
Beautiful long jade necklace with lapis lazuli and large carved jade pendant
Price: £950
Chinese four panel Table Screen with embroidered silk panels, signed and boxed, C20th
Price: £110
Long Art Deco necklace with spinach jade 1930s
Price: £100
Set of Three Japanese Lacquer Nesting Trays, mid to late C20th
Price: £45
Pair of Chinese Hand Painted Eggs in Case, 1970s
Price: £25
Pair of Chinese hand painted jade Eggs with modern stands
Estimate: £20 – 30
Massive lapis lazuli carved pendant necklace
Price: £125
Striking Art Deco jade necklace
Price: £150
Necklace with soapstone pendant and amber beads
Price: £65
Large Chinese eglomise scent bottle 1950s
Price: £75
Pair of Japanese red lacquered low stands, Taisho period
Price: £150
Oriental porcelain European Style Heart Shape Box and Cover, OC & CO, late C20th
Price: £15
Exceptionally large Chinese Blue and White Teapot with metal handle, C19th
Price: £350The form here, without a ceramic handle but with an attached carrying handle, suggests a travelling teapot, a well known variation of the teapot type produced in China but rarely found on such an epic scale. Presumably this piece was intended for use at a rather large gathering or banquet so that a multitude of guests could be served at once! The paste of the footrim, style of decoration and clearly visible hand thrown potting rings (see images 8 and 9) all point to late nineteenth century work which is confirmed by the minute vertical lines seen on the exterior which are often found on blue and white pieces from that period. It is sometimes suggested that these brass handles, for similar examples can be found, were made in Thailand but there is little evidence for this. However, a local audience rather than an international one seems more than likely since there would have been little call for such a serving item in Western homes.

Chinese painting on Silk, Storks and Pine, circa 1900
Price: £25
Very fine pair of vintage Chinese painted eggs in a pentagonal glass case
Price: £25
Lot of two vintage Chinese miniature Cork Groups
Price: £25
Lot of 3 vintage Chinese miniature cork groups
Price: £25
Japanese Fukagawa Imari Vase of Sake Bottle Form circa 1880
Price: £180
A Chinese Carved Wood Figure of Budai, signed, C 19th
Price: £75
Chinese Straw Thread Picture on Silk, framed in original box, late C20th
Price: £45
Strand of Chinese ceramic beads c1950
Price: £25
Framed Chinese Silk Embroidered Runner Panel, garden scenes, C20th
Price: £15
Small Chinese Bronze Vase of Ku Form with Elephant Head Handles, Qing Dynasty circa 1800
Price: £75
Unusual Chinese Bowl decorated in the Japanese Kutani Style, early 20th Century
Price: £45
Set of Four Chinese Plates, Beauties of the Red Mansion, Jingdezhen, 1980s
Price: £75Please note that the stands are for display purposes only.

Lot of 3 Chinese bangles
Price: £35
Incredible long jade necklace with large carnelian pendant
Price: £135
Chinese Blue and White Vase decorated with flowering Prunus circa 1900
Price: £55Flowering prunus or plum blossom is one of the most iconic of the decorative designs used by Chinese potters and first appears in the Kangxi period (1662-1722). Kangxi ginger jars in the pattern were highly prized by Victorian collectors with one example, the legendary ‘Huth’ jar, fetching 5900 guineas, a little over £6000, at auction in 1905, a price equivalent to over a quarter pf a million pounds today. The tree symbolises perseverance and renewal and was usually shown against a pattern of ‘cracked ice, representing the end of Winter and the beginning of Spring. Branches of plum blossom convey the ‘Five Blessings’ : longevity, wealth, health, love of virtue and a peaceful death. The number five was an auspicious number for the Chinese and is reflected in the five petal form of the prunus flower.
Once evolved, the design was continuously repeated by Chinese potters and is even produced today. Many of late nineteenth century pieces display a rather more slapdash interpretation of the pattern as here where the ‘cracked ice’ of the eighteenth century pieces is replaced by the repeated brush strokes of a blue wash ground and the painting of the tree itself is sketchy. The style of decoration and the paste of the foot indicate a circa date to around 1900, but this modest interpretation of centuries old pattern still possesses a charm of its own.

