Batemans of Stamford - Fine Art, Antiques & Specialist Collectors - Starts 07 Mar 2020 Lot 1 A fine Japanese Satsuma pottery vessel and cover by Shozan Kinsei, Meiji period, of slab square sided vase form, with twin applied scroll handles and domed cover with two quatrefoil pierced holes and scroll finial, finely painted in enamels and gilt, one side with a panel depicting a lady sitting making silk thread, drawing it from a vessel set with a fire below and winding the thread onto a wooden frame, a small girl crouches gazing into the fire feeding it with sticks, a cockerel can been seen through the large window with views to a snowy mountain in the distance, to the other side with a flock of birds amongst flowing branches by a stream, both panels surrounded by a gilt greek key border, all reserved on a millefleurs ground of a mass of densely clustered chrysanthemums, peonies and morning glory, raised on four small feet to each corner, gilt on black seal mark to base 'Shozan kinsei' in a double gilt lined border, 12.3 by 6.0 by 12.5cm high. Estimate: 500 - 800 Fees: 20% inc VAT for absentee bids, telephone bids and bidding in person 23.6% inc VAT for Live Bidding and Autobids Lot 2 A fine Japanese Satsuma pottery miniature vase by Yabu Meizan, Meiji period, of compressed ovoid form, the body decorated with autumnal maple trees, the leaves picked out in pale green and iron red enamels with gilt highlights, against a cream ground covered in a light crackled glaze, gilt seal mark to base, 8.7 by 6.5cm high. Estimate: 400 - 600 Fees: 20% inc VAT for absentee bids, telephone bids and bidding in person 23.6% inc VAT for Live Bidding and Autobids Lot 3 A fine Japanese Satsuma pottery miniature bottle vase by Yabu Meizan, Meiji period, with long slender neck and flared rim, the neck decorated with millefleurs, the body with twenty six figures playing various games, including a circle of eleven playing a card game and four drinking tea, against a cream ground covered in a light crackled glaze, gilt signature seal mark to base, a/f chip to rim, 5.3 by 12.1cm high. Estimate: 200 - 300 Fees: 20% inc VAT for absentee bids, telephone bids and bidding in person 23.6% inc VAT for Live Bidding and Autobids Lot 4 A good Japanese Satsuma pottery miniature vase, Meiji period, of slender ovoid form with flared gilt rim and spreading foot, decorated to the shoulder and upper body with a millefleurs design, with five butterflies flying amongst the trailing flowers, against a cream ground covered in a light crackled glaze, partial gilt signature to base, 5.3 by 11.8cm high. Estimate: 100 - 150 Fees: 20% inc VAT for absentee bids, telephone bids and bidding in person 23.6% inc VAT for Live Bidding and Autobids Lot 5 A group of three Japanese Satsuma pottery miniature vases, Meiji period, together with a later Satsuma bowl, comprising one of squat baluster form, decorated with fourteen figures playing various outdoor games including flying a kite and spinning tops, gilt signature seal mark to base, 7.8 by 9.0cm high, a mallet form vase with knopped neck, decorated with six roundels of flowers and mythical beasts, red, black and gilt painted six character mark to base, 4.9 by 9.5cm high, a circular bowl decorated internally with two figures by a lake and hills, externally with trailing purple wisteria, two character mark to base, possibly Hakuzan, 8.4 by 4.3cm high, and a bowl with squared rim, decorated internally with fifteen seated figures, one reading a scroll, and a dragon, further figures to the outside, marked to base, 17.5 by 8.5cm. (4) Estimate: 100 - 150 Fees: 20% inc VAT for absentee bids, telephone bids and bidding in person 23.6% inc VAT for Live Bidding and Autobids Lot 6 A group of three Meiji period finely decorated cloisonne posy vases, comprising a pair of vases decorated with white spider crysanthemums or Kiku above further coloured single blooms, with repeated ring border to the base, 9cm high and a single taller vase with wisteria blossom and curling tendrils to the shoulder, with similar decorative patterned border below, 12cm high. Estimate: 80 - 120 Fees: 20% inc VAT for absentee bids, telephone bids and bidding in person 23.6% inc VAT for Live Bidding and Autobids Lot 7 A Japanese lacquer box of curved rectangular form, possibly a Kogo, early 20th century, with takamackie decoration to the outside, decorated with peonies, blossom, birds and bats, with mother of pearl inlay, the interior and base with togidashi, 10 by 7.5 by 3.5cm. Estimate: 80 - 120 Fees: 20% inc VAT for absentee bids, telephone bids and bidding in person 23.6% inc VAT for Live Bidding and Autobids page 1 of 36 Batemans of Stamford - Fine Art, Antiques & Specialist Collectors - Starts 07 Mar 2020 