Cobalt Blue with Flowering Branches of Fruit in the Garden of a Residence Showing its Roofs, Windows, with Trees and Hanging Tassels. The Reverse Encircled by the Typical Karakusa Scrolling, an underglaze-blue Ming dynasty four-character (dai min nen sei) mark and four spur marks to the glazed base. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
VIETNAMESE 15th Century. A Celadon Glazed Vietnamese Stoneware Bowl with a Mottled Green Glaze, 15th Century. For a Similar Bowl from the Museum of East Asian Art, Bath See : Vietnamese Ceramics, A Separate Tradition (John Srevenson and John Guy, Art Media Resources, 1997) Page 371. Item 374. Provenance : Bluett London, an English Private Collection. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE c.1680 ? Japanese Book.An Early Japanese Book About Japanese Pottery, Illustrated With Woodcuts. Thought to Date to c.1680. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
ARITA. c.1740 - 1780. Japanese PorcelainAn 18th Century Arita Porcelain Serving Dish. Decorated in Underglaze Blue with Overglaze Enamels and Gilding. The Design is of an Insect Among Fruiting Vines. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE. c.1670A Rare Early Enamel Decorated Japanese Porcelain dish. Of Moulded Lozenge Shape with Leaf shaped Corners. Provenance : From the Collection of Dr. Oliver Impey. Illustrated in Ko-Imari Porcelain from the Collection of Oliver Impey (Barry Davies Oriental Art,1997) Pages 158 and 159, Item 89. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE. c.1720 -1750.A Japanese Arita Imari Bowl Decorated with Chrysanthemum 'Mons' and Chrysanthemums and Numerous Flower -Heads inside and out, Including a Single Flower-Head to the Base. Provenance : Richard de la Mare. Exhibited at : The Oriental Ceramic Society, 1956. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE. 19th Century.An Arita Porcelain Dish. Decorated with the 'Black Ship' Design. Consisting of an 18th Century Style European Ship and European Figures in 18th Century Costume. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |
JAPANESE 18th Century.An 18th Century Japanese Porcelain Dish in the Form of Mount Fuji. The Arita Porcelain Dish has a Thick Celadon Glaze on the Back and Front. R and G McPherson dealers in antique Japanese porcelain |