Japanese Polychrome Bowl, Shibata Toki ware, late c20th
Price: £45
Chinese Scroll Painting of a Merchant and his Client, C20th
Price: £45
Japanese Imari Dish in the form of a Treasure Boat ‘Takarabune’, Meiji Period, circa 1900
Price: £250In Japanese folklore, the Takarabune or "Treasure Ship", is a mythical ship piloted through the heavens by the Seven Lucky Gods during the first three days of the New Year. Ceramic boat shape dishes were produced during the Meiji period (1868-1912) in both Arita and Imari porcelains. Paste of the foot rim and style of decoration suggest a circa date here towards the end of the nineteenth century.

Chinese Cloisonné Bowl with a wavy edge, 20th Century
Price: £25
Art Deco Chinese Export silver Buckle later converted to a Necklace
Price: £125
Chinese cloisonne bangle with raised enamel decoration circa 1900
Price: £35
Chinese Sancai Glaze Model of a Horse in the Tang Dynasty Style, 20th Century
Price: £45
Pair of Chinese Ginger Jars decorated Birds and Flowers, late C20th
Price: £45
Chinese Yellow Ground Famille Rose Charger, 1950s/early 1960s
Price: £55This is a fine example of the porcelains made at Jingdezhen, for centuries the chief centre of ceramic production in China, in the early years of the People’s Republic of China (1949-). Soon after the communists took control, the kilns at Jingdezhen were organised into co-operatives, each with a number. Many of their pieces were marked and the form of the mark determines the date of production. The circular marks, as here, were the earliest allowing a dating of this charger to the 1950s or possibly the early 1960s. Some of these conglomerates, for the quality can vary, retained the skills of their predecessors and produced works of high quality. This is clearly seen here in the careful and precise enamelling and the general artistry of the design employing ‘imperial’ yellow with the symbolism of happiness (bats), longevity (shou symbols), friendship and a life of ease (chrysanthemum) and fruitfulness and offspring (lotus), all combining to produce a piece well worthy of its many predecessors.
Please note that the wood stand is for display purposes only and is not incuded with this lot.

Japanese Imari Bottle Vase, circa 1900
Price: £30
Fine Quality Cloisonne Box and Cover in the form of a Snail, Japanese circa 1880
Price: £95The Japanese produced copies of natural forms in a variety of media. Carved ivory fruit and small animals are well known. Here, cloisonne enamel is used which is less common. The quality of the work speaks for itself and can be judged form the small butterflies on the cover and the green speckle enamel fill at the base. It is typical of the best Meiji period (1868-1912) work and a circa date towards the end of the nineteenth century is most likely.

Carved Chinese brown jade necklace
Price: £55
Chinese Pale Celadon Jade Bangle, probably Nineteenth Century
Price: £45Jade is usually divided into two types, nephrite jade and jadeite jade. The latter is heavier and slightly harder, making it more difficult to scratch. The weight of this piece suggests that we do have jadeite here. The stone was selected for carving on the basis of its attractive appearance and the finish, which bears no trace of machine tooled manufacture, suggests a pre twentieth century dating, but certainty in these matters is notoriously difficult
The size of this piece is unusually large, suggesting that it would have been intended for a male wearer. This too suggests an earlier rather than later time of manufacture. The stone is exceptionally pleasant to the hand and would have been an elegant accompaniment to any wardrobe.

Chinese Bronze Mounted Emerald Green Jade pendant, Qing dynasty
Price: £180It has been suggested that the form of the stone indicates it was intended as a handling token, some sort of a 'pass key', but this may well be apocryphal, although it does indeed sit comfortably when gripped. But the decorative qualities of this piece are clear and the maker clearly saw that this was a stone to be exploited and displayed. A contemporary wearer now would certainly attract attention! The weight and quality of the bronze suggest a reasonably early dating, perhaps to the late eighteenth century.

