Guest and Gray have been dealing in early ceramics for over forty years. Nearly all the pieces in their collection date from before 1800.
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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 '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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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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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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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 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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French Baccarat close millefiori mushroom paperweight, mid-19th century, the central cluster of canes including stardust and arrowhead forming a colourful cap, encircled by a blue and white torsade,...
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Baccarat pansy paperweight, 19th century, containing a sprig of pansy; the flower with yellow and burgundy petals issuing from a star-dust cane stamen, with several leaves and small flower bud....
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Baccarat pansy paperweight, 19th century, containing a sprig of pansy; the flower with yellow and burgundy petals issuing from a star-dust cane stamen, with several leaves and small flower bud, the...
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Baccarat pansy paperweight, 19th century, containing a sprig of pansy; the flower with yellow and burgundy petals issuing from a star-dust cane stamen, with several leaves, the base starcut....
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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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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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Japanese bronze menuki, in the form of a running boar, the beast with outstretched hind legs, upturned snout and sharp tusks, the tusks and eyes in a paler shade, its body with bristle detail....
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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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Japanese kozuka (small blade handle), inlaid with three galloping kirin in gilt relief, against a dark ‘nanako’ ground....
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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, 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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Japanese wood and lacquer mimidarai (耳盥) basin, Meji period (1868-1912), with tall foot and two applied trilobed ear-shaped handles, decorated in black lacquer and ‘maki-e’ gold, with a...
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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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Japanese tobacco pouch mount (mae-kanagu), the metal decorated with a ‘nanako uchi’ ground, inlaid with a design rendered in ‘iroe takazogan’ of a man holding a basket working in a garden....
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Fine Japanese tobacco pouch (tabako-ire), circa 1880, with an overall design of flowers against a background of meandering rivers, decorated to the front with a silver metal ornamental clasp...
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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, 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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Chinese circular bronze mirror, Han dynasty (206 B.C. - 220 A.D.), the centre with a hemispherical knob, with bands of dogtooth decoration....
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Chinese bronze figure of Avalokiteshvara, Ming dynasty (1368-1626), seated in dhyanasana holding a cup in the left hand, dressed in flowing robes and wearing elaborate jewellery, the figure's face...
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Silver inlaid bronze belt hook, Daigou, Warring States Period (480 B.C. -222 B.C.), the slender shaft decorated with silver sheet and wire inlay forming four horizontal lines and two spearhead scrolls...
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Chinese lacquered wooden box, late Ming, early 17th century, decorated on the lid with four ladies and a child on a terrace, with trees issuing from rockwork, all within a black framework with gilt...
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Thai bronze standing figure of Avalokiteshvara, 8th century, standing upright with her left arm outstretched and wearing an elaborate headdress....
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Indian bronze figure of a Goddess, probably Parvati, South India, 16th/17th century, standing intribhanga on a lotus base on a square plinth, her right hand raised in vitarka mudra with her left hand...
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Pair of extremely rare Chinese famille verte ewers, Kangxi (1662-1722), the hexagonal bodies supported on a spreading foot, with loop handles, each facet of the main bulbous sections with an...