Lot 8 A group of Japanese papier mache, four bowls and five plates, decorated with various motifs including bamboo, goldfish and butterflies, plates 17cm, bowls 12 by 5cm. (9) Estimate: 50 - 80 Fees: 20% inc VAT for absentee bids, telephone bids and bidding in person 23.6% inc VAT for Live Bidding and Autobids Lot 9 A group of Japanese wooden items, comprising an early 20th century Japanned jewellery box in the style of a miniature cabinet, with a single door inlaid with oriental coins, overall 24.5 by 13 by 28cm high, a pierced carved giltwood panel depicting an eagle and a phoenix, 20 by 2cm by 34.2cm high, and a collapsible jappaned corner shelf, 14 by 10.5 by 20.2cm high. (3) Estimate: 40 - 60 Fees: 20% inc VAT for absentee bids, telephone bids and bidding in person 23.6% inc VAT for Live Bidding and Autobids Lot 10 A Japanese scroll painting or Kakemono, Meiji period depicting landscape with mountains, trees and water, with two figures crossing a bridge in the mid ground, with signature above top right, silk laid on watered silk paper, 137 by 35cm. Estimate: 70 - 100 Fees: 20% inc VAT for absentee bids, telephone bids and bidding in person 23.6% inc VAT for Live Bidding and Autobids Lot 11 A Japanese scroll painting or Kakemono, Meiji period depicting landscape with mountains and water, with a scholar to the foreground and a lady in a boat mid ground, with signature above top left, silk laid on watered silk paper, 150 by 48cm. Estimate: 70 - 100 Fees: 20% inc VAT for absentee bids, telephone bids and bidding in person 23.6% inc VAT for Live Bidding and Autobids Lot 12 An Indonesian linen Batik and painted pictorial cloth, decorated with two figures possibly deities with devilish figures below, and surmounted by birds, within a repeated lotus leaf border, likely 19th century or earlier, 44 by 46cm. Estimate: 40 - 60 Fees: 20% inc VAT for absentee bids, telephone bids and bidding in person 23.6% inc VAT for Live Bidding and Autobids Lot 13 An Indonesian carved wooden deity statue, mid 20th century, modelled in sitting pose with cross legs upon a cushion above clouds, 39cm high. Estimate: 50 - 80 Fees: 20% inc VAT for absentee bids, telephone bids and bidding in person 23.6% inc VAT for Live Bidding and Autobids Lot 14 A collection of photographs and printed ephemera within three folios, including a series of panoramic photocards of early 20th century China, a folio titled 'Indonesian Art, Selected Specimens of Ancient and Modern Art and Handwork from the Indian Archipelago, by C. M. Pleyte, pub. The Hague, Martinus Nijhoff', an incomplete folio of 'The Hundred Best Pictures' Pub. Charles Letts & Co. London, with two pencil drawings possibly of Danish landscapes both titled and indistinctly signed in pencil, sight sizes 9.5 by 14cm 8.5 by 13cm. (3 folios) Estimate: 50 - 80 Fees: 20% inc VAT for absentee bids, telephone bids and bidding in person 23.6% inc VAT for Live Bidding and Autobids Lot 15 A large Iznik style polychrome tin glazed earthenware pottery bowl, likely 19th century, the cream ground decorated in repeated diamond shaped motif with floral and arabesque decorations to the inside, on pedestal base with two pierced holes and with underglazed painted marks to the base, 28 by 18cm. Estimate: 70 - 100 Fees: 20% inc VAT for absentee bids, telephone bids and bidding in person 23.6% inc VAT for Live Bidding and Autobids Lot 16 A white metal or brass silvered bottle vase, likely 19th century Indian the gourd form base decorated with lotus flowers between panels with foliate scrolls to the shoulders and banded decorated neck, later converted to a lamp, 28cm tall without lamp fixing, 52cm tall complete. Estimate: 50 - 80 Fees: 20% inc VAT for absentee bids, telephone bids and bidding in person 23.6% inc VAT for Live Bidding and Autobids page 2 of 36 Batemans of Stamford - Fine Art, Antiques & Specialist Collectors - Starts 07 Mar 2020 Lot 17 A pair of fine 19th century Persian Islamic brass floor lamps, Mamluke revival, elaborately engraved and pierced all over with Kufic calligraphic text, scrolling vines, palmettes and stylised cloud bands, of knoped column form with flared mouth, on a spreading circular base, each top rim 15.5cm, 34 by 99cm high overall. Estimate: 500 - 800 Fees: 20% inc VAT for absentee bids, telephone bids and bidding in person 23.6% inc VAT for Live Bidding and Autobids Lot 18 A large South East Asian carved sandalwood box, likely 19th century, of serpentine rectangular form, the top carved with peacock between figures amidst scrolling foliage, the sides with draggons and birds amongst arabesques, the inside lid with further birds amongst trailing peonies, with fitted tray and raised on shaped long bracket feet, 50 by 39 by 16cm.