O^T^AZLOG-TJIB THE FIRST PORTION OF THE COLLECTION OF OLD CHINESE WHOLE-COLOUR, ENAMELLED AND BLUE AND WHITE NANKIN PORCELAIN, Japanese ftoralain & jfamtu, THE PROPERTY OF CAPT. F. BRINKLEY, OF TOKIO, JAPAN: WHICH 312**11 toe £ollr H> Auction U|> Messes. CHRISTIE, MANSON & WOODS, AT TKKIR GREAT ROOMS, 8 KING STREET, ST. JAMES’S SQUARE, On TUESDAY, JULY 27, 1897, J^TsTJD FOLLOWING ID.AFX% AT ONE O’CLOCK PRECISELY. May be viewed Saturday and Monday preceding, and Catalogues had, at Messrs. Christie, Manson and Woods’ Offices, 8 King Street, St. James’s Square, S. W. ___ 7 r US- > CONDITIONS OF SALE. - o - I. THE highest Bidder to be the Buyer; and if any dispute arise between two or more Bidders, the Lot so in dispute shall be immediately put up again and re-sold. IT. No person to advance less than Is.; above Five Pounds, 5s. ; and so on in proportion. III. In the case of Lots upon which there is a reserve, the Auctioneer shall have the right to bid on behalf of the Seller. IV. The Purchasers to give in their Names and Places of Abode, aud to pay down 5s. in the Pound, or more, in part of payment, or the whole of the Purchase-Money, if required; in default of which, the Lot or Lots so purchased to be immediately put up again and re-sold. V. The Lots to be taken away and paid for, whether genuine and authentic or not, with all faults and errors of description, at the Buyer’s expense and risk, within Two days from Hie Sale; Messrs. Christie, Man son and Woods not being responsible for the correct description, genuineness, or authenticity of, or any fault or defect in, any Lot; and making no warranty whatever. VI. To prevent inaccuracy in delivery, and inconvenience in the settlement of the Purchases, no Lot can on any account be removed during the time of Sale; and the remainder of the Purchase-Money must absolutely be paid on the delivery. VII. Upon failure of complying with the above Conditions, the Money deposited in part of payment shall be forfeited; all Lots un¬ cleared within the time aforesaid shall be re-sold by public or private Sale, and the deficiency (if any) attending such re-sale shall be made good by the Defaulter at this Sale. CATALOGUE. First Day’s Sale. On TUESDAY, JULY 27, 1897, AT ONE O’CLOCK PRECISELY. OLD NANKIN. 'r.o i v 2 6*o 3 ^4 /sT° 6 r/Z.Ol m O.o « ,X, * 9 7,£ 10 Most of the following lots have carved and pierced teak wood covers and stands. Sis circular vermilion boxes, painted with dragons, figures and landscapes ^ A vermilion bos, painted with figures in a landscape; a paii of boxes, with landscapes; a water-bottle; a snuff-bottle, with figures and mules ; and one, nearly similar 77 7 ' ^ Six blue and white snuff-bottles Six ditto Six ditto y> y * Six ditto Six ditto Six ditto *$~ r ' Six ditto " Six ditto Seven ditto B 2 4 J, V 12 /y, /f, 0\?> /, J , r 14 t' 15 J* O . & 16 3* /O < on J , o 18 «/% £719 /*/if~ 0 O 20 >2-1 sj , £S7 21 ff , <^22 & •/0 . O 23 /A # x ^ 24 7,0.0 25 A jar, with a view of a monastery —soft paste —7 in. high; jar, decorated with sprays of hydrangea—6J- in. high A barrel-shaped jar, painted in two panels with rocks and prunus, mounted with silver cover ; a vase, with branches of pomegranate, chased silver rim— soft paste —7 in. high ; and a small vas^Avith V/ a figure riding a kylin, silver stopper— soft paste ^ A bottle, painted with grass and wild duck—7^ in. high ; another, of similar form, with a rocky landscape—6£ in. high ; another, ^ larger, with spray of peonies— soft paste —8 in. high ; and a jar,^^^ 1 - with bamboo and chrysanthemums— soft paste —6 in. high A set of three bottles, with open lip, leaf ornament on the nec Yf / bands of flowering asters on the body—15J in. high /€*i A bottle, with rocky landscape—12 in. high ; and a vase, with sages and elephants—104 in. high An oviform jar, painted with the willow pattern—9| in. high—soft paste ; and a barrel-shaped jar and cover, painted with flowers and birds— 124 in. high An