Ceramics

  • Ottoman Damascus Calligraphic Border Tile

    Ottoman Damascus Calligraphic Border Tile

    Ottoman Damascus Calligraphic Border Tile

    10644 An Ottoman Damascus calligraphic border tile, a blue scalloped border with a turquoise line, the blue script “Muhammad peace be” (upon him) on a background of tendrils and flowerheads. Left corner re-stuck.

    Syria, Damascus

    1650-1700

    Height: 7.5 ins (19 cms)

    Width: 9 ins (23 cms)                                                  £1,800

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  • Ottoman Damascus Tile

    Ottoman Damascus Tile

    Ottoman Damascus Tile

    10662 An Ottoman Damascus tile decorated with carnations and jasmine on a deep blue background, with an apple green border of scrolling palmettes. Reduced in height to fit scheme but otherwise intact.

    Ottoman

    1580

    Height: 7 ins (17.6 cms)

    Width: 9.75 cms (24.5 cms)                          £2,400

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  • Large Ottoman Damascus Tile

    Large Ottoman Damascus Tile

    Large Ottoman Damascus Tile

    10761 A large Ottoman Damascus tile, an eight-headed flower medallion within a lobed border, with flower spandrels to the corners, decorated in blue and green with black outlines. Hairline crack. In later oak frame.

     

    Ottoman Damascus

    Circa 1650

     

    10.5 ins (26.5 cms)²

    Thickness: 1 inch (3 cms)

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  • Deruta Maiolica Bust of Rudolf II of Bohemia

    Deruta Maiolica Bust of Rudolf II of Bohemia

    Deruta Maiolica Bust of Rudolf II of Bohemia

    10711 A Deruta maiolica bust of Rudolf II of Bohemia, Holy Roman Emperor (1552-1612), portrayed as a young man, wearing a laurel wreath and parade armour, on an integral tall, circular pedestal inscribed RADOLPVS. Old restoration to the chest.

     

    Italian, Deruta

    1620

     

    Height: 12.25 ins (31 cms)                                          £4,000

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  • Deruta Maiolica Bust of Cleopatra

    Deruta Maiolica Bust of Cleopatra

    Deruta Maiolica Bust of Cleopatra

    10712 A Deruta polychrome maiolica bust on pedestal representing Cleopatra, her hair tied with a diadem, her features clearly drawn, wearing a necklace and formally dressed, on a tall pedestal inscribed COLPATRIA. Fine condition, intact. Provenance: Chavaillon Collection.

    Italian, Deruta

    1600

    Height: 12.25 ins (31 cms)                                          £4,000

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  • French Renaissance Revival Terracotta Tile

    French Renaissance Revival Terracotta Tile

    French Renaissance Revival Terracotta Tile

    10769 French Renaissance revival rectangular terracotta tile, finely painted with a woodland scene en grisaille in a strapwork frame with satyr supports incorporating initials ‘GBE’, cartouches and festoons of fruit and vegetables, within a cobalt blue border.

     

    French

    1880-1900

     

     

    Height: 17.5 ins (44 cms)

    Width: 12.25 ins (31 cms)                                          £950

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  • Large Ottoman Iznik Dish

    Large Ottoman Iznik Dish

    Large Ottoman Iznik Dish

    10604 A large Ottoman Iznik dish decorated with saz leaves, painted on a white ground with a central scrolling leaf surrounded with tulips, carnations and stylised flower heads, the border with foaming waves and rocks, the back with small flower heads below a painted wavy rim border, the raised foot rim pierced for suspension. Restored, broken into four pieces.

    Private European collection.

     

    Ottoman Turkey, Iznik

    1600-1620

     

    Diameter: 13.5 ins (34 cms)                                             £7,000

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  • Pair of Japanese Arita Actor Figures

    Pair of Japanese Arita Actor Figures

    Pair of Japanese Arita Actor Figures

    10726 A pair of Japanese Arita male actor figures, wearing hats and black kimono with iron red details, and holding open fans, enclosed bases and with small vent holes on the back.

