
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 with box, C20th
Estimate: £80 – 120
Long Art Deco necklace with spinach jade 1930s
Price: £100
Fine quality Japanese Cloisonne bottle form Vase with black ground, late C19th
Price: £45
Chinese Soapstone Box and Cover with Mother of Pearl Inlay, C20th
Estimate: £40 – 60
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
Two Chinese folding Fan Leaves with landscape scenes, now mounted, C20th
Price: £25
Framed Chinese Embroidery Silk Textile, signed, second half C20th
Price: £25
Set of two vintage Chinese painted eggs in glass display boxes
Price: £25
Very fine pair of vintage Chinese painted eggs in a pentagonal glass case
Price: £25
Lot of 2 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
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.

Chinese circular silk textile Panel in later European brass metal Frame, C19th/C20th
Price: £55
Chinese Famille Rose Bowl decorated with ladies, Qianlong mark, Republican period
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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
Lot of 3 Chinese bangles
Price: £35
Incredible long jade necklace with large carnelian pendant
Price: £135
Strand of large Peking glass beads c1920
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.

Japanese Studio Pottery Vase, signed, C20th
Price: £75
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
The Braves and the Fair Men of Letters and Women of Fame of Old China circa 1900
Estimate: £60 – 80
Strand of Chinese ceramic beads c1950
Price: £25
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.

Japanese Seto Ware Blue and White Vase, late C19th
Price: £450A fine quality Japanese porcelain vase, the ovoid body with a curved flaring foot and rising to a tall concave neck with a well defined shoulder, applied elephant and ring handles to the sides and a galleried rim, decorated in bright underglaze blue with two bands of stylised flowering chrysanthemum at the top and bottom between a continuous scene of flowering peony and chrysanthemum, the top rim with repeating whorl design on the exterior and stylised leaf design inside, the stepped base glazed white.
The kilns at Seto in the Aichi prefecture of Japan and situated close to Nagoya form one of the traditional ‘Nihon Rokkoyo’, the six old kilns of medieval Japan. The location of Seto was ideal for the production of ceramics with an abundance nearby of both porcelain clay and forests to provide firewood for the kilns. Production began as early as the Heian period (794-1185) and continued without a break thereafter, the earlier pieces being more pottery forms copying Chinese wares. It was in the early nineteenth century that the kilns turned to producing porcelains decorated in underglaze blue and white, a development initiated by the potter Tamikichi Kato who went to Arita to learn the techniques of its production there, returning to Seto in 1807. Production grew and developed and was directed towards the export market in the Meiji period (1868-1912) with Seto wares being displayed at the European and North American exhibitions and fairs. Their delicately painted designs of birds and flowers proved to be immensely popular and were, in their time, to influence Art Nouveau and Art Deco designs. Some of the forms produced were truly virtuoso creations including, besides vases, screens, jardinieres and even ceramic tables.
Signed pieces are known and besides Tamikichi Kato the distinguished potters included the Kichiemon brothers, Kato Chuji and Kawamoto Jihyoe, and Kawamoto Hansuke. But not all the best pieces carried an artist’s signature as this vase well demonstrates. Formed from fine quality clay, as can be seen from the foot rim (image 10), the complex shape with its spreading base, angled shoulder and galleried rim would have been difficult to create. The handles show remarkable skill with the rings somehow formed so as to hang loose (presumably some form of kiln waster technique was used). The detail and artistry of the painting speaks for itself. Note in particular the shading effects on the peony flowers. While not perhaps an exhibition piece, this vase is definitely of exhibition quality and would be a worthy addition to a collection of nineteenth century Japanese ceramic art.

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
Estimate: £20 – 30
Chinese Soapstone Brushwasher decorated with flowering Lotus, early 20th Century
Price: £45
Japanese Samurai China Biscuit Box and Cover, C20th
Price: £25
Pair of Chinese Hand Painted Eggs in Case, 1970s
Price: £25
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
Chinese Soapstone Brushwasher with flowering lotus, early C20th
Estimate: £50 – 80
Set of Three Japanese Lacquer Nesting Trays, mid to late C20th
Price: £45
Chinese Republican Style small Famille Rose Ginger Jar and Cover, late c20th
Price: £20
Two Japanese Woodblock Prints by Toyohara Kunichika, second half C19th
Price: £75Toyohara Kunichika achieved great fame and distinction a Japanese print artist. Born in 1835 he studied under Toyohara Chikanobu and then Utagawa Kunisada (also known as Utagawa Toyokuni III) eventually using a combination of both his teacher’s names to create his own professional one. At first he worked within Kunisada’s studio and when his teacher died in 1865 was asked to design two memorial portraits of him. The beginning of the Meiji era (1868-1912) saw Kunichika issuing his own prints, often in themed series and he became known in particular for his portrayals of kabuki actors, indeed he regarded the theatre as almost his second home. A contemporary once wrote ‘"Print designing, theatre and drinking were his life and for him that was enough.’ He achieved great fame and was rated as one of the masters of woodblock printing. Contemporary observers noted Kunichika's skilful use of colour in his actor prints, but he was also criticized for some of his choices for unlike most artists of the period, he made use of strong reds and dark purples rather than the softer colours used previously, exploiting the recent import of new dyes from Germany. Red, for the Japanese, meant progress and enlightenment so there was probably hidden meaning here. Eventually Kunichika’s lifestyle took its toll and he died in poor health, aged 65. It had been a Japanese custom for people of high cultural standing to write a poem before death. Kunichika's own, inscribed on his grave, reads ‘Since I am tired of painting portraits of people of this world, I will paint portraits of the King of hell and the devils.’ For many years his prints fell out of favour but interest has now revived and Kunichika is regarded as one of the eminently collectible Japanese artists in the field and these two prints are an excellent example of his work.
Each print is accompanied by a printed text on fine paper which presumably describes the character represented. The second of them is accompanied by two sheets one of which has become attached in one small place to the print itself but could probably fairly easily be detached by a restorer. In general there are some typical signs of age with minor losses (illustrated), tears and folding but the colours remain bright and fresh.

