decorated in the Chinese Wanli 'kraak' style with a cricket on a river-bank, the rim with panels of antiquities and peach, the base with single-character mark

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realistically modelled in striding position, signed on belly

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modelled as a girl carrying a basket on her back, signed (attribute in left hand chipped away)

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modelled in relief with a mother and child looking out of the window to a sheaf of grain and two birds and their young sheltering in a nest

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painted in the Chinese kraak style with fruiting pomegranate, surrounded by panels of flowers and antiquities (hairline crack of 7 cm with a small related rim chip, glaze flaws and slightly warped)

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the centre painted with two boys playing at a fenced terrace, the rim with openworked roundels and painted with flowers, the base with four-character mark surrounding a kiku-head

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with horizontal ribs

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decorated with a river landscape (glaze crackled at places)

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painted with a willow in a jardinière on a fenced terrace (gilt faded)

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painted with a vase containing prunus blossom, bordered by chrysanthemum and peony at the rim, pierced for hanging

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comprising two various floral cups and saucers and a chocolate cup and cover with saucer, painted with figural, floral and landscape panels, marked (one cup with hairline)

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decorated after the Chinese examples of porcelain decorated after the Wu Shuang Pu and marked with the mark of Japanese trader Sanpo

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modelled with sculpted rim and decorated with central chrysanthemum and double-gourd vase surrounded by decorative panels and birds and bamboo at the rim

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painted with panels enclosing figures and the God of Longevity

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one finely painted with buddhist lions among flowers, the other two painted with flowers

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moulded with a pattern of plant roots and silver-drops, with original wood box

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covered with a flaming glaze in turquoise and purple tones, with original wood box

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drop-shaped with knobbed neck, with original wood box

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with flamed murishi-do patina

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painted with a central flower-basket surrounded by phoenixes and flowering plants

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inlaid in mother-of-pearl with birds in a blossoming tree, the interior with nashiji sprinkles (some minor wear)

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inlaid in mother-of-pearl with birds in a blossoming tree, the interior cover with sprays of peony, chrysanthemum and iris (some minor wear)

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painted with phoenixes among flowering branches

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(small crack, some small expected wear due to age and use)

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covered with a thick black glaze

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five decorated in maki-e on the gold lacquered ground with a various plant or flower, one with a pair of cranes, the exteriors covered with black lacquer

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each painted with a cockerel and a hen (two cups with a hairline)

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depicting a lady dressed in traditional kimono breastfeeding a baby and with a fan in her hand

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depicting the warrior Benkei with bell, with signature and seal, framed behind glass

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seated in meditative pose in dhyanamudra

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raised on three circular short feet (some surface wear)

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each modelled as a central monkey surrounded by smaller one clambering on a pine tree (both restored)

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painted with alternate panels of riverscapes and gardens, most bases with a six-character Hirado mark (one cup with large chip to footring, some minor frits overall, one saucer with hairline)

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comprising two shaving basins, two large bowls, a Namban bowl and cover, a soy flask, three various vases, some various cups and saucers, together with five various Chinese Imari plates (damages and repairs)

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with iron hirute mounts, in two compartments

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each a model of a theatre mask, of various materials such as stag-hord, wood, resin and lacquer. a.o. a fine wooden No-theater mask.

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including a jar, various cups and saucers, a teapot and small jarlets and vases

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the lucky god shown in seated position wearing an ornate long robe and hat, the base signed in red characters (right hand and mallet missing)

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on a raised plinth, his hand high (some damages and losses)

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the cover decorated in gold takamaki-e and hiramaki-e with a buddhist lion, Komainu, with the characteristic closed mouth and one horn, on a roiro base, the interior cover with a nashiji and kirigame ground decorated in takamaki-e with a mantis among chrysanthemum, the base signed for Zohiko

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(minute nick and bruise to comb and small dent to pin)

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the pouch decorated with a dragon and with a gold dragon clasp, the kagamibuta with a gold dragon clasping the flaming pearl (some expected wear to the leather due to age)

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the silver dragon shown clasping the pearl, framed in an ivory bowl (minor natural age cracks to the ivory)

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carved with simulated mat-plaiting, 'gozame-ami', and wrapping, the himatoshi shaped as a suspension ring

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one playing the flute and the other the tambourine

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carved wearing a mask of Ohina, signed 'Shusen'

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carved with a man and his servants in a garden (one corner with a tiny bruise)

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with brass mounts and bar lock (one hinge of cover loose)

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