     

    Japanese, Arita kilns

    1700-1730

     

    Height: 6.25 ins (16 cms)                                        SOLD

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  • Pair of Chinese Export Qianlong Lion Candle Holders

    Pair of Chinese Export Qianlong Lion Candle Holders

    Pair of Chinese Export Qianlong Lion Candle Holders

    10616 A pair of Chinese export Qianlong period crouching lion candle holders, the smiling faces decorated in puce with green bodies, the candle holders replaced with European turned and painted wooden nozzles.

     

    Chinese

    1760-1800

     

    Height: 4.75 ins (12 cms)

    Width: 5.75 ins (14.5 cms)                                          £3,200

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  • Large Octagonal Blue and White Arita Vase

    Large Octagonal Blue and White Arita Vase

    Large Octagonal Blue and White Arita Vase

    10702 A Large Japanese Arita blue and white octagonal vase, the body decorated with phoenixes among flowering peony bushes, the shoulder painted with a fan motif, the neck rim with Buddhistic symbols, on a raised circular foot rim.

     

    Japanese

    1670 – 1690

     

    Height: 17.25 ins (44 cms)                                          £4,500

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  • Pair of Japanese Arita Ovoid Vases

    Pair of Japanese Arita Ovoid Vases

    Pair of Japanese Arita Ovoid Vases

    10695 A pair of Japanese Arita blue and white ovoid vases and covers, decorated in Wanli style with three panels of flower bushes reserved on a strapwork background, lappet shoulders, the domed lids with floral design and knop finials. The lids cracked, bodies intact.

     

    1680

     

    Height: 14.75 ins (37.5 cms)                               £5,500

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  • Pair of Dutch Mounted Japanese Imari Ewers

    Pair of Dutch Mounted Japanese Imari Ewers

    Pair of Dutch Mounted Japanese Imari Ewers

    10576 A pair of Dutch mounted Japanese Imari soy ewers, the bodies decorated with chrysanthemum and peony bushes marked with ‘S’ in a roundel, the handle and spout with scrolling leaf patterns, the lightly engraved copper gilt mounts with chain links, turned foot rim. Both bodies cracked and professionally restored.

     

    Japanese

    1700-1720

     

    Height: 8 ins (20 cms)                                                  £4,000

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  • Pair of Chinese Kangxi Blue and Gilt Vases

    Pair of Chinese Kangxi Blue and Gilt Vases

    Pair of Chinese Kangxi Blue and Gilt Vases

    10583 A pair of Chinese Kangxi blue and gilt Yen Yen vases, the gilt decoration of flowering trees in landscapes rubbed. Turned foot rims, bases unglazed. One neck with old damage restored.

     

    Chinese. Kangxi period

    C 1700

     

    Height: 16 ins (40 cms)                                     £6,500

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  • Matched Pair of Japanese Arita Cockerels

    Matched Pair of Japanese Arita Cockerels

    Matched Pair of Japanese Arita Cockerels

    10499 A matched pair of Japanese Arita cockerels, standing on tree stump bases with mushrooms, pomegranates and small birds, variations to the decoration and modelling. One base cracked and restored, one head re-stuck.

     

    Japanese, Arita

    1680 – 1700

     

    Height: 11.75 ins (30 cms)

    Max width: 8 ins (20 cms)                                     £6,000

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  • Fine Pair of French Regence Mounted Japanese Arita Pots

    Fine Pair of French Regence Mounted Japanese Arita Pots

    Fine Pair of French Regence Mounted Japanese Arita Pots

    10589 A fine pair of French Regence mounted Japanese Arita cache pots, Dutch decorated with birds and flowers in Kakiemon style, with side handles and liners. One vase with restored crack.

     

    Japanese, Arita, the mounts Paris

    1720

     

    Height: 6.5 ins (16.5 cms)                                    £ 9,500

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  • Ottoman Damascus Tile Fragment

    Ottoman Damascus Tile Fragment

    Ottoman Damascus Tile Fragment

    10645 An Ottoman Damascus tile fragment, ‘split arabesque’ pattern finely painted in apple green and blue within black outlines.

     

    Syria, Damascus

    1600

     

    Height: 6.25 ins (16 cms)

    Width: 7.25 ins (18.5 cms)                                          £1,100

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