inverted pear-shaped jar and cover, painted with branches oif * / , primus—17 in. high ; and one, nearly similar—17^ in. high A jar and cover, of similar form, smaller, painted with ladies and . , . children on a terrace—11 in. high ; and a beaker vase, paint^Aif^i*, with a mountainous landscape with figures—12 in. high An inverted pear-shaped jar and cover, with sprays of flowering prunus—17 in. high An Inverted Pear-Shaped Jar and Coyer, with branches of flowering prunus—17 in. high A bottle, with shaped panels of flowers and landscapes on a powdered , blue ground—8 in. high ; and a beaker, with upright panels of willow pattern on a granulated ground—10 in. high An oviform jar, painted with a rocky river scene — 8 in. high — soft f paste ; and another, similar A 1 air op Inverted Pear-Shaped Jars and Covers, with branc hes /f P ■ J of flowering prunus — 14 in. high A cylindrical jar, painted with ladies in a wood—17 in. high; and a beaker, with a party of warriors in a mountain pass—18 in. high 5 j — A pair of oviform jars, painted with mountainous river scenes -8 in. A / " high—soft paste O 27 A pair, nearly similar—8 in. high—ditto J-, and ring handles— 12b in. high A cylindrical dark celadon jar, entirely covered with conventional // / asters in low relief—10 in. high A slender pear-shaped bottle, of dark maroon colour—9 in. high ; and a bottle, of curious shape, of mottled dark peacock and turquoise-blue, fleur-de-peche on the interior of the lip—9 in. ( high A hottle, with cylindrical handles and four raised ridges, decorated , in relief with key and leaf pattern— soft white paste —8 in. high A turquoise crackle beaker vase, with raised ridges and leaf-orna 7$^ ment in low relief—131> in. high S', a 96 97 K/'T, A celadon bottle, with melons and peonies in low relief, mounted // . with rim of silver chased with peonies—18J in. high ^ ^ An oviform liver-coloured jar—7 in. high—carved and stained^/^^ /i ivory cover and stand A double gourd-shaped splashed fleur-de-peche crimson and green/ crackle bottle—8 in. high A bronze-green jar, with pendant handles—9£ in. high ; and a S? . / barrel-shaped jar, of coarse dark celadon crackle—13 in. high A white pear-shaped bottle, with asters and leaf ornament in low relief— soft paste —15 in. high , mounted with silver neck A jar, of deep mazarin blue—8 in. high ; and a white double gourd¬ shaped bottle, engraved with a coiled dragon and clouds—7f in. high A small mirror-black bottle—5 in. high ; and a small turquoise /< / crackle beaker—6} in. high A small globular water-vessel, of pale celadon, splashed with fleur-de- & peche, mounted with silver rim— in case ; and a larger water?/'' 7 , vessel, of liver colour, slightly stippled with green 10 0 98 A small brilliant coral-coloured bottle—6 in. high —mounted with a silver rim ; and a slender fleur-de-peche vase—6J in. high —mounted with silver foot formed as three birds, meld and silver pierced neck A jar, coffee-coloured ground with flakes of dark green celadon crackle—7 in. high; and a small jar, of pale brown dusteiL J, 0, o 101 tT, 0 102 */7 O 103 /, , o 104 with silver— 5 in. high A pale fleur-de-peche bottle, with fluted base, mounted with stand and double dragon in silver and gold—64 in. high A Slender Bottle, of cream-coloured glaze, engraTCj^wj^j^p— dragons, clouds and flames—15 in. high A liver-coloured jar, with small neck—10 in. high A ditto bottle, with long neck—11J in. high a 105 i, O 106 Z, . & 107 Zn. F * ® 108 F/, O , o 109 J , o 110 //,0-ro^ ✓ /* r , o 112 A celadon bottle, with open lip and ring bandies, peonies in low relief—10 4 in. high ; and a pale mauve bo^tle^mth z. _ depressed lip and small handles—8J in. high A pale celadon oviform jar, with ring handles, bands of key pa^ern in low relief—12 in. high A Brilliant Splashed Sang-de-Bceuf Crackle Vase— -/f/ / 9 in. high A Dark Purple Jar, with heavy shoulder—94 in. high A Slender Vase, of snlasbpd nn.nnr_rlo.Virm-jf