Asian and Islamic Ceramics and Works of Art

A Japanese Satsuma earthenware box and cover by Setsuzan, Meiji period, of compressed circular form, the exterior finely painted and gilt with bands of colourful flowers and leaves beneath a gilt knop finial, gilt and iron red signature and Shimazu mon to base, height 8.5cm, diameter 15.2cm.

A Japanese Satsuma earthenware circular bowl by Kinkozan, Meiji period, finely painted and gilt to inside and out with seated bijin and children against a gilt speckled ground, between gilt and black borders, black and gilt signature seal and applied 'Kinkozan' paper label to base, height 5cm, diameter 12.4cm.

A Japanese Satsuma earthenware circular bowl by Kinkozan, Meiji period, the interior finely painted and gilt with a 'Thousand Butterflies', the exterior with millefleur, within iron red and gilt borders, gilt signature and applied 'Kinkozan' paper label to base, height 4.7cm, diameter 12.3cm (chip to rim interior).

A Japanese Satsuma earthenware circular box and cover, by Kinkozan, Meiji period, the exterior painted and gilt with a dense gathering of men, women and children within gilt keyfret borders, the interior with sprays of peony and wisteria, iron red painted signature and applied 'Kinkozan' paper label to base, height 5.2cm, diameter 9.7cm (minor rim chips).

A Japanese Satsuma earthenware, koro and cover by Kinkozan, Meiji period, the compressed circular body painted and gilt with a continuous shoreside scene of bijin and children beneath a reticulated shoulder and cylindrical neck, flanked by a pair of gilt buddhistic lion mask handles, on short tripod feet, the domed cover with reticulated panels and simulated brocade ground, iron red and gilt signature seal to base, height 12.5cm (section of cover missing and wear to gilt).

An exceptional Japanese documentary and dated Satsuma earthenware circular dish, Meiji period, finely painted by Sozan for the Kinkozan workshop, with two bijin in conversation beneath a pine tree, with a young girl at their side, before a riverside scene, the far shore with children at play and flying a kite, Mount Fuji just visible on the horizon, all framed by a repeated ho-o lozenge brocade rim, the scene bearing gilt artist's signature and red seal, the reverse bearing a dedication 'With Compliments to Mr & Mrs T.O. Rust from S. Kinkozan', above a gilt and iron red signature seal for Kinkozan and dated in gilt '1909', diameter 40.6cm. Note: Sozan was the principal painter at the Kinkozan workshop and widely regarded as Kinkozan's finest artist. The exquisite decoration to this dish displays the two conversing bijin engaging in a game of hanetsuki (a traditional Japanese New Year's game similar to badminton without a net), each holding a wooden paddle called a hagoita, finely painted with a portrait, while the young girl at their side appears to retrieve the ball or shuttle. Footnote: for an example of Sozan's fine work see pages 192 to 196 of Louis Lawrence's 'Satsuma', 1991, for illustrations of a box and cover in the form a miniature robe chest which was donated to the Victorian & Albert Museum in 1910. The box is magnificently painted with scenes of wildlife and the cover is similarly signed within the scene with Sozan signature and a red seal.

A Japanese Satsuma earthenware two-handled pot and domed cover by Kinkozan, Meiji period, of diminutive urn form, the body and cover painted with polychrome flowers on a matt gilt ground, beneath a gilt dog of fo finial, impressed signature seal to base, height 9cm (minor restoration).

A Japanese Satsuma earthenware bowl, Meiji period, of shallow circular form, the interior painted and gilt with a samurai and two further samurai beyond, beneath a simulated brocade rim, unsigned, diameter 14cm.

A Japanese Satsuma earthenware bowl, attributed to Meizan, Meiji period, of steep sided circular form, the interior finely painted and gilt with a figural scene beneath a simulated brocade panel to rim, the exterior with four figural panels, reserved against simulated brocade borders, unmarked, height 7.2cm, diameter 12.9cm (restoration).

A Japanese Satsuma earthenware small circular dish, by Kinkozan, Meiji period, painted and gilt with a standing gentleman with pavilion, clouds and mountains beyond, within a simulated brocade rim, black painted signature to base, diameter 13cm.

A Japanese Satsuma earthenware circular box and cover, Meiji period, the exterior painted and gilt with an entwined dragon framing landscape panels, above a pair of opposing figural scenes, the interior with butterflies framing landscape and floral vignettes, gilt and black signature to base, height 8.8cm, diameter 10.8cm.

A Japanese Satsuma earthenware two-handled vase, Meiji period, the black ground baluster body and neck painted and gilt with silvered and red flowerheads and gilt whorls, framing a pair of opposing landscape panels, unsigned, height 11.5cm.

A Japanese Satsuma earthenware vase by Hozan, Meiji period, the ovoid body enamelled and gilt with alternate bands of white chrysanthemum and polychrome chrysanthemum on a gilt ground, gilt signature to base, height 9.8cm (minor rim restoration).

A Japanese Satsuma earthenware bottle vase, by Kinkozan, late Meiji/early Taisho period, the compressed body and tapered neck painted with flowers and leaves, gilt signature and applied paper 'Kinkozan' label numbered '12604' to base, height 15cm.

A Japanese Satsuma earthenware trumpet vase by Kinkozan, Meiji period, the exterior painted and gilt with three bands filled with arhats, bijin and children and samurai, all with gilt foliate and lappet borders, impressed signature seal to base, height 23.6cm (hairline crack to rim).

A Japanese Satsuma earthenware bowl, Meiji period, of steep sided circular form, the interior enamelled with a blue dragon beneath a border of blue, red and gilt kiku mon, the exterior with a band of blue bamboo beneath swathes of gilt clouds, enamelled indistinct signature and Shimazu mon to base, height 12cm.

A Japanese Satsuma earthenware koro, Meiji period, of stout ovoid form, painted and gilt with two pairs of opposing figural panels, unmarked, height 6.2cm (missing cover), together with a Satsuma earthenware vase by Hozan, Meiji period, of flattened circular form, painted and gilt with butterflies, on scroll feet, gilt signature to base, height 19cm (cracked and restoration).

A Japanese Satsuma earthenware koro and gilt metal cover, by Choshuzan, Meiji period, the square section body painted and gilt with four panels of figures in a shoreside landscape opposing a landscape scene, flanked by bamboo and wisteria with moulded gilt lion mask handles, the shoulder with millefleurs, gilt and black signature to base, total height 12cm.

A Japanese ivory handled walking cane, early 20th century, the carved and stained ivory handle decorated in relief with four minnogame and terrapins climbing a rock as another looks down from atop, incised and stained two-character signature, total length 92.2cm.