Chinese Bone Inkwell in the form of a Chair, early 20th century
Price: £25
Pewter and brass box and cover in the form of a Mallard Duck, Gatco, Hong Kong, 1960s
Price: £25
Japanese Arita Brushwasher, C20th
Price: £25
Chinese Porcelain Teabowl and Spoon Tray with calligraphy insciptions, 1997
Price: £15
Constructed necklace with jade, egg yolk amber and cherry amber
Price: £250
A Pair of Japanese Lacquered Porcelain Ginger Jars and Covers, late C19th
Price: £240
A Chinese Crackleware Famille Verte Ginger Jar decorated with Warriors circa 1880
Price: £45'Crackleware' glazed pieces, usually with 'bronzed bands, were a staple output of the Chinese potteries from the mid nineteenth century onwards and were produced in a wide variety of mainly vase shape forms, both in polychrome and blue and white and intended as decorative pieces for the Victorian rooms of the West. As with other ceramic types, the quality deteriorated and this piece is typical of late nineteenth century productions of a more modest level of craftsmanship but still retaining a naif charm. As with many ginger jars, this one lacks its original domed cover which would have been decorated to match.

Japanese Fukagawa Imari Bowl, signed, circa 1880
Price: £380The Fukagawa kilns produced the best quality Imari items made in Japan in the late nineteenth century for export to the West. Their history starts with Ezaiemon Fukagawa who in 1856 became head of his family's porcelain business and in 1875 founded Koransha (The Company of the Scented Orchid) in Arita, Japan, to produce tableware for export. In 1894 the modern Fukagawa company was founded by Chuji Fukagawa, with the Fukagawa trade mark of Mount Fuji and a stream, as its trade mark. Dating here is within the Meiji period (1868 - 1912) probably around 1880. This conforms with the script mark used as opposed to the later symbol design.

Chinese Verre Églomisé Snuff Bottle with landscape scenes, fitted box, C20th
Price: £35
Pewter and brass box and cover in the form of a Mallard Duck, Gatco, Hong Kong, 1960s
Price: £25
Chinese Small Blue and White Potiche and Cover with wood stand, late C20th
Price: £45
Japanese Samurai China Biscuit Box and Cover, C20th
Price: £25
Set of Four Japanese Ceramic Beakers decorated Geisha, late C20th
Price: £40
Pair of Japanese Arita Shallow Bowls circa 1880
Price: £75The town of Arita in the former Hizen Province, northwestern Kyūshū island, was a major centre for the production of porcelains in Japan. Best known for blue and white pieces it also produced polychrome wares as well, including the familiar imari colourings. While similar to Imari, the wider palette of colours used here is usually termed ‘Arita’ and the decorative appeal of the style is clear. These bowls probably come from an original set of five and their quality is much above average. Dating is to the Meiji era (1868 - 1912) probably around 1880.

Pair of Japanese Blue and White Seto Ware Vases, early C20th
Price: £240The finely drawn brushwork here and the distinctive bright blue are characteristics of pieces made at Seto in Japan in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The city of Seto is located in the Aichi Prefecture and was the location of one of the Six Ancient Kilns of Japan. Pottery was produced there from the 13th century onwards. The kilns took part in the export of decorative wares to the West from the second half of the nineteenth century onwards producing a wide variety of forms, in particular pairs of vases, but with a speciality in flat plaques and table tops, for which they gained something of a monopoly. Their pieces are usually marked, to include the characters for Seto, and this pair of vases may have originally been signed themselves but with the marks partially obliterated in the firing process. The quality here matches anything else produced by the factories but the light weight and thinly potted body suggests a dating to the early 20th century rather than before, probably during the Taisho period (1912-1926). Nevertheless the skill in craftsmanship is obvious and contributes to a highly attractive pair of ornaments for a contemporary interior.