crackle, graduatin^^ /^^ /^^ from pale fleur-de-peche—17 in. high Another, nearly similar—16f in. high A Rich Sang-de-Bceuf Pear-Shaped Bottle, the neck mounted with silver chased with dragons—10±. in. high A dark celadon bottle, with open lip—13J in. high /' F , o H3 A celadon bottle, of depressed form, clouded with brown, rouruDthe neck is coiled a double-tailed dragon—12J in. high /uaFF&Zjjfr >oiue, witn melon-shaped, body and swelling lip, of crackled grey J/ / porcelain—11 in. high A celadon pilgrim bottle, incised with the five-clawed dragon, clouds a . and flames— 8J in. high ; and a globular bottle, of pale celadon ^ l —7 in. high 11 * {TT* 115 ' & H6 //y£ 117 //#. o 118 119 t ifA o 120 r JL, O 121 , cr-r* 122 ^r^l23 7/S~, ° 124 & . o 12G l/o ' ovn ) 128 0~T° A pear-shaped purple bottle, with swelling neck, eugravednwitdi flowers under the glaze—10 in. high t A bottle, of grey and blue splash—13 in. high ; and a celadon bottle, with butterfly and ring handles—8^ in. high <, A square flat-shaped jar, of marbled brown and green—9 in. high A bottle, of pale sage-green—12 in. high ; and a bottle, with open sy / lip, bamboo under the glaze—8 in. high A barrel-shaped jar, with ring handles, of curious avanturine glaze a , —15 in. high An oviform vase, with handles of tea-green porcelain, pencilled with / > o/oac emblems in gold—111 in. high A bottle, with cylindrical body, of powdered rust colour pencilled in y gold— 1 74 in. high t A cylindrical beche-de-mer vase, with character handles—9 J in. high ; j? / and a pear-shaped mazarin-blue bottle—9J in. high ft ■ An oviform jar, with open lip, pierced with small scroll design under/?/ / the glaze—81 in. high A water-bottle, of light brick-red slightly speckled with buff, pierced j silver cover ; a bowl, of nearly similar colour ; and a bowl, of^^ ^^_ ivory crackle A crackle jar, of dark salmon-red, silver rim and cover—4 in. high ; * / and a vase, of splashed brown, mauve and bull'—6 in. high ty&s? A OLD CHINESE ENAMELLED PORCELAIN. A snuff-bottle, shaped as two mussels; colour ; and three others A snuff-bottle, enamelled with dragons small landscape ; and three others one, with dragons in coral^^^ aud flames; one, with a A bowl, enamelled with sprays of prunus in colours on a coffee- coloured ground—9 in. diam. ; a bowl, finely enamelled with a spray of prunus—4j ! in. diam. ; a bowl, with dragons in green on a blue ground ; and two smaller bowls 12 7*/, & 123 O 130 c/7 ^131 4' /*f~. ^132 £ t c/7 1 0 133 // ^7 -v 134 O 135 /r/r. £>136 //' P-i *137 79 ,F 8 ST/j- .A 39 ?■//■ ^140 zr-7. , 141 / An egg-shell porcelain shallow bowl, of the Cheng-Nwa era (1465- 1488), enamelled with butterflies— in. diam.; an egg-shell porcelain plate An oviform famille rose jar, with lotos and kingfisher—8 in. high ' , and a set of three bowls, enamelled with persimmon fruit A dish, finely enamelled with dragons, Ho-Ho birds and peonies in colours—10 in. diam.-, and a pair of plates, with similar Ji- _, decoration in yellow on a blue ground—10 in. diam. An oviform jar and cover, enamelled in brilliant colours with vases /T / of prunus, peonies and gladiola—15 in. high Another, of similar form, enamelled with a procession of a mandari —12 in. high A dish, enamelled with dragons, flames and jewel in yellow on a green ground—15 in. diam.) and a pair of plates, with similar decoration on a blue ground—10 in. diam. A coral-red vase, with cylindrical handles, enamelled with flowers J and rocks in brilliant colours—10 in. high A famille verte rice-jar, enamelled with children dancing on ike 4 terrace of a house— 8J in. diam. c A bowl, enamelled with flowers and foliage in colours on a red ^ 5 -,iound, a pair of small round dishes, enamelled with arabesques /9 on black and green ground ; and a small egg-shell globular vase, with birds, foliage and insects A vase, with small neck, enamelled with a flowering tree; an oviform vase, with a mandarin and other figures; and one, with / / a willow tree and birds A pair of bowls, enamelled with foliage and flowers, &c. in colours J / on red ground, and four bowls, enamelled with dragons and o&l'ldu clouds on a white ground A pair of bowls, with numerous figures of children in colours in a X— garden, red and gold ground An Oviform Famille Verte Jab, enamelled with floral decora- • ion— !H in. high 13 1j ^» ^ --J42 Another, enamelled with a garden scene, ladies, children and , f trees—8 \ in. high • / ' *?43 A vase, with numerous figures of children at play, kylins and other l'?