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.

Pair of Chinese Paintings on Silk, framed, C20th
Price: £45
Japanese Blue and White Porcelain Bowl decorated with hydrangea, early C20th
Price: £25Hydrangeas flourish in Japan and also carry a hidden meaning of apology and gratitude based on a mythical story of an Emperor, who angered a woman he loved by neglecting her, and gave her in recompense a bunch of blue hydrangeas as a symbol of his deep emotion and gratitude. Used here as a decorative motif, the painting of the flowers is skilful and elegantly combined with the plainer exterior. The paste of the foot rim suggests an early C20th dating, perhaps to the late Taisho era (1912-1926).

Vintage Japanese Doll of a Hat Seller, C20th
Price: £25
Chinese Straw Thread Picture on Silk, framed in original box, late C20th
Price: £45
Chinese carving of a Beggar, possibly Shoushan stone, Soapstone stand, C20th
Price: £55
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
Japanese Arita Blue and White Saucer decorated Gourd and Grapes, mid C20th
Price: £15
Chinese Mandarin Pattern Saucer circa 1780
Price: £45This is a typical example of the ‘Mandarin’ pattern produced by the Chinese in the late eighteenth century for export to the West where it enjoyed great popularity. The name derives from the male court figures, mandarins, who form such an important component of the designs. The scenes are carefully composed with much charm and rendered in a wide variety of coloured enamels with much emphasis on deep pink (‘Famille Rose’) and iron red. A wide variety of wares were produced in the pattern including vases, bowls, dinner services and tea sets, as here, where there would have been a set of bowls and saucers along with matching serving items. The charm and quality of this piece speaks for itself and presents an excellent and collectible example of this opulent pattern from the eighteenth century.

Chinese Straw Thread Picture on Silk, framed in original box, late C20th
Price: £45
Chinese Soapstone Double Brushwasher, C20th
Price: £45
Chinese Scroll Painting of a Merchant and his Client, C20th
Price: £45
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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Nesting Set of Four Small Brass Trays with an engraved designs of Bats, Chinese C20th
Price: £30
Brown Alabaster Egg painted with a bird and flowers, fitted wood stand, Chinese C20th
Estimate: £10 – 20
Pair of Chinese Ginger Jars decorated Birds and Flowers, late C20th
Price: £45
Japanese Imari Bottle Vase, circa 1900
Price: £30
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 Gilt Ground Cloisonné Bowl, C20th
Price: £35
Chinese Celadon Glaze Bottle Vase with White Slip decoration, Jingdezhen mark, C20th
Price: £75
Chinese Doll of a man dressed in traditional costume, early C20th.
Price: £95
Chinese blue ground Vase decorated Prunus, late C20th
Price: £25
Chinese Small Blue and White Potiche and Cover with wood stand, late C20th
Price: £45
An unusual Pair of Chinese carved Soapstone Vases, circa 1900
Price: £110
Chinese Framed Ceramic Plaque depicting Peony, C20th
Price: £150
Chinese Bone Netsuke carving of a man holding a musical instrument, early C20th
Price: £25
Japanese Bone and Lacquer Plaque, Lady and Boy, signed, late C19th
Price: £45These bone and lacquer plaques were produced in great quantities by Japanese artists in the late nineteenth century for export to the West and became a familiar feature of the European drawing room. The medium was easily subject to damage and loss, especially in respect of the bone inlay, and while this example has some slight damage this is confined to a crack in the lacquer ground of the panel itself and some chipping to the extremities of the panel. The decoration of the figures remains intact (the surround seems to have been cut away in some places to give added definition to the composition) and allows appreciation of the skill with which they were carved, presenting a genre scene of great charm.

Framed Chinese painting on silk, two Silk Dyers, C19th/C20th
Price: £15
Chinese Shoushan Soapstone Seal with the characters A.H., C20th
Estimate: £30 – 40
Japanese Celadon glaze vase with enamel decoration, late C19th
Price: £25
Pair of Chinese Ceramic Shoes, seal mark and with fitted box, C20th
Price: £55
Japanese satsuma style match stick holder c1940
Price: £45
Japanese Awata ware Teapot and Cover, signed, circa 1900
Price: £25
Chinese Cinnabar Lacquer Egg, C20th
Price: £55
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.

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.

Chinese soapstone Amulet decorated with a coiled dragon, C20th
Estimate: £20 – 30