A LARGE COLLECTION OF DOLL'S HOUSE PORCELAIN MINIATURES

A LARGE COLLECTION OF DOLL'S HOUSE PORCELAIN MINIATURES
MOSTLY MEIJI (1868-1912)

Comprising: six Satsuma pieces, decorated with beauties and flowers; and many Hirado and Arita blue and white miniatures in a wide variety of shapes, including twenty-two boxes and covers, saucers, bowls, models of hibachi, bottles and others; variously painted with flowers, figures, landscapes and formal designs; together with a number of Continental porcelain miniatures, 7.7cm max. (approx. 190)

Provenance: from the Estate of a Collector, Heath House, Hampshire, and thence by descent. By repute, acquired in Asia at the turn of the 19th century.