/ —q decoration—13 in. high 144 A pair of beakers, enamelled with equestrian and other figures and^*, / flowers—16 in. high ' / ^145 Another, nearly similar—15 in. high , /lT, £146 A pair of vases and covers, with fish in red and white, and aquatic^? s plants in gold on a dark blue ground—13 in. high ^147 A vase, with small neck, decorated with dragons in red and waves/ > / in blue and white—14 in. high 148 A pear-shaped bottle, with arabesque foliage in blue on a yellow ground—12 in. high ; and a beaker, with palm leaves and . T' ^ arabesque pattern in white on lavender ground—11 in. high 149 A square-shaped vase, with dragons and clouds in green and red ; a globular bowl, with arabesques in green, red and blue ; and a O /si r , globular jar and cover, with ladies and children in a garden <1/2 -isGcc*? erHie: 150 A tall beaker, enamelled with flowering plants, birds and bu in colours—25 in. high • 151 A globular jar and cover, enamelled with conventional flowering asters—7 in. high ; and a dish, with a view of a palace with figures dancing, in blue and fleur-de-peche, silver rim—13 diam. / ’/f. 0152 An oviform bottle and cover, painted with a dragon issuing from the clouds, in dark blue fleur-de-peche— in. high ; and a pair of vases, with open lips, pencilled with Ho-Ho birds and^/^, ^. asters in coral colour 153 A double gourd-shaped tea-pot, with figures of sages on a wave- pattern ground in blue and fleur-de-peche— i in. high ; and a bottle, enamelled with figures of sages on a coral-coloured wave, ground—7 in. high 154 A large vase, of Shansi ware, enamelled with equestrian figures, fir , d , O trees, flowers, Ac. in turquoise, purple and brown on pierced groundwork—15 in. high 14 f 155 A globular bottle, with long neck, with circular ornaments amj ✓ arabesques in gold on a dark blue ground—17 in. high a,/S'. 150 A circular cake-bos and lid, with landscapes in blue and white ; a small vase, with figures in a landscape; one, with a willow tree and angler ; a bowl, enamelled with a garden scene and figures ; and a small pair of bowls, with arabesque foliage and flowers End of First Day’s Sale. Second Day’s Sale. On WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1807, AT ONE O’CLOCK PRECISELY. O' OLD NANKIN. 157 A bottle, with dragons and Ho-Ho birds, slightly enamelled in 5 on a mountain pass—5 in. high A beaker, with pendant vine ornament—8 in. high ; and a botl^B with rocks, prunus and gladiola—81- in. high //A <6Cc/ A cylindrical bottle, with open lip, entirely covered with the flowering peony—9 in. high ; a pear-shaped bottle, with bamboo, peonies and rocks— 8 in. high ; and an oviform jai> 1 with the god of thunder and rain— soft paste-- -6J- in. high A pilgrim bottle, with raised jewel-shaped panel in the centre, (/ painted with birds and berries, butterflies on the border—19 in. / high i/yDA+y? A large oviform jar, the body painted with conventional astei ornament, pendant jewels on the neck—18 in. high A large globular jar and cover, painted with children at play, plantain, clouds and panels of foliage and fruit, mounted with —* pierced gilt-metal knop— Ming —18 in. high An oviform vase, with character handles, painted with scroll foliage , and flowers—18£ in. high An inverted pear-shaped jar and cover, closely painted with sprays of flowering prunus—18 in. high An oviform jar, painted with a rocky landscape—9 in. high—soft paste ; and an oviform jar, with a lake scene— ditto i / A pair of oviform jars, painted with lake scenes and b^ili" 9 in. high—soft paste An inverted pear-shaped jar and cover, painted mountain pass—12 in. high An oviform jar and cover, pencilled with figures—9 in. high ; and a jar, covered with fine floral scrolls—8 in. high An oviform jar, painted with fir trees and stoi’ks—9 in. high ; and a pair of oblong pierced cake-boxes, with panels of dragons, - flames and clouds A beaker vase, painted with branches of raised prunus high 17 £ £75 An oviform jar, painted with a lake scene, buildings and mountains —9 in. high; and another, similar, larger —soft paste 176 A small oviform jar, painted with sprigs of persimmon fruit— 7\ in. /r * ® high—soft paste ; and a bottle, with loose ring handles,with dragons and Ho-Hb birds—7 in. high v- ss *>-0 JAPANESE PORCELAIN AND POTTERY. r 177 An Awata jar and cover, with panels of dragons on a flowered ground ' /** ' ^ in colours and gold—11 in. high ; a pair of hexagonal bottles, enamelled with fir branches—8^ in. high ; a globular Mizoro bottle, enamelled in blue and green ; and a double gourd-sloped bottle, of similar manufacture ,178 A blue Hirado cylindrical jar, with conventional flowers—7 in. high ; a set of eighteen fluted saucers, with chrysanthemums in the centres; eight small plates, with plum and wave ornament; five ditto, with a hedge and prunus; and nine shaped saucers. cr-r° painted with a spray of flowers 179 An incense-box, Korean faience, with emblems of riches—15//i century ; a similar box, of Imari porcelain, ivory cover ; a koro, of enamelled Awata faience, hexagonal, with panels of flowers ; a tea-jar, of Zeze faience ; a lid rest, of Kioto porcelain ; and two earthenware tea-pots, enamelled with flowers r 7/0 , ^180 An Awata faience cake-box, shaped as a fan, pierced sides, enamelled ( in brilliant colours ^181 A deep Imari bowl and cover, painted with rocks and peonies ; and */ * another bowl, painted with floral sprays and panels of dark^ blue 182 A shaped dish, painted with a ^figure of a Musume ; a square- shaped dish, with Kiri crest and Ho-Ho birds; a fluted bowl, with Imperial crest in slight relief on a diapered-pattern ground ; and one, nearly similar C /2/Ae^ 18 /./4 183 0 / // . /, A A Banko octagonal bowl, painted with annular ornament on a diapered-pattern ground in gold and colours; a smaller Imari octagonal bowl; a fluted dish, of Nabashima porcelain, enamelled with sprays of flowers; and a circular Imari bowl, ename with three heart-shaped panels in red on diaper ground 184 An oviform jar and cover, Haggi, the outer surface pierced wit CP diaper-pattern ornament; a flat circular pilgrim bottle, of similar faience, pierced in the centre; and a glazed buffjmd . pale brown faience sake bottle 185 A cylindrical Hozan jar, entirely enamelled with sprays of conven- CP tional asters in blue and buff; a pear-shaped bottle, of similar faience, painted with lozenge-shaped ornaments in blue, pewter neck —of an early period 186 A l*/S' ,o paper-weight, of Hirado porcelain, formed as chrysanthemums and maple leaves; another, shaped as branches of prunus; another, with sprays of chrysanthemums and buds; a cup, of Hirado porcelain, by Higuchi, pierced under the glazed with prunus blossom ; an Hirado tea-pot, painted with a lake scene in blue ; a sake cup, painted with a branch of chrysanthemums ; and a hanging vase, in the form of an owl, of Awata^namelleq faience J. /o /s 187 A Nabashima enamel sweetmeet-box, in six divisions, with square O and oblong panels of prunus and fir trees and blue borders ; eight small shaped trays, formed as a folded leaf of paper, enamelled with cherry blossom in colours; nine faience trays, shaped as bags, partly enamelled in brown and yellow ; and a set of five round dishes, of Kioto enamel faience, enameled , with figures in colours 188 An Imari dish, with shaped borders, enamelled with trellis work and , O