Set of Japanese Plates decorated with Geisha in landscape scenes, late C20th
Price: £40Please note that the stands are for display purposes only.

Pair of Chinese Paintings on Silk, framed, C20th
Price: £45
Chinese blue ground Vase decorated Prunus, late C20th
Price: £25
Japanese Kutani Teapot in a carrying Basket, circa 1900
Price: £45Kutani (the word means 'nine valleys') porcelain was made at various factories in the former Kaga province of Japan. The earliest pieces were in a completely different style employing a palette of colours emphasising green, the so called 'Ko Kutani'. Production of this ceased around 1730, and manufacturing was not revived until the early nineteenth century when the more familiar colourings of iron red and gold were introduced. Vases, bowls and plaques are found in this style but also teapots of which this is a typical example. The decoration is of birds and flowers on a faintly craquelure glaze ground and the lid has a complementary ‘brocade pattern’ design. The base has a two character mark reading ‘ku’ ‘tani’ as is often found. The basket is of tightly woven wicker with the metal fitments as described and is probably Chinese in common with many similar examples, although the Japanese did, of course, have a basket weaving tradition of their own. Slight damage means that the ensemble has to be of decorative value rather than practical use but it remains an interesting and entertaining souvenir item from the orient.

Chinese Soapstone Seal with Shou Lao, C20th
Price: £45
Japanese Noh Figure Doll of a Lady, Showa Period (1926-1989)
Price: £55Dolls such as these were made for display, sometimes at the special ‘Doll’s Day’ or ‘Girls Day’ festival held annually on the third of March and termed ‘Hinamatsuri’. The elaborate dress is sometimes known as ‘Hagoromo’ (‘feathered’) and the mask with its fixed expression derives from the well known ‘Noh theatre’, a major form of Japanese musical drama created in the fourteenth century which combines dance, music and song and is still performed today. The actors are all male and play the female roles wearing a lady’s mask.
The craftsmanship of this piece is self evident and it was most likely made in the second half of the C20th. It can stand equally well on its own or as part of a wider collection and would be a desirable acquisition either way.

Japanese Kutani Dish decorated with the Thousand Faces pattern, first half C20th
Price: £45The colourings and style of work here clearly indicate the workshops of Kutani (the word means 'nine valleys') in the former Kaga province of Japan. By the nineteenth century the majority of their pieces were decorated in iron red and gold but sometimes with other colours in addition, as here. The ‘thousand faces’ pattern (an apocryphal term and this cataloguer has not attempted to count the number of faces appearing here) seems to have been evolved around the end of the nineteenth century and then continued in production until the mid twentieth. Both plates in various sizes and even tea sets are found in the design. The mark ‘Made in Japan’ was usually employed after 1941 (in the previous twenty years ‘Japan’ was the norm) but there are exceptions and the paste of the foot rim here does suggest a slightly earlier date, perhaps around 1930. In perfect condition, with very little wear to the decoration, this piece is a fine example of a rather eccentric decorative patttern.

Chinese Fan, painting on silk, 1960s
Price: £15
Two Chinese Fans, painting on silk, 1960s
Price: £15
Chinese Blue and White Snuff Bottle circa 1900
Price: £45
Burmese Lacquer Three Section Betel Box, early C20th
Price: £95The betel box seems to be mainly confined to Burmah, now Myanmar, and was normally made using the lacquer techniques for which the country was so well known. A woven bamboo, or sometimes cane or wood, base (which can be seen here where the lacquer has flaked away : see image 12) was covered in multiple layers of lacquer paste, each allowed to dry and then polished, and finally the piece was decorated. The format here is typical : an upper section with a tray on top covered by a lid which fits on to a lower section also with a tray on the top. The trays are coloured red on the inside and black on the outside, the lid and the boxes orange on the inside. The exterior decoration of the two section body and the base of the lid employs a wide mixture of narrow bands, some indented and some raised, with a broader band of repeated stylised floral decoration at the top and another with modelled vertical line decoration below. The base is slightly flared and the lid slightly very slightly domed. The top of the lid has a densely packed design comprising temples and dancing figures and the base a design of circles and waves. As with many of these boxes great care was taken in the ornamentation and this example was, perhaps, made for one of the wealthier households.
Dating of these boxes is put in the early years of the twentieth century and they survive as a memento of a tradition which is still practised, but with less elaborate accessories, in the present day.

