18th Century Japanese Foliate Rimmed Bowl

17th Century blue and white bowl from Hatcher Cargo with the exterior freely painted with two stylised flowering orchid plants and a dragonfly. Chenghua six-character mark. This bo...

Pair of 17th Century blue and white covered bowls from the Hatcher Collection painted with a river landscape. The bowls are shaped with steeply rounded sides, painted with a continuo...

A very good late 19th century Imari bowl from Japan that's decorated at the bottom with a signature.

On offer is a rare ceramic bowl with overglazed design by the famed Japanese ceramic artist Makuzu Kozan (1842-1916), circa 1906-1916. The bowl is rather unusual from the potter's repertoire with its unique glaze colors and decoration, and it likely belonged to a small series that Kozan made in and after 1906. A bowl of similar glaze and nearly identical dragon motif was recorded as a diplomatic present to the British royalty Arthur Connaught (1883-1932) when he represented King Gorge V in Japan in 1906. Other pieces, such as this bowl, were likely made with similar materials and designs afterwards. Essentially round in form, the bowl has a generous volume with six harmonious lobes. The bottom of the interior showcases a coiled dragon in red, green and gold slithering on a cobalt blue background. The roundel shares an echoing lobed perimeter, which is further outlined by red and turquois bands and rising sun design. The exterior of the bowl features six stylized Japanese camellias...