Kiri crest; an Imari dish, with vase of flowers in the centre; a shaped plate, with three circular panels of sprays of flowers; and a Nabashima dish, painted with rocks and Ho-Ho bird^in, tl centre 19 189 An Imari bowl, enamelled in the centre with a mythical stag in * borders of annular ornament in red and green; a set of five plates, enamelled with fir trees, &c.; an Hirado blue and white koro, with pierced cover; and twenty-two bowls, with Wyfi/ interiors, red and blue borders 'y/f'- V y .190 A Korean stoneware cup, circa 1350, in silk bag ; a bowl, of Korean buff earthenware; and a double gourd-shaped koro, surmounted by the figure of a rabbit, of celadon coloured glaze —this piece formerly belonged to Matsudaira, feudal chief of /? / Bizen, 1400 '/.v.v / w' y 191 A square-shaped Imari bottle, enamelled with chrysanthemums and / 0*0 peonies in red, blue and green—11 in. high ; and a smaller ffyo, of similar form—9| in. high • / £ 192 A pair of small square-shaped Imari bottles, with panels of flowers and figures in red and blue borders—8 in. high xl93 A square-shaped Imari bottle, with panels of chrysanthemums and . ' > /1 ^ persimmon fruit in black enamel borders—11 in. high / / xjl J- 94 A treble gourd-shaped Imari bottle, chrysanthemums in colours in * ' ' slight relief—101? in. high , - _195 A fluted square-shaped Imari bottle, painted with sprays of chry- * ' O santhemums and peonies—11 in. high ; and a pear-shaped bottle, with panels of emblems and diaper pattern—10 m. high ^ 196 An Owari figure of Diakoku—10 in. high ; a koro and cover, of > ° white Hirado ; an Hirado bottle, formed as a sparrow; and a ylindrical Hirado jar and cover, painted with a landscape in /f blue—8 in. high 1 97, A large beaker, dark blue ground, with peonies, chrysanthemums /?'/ / ’>-/4 .6 and panels of landscapes and flowers in red and gold * f*' 20J in. high 198 Another, with ladies, flowers, fruit, &c., and dark blue scroll panels / * /* on a red ground—23 in. high ground 20 t/T 0 , o 203 /, /? . O 204 205 /j JL , O 206 Z,/iT, O 207 ^ ~, -o 208 A bottle, with delicate cloudings of mauve, green, fleur-de-peche and russet, made by Miyagawa Kozan (Makuzu) of Ota-3, ✓ 8 in. high This piece obtained a silver medal from the Japan Fine Arts Society An oviform vase, of Ota porcelain, covered with wave ornament in relief, and with dragons fighting, in blue and brown#-15 in./ high Made for the Chicago Exhibition ^ /gp A brown Bizen figure, of an eagle holding a hawk—17 in. high / A Kioto cake-dish, with decoration in blue and buff; a Banko bowl, with emblems of riches; an Imari bottle, enamelled in three red O panels; a Satsuma koro, enamelled with peonies, pierced silver cover ; and a square-shaped pen-holder, of Kioto faience, with un glazed panels at the sides An oviform jar, of Owari hawthorn, blue and white porcelain ; and // A a pair of white Hirado jars and covers, with tortoises A set of nine Satsuma plates, with blue and white hawthorn decora- . tion; an octagonal bowl, of Nabashima enamel porcelain, branches fijrz -—- of prunus and other flowers ; a lantern-shaped jar, with tortoises, of Hirado ware ; and a Kinsu tea-pot, enamelled with flowers A deep dish, with faceted border, of Imari porcelain, painted with - / figures on a terrace, annular ornaments on the border—13 in. diam. ; and a small bowl, with persimmon fruit and fingered lemon An octagonal bowl, of Nabashima porcelain, enamelled with kylins, / peonies and Ho-Ho birds—7 in. diam. A bowl, with conventional asters in mauve and green on a yellow ground ; and a bowl, shaped as a lily, painted with floral orna- ment and landscapes in blue A kord, of depressed form, of Owayi enamelled porcelain, with peonies and cloud ornaments in relief in gold on a grey ground /‘ ^ , 13 in. high ; and a set of ten square-shaped dishes, of Owari porcelain, with maple-leaf decoration London: Printed by Wm. Clowes & Sons, Limited, Stamford Street and Charing Cross.