Strand of large Peking glass beads c1920
Price: £25
Japanese Blue and White Sugar Bowl and Cover, first half C20th
Price: £25
Japanese Arita Blue and White Bowl, first half C20th
Price: £25This ‘swirling’ pattern is sometimes found on late nineteenth century polychrome plaques. Dating here is probably later, perhaps to around 1920, in the middle of the Taisho period (1912 – 1926), but care has been taken with this piece and the mark, which unfortunately cannot be deciphered, no doubt denotes the studio which created it.

Japanese Arita Dish circa 1880
Price: £45The town of Arita in the former Hizen Province, northwestern Kyūshū island was a major cente for the production of porcelains in Japan. Best known for blue and white pieces it also produced polychrome wares as well, including the familiar imari colourings. While similar to Imari, the wider palette of colours used here is usually termed ‘Arita’ and the decorative appeal of the style is clear. This plate probably comes from an original set of five and its quality is much above average. Dating is to the Meiji era (1868 - 1912) probably around 1880.

Two jade carvings mounted as a necklace
Price: £125
Very finely carved soapstone pendant necklace
Price: £175
Pair of Japanese Shaped Saucer Dishes, Maruku China, 1940s
Price: £25The Maruku factory seems to have operated in Japan after the second world war producing modest but good quality wares for export, rather in the style of Noritake pieces. Usually their pieces are marked in addition ‘Made in Japan’ but for some reason not here. The forms, colourings and designs here are quite unusual and while modest, these are good quality decorative items suitable for a contemporary interior.
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Vintage Lacquer Box with an inset ceramic Shard, probably Persian C20th
Price: £25
Framed Chinese Embroidery Silk Textile, signed, second half C20th
Price: £45
Japanese Celadon Dish decorated basket of flowers, circa 1900
Price: £45Celadon glazed wares with enamel decoration in fairly muted colours are a familiar product amongst the ceramics produced by Japanese potters at the end of the nineteenth century but examples of this type of dish are rather less commonly found. The basket of flowers is a regular decorative feature of Chinese ceramics, but given here a slightly different interpretation with the depiction of lotus, the emblem of summer. The mark probably imitates Chinese ‘commendation’ marks inscribed within the foot rim, another nod on the part of the Japanese potters towards their Chinese counterparts.

Japanese Kutani Shell Shape Dish, circa 1880
Price: £55Kutani (the word means 'nine valleys') porcelain was made at various factories in the former Kaga province of Japan. The earliest pieces were in a completely different style employing a palette of colours emphasising green, the so called 'Ko Kutani'. Production of this ceased around 1730, and manufacturing was not revived until the early nineteenth century when the more familiar colourings of iron red and gold were introduced. Many pieces were exported to the West in a variety of forms including vases and wall plates. This shell dish is more unusual; the shape is more normally found in Chinese ceramics. Perhaps one of an original pair, this dish, like its Chinese counterparts, was probably intended as a serving dish and could even be used as such today although it can well stand as a decorative item.

