A Large Japanese Imari Porcelain Covered Ginger Jar

A rare pair of English porcelain double-handled polychromed porcelain urns with classical figures; marked "S.A. & Co." (Smith Ambrose and Co. Burslem, England); each finely decorated...

A good quality Paris porcelain polychromed double-handled cache pot or jardiniere; the cup-shaped bowl raised on a flared foot; with a hand-painted band of floral stems and fruit wit...

each of shapely lamp with a nod to Chinese ceramic ginger jars composed of a luminous crackle-glass; all resting on gold painted wooden bases; height: 15.75" (top of glass) 26" (top ...

A good pair of French blue and white tin-glazed faience pitchers or ewers; probably Rouen; each with curvaceous opening with pinched lip above a cup-shaped body attached to a loop ha...

Late 19th century blue & white porcelain covered ginger jar, Chinese. Qing Dynasty. Double happiness symbols; scrolling vines & snow pea flowers surround the Happiness characters. Co...

A fine pair of antique Japanese Imari porcelains demitasse coffee or tea cups & saucers. In the 'Black Ship' pattern. Decorated throughout with painted depictions of Western sailors and their ships in reds, blues, and greens with extensive gilt accents throughout. The centers of the cups and saucers each have a stylized gilt kanji for longevity (寿). The bases of both cups & saucers have apocryphal Chinese reign marks for the Ming Dynasty of the Chenghua period (太明成化年製). Black Ships (黒船, kurofune) was a name used for Western sea vessels arriving in Japan from the 16th - 19th Century. The name originated from the very first Portuguese vessels to trade with the Japanese ca. 1543 had hulls painted black. When the expedition of Matthew Commodore Perry in 1853 forcibly ended Japan's self-imposed isolationist sakoku (鎖国, lit. "locked country") period, his steam-powered warships inspired fear in the Japanese populace with their coal fueled black smoke. Subsequently, the Black Ships became symbolic of the end of Japan's isolationist period. Simply a wonderful set of antique Arita...

A Japanese Imari hand painted porcelain bowl possibly for presenting cooked rice at a celebration. It appears to be styled after a sushi oke, a wooden tub u...

Introducing a remarkable Japanese 19th-century lidded Imari vase, a true testament to the artistry and craftsmanship of the Edo period. This exquisite piece features a stunning dog o...