M457

Blue and white incense container and cover, kôgô, moulded in the form of a three-legged toad, the cover forming the top half and head of the animal all decorated in reverse technique with prunus flower heads on a speckled blue ground, the lower section with three feet similarly decorated, the interior glazed, the base and edges unglazed, burnt red in the firing, the tail, nose and mouth with mushikui.

3 1/8 inches, 7.9cm long.

Tianqi, 1621-1627.

A Chinese export porcelain famille rose cream jug and cover, heightened in iron-red and gilt, painted with three figures on a rooftop looking out over a bay with ships and a walled city in the distance, after a Meissen design, all in a shaped panel with gilt border amongst leaf scrolls in puce and iron-red, beneath a further gilt band on the rim, the cover with two European river landscape scenes after Meissen and similarly decorated.

4 1/2 inches, 11.4 cm high.

Qianlong, circa 1750.

A Chinese porcelain blue and white small saucer dish painted with fishermen, one resetting the sail in a river landscape scene, between rockwork with pagoda, buildings and a flagpole, the reverse bank with a viewing pavilion, beneath the sun with birds in flight, encircled by an elaborate border painted with six white egrets, each standing in water beside a lotus leaf, between aquatic plants, the underside painted with five birds, each perched on branches with flowers.

13.2 cm diameter

Ming Dynasty, 16th century, 1560-1580.