Floating Flower jade pendant on bead necklace
Price: £175
A very finely carved white pendent on traditional silk cord, Modern
Price: £25
Chinese Reverse Glass Painting of Two Ladies on a Garden Terrace, first half C20th
Price: £240
Two Vintage Japanese Kokeshi Doll Groups, C20th
Price: £25
Small Chinese Blue and White Brushwasher, C20th
Price: £25
Framed Chinese Embroidery Silk Textile, signed, second half C20th
Price: £25
Chinese Blue and White Box and Cover with pierced lid, late C20th
Price: £25The Charles Sadek Import Company was founded in 1936 by the father and son Charles and Norman Sadek and began by importing decorative items from Japan later broadening their range to a wider variety of suppliers including China. These pieces were sold under the ‘Andrea by Sadek’ brand, named after Norman's daughter Andrea. The business continued to a third generation until it was taken over by Fitz & Floyd in 2015.
This box, then, is a typical example of their range of wares, good quality decorative items marketed at an affordable price. The quality of these boxes can vary and this piece seems to be an above average example.

Japanese Kutani Vase of Water Dropper form, circa 1880
Price: £45Kutani (the word means 'nine valleys') porcelain was made at various factories in the former Kaga province of Japan. The earliest pieces were in a completely different style employing a palette of colours emphasising green, the so called 'Ko Kutani'. Production of this ceased around 1730, and manufacturing was not revived until the early nineteenth century when the more familiar colourings of iron red and gold were introduced. This small vase is typical of pieces exported to the West in fairly large quantities at the end of the nineteenth century. The form suggests a water dropper and is found in Imari colourings as well. Many of the Kutani pieces were marked, sometimes simply 'Ku' 'Tani' as here. The glaze was sometimes unstable with a tendency to craze as can be seen here, but this is original to the manufacture and does not detract from the piece's decorative appeal.

Japanese Arita Bowl decorated with panels of flowers and interior Scenes, circa 1820
Price: £45The rather more elaborate style of decoration here and the addition of enamel colours to the standard imari palette of underglaze blue, iron red and gold resembles 'kenjo imari' pieces produced in Japan in the eighteenth century and in the early nineteenth century, a specific type of Imari that was highly decorated and meant for domestic consumption, Kenjo, meaning 'for presentation'. The paste of the foot, harder and smoother than that used in the later nineteenth century, suggests a dating here to around 1820 before trade with the West was temporarily paused. The form suggests a cup for Sake and this piece was probably one of an original set of five, but it stands on its own as a decorative item in miniature.

Pair of Chinese Soapstone Seals in a fitted box, C20th
Price: £45
Chinese Framed Ceramic Plaque depicting Peony, C20th
Price: £150
Chinese Bone Netsuke carving of a man holding a musical instrument, early C20th
Price: £25
Chinese Soapstone Double Brushwasher, C20th
Price: £45
Framed Chinese Embroidery Silk Textile, signed, second half C20th
Price: £25
Chinese Crackleware Ginger Jar decorated with Warriors circa 1900
Price: £25'Crackleware' glazed pieces, usually with 'bronzed’ bands, were a staple output of the Chinese potteries from the mid nineteenth century onwards and were produced in a wide variety of mainly vase shape forms, both in polychrome and blue and white and intended as decorative pieces for the Victorian rooms of the West. As with other ceramic types, the quality deteriorated and this piece is typical of the late productions with a more modest level of craftsmanship but still retaining a naif charm. As with many ginger jars, this one lacks its original domed cover which would have been decorated to match.

Framed Chinese painting on silk, two Silk Dyers, C19th/C20th
Price: £15
Group of Three Chinese carved bone Horses with wood stands, probably mid C20th
Price: £30
Japanese Carved Wood Figure of a Young girl, Kokeshi doll style, C20th
Price: £45
Chinese carved wood Box decorated Dragons, early C20th
Price: £150
Japanese satsuma style match stick holder c1940
Price: £45
Japanese Arita shallow Bowl circa 1880
Price: £55The town of Arita in the former Hizen Province, northwestern Kyūshū island, was a major centre for the production of porcelains in Japan. Best known for blue and white pieces it also produced polychrome wares as well, including the familiar Imari colourings. While similar to Imari, the wider palette of colours used here is usually termed ‘Arita’ and this bowl employs not only the colourings but also many of the decorative elements found in these wares. The angular form, though, is unusual. Dating is to the Meiji era (1868-1912) probably around 1880.