JAPANESE WORKS OF ART TUESDAY 17TH MAY 2022 ASIAN ART II WEDNESDAY 18TH MAY 2022

Lot 1038

SPECIALIST DEPARTMENTS Please dial +44 (0)1722 followed by the number listed below ASIAN ART VALUATIONS FOR INSURANCE \& PROBATE Jeremy Lamond MRICS ASFAV FRSA John Axford MRICS ASFAV 424506 Amanda Lawrence 424502 424509 Alexandra Aguilar 424583 GENERAL OFFICE 424500 Ruth Pike (Office Manager) Freya Yuan-Richards 424589 Sarah Bennie 446959 Megan Corbett 424565 Jeremy Morgan +44 (0)7812 601098 Leyanne Hind Nicola Young Alana Ker Mercer 424591 CASTLE GATE RECEPTION Michelle Yu 424571 Sally Litherland CHINESE PAINTINGS \& CALLIGRAPHY 424589 MARKETING Freya Yuan-Richards 424571 Chloe Davie Michelle Yu ACCOUNTS JAPANESE WORKS OF ART 424583 Sharon Ringwood Alexandra Aguilar 424591 Anna Gentleman Alana Ker Mercer BOARD OF DIRECTORS 20TH CENTURY DESIGN 424505 John Axford MRICS ASFAV Michael Jeffery 446955 Chairman Zoe Smith Natalie Milsted FCCA AFRICAN \& OCEANIC ART | ANTIQUITIES 339752 Managing Director Will Hobbs 446980 Molly O’Reilly ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS 424507 Alexandra Aguilar ENGLISH \& EUROPEAN CERAMICS \& GLASS 446964 Clare Durham Clare Durham Victor Fauvelle Hollie Morrison Will Hobbs Michael Jeffery FURNITURE, WORKS OF ART \& CLOCKS 411854 Jeremy Lamond MRICS ASFAV FRSA Mark Yuan-Richards 339161 Rupert Slingsby Jim Gale 446974 Marielle Whiting FGA Suzy Becsy 446974 Freya Yuan-Richards Sarah Stone Mark Yuan-Richards JEWELLERY Marielle Whiting FGA 424595 Jonathan Edwards FGAA (Consultant) 424504 Samuel Hug FGA DGA 424586 Emily O’Donnell MEDALS \& COINS, ARMS \& ARMOUR 341469 Ned Cowell 446980 Molly O’Reilly PAINTINGS 446961 Victor Fauvelle 446962 Ed Beer 446970 Hannah Farthing SILVER 424501 Front Cover: Lot 239 Rupert Slingsby 424594 Back Cover: Lot 1039 Lucy Chalmers Catalogue £20.00 Salisbury Salerooms, 51-61 Castle Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP1 3SU (£25.00 by post) Tel: +44 (0)1722 424500 • www.woolleyandwallis.co.uk (£30.00 by post outside Europe) 2

JAPANESE ASIAN ART 中國藝術品 WORKS OF ART John Axford +44 (0)1722 424506 jea@woolleyandwallis.co.uk 日本美術 JAPANESE ART 日本藝術品 TUESDAY 17TH MAY 2022 Alexandra Aguilar +44 (0)1722 424583 9.30am aa@woolleyandwallis.co.uk ASIAN ART II CHINESE PAINTINGS 中國書畫及油畫 Freya Yuan-Richards +44 (0)1722 424589 亞洲藝術品 II fyr@woolleyandwallis.co.uk WEDNESDAY 18TH MAY 2022 Jeremy Morgan +44 (0)7812 601098 9.30am jm@woolleyandwallis.co.uk at our Castle Street Salerooms, SP1 3SU Alana Ker Mercer +44 (0)1722 424591 ak@woolleyandwallis.co.uk VIEWING Michelle Yu +44 (0)1722 424571 Viewing in London (highlights) my@woolleyandwallis.co.uk 17 Clifford Street, 2nd Floor W1S 3RQ Saturday 7th May 11.00am – 4.00pm Sunday 8th May 11.00am – 4.00pm Monday 9th May 11.00am – 4.00pm Viewing in Salisbury 51-61 Castle Street, Salisbury SP1 3SU Friday 13th May 10.00am – 5.00pm Saturday 14th May 10.00am – 1.00pm Monday 16th May 10.00am – 5.00pm There will be no viewing on the morning of the sale. IMPORTANT CHANGES TO OUR BIDDING PROCEDURE LIVE ONLINE BIDDING - FREE OF CHARGE Please note that, owing to the recent introduction of Money Laundering Regulations, clients wishing to bid in this auction are 威立士網上競投 likely to be asked to provide two forms of identification. This applies to both new and existing clients. bid.woolleyandwallis.co.uk Please register by 12 noon on Monday 16th May. BUYER’S PREMIUM See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of Instagram: @ woolleyandwallisasianart the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices. @woolleyandwallissalerooms Telephone Bidding Facebook: @woolleyandwallis Requests for telephone bidding may not be accepted after Twitter: @woolleywallis 12 noon on Monday 16th May. 新浪微博 @艾思福 本公司提供免費網上即時競投，請在5月16日中午12點之前登錄 bid.woolleyandwallis.co.uk登記競投賬戶。 3 注：所有網絡買家需要支付至少£5,000的保證金。 網上競投總金額的限額為£50,000。 Online bidders may be required to pay a deposit of £5,000. This deposit will allow the online bidder to bid up to a maximum of £50,000 in total at this auction.

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CHRONOLOGY OF JAPAN Jōmon Period Genroku Era 1688-1704 ca.10,000 BC-ca.300 BC An’ei Era 1772-1781 Yayoi Period Tenmei Era 1781-1789 ca.300 BC-552 AD Kansei Era 1789-1801 Asuka Period 552-645 Kyowa Era 1801-1804 Nara Period 645-794 Bunka Era 1804-1818 Heian Period 794-1185 Bunsei Era 1818-1830 Kamakura Period Tenpo Era 1830-1844 1185-1333 Koka Era 1844-1848 Muromachi Period Kaei Era 1848-1854 1333-1573 Ansei Era 1854-1860 Namboku-Chō Period Man’ei Era 1860-1861 1336-1392 Bunkyu Era 1861-1864 Genji Era 1864-1865 Momoyama Period Keio Era 1865-1868 1568-1615 Bunroku Era 1592-1596 Meiji Era 1868-1912 Keicho Era 1596-1615 Taisho Era 1912-1926 Showa Era 1926-1989 Edo Period 1615-1868 Heisei Era 1989-2019 Kan’ei Era 1624-1644 Reiwa Era 2019-present Kanbun Era 1661-1673 6

JAPANESE WORKS OF ART 日本美術 TUESDAY 17TH MAY 2022 9.30am Lot 194 detail

EARLY JAPANESE CERAMICS, SATSUMA \& LATER WARES LOTS 1-67 8

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1 2 A SMALL JAPANESE ARITA BLUE AND WHITE MOULDED DISH A JAPANESE ARITA BLUE AND WHITE MOULDED DISH (MUKOZUKE) EDO PERIOD, 17TH CENTURY EDO PERIOD, 17TH CENTURY The well elegantly decorated with leafy branches of bamboo in underglaze The rhomboid body moulded to resemble petals, painted in underglaze blue blue, the cavetto moulded with a subtle design of waves, raised on a short with pines by a lake and with clouds above, the underside with stylised pine foot, the underside with two concentric rings and a fuku mark, 21.4cm. needles and the base with the Chinese mark Da Ming Chenghua nian zhi, 17cm. £300-500 £200-400 Provenance: from an English private collection, London. Cf. G Lang, The Wrestling Boys, An exhibition of Chinese and Japanese ceramics from the 16th to the 18th century in the collection at Burghley House, p.7, no.21, for a related dish. Also, see S Jenyns, plate 9A for another comparable dish with a different moulded border. 3 4 A JAPANESE ARITA WATERPOT (MIZUSASHI) A SMALL JAPANESE ARITA BLUE AND WHITE MOULDED DISH EDO PERIOD, 17TH CENTURY (MUKOZUKE) EDO PERIOD, LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY The compressed circular body decorated in underglaze blue with a continuous design of figures in a mountainous landscape, one side with Modelled as a crane in flight, the elegant bird turning its head to the chickens by a rocky outcrop, the other with two thatched buildings amongst right, the feathers moulded in low relief and with details rendered in luxuriant vegetation; together with a small blue and white circular box and underglaze blue, the rim with a brown edge, raised on a short foot painted cover, the lid and side painted with palm trees issuing from behind stylised with a crenellated border, the base inscribed with a Chinese mark reading fences, 4.7cm. (3) Xuan Ming nian zhi,15.8cm. £300-500 £400-600 Provenance: from an English private collection, London. Provenance: from an English private collection, London. Cf. G Lang, The Wrestling Boys, An exhibition of Chinese and Japanese ceramics from the 16th to the 18th century in the collection at Burghley House, p.5, no.16, for a comparable dish. 10 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

