JAPAN, MEIJI PERIOD (1868-1912) AND CHINA, CIRCA 1900 - Lot 10

JAPAN, MEIJI PERIOD (1868-1912) AND CHINA, CIRCA 1900 Lot of eleven objects, including four in Satsuma stoneware, comprising : - an amphora-shaped vase on pedestal with small neck, decorated on a crackled ground with multiple flowers blooming from the neck to the bottom of the body, with a drapery adorning the shoulder of four round-edged hangings decorated with brocade motifs. Stamped inside the foot. H. 14.5 cm - a small circular tripod vase with flared neck, decorated with a polychrome red and green frieze of stylized flowers on a crackled ground. H. 4.5 cm - D. 6.9 cm (Numerous through cracks, old chip on rim, minor firing defects, old label) - a pair of small polychrome enameled porcelain sorbets on pedestals, decorated with phoenixes in flight above a frieze of stylized petals. Kutani mark on base. H. 5.6 cm A porcelain bowl resting on a small heel with a blue underglaze mark in the center and a reserve mark on a rectangular gold background indicating the commemorative nature of a warship race dated November 21, 1912. H. 2.7 cm - D. 6.4 cm And six small miniature sorbets (China) in porcelain, four of which have no design and two with gold-underlined rim and pink and green painted flower design. H. from 2.2 cm to 2.5 cm - D. from 3.7 cm to 3.9 cm (Very slight chipping on edges, small chip on edge of one). Provenance Presumed private collection of Monsieur Auguste Gérard (1852-1922), French ambassador to China (1893-1897) and Japan (1907-1913). Then by descent to the present owner.