The Phillip Allen Collection - 16 Nov 2023
A COLLECTION OF JAPANESE PORCELAIN PIECES
A COLLECTION OF JAPANESE PORCELAIN PIECES
MEIJI AND LATER, 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY
Comprising: a Hirado surprise cup with a figure in the well, painted with boys to the outside; a small rectangular Kakiemon dish with tendrils and peonies, signed to the reverse; two dishes with irises; an ovoid waterpot with lotus and a Kutani bowl with cranes to the well and panels of figures to the reverse, painted on an iron-red ground, 18.3cm max. (6)
PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.
Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).