5 6 A RARE JAPANESE TENMOKU AND BLUE AND WHITE DISH A RARE JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE MOULDED DISH EDO PERIOD, C.1660-70 (MUKOZUKE) EDO PERIOD, C.1655-80 The shaped dish decorated with an elegant design of snow-covered banded hedges, the upper section in mottled chocolate-brown tenmoku glaze and With a foliate rim, the well decorated with three cranes and flowers in the fences below rendered in underglaze blue, with old kintsugi gold lacquer underglaze blue, the birds moulded in low relief, with gintsugi silver lacquer repairs, a flattened rim and raised on a short foot, 15.5cm. repair, raised on a short foot and the reverse with two sprays of flowers and spiralling tendrils, the base with a paper collection label for the Tryhorn £1,500-2,000 Collection, 14cm. Provenance: purchased from Richard Barker Fine Art. £1,500-2,000 Exhibited: Asahi Shimbun, Ko-Imari Porcelain, Daimaru Kyoto, November 1992, Provenance: formerly the Tryhorn Collection. Donald Tryhorn (1942-2007) of and illustrated in the catalogue p.113, pl.131. The exhibition toured other Kingsbridge (Devon) collected a large number of 18th and 19th century European Daimaru stores in Fukuoka, Osaka and Tokyo in 1993. ceramics including examples of Bow, Bristol, Plymouth, Chantilly and St Cloud porcelain, with a particular focus on Kakiemon wares. His collection also featured Cf. O Impey, The Early Porcelain Kilns of Japan, Arita in the First Half of the early Japanese pieces such as this one. Seventeenth Century, no.48d where this very dish is illustrated. Also, see Ko_imari: A Catalogue of Hizen Porcelain from the Nezu Museum’s Yamamoto Collection, Cf. The Kyushu Ceramic Museum, Complete Catalogue of Shibata Collection, p.72, no.274, for a related dih with the same decoration of snow-covered p.109, no.0858, and p.169, no.1343 for two other related examples. brushwood fences. 11

7 8 A PAIR OF JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE SAKE BOTTLES TWO JAPANESE CELADON MOULDED SAKE BOTTLES (TOKKURI) (TOKKURI) EDO PERIOD, 17TH OR 18TH CENTURY EDO PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY Each with a tall square-section body and two circular openings to the top, The square-section bodies decorated with birds, flowers, butterflies and the sides moulded with panels enclosing auspicious characters amongst leafy branches of bamboo, both with formal designs of flowers on a leiwen ground tendrils, the top with further formal designs of leaves, 17.4cm and 16.9cm to the shoulder, approx. 20cm each. (2) respectively. (2) £150-250 £400-600 Provenance: from an English private collection, London. 9 A SMALL COLLECTION OF JAPANESE KAMEYAMA WARE PIECES EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY Including one dish and three bowls, all decorated in underglaze blue with mountainous river landscapes, one bowl with a fisherman in the foreground and buildings in luxuriant gardens behind, the two other bowls forming a pair, all three with a band of key fret to the inside and with the same mark underneath, the dish with a double seal mark, 15.5cm max. (4) £400-500 Provenance: from an English private collection, London. See the British Museum, access. no. 1974,0121.1.a-b, for another Kameyama ware bowl with similar decoration. 12 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

10 11 A JAPANESE ARITA BLUE AND WHITE SHALLOW BOWL A JAPANESE ARITA BLUE AND WHITE DISH EDO PERIOD, 17TH CENTURY EDO PERIOD, C.1700 With a barbed rim, the interior painted in Kraak style with a central medallion With a scalloped rim, the well decorated in underglaze blue with a foliate enclosing a scholar stargazing by a plantain tree, encircled by panels with cartouche enclosing figures in a mountainous river landscape, with fishermen floral sprays, all within a continuous landscape border, the underside similarly on sampans in the foreground, a tall building towering behind them and a painted with floral cartouches, the base with a four character Xuande mark further figure with an attendant holding an umbrella to the left, with spiralling and a paper label for Christie’s, 23.3cm. clouds above; the rim with a border of flowerheads amongst scrolling tendrils and painted with a brown edge; the underside with karakusa scrolls and £500-800 flowers, the base with a fuku mark, 20.6cm. Provenance: purchased from Christie’s London, 22nd January 1998, lot 353. £500-800 Provenance: from an English private collection, London. Cf. E Ströber, La Maladie de Porcelaine, pp.158-9, no.70, where a comparable dish from the collection of Augustus the Strong is illustrated and discussed. The author points out that the figures depicted are Chinese, whilst the scrolling clouds and lake appear to be inspired by Western models. Also, see C J A Jörg, Fine \& Curious, Japanese Export Porcelain in Dutch Collection, p.150, no.168, for another example, one of three of various sizes at Twickel Castle, Delden. These dishes are also sometimes referred to as in Van Frytom style after the Dutch Delftware originals. 12 A LARGE JAPANESE KAKIEMON-STYLE BLUE AND WHITE DISH EDO PERIOD, C.1700 Painted in underglaze blue with a central cartouche enclosing an elegant ho-o bird, the shochikubai (pine, prunus and bamboo) emerging from rockwork beside it; the cavetto with panels variously enclosing Chinese figures, flowering branches and further peacocks, the underside with karakusa scrolls, the base left unglazed; together with a baluster-shaped vase decorated in underglaze blue with peonies and pomegranates amongst tall grasses, the shoulder applied with small studs and handles modelled as mythical creatures with lion heads and fish tails, 34cm and 21.7cm respectively. (2) £400-600 Provenance: from an English private collection, London. Cf. B Davies, Ko-Imari Porcelain from the collection of Oliver Impey, pp.94-95, no.46, for a closely related dish, formerly in the collection of Margaret, Duchess of Portland (1715-1785), Welbeck Abbey. 13

13 THREE JAPANESE ARITA BLUE AND WHITE DISHES EDO PERIOD, C.1700 Each with a scalloped rim and painted to the well with a shishi on a dense ground of leafy peony sprays, all with further scrolling tendrils to the reverse and a mark reading Da Ming Chenghua nian zhi, each approx. 21cm. (3) £500-800 Provenance: from an English private collection, London. 14 THREE JAPANESE ARITA BLUE AND WHITE BOWLS EDO PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY All three with a scalloped rim and brown-painted edge, each decorated in underglaze blue with figures in a mountainous river landscape, with calligraphy to the side referring to the Chinese poem ‘Ode to the Red Cliff’ by Su shi (1037-1101), the undersides left undecorated, 15.3cm each. (3) £300-500 Provenance: from an English private collection, London. 15 FOUR JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE DISHES MEIJI PERIOD OR LATER, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY Each decorated with a large carp to the well on a ground of geometric patterns suggesting a net, the rims with a brown edge, the undersides painted with flowerheads and leafy tendrils, each inscribed to the reverse Dai Nihon Eiraku zo, all approx. 23.8cm. (4) £200-400 Provenance: from an English private collection, London. 16 FIVE JAPANESE ARITA BLUE AND WHITE DISHES EDO PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY The foliate bodies decorated with fierce-looking dragons emerging from spiralling clouds, each mythological beast grasping a sacred pearl of wisdom, the dishes with brown edges and the undersides painted with further pearls of wisdom, each base with a stylised kin (gold) character, all approx. 20.2cm. (5) £400-600 Provenance: from an English private collection, London. 14 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

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17 A JAPANESE ARITA MODEL OF A LEAPING CARP EDO PERIOD, C.1710 The large fish with its body contorted and its mouth open, the moulded scales with washes of cobalt blue and further details accentuated in red paint, raised on a square base, 29.8cm. £500-800 Provenance: from the collection of George and Cornelia Wingfield Digby and thence by descent. George and Cornelia Wingfield Digby started buying Chinese and Japanese art, notably porcelain, in the early 1950s. George Wingfield Digby (1911-1989) joined the Victoria \& Albert Museum’s Textile Department in 1934 and later served as Keeper between 1947 and 1972. He considerably expanded the V\&A’s textile collection and wrote three books on the subject. He also released three further publications on different fields of art, including The Work of the Modern Potter in England (1952), which he wrote with his wife Cornelia. In addition to their extensive Asian Art collection, they also acquired a significant number of studio pottery pieces which were lent to the Tate, St Ives in 1993. After retiring, they settled in Dorset and part of their Chinese and Japanese art collection was exhibited at Sherborne Castle for 25 years. Cf. M Cohen and W Motley, Mandarin and Menagerie, Chinese and Japanese export ceramics figures, pp.134-5 no.8.1, for two comparable leaping carp. 18 A JAPANESE ARITA BLUE AND WHITE VASE EDO PERIOD, C.1680 The bulbous body decorated in cobalt blue with large leafy sprays of flowering peonies issuing from rockwork, with bands of lappets to the neck and above the foot, 32.3cm. £400-600 Provenance: from an English private collection, London. 16 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

