A SMALL COLLECTION OF JAPANESE PORCELAIN PIECES

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)

Provenance: from an English private collection, London.