Comprising a pair of globular vases with cylindrical necks, decorated in various coloured enamels with peony in a rockwork garden and a karashishi lion; a peach-form dish decorated in underglaze blue, red and green enamels with a hare seated on rockwork; a Kutani octagonal bowl decorated with panels of chrysanthemum and peony; an Imari dish decorated in underglaze blue and various coloured enamels with a crane with outstretched wings; a shaped Imari dish decorated with a branch of cherry blossom in a fenced garden; and a moulded dish decorated in iron-red and gilt with a ho-o bird within a border of chrysanthemum and butterflies
The vases 4½ in. (11.5 cm.) high and the largest dish 10 in. (25.4 cm.) diam.

Collection of the late Soame Jenyns (1904-1976), then by descent within the family.

The moulded dish decorated in iron-red and gilt with a ho-o bird, Oriental Ceramic Society, no. J43.

Please note this lot is the property of a consumer. See H1 of the Conditions of Sale.

Conditions of Sale
FAQs
This lot is offered by Christie Manson & Woods Ltd

Brought to you by

Lot Essay

A similar example of the Imari dish decorated with a crane in the collection of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford is illustrated in Oliver Imepy, Japanese Export Porcelain: Catalogue of the Collection of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, (Amsterdam, 2002), plate no. 426, p. 242.
For a further example of similar form in the collection of the British Museum, London, accession number: Franks.510.(1). go to: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?assetId=1613295818=775521=1.