19 † A LARGE JAPANESE KUTANI DISH WITH MANDARIN DUCKS EDO PERIOD, 18TH OR 19TH CENTURY The foliate moulded dish elegantly decorated in polychrome enamels, the well with a central medallion enclosing the two birds surrounded by vegetation, one Mandarin duck with its head uplifted and the other pecking the ground, with small scrolling clouds above; bordered by an intricate band of red Y-shaped diaper; the reverse with three flowering prunus branches, a green and black fuku mark, 31.8cm. £3,000-4,000 Provenance: formerly the collection of Peter K Warren (1920-2014), former CEO of Pepsi International, purchased from Bluett \& Sons Ltd, 10th March 1980. A copy of the original invoice is available. mark on the base Bluett \& Sons Ltd. invoice 10th March 1980 17

20 † A LARGE JAPANESE IMARI CHARGER EDO PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY Typically decorated in gilt, underglaze blue, red and black enamels, the well painted with the shochikubai, the branches of prunus, bamboo and pine issuing from a large tripod vessel, the cavetto and rim with a band of flowering peonies and two large ho-o birds in flight, the underside with flowering sprays, 53.4cm. £1,800-2,200 21 22 A SMALL COLLECTION OF JAPANESE ARITA PORCELAIN PIECES THREE JAPANESE CUPS AND COVERS EDO PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY EDO PERIOD, C.1690-1700 The first a double-handled koro, the incense burner raised on four short All decorated with panels enclosing elegant depictions of flowers, fruiting legs and with a dense decoration of chrysanthemum flowers amongst leafy branches and other plants, all reserved on a cobalt blue ground embellished tendrils, painted in underglaze blue, gilt, red and green enamels and with with further flowers and scrolling tendrils, the rich decoration rendered in gilt, moulded details, the lid topped with a lion dog on a large flowerhead holding 8.6cm max. (6) a brocade ball; another piece a box and cover painted with fan-shaped and circular medallions containing many flowers; and a small Imari cup and saucer, £200-300 the surface with unusual translucent dots forming patterns evoking insects, painted with further blossoms and butterflies, 17.7cm max. (6) Provenance: from an English private collection, London. £400-600 Cf. E Ströber, La Maladie de Porcelaine, pp.194-5, where a covered bowl and dish from the collection of Augustus the Strong with similar blue and gilt decoration are Provenance: from an English private collection, London. illustrated and discussed. 18 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

23 A LARGE JAPANESE IMARI MOULDED VASE AND COVER EDO PERIOD, EARLY 18TH CENTURY The baluster body typically decorated in underglaze blue, gilt, red, green and black enamels, painted with three large panels enclosing flowering branches of prunus, chrysanthemum and peony issuing from rocky outcrops, with a border of lappets above the foot, the shoulder with a wide band of scrolling tendrils and chrysanthemum flowerheads, the neck with a repeated design of open fans; the cover with similar decoration and topped by a large bulbous knop; with sixteen-petal chrysanthemums and other flowers moulded in low relief, 70cm overall. (2) £800-1,200 Provenance: the collection of Vice-Admiral Reginald Vesey Holt, CB, DSO, MVO, (1884-1957), and thence by descent. Cf. O Impey, Japanese Export Porcelain, Catalogue of the collection of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, p.197, no.320, for another jar and cover with similar moulded and painted decoration. 24 A SAMSON JAPANESE-STYLE IMARI FIVE-PIECE GARNITURE 19TH CENTURY Comprising of three baluster-shaped vases and cover and two beaker vases, their bodies moulded and painted in underglaze blue, gilt, and red enamels, decorated with rich designs of birds in flight amongst large peonies and chrysanthemum flowerheads, each with a band of lappets above the foot and reishi heads on the shoulder, 46.5cm max. (8) £1,000-2,000 19

25 26 TWO JAPANESE IMARI MUSTARD POTS AND COVERS A JAPANESE ‘LADY WITH PARASOL’ SAUCER DISH EDO PERIOD, C.1690-1720 EDO PERIOD, C.1730-40 Each with a bulbous body raised on a flared foot and with a side handle, After the Cornelis Pronk design, painted in underglaze blue, gilt, and decorated with moulded patterns resembling petals painted in gilt, red, polychrome enamels with a kimono-clad beauty and her attendant beneath cyan, purple and black enamels, the panels enclosing many flowers, the foot a parasol, three aquatic birds before them and bulrushes in the background; decorated with bands of chevrons and lappets; each cover with a circular the cavetto and rim embellished with borders of flowers, diamond-shaped aperture and painted with further flowers, 9.7cm and 10cm respectively. (4) patterns, four various birds and further figures, the reverse with seven insects painted in iron-red underneath the rim, 13cm. £700-1,000 £400-600 Provenance: from an English private collection, London. Provenance: from an English private collection, London. See J Ayers, O Impey, JVG Mallet, Porcelain for Palaces, The Fashion for Japan in Europe 1650-1750, p.206, no.202, for a comparable mustard pot. The authors Cf. C Jörg, Fine \& Curious, Japanese Export Porcelain in Dutch Collections, explain that in both moulding and colouring these pieces are inspired by, or p.253, no.325, for a larger example in the Groninger Museum, Groningen. The ancestral to Chinese famille verte wares of the Kangxi period. Also, see C Jörg, author explains that the decoration was designed by Dutch artist Cornelis Pronk Fine \& Curious, Japanese Export Porcelain in Dutch Collections, p.190, no.238, (1691-1759), who was commissioned in 1734 by the VOC to produce models for a miniature example in the Groninger Museum, Groningen. for Chinese and Japanese porcelain factories. The models arrived in 1736, but no agreement on costs could be reached with the Japanese and no official shipments are recorded. Nevertheless, this design is known in underglaze blue and Imari and so, it must have been privately ordered by Dutch employees. See the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, access. no. 2002.447.121 for another example of a Japanese ‘Dame au Parasol’ dish. Also, see the Kyushu Ceramic Museum, Complete Catalogue of the Shibata Collection, p.393, no.3136 for another related example. 27 28 A LARGE JAPANESE IMARI TUREEN A JAPANESE IMARI TUREEN, COVER AND LARGE EN-SUITE DISH EDO PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY EDO PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY Richly decorated in underglaze blue, gilt, red, yellow and purple enamels, Typically decorated in underglaze blue, gilt, red, purple, green and yellow decorated with a continuous design of many flowering branches of enamels, with alternating blue and white panels enclosing chrysanthemum, chrysanthemum, prunus and other plants, with bands of spirals and formal peonies, and other flower sprays, the cover knop painted to the centre with a leaves above the foot, and a border enclosing further blooms underneath sixteen-petal chrysanthemum, 31.2cm max. (3) the rim, 21.3cm. £400-600 £500-1,000 20 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

29 TWO LARGE JAPANESE IMARI TUREENS AND COVERS EDO PERIOD, C.1700 Both typically decorated in underglaze blue, gilt, red, green, yellow and black enamels, with alternating panels enclosing flowering sprays of chrysanthemum, prunus, peony, and other flowers, between bands of maple, paulownia leaves, and lappets, the covers with similar decoration and both with a sixteen-petal chrysanthemum flowerhead to the knop, 32.5cm and 33cm respectively. (4) £7,000-9,000 21

