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Japanese kozuka (small blade handle)
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Japanese kozuka (small blade handle), inlaid with three galloping kirin in gilt relief, against a dark ‘nanako’ ground....
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Japanese bronze figure of a crane, 19th century, Meiji period (1868-1912)
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Japanese bronze figure of a crane, 19th century, Meiji period (1868-1912); the bird depicted in a seated position with its legs tucked underneath its body, decorated with incised featherwork....
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Japanese iron sukashi tsuba (sword guard with openwork detail)
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Japanese iron sukashi tsuba (sword guard with openwork detail), of circular ‘marugata’ form, carved and pierced with an asymmetrical openwork pattern of autumn leaves (momiji) around one central...
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Japanese lacquer portable water bottle with handle, 19th century
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Japanese lacquer portable water bottle with handle, 19th century, in wood decorated in black lacquer and gold, of tall rectangular form with each of the four sides painted in gold with birds in flight...
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Framed Japanese polychrome nishiki-e woodblock print, 1864, by Utagawa Yoshiiku
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Framed Japanese polychrome nishiki-e woodblock print, 1864, by Utagawa Yoshiiku (1833-1904, also known as Ochiai Yoshiiku), ink on paper in vertical ōban format, signed ‘Ikkeisai Yoshiiku ga’ and...
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Japanese drawing of two Chinese Immortals Lan Caihe and Li Tieguai
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Japanese drawing of two Chinese Immortals Lan Caihe and Li Tieguai, both standing and watching a small figure recede into the distance; Lan Caihe (藍采和) on the left and depicted holding a hoe in...
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Japanese Kano school painting, 17th century
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Japanese Kano school painting, 17th century, in ink against a gold leaf background, depicting Dong Yong, kneeling beside a small child gazing up at the Heavenly Weaver, who is sailing away with her...
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Japanese Kano school painting, 17th century
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Japanese Kano school painting, 17th century, in ink against a gold leaf background, depicting a woman beside a river in which two carp swim, collecting water with a wooden bucket and ladle, looking...
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Japanese Kano school painting, 17th century
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Japanese Kano school painting, 17th century, in ink against a gold leaf background, depicting Meng Zong dressed in reeds digging in the snow for bamboo shoots on a bank beside a river, with a...
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Japanese Kano school painting, 17th century
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Japanese Kano school painting, 17th century, in ink against a gold leaf background, depicting Zeng Shen, having dropped the firewood he has gathered, and approaching his elderly mother, who is...
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Japanese Kano school painting, 17th century
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Japanese Kano school painting, 17th century, in ink against a gold leaf background, depicting Laolaizi, dressed in brightly coloured clothes and jaunty cap, brandishing his rattle gaily with small...
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A pair of Japanese cloisonné vases, Meiji period
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A pair of Japanese cloisonné vases, Meiji period, each of elongated hexagonal form with tapering foot, flat shoulders and trumpet rim, decorated against a dark ground with an inlaid enamel design...
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A pair of Japanese cloisonné vases, Meiji period
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A pair of Japanese cloisonné vases, Meiji period, each of elongated form with tapering foot, flat shoulders and trumpet rim, decorated against a dark ground with an inlaid enamel design featuring a...
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Japanese cloisonné vase with white metal mounts, c.1900
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Japanese cloisonné vase with white metal mounts, c.1900, the copper body with an applied white metal rim and base plate decorated in a soft pastel palette of predominantly blue enamels with a single...
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Set of six Japanese gilt-steel knives and forks with kozuka handles, circa 1880
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Set of six Japanese gilt-steel knives and forks with kozuka handles, circa 1880, the kozuka handles with gilt and engraved low relief decoration in shibuichi (copper silver alloy) with various motifs...
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Rare Japanese bronze group of Buddha holding a child with a peach in its hand, late 18th century
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Rare Japanese bronze group of Buddha holding a child with a peach in its hand, late 18th century, standing upon an upturned lotus flower which is placed on an inscribed octagonal base; one of the...
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Japanese four-case lacquer inro, 19th century
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Japanese four-case lacquer inro, 19th century, with inlaid decoration against a maki-e background depicting a mountainous landscape with a lakeside pagoda and flock of chidori (千鳥, plovers) in...
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Japanese Kano school painting, 17th century
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Japanese Kano school painting, 17th century, in ink and polychrome colours against a gold leaf background, depicting Ding Lan serving a wooden statue of his father seated on a dais with offerings...
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Japanese silver metal censer, Taisho-Showa
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Japanese silver metal censer, Taisho-Showa, in the shape of a woven basket with insects and flowers and signed Shunpo. With a fitted and signed box....
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Pair of Japanese lacquer tokkuri sake flasks and covers, 19th century
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Pair of Japanese lacquer tokkuri sake flasks and covers, 19th century, of wood covered in black polished lacquer (roiro), of pear-shaped form with bulbous bodies and slender waisted necks with...
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Pair of silver and copper wire cloisonné vases, Meiji (1868-1912), circa 1900
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Pair of silver and copper wire cloisonné vases, Meiji (1868-1912), circa 1900; the spherical bodies with a blue ground and decorated with tree peonies entwined with wisteria and perching Japanese...
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Japanese 'bijin-ga' woodcut print, by Ikeda Eisen, also known as Keisai Eisen (1790-1848)
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Japanese 'bijin-ga' woodcut print, by Ikeda Eisen, also known as Keisai Eisen (1790-1848), of ‘kakemono-e’ format (vertical diptych) depicting an oiran (courtesan) standing beside a doorway...
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Japanese bronze vase, Meiji (1868-1912), by the Nogawa workshop
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Japanese bronze vase, Meiji (1868-1912), by the Nogawa workshop, with flattened circular body, tall columnar neck and supported on a tall everted foot, finely engraved, incised and inlaid with gold,...
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Japanese Kano School painting, 17th century
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Japanese Kano School painting, 17th century, in ink and polychrome colours against a gold leaf background, depicting T'ang Fu-jen suckling her mother-in-law in a pavilion garden with a pond amongst...
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A fine silver-wired Japanese cloisonné eight-lobed twin-handled koro and cover, Meiji period
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A fine silver-wired Japanese cloisonné eight-lobed twin-handled koro and cover, Meiji period (1868-1910), possibly by Ota Hyozo, the lobed body with liner and supported on three low feet, finely...
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Japanese Imari plate with foliate rim, early 18th century
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Japanese Imari plate with foliate rim, early 18th century, with gently scalloped rim, decorated in underglaze blue and overglaze iron-red enamel to the central roundel with an archaic-form tripod...
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Japanese Imari plate, Genroku period, circa 1700
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Japanese Imari plate, Genroku period, c.1700, decorated in underglaze blue, overglaze enamels and gilt highlights with a central roundel containing a jardinière of foliate peony upon a wooden...
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Japanese blue and white dish, c. 1700
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Japanese blue and white dish, c. 1700, decorated in the centre with a jardinière containing cherry blossom, the border containing Chinese 'Kraak' style panels alternately containing sprays of flowers...
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Japanese Imari baluster vase and cover, 18th century
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Large Japanese Imari baluster vase and cover, 18th century, decorated in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze colour enamels with gilt highlights, the large baluster body decorated to either side with...
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Pair of Japanese Imari baluster vases and covers, c. 1700
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Pair of Japanese Imari baluster vases and covers, c.1700, decorated in underglaze cobalt blue, overglaze enamels and gilt to the large bodies with shaped cartouches containing a hawk perching upon the...