30 31 A SMALL COLLECTION OF JAPANESE PORCELAIN PIECES A SMALL COLLECTION OF PORCELAIN PIECES EDO PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY 17TH AND 18TH CENTURY Comprising of three dishes and a large bowl, all typically decorated in Comprising: three Chinese Imari saucers and a tea cup, decorated in underglaze blue, gilt, red, green and yellow enamels, variously painted with underglaze blue, gilt, and red with flowers, figures and pagodas; together figures, flowers and brocade patterns, the largest plate with sixteen sides with a Japanese saucer painted in gilt, red, green, purple, and black enamels and with Chinese figures to the well, the characters fu, ki, cho, shun (riches, with figures in an interior and further bands of flowers and scrolling tendrils, prosperity and eternal spring) inscribed underneath, 32.2cm max. (5) the underside left undecorated, 12.8cm max. (5) £400-500 £200-300 Provenance: from an English private collection, London. Provenance: from an English private collection, London. Cf. O Impey, Japanese Export Porcelain, p.243 no.430 for another sixteen-sided Cf. The Kyushu Ceramic Museum, Complete Catalogue of Shibata Collection, dish at the Ashmolean Museum closely related to the one in this lot. no.2793, for another Japanese saucer closely related to the one in this lot, which the authors dated to c.1700-30. 32 33 A SET OF EIGHT JAPANESE POLYCHROME ENAMEL DISHES A SMALL COLLECTION OF JAPANESE PORCELAIN PIECES EDO PERIOD, 18TH OR 19TH CENTURY EDO PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY All with a gilt rim and decorated with the same design rendered in underglaze Comprising of a saucer and three bowls, one with a lid; all decorated blue and thick coloured enamels, each painted to the well with two Chinese in underglaze blue and polychrome enamels; variously painted with Immortals in a mountainous landscape, one holding a double-gourd whilst mythological creatures, flowers, chrysanthemum mon, brocade patterns and the other stands behind him, possibly a reference to a Tang Dynasty story geometrical designs, the dish with a mark reading Da Ming Chengua nian zhi, involving two of the Eight Immortals, Zhang Guolao and Li Tieguai, the two bowls and the lid with the same four-character inscription reading fu kuei cavetto and rim with a border of clouds and Buddhist beribboned scrolls, chang ch’un (longevity and everlasting prosperity), 15.9cm max. (5) all approx. 15.1cm. (8) £200-300 PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. Provenance: from an English private collection, London. £100-200 Cf. J Ayers, O Impey, JVG Mallet, Porcelain for Palaces, The Fashion for Japan in Cf. The Kyushu Ceramic Museum, Complete Catalogue of Shibata Collection, Europe 1650-1750, p.225 no.239, for a bowl decorated with red concentric no.3674, for another Japanese dish with similar decoration to the well, which the squares related to the one in this lot. authors dated to c.1780-1810. 22 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

34 THREE JAPANESE KYO-YAKI (KYOTO WARE) PIECES EDO PERIOD, 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY All three typically decorated in thick blue and green enamels, the first a reticulated Ko-Kiyomizu type vase with a faceted body and a square-section neck, the sides decorated with cash designs and hanabishi mon family crests; another a clove boiler in two parts, painted with a dense pattern of stylised hibiscus flowers and scrolling tendrils, and with fan-shaped apertures; the third piece a double-gourd sake bottle, a large spray of peony to the side, the cork embellished with a chrysanthemum flower carved out of stag antler, 24.5cm max. (5) £500-800 Provenance: from an English private collection, London. Cf. J Ayers, The Baur Collection, Japanese Ceramics, nos. E82-E83, for two 19th century Kyoto ware pieces decorated in a similar fashion as the sake bottle in this lot. See the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, access. no. 23.225.247 for a similar Kyo-yaki clove boiler by Rakutozan. 35 A JAPANESE KORO (INCENSE BURNER) AND COVER EDO PERIOD, 18TH OR 19TH CENTURY The rectangular body raised on four short feet, the sides decorated in polychrome enamels with Chinese-style designs of scholars and attendants in gardens, and butterflies and flowers, two sides with lines of calligraphy from the Book of Songs, the cover with a recumbent shishi and coin-shaped apertures, the base inscribed Da Qing Qianlong nian zhi, 16cm. (2) £200-300 The Book of Songs or Shijing is one of the ‘Five Classics’ of Chinese literature, and the oldest collection of Chinese poems known to exist. It includes 305 pieces, with some works dating from the 11th-7th century BC. 36 A LARGE JAPANESE POLYCHROME VASE POSSIBLY MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY Of baluster shape, decorated in bright coloured enamels and gilt with an Immortal riding a crane to one side, the reverse with a large minogame carrying pine, bamboo and prunus on its carapace; a band of palmettes above the foot, brocade patterns to the shoulder and flowerheads to the neck, 32.3cm. £200-300 23

37 A JAPANESE BLACK RAKU WARE CHAWAN (TEA BOWL) MEIJI PERIOD OR LATER, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY The tall U-shaped body raised on a short foot, the surface with a lustrous black glaze with mottled russet textures, the footrim incised with four lines, together with a tomobako wood box, 10cm. (2) £200-400 38 A JAPANESE RAKU WARE TEAPOT AND COVER MODERN, 20TH CENTURY Of circular flattened form, the body a lustrous chocolate-brown colour with white splashes, the handle made of woven bamboo, a three-character signature underneath, 16cm. (2) £150-250 24 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

39 A JAPANESE SHIGARAKI STONEWARE VASE EDO PERIOD, 18TH OR 19TH CENTURY Of baluster form with an upright neck and rolled rim, the heavily-potted body with thick glaze dripping to one side, the shoulder with an incised border of crosses, 25cm. £300-500 40 A JAPANESE TRIPOD KORO (INCENSE BURNER AND COVER) PROBABLY MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY Of bulbous shape and raised on short feet, the surface with a creamy crackled glaze becoming purple underneath, the base stamped with a single character, possibly reading kicho (precious), the cover turned in wood and with an agate knop, 10cm. (2) £100-200 25

41 42 A SMALL JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE FOOTED CUP A JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE BOX AND COVER AND A VASE EDO OR MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY EDO OR MEIJI, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY The inside decorated with a band enclosing figures and buildings in a Both pieces decorated in underglaze blue with geometric designs and mountainous river landscape, the outside with formal lotus flowers amongst brocade patterns in shonzui style, the cover of the circular box with a central scrolling tendrils and beribboned Buddhist symbols, inscribed to the base medallion enclosing a Chinese scholar playing the qin with a boy attendant by Kanzan Kin Sei (Respectfully made by Kenzan), 7.3cm. his side, a mark underneath reading Xu Ting zao zhi (Made in the Sun Pavilion); the double-gourd vase with shaped panels depicting landscapes on the lower £150-250 half, the upper section with lines of calligraphy, a circular impressed mark to the side, possibly for Eiraku, 14.5cm and 20cm respectively. (3) This mark is sometimes found on Kyoto wares associated with the studio of Kenzan / Kato Denshichi (1821-90). In 1873, he won the Silver Prize for his work £300-500 at the Vienna World Exhibition. Provenance: from an English private collection, London. 43 A PAIR OF JAPANESE NABESHIMA DISHES SIGNED IMAEMON SHOWA PERIOD, 20TH CENTURY Both decorated in polychrome enamels and painted to the well with a large ho-o in flight, the majestic bird depicted with long trailing feathers above flowering peonies issuing from rockwork, both signed Imaemon underneath, probably for Imaizumi Imaemon XII (1897-1975), both 21.6cm. (2) £300-500 26 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

44 45 TWO JAPANESE NABESHIMA DISHES A JAPANESE NABESHIMA POLYCHROME DISH MEIJI OR LATER, 20TH CENTURY MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH / 20TH CENTURY One decorated in underglaze blue and polychrome enamels with large The well decorated with flowering sprays of peonies, leaves and scrolling peonies on a ground of waves, with a signature to the inside of the foot for tendrils in underglaze blue and polychrome enamels, a small kintsugi gold Imaizumi Imaemon XIII (1926-2001), the other dish with a blue and white lacquer repair to the rim; the underside painted with three beribboned design of lotus flowers and scrolling tendrils, both dishes raised on a foot clusters of cash, raised on a short foot with comb design, 21.3cm. with comb design and painted to the reverse with clusters of beribboned cash, 15cm and 14.9 respectively. (2) £600-800 £400-600 46 A SMALL COLLECTION OF JAPANESE PORCELAIN PIECES MEIJI AND LATER, 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY The tallest vase of cylindrical shape and painted with a mountainous river landscape, a seal mark underneath; the other a garlic-mouth bottle vase with crabs amongst lotus and ginkgo leaves, the base signed; together with a small Nabeshima dish painted with thatched buildings before mountains in underglaze blue, with trees depicted in red and green enamels behind, three sprays of stylised hibiscus underneath and raised on a short foot with comb design, 17cm max. (3) £300-400 Provenance: from an English private collection, London. 27

47 48 A JAPANESE BANKO WARE TEAPOT AND LID A JAPANESE HIRADO OKIMONO OF A HORSE MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY The bisque body shaped as a small quail, the beak of the plump bird forming Recumbent and with the front legs tucked underneath its body, the pupils the spout and the long grasses against its back curving to create the handle; painted black and with details rendered in underglaze blue to contrast with the lid with a small bee-shaped knop; with details highlighted in gilt, the base the white-glazed surface, the underside with a nine-character seal mark, stamped Banko in a gourd-shaped reserve, 13.4cm. (2) 22cm. PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. £300-500 £80-120 A white horse is an auspicious animal in Japan as it symbolises the sun. Seeing one at the beginning of the new year is a sign of luck and good health. 49 50 A JAPANESE FOUR-TIER PORCELAIN PICNIC BOX (SAGEJUBAKO) TWO JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN PIECES MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY MEIJI PERIOD OR LATER, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY Consisting of four stackable trays of various sizes and a square lid, the One a tall baluster vase decorated with many chrysanthemum, peonies sides decorated in underglaze blue with a continuous design of flowering and other flowers in underglaze blue, the base with the orchid mark of the peonies issuing from rocks, the cover painted to the centre with a large Kaga Fukagawa Koransha company; the other a circular koro, the incense burner Umebachi mon family crest, 26.2cm overall. (5) with mitsu tomoe swirls apertures and with flowers on a cracked ice ground, the lower section with many bats in flight, 30.5cm and 10cm respectively. (3) £300-500 £400-600 Provenance: from an English private collection, London. 28 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

51 A SMALL JAPANESE TRIPOD VASE BY MAKUZU KOZAN (1842-1916) MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY The bulbous body raised on three slightly everted feet, the crenellated rim elegantly shaped with lappets, painted in monochrome puce with three medallions to the side and a band of scrolling clouds below, the circular panels enclosing scenes of many yokai, the oni and other monsters depicted holding banners, weapons and other implements whilst running haphazardly, on a moulded sayagata (key fret) ground, the base inscribed Makuzu gama Kozan sei, 11.7cm. £400-600 Provenance: from an English private collection, London. See the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, access. no. 93.3.111 for a pair of vases attributed to Makuzu Kozan featuring panels painted in puce on a moulded key fret ground. Also, see the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, access. no. EA1996.132 for a baluster vase by Kozan in similar style. 52 A JAPANESE CELADON WATERPOT (MIZUSASHI) MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY Modelled as a wooden water bucket with a curved handle, the fitted lid composed of two folding parts in lacquer, a two-character mark impressed underneath, possibly for Sozan, together with a tomobako wood box, 9.5cm. (5) £300-500 Provenance: from an English private collection, London, purchased in Japan in the 1990s. Longquan celadon waterpots with similar shapes were produced during the Chinese Ming dynasty and may have served as models for this piece. 29

53 54 55 56 53 54 A JAPANESE SATSUMA MINIATURE TEAPOT AND COVER A JAPANESE SATSUMA SUGAR BOWL AND COVER BY MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY KINKOZAN The bulbous body decorated with two large panels enclosing depictions MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY of fish and crustaceans amongst seaweeds, all reserved on a dense gilt honeycomb background, the spout, handle, rim and lid delicately painted with The bulbous body decorated with two large panels enclosing Immortals and scrolling tendrils and bands of lappets, a four character signature and a red attendants to one side and beauties and children to the other, all reserved on seal mark on the handle, 8.3cm. (2) a bright navy-blue ground painted with a dense pattern of scrolling tendrils and flowerheads; with bamboo-shaped handles decorated with gilt karakusa £500-800 scrolls and hanabishi mon, the lid with similar decoration, inscribed to the base and with an impressed seal mark, both reading Kinkozan zo, 12.3cm. (2) 55 A JAPANESE SATSUMA VASE £400-600 MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY The tall bulbous body decorated with a continuous design of beauties 56 and children in a mountainous river landscape, with a band of flowers and A SMALL JAPANESE SATSUMA VASE BY KINKOZAN brocade designs to the shoulder, the base with a four-character signature, MEIJI OR TAISHO, EARLY 20TH CENTURY 15.5cm. PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. The bulbous body with a short everted rim, decorated with a continuous scene of brightly-coloured pheasants in a garden with rocky outcrops, a large £150-250 pine above them and many daisies, peonies and other flowers to the side, a border of cash design under the neck and scrolls above the foot, the base marked Kinkozan zo, 20.7cm. £300-500 30 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

57 two views 58 59 60 57 58 A JAPANESE SATSUMA MINIATURE INCENSE BURNER BY A JAPANESE SATSUMA VASE BY KINKOZAN KINKOZAN MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY The trumpet-shaped body richly decorated with a multitude of fans on a The squat bulbous body raised on three short feet, the sides delicately dense ground of small gilt triangles, each fan painted with a different design painted with precious objects including implements for the tea ceremony, including flowers, landscapes, butterflies, figures, and brocade patterns, a vases of flowers and other vessels, some displayed on a low lacquer table; band of flowerheads underneath the rim, the base with an impressed mark together with a metal cover, the base impressed with a four-character mark reading Kinkozan zo, 20cm. reading Kinkozan zo, 7.4cm. (2) £500-1,000 £300-500 60 59 A PAIR OF LARGE JAPANESE SATSUMA VASES BY KINKOZAN A TALL JAPANESE SATSUMA VASE BY THE YASUDA COMPANY MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH/20TH CENTURY MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY Of baluster shape with a moulded neck and rim, painted with mirroring Richly decorated with numerous panels enclosing figures, birds and flowers, images of a family in an interior to one side, the figures wearing rich one side with Momotaro riding on a white horse and accompanied by his Heian-style garments; the reverse with an Immortal and his armour-clad armour-clad dog, monkey, pheasant and rabbit brothers-in-arms, two oni attendants; all reserved on brocade patterns, geometrical designs and from Onigashima (Demon Island) warily watching them in the distance; the medallions enclosing mythical creatures, both vases with a band of lappets reverse painted with another horse rider and an attendant fleeing from above the foot and further geometric bands to the neck, each inscribed other warriors; all rendered in polychrome enamels and embellished with Kinkozan zo, each 45.5cm. (2) a profusion of details in gilt, the base with the Shimazu mon, the Yasuda trademark, and a mark for Nihon and possibly Unzan, 35cm. £700-900 £500-800 31

two views 61 A SMALL JAPANESE SATSUMA BOWL BY MEIZAN MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY Richly decorated in gilt and polychrome enamels, the well with Immortals and attendants surrounded by many birds, flowers, a peacock and a dragon on a ground of gilt dots and wavy patterns, the rim with a band of key fret; the outside with many shaped panels containing sages, boys and beauties, alternating with views of multi-story pagodas in mountainous landscapes, all reserved on a ground of further gilt dots, the rim with a band of brocade patterns, the base signed Meizan, 12.5cm. £600-800 two views 62 A SMALL JAPANESE SATSUMA BOWL BY MEIZAN MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY Delicately painted to the well with a kaleidoscope of butterflies amongst flower sprays, the rim with brocade designs; the exterior decorated with a dense pattern of many chrysanthemum flowerheads in a variety of shades, between a band of key fret and further geometrical patterns, the base signed Meizan in an oval cartouche, 12.1cm. PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. £150-200 Provenance: sold on behalf of an English deceased estate, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. two views 63 A JAPANESE RECTANGULAR SATSUMA BOX AND COVER MEIJI PERIOD, C.1900 The sides and cover richly decorated in gilt and polychrome enamels, the top painted with many beauties, men and children enjoying hanami, the figures walking down a path by a stream lined with flowering prunus trees, the sides with a multitude of chrysanthemums and with borders of cash designs, waves and flowerheads; the insides embellished with a kaleidoscope of butterflies and clouds of gilt dots, the base with further butterflies, 6.1cm x 6cm x 13.8cm. (2) £500-800 32 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

64 65 A JAPANESE SATSUMA DISH BY KINSUI FOR THE KINKOZAN A JAPANESE SATSUMA DISH BY KINSUI FOR THE KINKOZAN WORKSHOP WORKSHOP MEIJI PERIOD, C.1900 MEIJI PERIOD, C.1900 Decorated in polychrome enamels and gilt, with a central foliate panel Decorated in polychrome enamels and gilt, with a central foliate panel enclosing travellers by a pavilion on the shores of a river; the figures wearing enclosing three birds by a large flowering chrysanthemum and with further ornate garments, one beauty and her companion with wide-brimmed hats; blooms around them, a red seal mark for Kinsui in the lower right corner; all another traveller a samurawashi (monkey trainer) with his pet by his side, with reserved on a deep blue ground embellished with many flower sprays in gilt, a flowering prunus tree behind them, all reserved on a deep blue ground the reverse with a stamped mark for Kinkozan zo enclosed in a gilt rectangle, embellished with many flower sprays in gilt, a red seal mark for Kinsui; the 20.6cm. reverse with a stamped mark for Kinkozan zo enclosed in a gilt rectangle, and a paper label for Kinkozan Kyoto n.5414, 20.1cm. £500-800 £600-1,000 signature signature signature signature signature 33

two views 66 A JAPANESE SATSUMA VASE BY KINKOZAN MEIJI PERIOD, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY The elegant baluster body delicately painted with two large panels enclosing beauties and children in luxuriant gardens, and two men engaged in conversation behind them; the figures wearing elegant garments richly decorated with gilt; the reverse with chickens amongst chrysanthemums, morning glories, daisies, wisteria and other flowers, with two fanciful birds in flight above, one with long tail feathers; all reserved on a navy-blue ground embellished with dense brocade patterns featuring dragons and ho-o birds in gilt and polychrome enamels, the base with an impressed mark and a gilt seal, both reading Kinkozan zo, 23.3cm. £1,500-2,500 67 signature on base signature on side A VERY LARGE AND IMPRESSIVE SATSUMA VASE BY KAIZAN MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY The baluster body raised on a short flared foot, delicately painted in polychrome enamels and gilt with two large rectangular panels, one side with beauties and children in a mountainous river landscape, the figures wearing ornate garments and one holding an open fan inscribed Kyoto Kaizan; the reverse with many armour-clad warriors, one standing upright on a veranda and two others bowing before him; all reserved on a dark navy-blue ground embellished with complex brocade patterns, mon (family crests), stiff leaves, key fret, flowerheads and other formal designs, signed in a rectangular cartouche underneath Kaizan sei under the Shimazu mon, 45.5cm. £5,000-8,000 34 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

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FROM THE COLLECTION OF LOTS 68-110 Masaaki ‘Gas’ Kimishima 君島 正晃 (d.2020) was born in Japan and later moved to the UK, where he lived for nearly thirty years. After various careers including working as a fashion designer and art dealer, he started making pottery following a meeting with ceramicist and magazine editor Murray Fieldhouse (1925-2018). His encounter with master potter Michio Furutani (1946-2000) in Shigaraki in 1992 also had a deep effect on his art, and he then decided to specialise in the ancient techniques and kilns of Japan. Gas became a respected wood-fire potter, establishing his studio in England and building several anagama (cave) kilns in Tring, Hertfordshire. Throughout his career, he took part in many events including the International Ceramics Festival in Aberystwyth (July 2015), for which he built a small anagama kiln, which he named ‘Draig Oriog’ (The Moody Dragon). His collection was purchased over the years in Japan and reflects his interest for blue and white porcelain and Japanese studio pottery. Gas in front of one of his kilns, c.2013 Gas’s design for ‘Draig Oriog’ (The Moody Dragon) kiln built in 2015 for the International Ceramics Festival, Aberystwyth, Wales. 36 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

68 A LARGE JAPANESE ARITA BLUE AND WHITE DISH EDO PERIOD, LATE 17TH CENTURY Decorated in underglaze blue with three leafy sprays to the well, the cavetto with a border of chrysanthemum and peonies, the rim painted with a band of waves; the reverse with scrolling tendrils and a Chinese six-character mark reading Da Ming Chenghua nian zhi, 31.4cm. £200-400 Provenance: from the collection of the late Gas Kimishima, wood-fire potter and specialist in the ancient kilns of Japan, purchased in Japan and thence by descent. Gas established his studio in England and built his own anagama kiln in Tring, Hertfordshire. 69 A PAIR OF LARGE JAPANESE ARITA BLUE AND WHITE DISHES MEIJI OR LATER, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY Both delicately painted in underglaze blue with dense patterns of formal lotus flowers and leafy tendrils, each with four ho-o birds in flight on the cavetto and with a border of flowerheads in lozenges to the foliate rim, the undersides with karakusa scrolls; together with a fitted tomobako wood box, the lid inscribed, each dish approx. 47.2cm. (3) £800-1,200 Provenance: from the collection of the late Gas Kimishima, wood-fire potter and specialist in the ancient kilns of Japan, purchased in Japan and thence by descent. Gas established his studio in England and built his own anagama kiln in Tring, Hertfordshire. 37

70 A SET OF FIVE JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE KRAAK-STYLE DISHES EDO PERIOD, 17TH CENTURY All typically decorated with a central panel enclosing a stylised cricket on a rock amongst vegetation, bordered with panels of flowers and auspicious symbols, two with kintsugi gold lacquer repairs, all approx. 14.5cm. (5) £200-300 Provenance: from the collection of the late Gas Kimishima, wood-fire potter and specialist in the ancient kilns of Japan, purchased in Japan and thence by descent. Gas established his studio in England and built his own anagama kiln in Tring, Hertfordshire. 71 A SET OF FIVE JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE DISHES EDO PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY The foliate dishes with brown-edged rims, each decorated with a central medallion enclosing a man on a small boat with the moon above, with lines of calligraphy to the rim and cavetto, possibly from the Chinese poem ‘Ode to the Red Cliff’, the bases with the same stylised character, all approx. 15cm. (5) £200-300 Provenance: from the collection of the late Gas Kimishima, wood-fire potter and specialist in the ancient kilns of Japan, purchased in Japan and thence by descent. Gas established his studio in England and built his own anagama kiln in Tring, Hertfordshire. 72 FIVE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE SHALLOW BOWLS QING DYNASTY Possibly ko-sometsuke pieces made for the Japanese market, each painted to the well with a small bird in flight above stylised bamboo, with the moon and scrolling clouds to the sides; each painted to the reverse with the Three Friends of Winter, prunus, bamboo and pine; all with a mark reading Da Ming Chenghua nian zhi to the reverse, all approx. 13.9cm. (5) £300-500 Provenance: from the collection of the late Gas Kimishima, wood-fire potter and specialist in the ancient kilns of Japan, purchased in Japan and thence by descent. Gas established his studio in England and built his own anagama kiln in Tring, Hertfordshire. 73 A SET OF SIX SMALL JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE DISHES (MUKOZUKE) EDO PERIOD, 18TH OR 19TH CENTURY The foliate dishes with brown-edged rims and decorated in underglaze blue with the same design featuring pine trees before Mount Fuji, all approx. 10.2cm. (6) PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. £150-250 Provenance: from the collection of the late Gas Kimishima, wood-fire potter and specialist in the ancient kilns of Japan, purchased in Japan and thence by descent. Gas established his studio in England and built his own anagama kiln in Tring, Hertfordshire. 38 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

74 FIVE SMALL JAPANESE ARITA BLUE AND WHITE DISHES (MUKOZUKE) EDO PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY Each with a scalloped brown-edged rim, all decorated with a moulded design of a farmer attending to two small elephants in a bamboo grove, with lines of calligraphy to the side, each dish with a fuku seal mark to the base in a double ring, all approx. 10.6cm. (5) £200-300 Provenance: from the collection of the late Gas Kimishima, wood-fire potter and specialist in the ancient kilns of Japan, purchased in Japan and thence by descent. Gas established his studio in England and built his own anagama kiln in Tring, Hertfordshire. Cf. The Kyushu Ceramic Museum, Complete Catalogue of Shibata Collection, no.3379, for another related dish with moulded decoration, which the authors dated to c.1750-80. 75 FIVE SMALL JAPANESE ARITA BLUE AND WHITE DISHES (MUKOZUKE) EDO PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY Moulded with two rows of petals to the cavetto, each decorated to the well with a medallion enclosing a crane in flight above tall grasses, each with a brown-edged rim and the underside left undecorated, all approx. 10.5cm. (5) £200-300 Provenance: from the collection of the late Gas Kimishima, wood-fire potter and specialist in the ancient kilns of Japan, purchased in Japan and thence by descent. Gas established his studio in England and built his own anagama kiln in Tring, Hertfordshire. 76 A SET OF FIVE JAPANESE MOULDED BLUE AND WHITE DISHES EDO PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY Each dish modelled as a shell, all decorated with the same design of two cranes in flight amongst scrolling clouds and with a large daikon and flowerheads to the side, with brown-edged rims, 15.2cm. (5) £200-300 Provenance: from the collection of the late Gas Kimishima, wood-fire potter and specialist in the ancient kilns of Japan, purchased in Japan and thence by descent. Gas established his studio in England and built his own anagama kiln in Tring, Hertfordshire. 77 A SET OF FIVE JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE DISHES EDO PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY All decorated in underglaze blue with the same auspicious design of the shochikubai (bamboo, prunus and pine), all approx. 18.3cm. (5) £200-300 Provenance: from the collection of the late Gas Kimishima, wood-fire potter and specialist in the ancient kilns of Japan, purchased in Japan and thence by descent. Gas established his studio in England and built his own anagama kiln in Tring, Hertfordshire. 39

78 79 80 81 78 79 A SET OF FIVE JAPANESE RECTANGULAR DISHES A SET OF FIVE SMALL JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE DISHES EDO OR MEIJI PERIOD, 18TH OR 19TH CENTURY (MUKOZUKE) MEIJI OR LATER, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY All decorated in underglaze blue, gilt and polychrome enamels with the same design, each with a central panel enclosing flowers, leaves and books The diamond-shaped dishes decorated in underglaze blue, each painted to on a ground of scrolling waves, bordered by flowering prunus branches and the well with a landscape featuring stylised huts and vegetation by a lake, chrysanthemums, all painted with further sprays of flowers to the reverse with two sailboats visible in the distance, 17.2cm max. (5) and with details highlighted in gilt, 17.8cm max. (5) £200-300 £200-400 Provenance: from the collection of the late Gas Kimishima, wood-fire potter and Provenance: from the collection of the late Gas Kimishima, wood-fire potter and specialist in the ancient kilns of Japan, purchased in Japan and thence by descent. specialist in the ancient kilns of Japan, purchased in Japan and thence by descent. Gas established his studio in England and built his own anagama kiln in Tring, Gas established his studio in England and built his own anagama kiln in Tring, Hertfordshire. Hertfordshire. 80 81 A SET OF SIX JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE DISHES A SET OF FIVE JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE DISHES PROBABLY MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY MEIJI OR LATER, 20TH CENTURY All decorated with the same pattern of a stylised crane amongst bulrushes Each dish moulded as a makimono, the horizontal scroll opening to reveal a and other tall grasses, one with a kintsugi gold lacquer repair to the rim, all design of six cranes resting amongst tall grasses by a stream, all painted to approx. 20.5cm. (6) the reverse with stylised mountains, constellations, clouds and dragons, all approx. 18.7cm. (5) £200-400 £200-400 Provenance: from the collection of the late Gas Kimishima, wood-fire potter and specialist in the ancient kilns of Japan, purchased in Japan and thence by descent. Provenance: from the collection of the late Gas Kimishima, wood-fire potter and Gas established his studio in England and built his own anagama kiln in Tring, specialist in the ancient kilns of Japan, purchased in Japan and thence by descent. Hertfordshire. Gas established his studio in England and built his own anagama kiln in Tring, Hertfordshire. 40 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

82 83 84 85 82 83 TWO JAPANESE ARITA BLUE AND WHITE DISHES TWO LARGE JAPANESE ARITA BLUE AND WHITE DISHES MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY Both decorated in underglaze blue; the first depicting a tiger baring its fangs Both decorated in underglaze blue; the first depicting a crane wading and standing four-square in a bamboo grove; the other with pine trees before amongst tall grasses, with scrolling wisps of mist and lotus behind it; the Mount Fuji on a cracked-ice ground, 31cm and 28cm respectively. (2) other with a large carp on a cracked-ice background, both with karakusa scrolls to the underside, 35.8cm and 31cm respectively. (2) £200-300 £200-300 Provenance: from the collection of the late Gas Kimishima, wood-fire potter and specialist in the ancient kilns of Japan, purchased in Japan and thence by descent. Provenance: from the collection of the late Gas Kimishima, wood-fire potter and Gas established his studio in England and built his own anagama kiln in Tring, specialist in the ancient kilns of Japan, purchased in Japan and thence by descent. Hertfordshire. Gas established his studio in England and built his own anagama kiln in Tring, Hertfordshire. 84 TWO JAPANESE BLUE AND WHTE BOWLS 85 EDO OR MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY TWO LARGE JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE BOWLS EDO PERIOD OR LATER, 18TH OR 19TH CENTURY Both decorated in underglaze blue; the first possibly a spittoon painted to the well with a mountainous river landscape and a shaped panel enclosing The largest painted to the well with a circular mountainous river landscape flowers, the foot painted with lotus and scrolling tendrils; the other bowl with within a border of scrolling tendrils and stylised flowers and butterflies, the a carp to the centre and a celadon-coloured cavetto, the reverse with chidori reverse with further butterflies and waves; the other bowl decorated to the in flight above waves, 16.9cm and 20.1cm respectively. (2) centre with a scholar on a bridge gazing at the moon, with thatched huts to the side and branches of maple above; the exterior with further landscapes, £200-300 28cm and 25.3cm respectively. (2) Provenance: from the collection of the late Gas Kimishima, wood-fire potter and £200-300 specialist in the ancient kilns of Japan, purchased in Japan and thence by descent. Gas established his studio in England and built his own anagama kiln in Tring, Provenance: from the collection of the late Gas Kimishima, wood-fire potter and Hertfordshire. specialist in the ancient kilns of Japan, purchased in Japan and thence by descent. Gas established his studio in England and built his own anagama kiln in Tring, Hertfordshire. 41

86 TWO JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE PIECES MEIJI AND LATER, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY Both decorated in underglaze blue, the first a scalloped bowl painted to the well with a long-eared hare curling up amongst tall grasses, with a brown-edged rim and the underside left undecorated; together with a tokkuri embellished with flower sprays, 15cm and 22.5cm respectively. (2) £200-300 Provenance: from the collection of the late Gas Kimishima, wood-fire potter and specialist in the ancient kilns of Japan, purchased in Japan and thence by descent. Gas established his studio in England and built his own anagama kiln in Tring, Hertfordshire. 87 TWO JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE BOTTLES (TOKKURI) MEIJI OR LATER, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY The largest of bulbous shape, decorated with lines of calligraphy in underglaze blue; the other of double-gourd shape and painted with a continuous river landscape, with a thatched hut nestled amongst rocky outcrops, the base with a square seal mark in underglaze blue for Kutani, 27cm and 18.5cm respectively. (2) £200-400 Provenance: from the collection of the late Gas Kimishima, wood-fire potter and specialist in the ancient kilns of Japan, purchased in Japan and thence by descent. Gas established his studio in England and built his own anagama kiln in Tring, Hertfordshire. 88 THREE JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE BOWLS EDO OR MEIJI PERIOD, 18TH OR 19TH CENTURY All with underglaze blue decoration, the largest with a foliate rim and painted to the well with two minogame to one side and a bird in flight to the other, the reverse with further birds and waves; another bowl with kintsugi gold lacquer repair and painted with bats, waves and chidori; the third with a mountainous river landscape, butterflies, birds and brocade patterns, 27.5cm max. (3) £300-500 Provenance: from the collection of the late Gas Kimishima, wood-fire potter and specialist in the ancient kilns of Japan, purchased in Japan and thence by descent. Gas established his studio in England and built his own anagama kiln in Tring, Hertfordshire. 42 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

89 A JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE VASE MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY The bulbous body decorated in underglaze blue with a continuous river landscape, with mountains in the distance and small buildings nestled amongst the trees, two figures standing before a hut and with sampans and sailboats to the side, 26cm. £300-500 Provenance: from the collection of the late Gas Kimishima, wood-fire potter and specialist in the ancient kilns of Japan, purchased in Japan and thence by descent. Gas established his studio in England and built his own anagama kiln in Tring, Hertfordshire. 90 A JAPANESE FOUR-TIER PORCELAIN PICNIC BOX (SAGEJUBAKO) MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY Consisting of four stackable trays and a square lid, the sides decorated in underglaze blue with a continuous design of birds perched and flying amongst flowering branches of prunus and peony, the cover with two further birds and a kintsugi gold lacquer repair, 26.8cm overall. (5) £200-300 Provenance: from the collection of the late Gas Kimishima, wood-fire potter and specialist in the ancient kilns of Japan, purchased in Japan and thence by descent. Gas established his studio in England and built his own anagama kiln in Tring, Hertfordshire. 91 A JAPANESE FOOTED BOWL EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY The deep bowl raised on a tall foot, painted in underglaze blue and coloured enamels with two men chasing a gigantic rat on the inside, one hunter riding the rodent backwards and holding a knife whilst the other tries to cling onto its tail; the exterior with another man carrying a blade and running after two other giant rats, 13.5cm. £400-600 Provenance: from the collection of the late Gas Kimishima, wood-fire potter and specialist in the ancient kilns of Japan, purchased in Japan and thence by descent. Gas established his studio in England and built his own anagama kiln in Tring, Hertfordshire. Cf. The Kyushu Ceramic Museum, Complete Catalogue of Shibata Collection, no.3940, for another humorous bowl with the same foot shape and rim decoration, which the authors dated to c.1800-1840. 43

92 95 A JAPANESE OHAGURO-TSUBO JAR A JAPANESE NAESHIROGAWA JUG EDO OR LATER, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY PROBABLY MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY The ovoid body with a short everted rim, the surface with The bulbous body with a slightly flared neck and a short a natural ash glaze and cream-coloured mottling on the spout applied to the side, the surface a dark shade of olive reddish ground, 19.8cm. green, 19.5cm. £200-300 £200-300 Provenance: from the collection of the late Gas Kimishima, 96 wood-fire potter and specialist in the ancient kilns of Japan, TWO JAPANESE VASES purchased in Japan and thence by descent. Gas established MEIJI OR LATER, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY his studio in England and built his own anagama kiln in Tring, Hertfordshire. The first an example of Iga ware, with a tall cylindrical body and a cream-coloured glaze dripping from the rim 93 on the light orange ground; the other a bottle with an A SMALL SHIGARAKI UZUKUMARU JAR ovoid shape and a tall everted neck, 25.7cm and 31cm MEIJI PERIOD OR EARLIER, 19TH CENTURY respectively. (2) The small bulbous body with a short neck and an everted £300-500 rim, decorated with a band of crosses incised on the shoulder, with a mottled grey glaze dripping from the top, Provenance: from the collection of the late Gas Kimishima, the body underneath a reddish-brown colour, inscribed wood-fire potter and specialist in the ancient kilns of Japan, underneath, 14.5cm. purchased in Japan and thence by descent. Gas established his studio in England and built his own anagama kiln in £150-250 Tring, Hertfordshire. Provenance: from the collection of the late Gas Kimishima, 97 wood-fire potter and specialist in the ancient kilns of Japan, TWO JAPANESE BIZEN BOTTLE VASES purchased in Japan and thence by descent. Gas established EDO OR MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY his studio in England and built his own anagama kiln in Tring, Hertfordshire. The first of tall cylindrical shape with a flared rim, one side with an indentation and with natural ash glaze; the 94 other of bulbous shape with a tall neck, the surface a dark TWO JAPANESE OHAGURO-TSUBO ECHIZEN JARS chocolate-brown, 28.8cm and 23.6cm respectively. (2) PROBABLY EDO PERIOD, 18TH OR 19TH CENTURY £300-500 Both with a brown body, the largest with two small handles applied to the shoulder, the other vessel with a Provenance: from the collection of the late Gas Kimishima, metal ring for suspension to the back, 15cm and 12cm wood-fire potter and specialist in the ancient kilns of Japan, respectively. (2) purchased in Japan and thence by descent. Gas established his studio in England and built his own anagama kiln in Tring, £200-300 Hertfordshire. Provenance: from the collection of the late Gas Kimishima, wood-fire potter and specialist in the ancient kilns of Japan, purchased in Japan and thence by descent. Gas established his studio in England and built his own anagama kiln in Tring, Hertfordshire. 44 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

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98 A JAPANESE BIZEN STONEWARE BOTTLE (TOKKURI) MEIJI OR LATER, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY The bulbous body with a flattened side featuring a depiction of Hotei, the God of Good Fortune in low relief; with two crimped bands running down the sides, 23.7cm. £200-300 Provenance: from the collection of the late Gas Kimishima, wood-fire potter and specialist in the ancient kilns of Japan, purchased in Japan and thence by descent. Gas established his studio in England and built his own anagama kiln in Tring, Hertfordshire. 99 A JAPANESE MINO BOTTLE VASE (TOKKURI) EDO OR LATER, 19TH CENTURY 98 The bulbous body with a tall neck and a slightly everted rim, the sides with a mottled chocolate-brown glaze, 24.5cm. £200-300 Provenance: from the collection of the late Gas Kimishima, wood-fire potter and specialist in the ancient kilns of Japan, purchased in Japan and thence by descent. Gas established his studio in England and built his own anagama kiln in Tring, Hertfordshire. 100 A SET OF FOUR JAPANESE BOWLS EDO OR EARLIER, 19TH CENTURY Each with an irregular conical shape and the surface peppered with grit, all approx. 14.5cm. (4) PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. £100-200 Provenance: from the collection of the late Gas Kimishima, wood-fire potter and specialist in the ancient kilns of Japan, purchased in Japan and thence by descent. Gas established his studio in England and built his own anagama kiln in Tring, Hertfordshire. 101 THREE JAPANESE STONEWARE VESSELS MEIJI OR EARLIER, 19TH CENTURY OR EARLIER One with a lustrous olive-green glaze, the two others with a rough unglazed surface, 21.5cm max. (3) PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. £200-400 Provenance: from the collection of the late Gas Kimishima, wood-fire potter and specialist in the ancient kilns of Japan, purchased in Japan and thence by descent. Gas established his studio in England and built his own anagama kiln in Tring, Hertfordshire. 99 100 101 46 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

102 A JAPANESE BIZEN STONEWARE SAKE BOTTLE (TOKKURI) MEIJI OR LATER, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY The tall pear-shaped bottle with a flattened side, the surface a mottled chocolate-brown and the misshapen side lightly scratched with stylised characters, a small impressed circular seal mark underneath, 29.5cm. £200-300 Provenance: from the collection of the late Gas Kimishima, wood-fire potter and specialist in the ancient kilns of Japan, purchased in Japan and thence by descent. Gas established his studio in England and built his own anagama kiln in Tring, Hertfordshire. 102 two views 103 103 A JAPANESE TANBA STORAGE JAR PROBABLY EDO, 19TH CENTURY 104 The tall ovoid body with a cream-coloured glaze dripping from the shoulder on the 47 chocolate-brown ground, the rim with kintsugi gold lacquer repairs, 37.5cm. £200-300 Provenance: from the collection of the late Gas Kimishima, wood-fire potter and specialist in the ancient kilns of Japan, purchased in Japan and thence by descent. Gas established his studio in England and built his own anagama kiln in Tring, Hertfordshire. 104 A JAPANESE SETO OR SHIGARAKI SAKE BOTTLE (TOKKURI) PROBABLY EDO, 18TH CENTURY The cylindrical body raised on a short foot and with a slender neck, the sides with four indentations and decorated with tenmoku-style russet-coloured drips on the mottled chocolate-brown ground, 23cm. £200-400 Provenance: from the collection of the late Gas Kimishima, wood-fire potter and specialist in the ancient kilns of Japan, purchased in Japan and thence by descent. Gas established his studio in England and built his own anagama kiln in Tring, Hertfordshire.

105 108 A JAPANESE SHIGARAKI OKIMONO OF A TANUKI A JAPANESE SOMA WARE CHAWAN (TEA BOWL) ON A MOKUGYO PROBABLY SHOWA, 20TH CENTURY MODERN, 20TH CENTURY Of cylindrical form, the lower half an earthy brown colour The racoon-dog depicted clambering upon a giant temple and moulded with organic shapes, the upper half moulded bell, wearing monk’s robes and holding a hossu fly-whisk in with studs and with a suspension ring in low relief, the its left paw, 19.5cm. front with a prancing horse, some details highlighted in gilt, the base with a four-character Somayaki mark, PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED 10.2cm. WITHOUT RESERVE. PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED £200-300 WITHOUT RESERVE. Provenance: from the collection of the late Gas Kimishima, £80-120 wood-fire potter and specialist in the ancient kilns of Japan, purchased in Japan and thence by descent. Gas established Provenance: from the collection of the late Gas Kimishima, his studio in England and built his own anagama kiln in Tring, wood-fire potter and specialist in the ancient kilns of Japan, Hertfordshire. purchased in Japan and thence by descent. Gas established his studio in England and built his own anagama kiln in Tring, 106 Hertfordshire. A JAPANESE GREEN-GLAZED FIGURE OF FUKUROKUJU 109 MODERN, 20TH CENTURY A SMALL JAPANESE KUTANI MODEL OF A CAT MEIJI PERIOD OR LATER, 20TH CENTURY The God of Good Fortune typically depicted with an elongated forehead, wearing lose robes and with his hands The small feline depicted fast asleep, its coat with black neatly tucked in his sleeves, the surface with a mottled and light orange patches amongst the white fur, a red olive-green glaze, a seal mark in an oblong reserve at the ribbon tied up around its neck, raised on a modern back, 24.8cm. associated wood stand, the cat 19cm. (2) PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED £150-250 WITHOUT RESERVE. Provenance: from the collection of the late Gas Kimishima, £200-300 wood-fire potter and specialist in the ancient kilns of Japan, purchased in Japan and thence by descent. Gas established Provenance: from the collection of the late Gas Kimishima, his studio in England and built his own anagama kiln in Tring, wood-fire potter and specialist in the ancient kilns of Japan, Hertfordshire. purchased in Japan and thence by descent. Gas established his studio in England and built his own anagama kiln in Tring, 110 Hertfordshire. FOUR JAPANESE BAMBOO IKEBANA VASES OR BASKETS 107 20TH CENTURY OR EARLIER TWO TALL JAPANESE BAMBOO BASKETS, HANAKAGO Of various shapes, three made from numerous bamboo MEIJI OR TAISHO, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY strips woven into intricate patterns, the fourth made of a single strip bent in half, a cylindrical lacquer container For ikebana (traditional flower arrangement), both with a inside; each piece with a loop to the side to be used as a cylindrical body and a tall loop handle, one bi-colour and wall vase, 21.5cm max. (5) plaited in a free-style technique, with a liner made of a section of bamboo; the other with regular woven patterns, £200-300 46cm and 39cm respectively. (2) Provenance: from the collection of the late Gas Kimishima, £200-300 wood-fire potter and specialist in the ancient kilns of Japan, purchased in Japan and thence by descent. Gas established Provenance: from the collection of the late Gas Kimishima, his studio in England and built his own anagama kiln in Tring, wood-fire potter and specialist in the ancient kilns of Japan, Hertfordshire. purchased in Japan and thence by descent. Gas established his studio in England and built his own anagama kiln in Tring, Hertfordshire. 48 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices